Secret base, both Sky and Chris have just sent Mr. Thomas and the other two out from the main entrance door with some sort of formal smiles.
After sending those people from Alliance away, they walked back to the lounge and throw themselves onto a long sofa. They look fatigued, especially Chris.
"Hah... So, this is one matter out of ten or twenty more, with less than ten percent solved." said Chris as he sighed and leaned his head onto the sofa.
"Seriously, I can totally understand where you even started playing with some bottle in the middle of the conference. Is he always this hard to discuss with when dealing with formal matters?" Sky asked, rather blunt.
Hearing the words from Sky, Chris sneered a bit before glimpsed at him without even moving his head.
"Well, maybe I should let you attend formal meetings for me more next time, you should see it with your own eyes more often." said Chris, in a sarcastic tone.
"Haha, forgive my lack of consideration. By the way, what happened to Itsuki? Although just a quick glance, I saw him inside a culture tank of Ben in his lab, and Seito looks rather worried." said Sky, asking about Itsuki.
"Ah... Now you talked about Itsuki, which is another matter out of the ten or twenty... Seriously, I wondered what is Maria doing right now? By right he should have already reported to me if he found anything." said Chris, a bit losing his patient...
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Meanwhile, in Quill Town, Maria had done sorting all the application forms from all over the place outside of Quill Town and is currently listing out all the candidates that are qualified for the interview. Yes, after doing interviews for the townspeople, he is proceeding with the interviews with people outside the town. Suddenly, he received a call from Chris.
"Good evening Chris-chan! Do you miss me or need anything from me?" Maria asked.
"What do you mean by 'do I need anything from you'? What are you doing right now?" Chris asked, in a slightly confused tone.
"Oh! I am currently sorting information for the interviews tomorrow, for the recruitment of Uncle Dominic's new personal assistant." said Maria, who seems to be totally forgotten about the quest given by Chris.
"The heck? What are you talking about? What interview? Have you forgotten why I sent you to Quill Town?" Chris asked, rather frustrated by Maria's attitude.
"Eh? Ah? Oh gosh! I totally forgot about that!" Maria exclaimed.
"You... Tsk..."
Then, without any warning, Chris cut off the call.
"Ah... He is mad." Maria murmured.
However, in less than a minute, Chris called back again.
"Uhm... Chris-chan?"
"Tell me all the details for that recruitment for Dominic, including that interview you mentioned." said Chris in a slightly fed-up tone.
"Eh?... Oh! Okay!"
And so, as requested by Chris, Maria told him everything he did for Dominic's personal assistant's recruitment including the tiring and frustrating interview session he had earlier with the townspeople.
"I see. I will send someone for you tomorrow to make sure you get everything settled as soon as possible, come back as soon as you are done with the recruitment. For now, let's just give me any information you have got." said Chris.
"Oh! Okay! Thanks, Chris-chan! You are the best!" Maria exclaimed, sounds rather happy.
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Secret base.
After Maria reported everything Dominic had told him regarding the daggers, Chris cut off the call and stared at Sky with a slightly desperate look.
"And there we have it, an additional unexpected matter." said Chris, in a fed-up tone, like your tyrannical boss who can't do anything about that incompetent colleague of yours.
"Uhm... Let's go to the cafeteria and get Jason to make you something, I bet you haven't eaten anything since the morning." said Sky like you and me who don't know how to handle such a situation.
Chris nodded and walked towards the cafeteria along with Sky...
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After they have their late dinner/supper, they have a small chitchat for a short while before going to bed.
"Seriously? Maria was trying to teach Ruby how to dance? Is he even serious? Maria himself can even do a basic waltz properly." said Sky.
"Haha... Yes, he was indeed trying to teach her how to dance but instead of proper dance, he taught her elementary school aerobics dance." said Chris.
"Ah... That Maria..."
Or rather, they are bad-mouthing about Maria instead of just chitchatting.
"Aaaahhhhh!!!"
As Sky and Chris were chatting with each other, an ear-piercing scream shook the whole place and successfully drew almost everyone's attention, including Ben who had put down his work and walked out from the infirmary to check out what happened.
"That sounds like Ruby." said Chris as he swiftly walked towards the double-locked room where Ruby is.
With the master key he has, Chris easily opened the door and is slightly surprised by Ruby's behavior. Crouched in a corner of the room, Ruby is screaming hysterically while seems to be chasing away some invisible existence.
"Oh dear... What is Ruby-chan doing?" said Yuki, rather astonished by Ruby's behavior.
"Ah... It's her panic attack again, it's been a while since her last fits, I almost thought she had fully recovered from whatever that caused her panic attack." said Jason who had just slowly walked out of the cafeteria as if it is not a big deal.
"Jason? What do you mean that? Are you saying that she had this kind of condition before? Why am I not even informed about that?" Ben asked, who sounds a bit mad...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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