Chapter 568 – Cold War Between East and West
A word from Armonia spread throughout the kitchen.
“Did you enjoy it?”
“….”
Not just me, Kang Han Na and Lena… Furthermore, the rest of the members were all silent.
Even though everyone gathered in the kitchen, where normally there are more than two people, the noise spreads, but they just looked at each other quietly as if they were in silence.
Armonia looked at everyone sitting at the table with an expressionless expression.
Then he made a thoughtful expression on his face, then looked straight at us again and opened his mouth.
“If there is no answer… Was there something wrong with my question?”
The gist of Armonia’s question was simple.
It was whether the confrontation yesterday had ended well.
But it didn’t seem like it sounded like that at all to other people.
The process and ending were beautiful.
But starting is the problem.
The start of the confrontation itself was because of the fight….
Even from these perspectives, Armonia is her colleague, but on the other hand, she was imprinted as a different being.
General manager.
Everyone is anxious about the fact that she did something to her without leaving her.
And all those gazes full of anxiety….
“….”
It was towards me
As if I am the only hope that can calm the atmosphere of Armonia….
It was ironic.
Everyone else was nervous, but I was just relaxing.
The reason was simple.
Because only I knew the outcome of this case.
And in order to lead to that ending, it was the fact that I had no choice but to step out.
“There was no problem with the question. I guess it’s just that everyone doesn’t know how to respond.”
“….”
Armonia calmly and expressionlessly nodded her head and asked her question again.
“Did you enjoy it?”
“Well… It was a little messy in the middle, but….”
I looked at the other people sitting at her table, then looked at Armonia again and smiled awkwardly.
I turned to Armonia and explained the situation in one sentence.
“It seems like it remains as a pleasant memory after it’s over.”
That the fuss is over….
Armonia looked at me blankly in silence and replied with a nod of her head.
“Then I’m glad. I will leave this matter here.”
“Whew….”
It was Kang Han Na who sighed loudly.
Kang Han Na was in the middle of recognizing Armonia and looking at her.
At first, she confidently took on the role of controlling and mediating others, but with the appearance of Lena, she showed herself losing control of herself.
Lena was also silent, putting on a relieved expression.
I would have been anxious.
Because she was also at the center of the incident.
However, even when the situation was over, there was a problem that had to be addressed.
That’s right….
“Therefore… Why are you two fighting?”
It was the cause of Beatrice and Shiho’s quarrel.
Shiho and Beatrice became restless at Armonia’s emotionless question, and her ears and tail couldn’t stay still and began to flinch.
Beatrice, including her wings….
Shiho and Beatrice each began to look at the women on their side as if asking for help.
Shiho to Kang Han Na, and Beatrice to Lena and Viola….
But the three girls….
“Whoa… Shiho, tell me.”
“Okay. Bea Beache… Why did you fight?”
“If you don’t tell me now… On the contrary, it could make things worse.”
She brushed it off rather quickly and started whining as if to put an end to this situation.
Shiho and Beatrice finally lifted the white flag at the three women’s annoyance.
And everyone opened their mouths.
“He… I keep calling you senior….”
“You, you are the one who told me to call you sister!”
Everyone started staring at the two of them in disbelief.
In the end, the reason for the fight was that it was an old-fashioned fight over whether to treat your age first or treat your seniors first.
However, despite the bewildered expressions of others, the two began to show their pride again without paying attention to others.
“I’m three hundred!”
“Age doesn’t matter! Even if I look like this, I was a general of reason in the castle of demons!”
“What is that! It’s a hoe!”
“This fox… !”
Again, the fight started to ignite.
I was actually hunched over.
The reason the two didn’t fight directly yesterday was because Kang Han Na and Lena noticed.
Originally, human beings cannot easily show their pride when they notice their superiors.
Ah… They are not people
Spirits and demons.
On the one hand, it was funny.
It was as if non-humans were caught between people and watching people.
‘Maybe it’s because they’re non-humans, so they growl even more.’
Once I figured out the cause of the fight.
“Now stop. There are no seniors here, and there is no age. Don’t fight like that anymore.”
“Eww….”
“Flaw….”
It was an atmosphere where they understood each other’s mistakes, but couldn’t admit it.
It looked like it was because of pride, not because he really didn’t want to admit it.
Looking at the two of them, I shook my head and stood up.
“Shiho, Beatrice. Come out at once.”
“Ugh… Yes.”
“Hey… I’m not doing anything wrong….”
I left the other members in the kitchen, took the two of them out into the ship’s hallway, and spread them apart.
First of all, it was Beatrice.
“Beatrice. This is not the Demon Castle, this is a ship.”
“Oh, I know….”
“You know, why did you say that? Treating seniors….”
In fact, when you think about it, it was an incomprehensible act.
Beatrice is a general of reason. He did everything, but as soon as he arrived here, he treated everyone, including Viola, as if he were his own family.
Even before I met my parents who were in the afterlife….
“Beatrice. If you say you want to be treated like a senior… I can be alone like when I was in the castle of demons.”
“That… That….”
Beatrice was always alone in the Demon Castle.
It seems like she’s playing a lot of her pranks, but in reality it’s probably not for such childish reasons.
An unprecedented hybrid of a succubus and a Miao.
That would be the factor that made Beatrice truly alone.
Well, the old-fashioned thing may have played a part, but….
I emphasized that fact and added a sense of crisis to Beatrice.
“If you make fun of and joke around while deciding between up and down… You may enjoy it, but everyone will rather hate you. Are you okay though?”
“… I hate that.”
Beatrice was quiet for a while, perhaps recalling the memory of him being alone, and then he quickly spoke to me with a small ear flapping.
“As you say, I will never do that again.”
“Great. He listens well and is cute.”
Hehe….”
I stroked her hair with her Beatrice’s flapping ears, then put her behind her and headed to her Shiho.
When I approached in a spirit state, Shiho was startled and began to look elsewhere.
“Shiho.”
“Eww… Yes…. Brother….”
Shiho was only responding to my call, not paying attention at all.
After seeing her reaction, I remembered what Armonia said yesterday.
– Even though Suho saw you, didn’t you pretend not to know? Shiho is now very embarrassed to find out that he talked to himself in such a situation.-
I forgot yesterday because I was distracted by the confrontation, but I was able to recall what Armonia had said only after seeing Shiho’s reaction now.
And it seemed that Shiho was the same.
I approached her Shiho who turned her head to her embarrassment and apologized to her.
“Shiho. Sorry.”
“Yes? Oh, why are you suddenly sorry?”
I bowed her head to her with her sincere look on her sorry face.
“Did you feel bad because I pretended not to know? I’m really sorry….”
“Eh! Oh no! Why am I in a bad mood! That, it’s just tea, it’s just embarrassing!”
Shiho started to apologize to me while frantically wandering around me in a spirit state.
“I am so sorry! That just… When he said that he was a senior, I felt repulsive without even realizing it….”
As soon as I came to an unfamiliar place, a proud cat appeared while I was shuddering with embarrassment.
Even such a cat with hostility springs up for some reason….
At that moment, the defense mechanism was activated, and at least something that had an advantage over Beatrice was brought out.
Just the age….
I smiled at the restless Shiho and comforted him.
“You don’t have to be sorry. Still, if you live here, you should know that age has no meaning. That way, can I look at Shiho like a younger brother?”
“Ah! That’s righthehe….”
He is said to be 300 years old, but looking at it this way, he seemed like a perfect kid.
Fortunately, Shiho was also released.
Then finally….
“Okay then, you two make up.”
“… I’m sorry.”
“… I’m sorry too.”
They only reconciled with their mouths, but their eyes and expressions did not reconcile at all.
Because pride once released is not something that can be tied down by others.
‘But where is this?’
That was enough.
Perfect reconciliation was a homework they had to face and solve in the end.
After temporarily(?) Reconciling Shiho and Beatrice, I went back to the restaurant.
The members who looked after Armonia sighed in relief as soon as we returned.
I didn’t know if I was relieved because I felt reconciled or if I just appeared in this suffocating place….
“This is solved.”
“… All right.”
Armonia nodded at my words.
It seemed that after seeing Shiho and Beatrice’s condition, he decided that it would be okay to move on.
As the beginning of the fight was sealed in this way, all the incidents that happened yesterday came to an end.
No… I thought it was over.
“I hope you two visit my office with Suho.”
The two people Armonia said….
“Me and Lena?”
“Are you talking about me and Hannah?”
It was Lena and Kang Han Na.
..
..
She always visited Armonia’s office alone with me.
Today was a monumental day when someone else visited the Armonia office for the first time.
Lena and Kang Han Na.
The two women couldn’t easily let go of their tension from a while ago, perhaps because they wanted to be scolded by the representative.
Unlike me….
‘If anyone sees it, they’ll know it’s a felony….’
[It caused a disturbance within the ship, so it is a felony.]
‘… You don’t have to communicate right next to it.’
[It was rather me who heard the communication conversation.]
‘… Sorry.’
This is also my fault after all….
I was so nervous that I muttered inwardly.
At the same time, Armonia started talking.
“I called you two here to establish a system.”
“A system?”
This time, the ship family has increased.
Just two.
Due to the addition of only two people, it gave off the feeling that the ship was more crowded than expected.
But there are also downsides to that.
A typical example is an incident like yesterday.
“Our ship has no plans to increase the number of members yet, but there is no law against increasing more like this time. I called the two of you to prepare in advance.”
“So… Are you saying you want to split up?”
Lena… It was also the choice of words and drawing conclusions worthy of a princess who led the military.
And the conclusion was correct.
“You’re right. I want Ms. Lena to take charge of the living room in the west and Kang Han-na in the living room in the east.”
And not only managing the living room, but also assigning the person in charge of the inconvenience, suggestion, incident, and accident of the personnel assigned there.
When it comes to dynasties, it feels like Jwauijeong and Woouijeong?
“If you don’t want it, I’ll leave it to someone else. What would you like to do?”
“I will.”
Lena immediately nodded her head without saying anything.
In the first place, she was Lena who took good care of Viola and Beatrice.
Nothing much has changed about her except that her responsibilities have become heavier.
What’s next….
“I can’t entrust this job to Shiho, and above all….”
Strong I looked at Lena with her eyes filled with a desire to compete and hummed.
“I can’t miss this promotion opportunity.”
Armonia nodded her head along with Lena’s strong snowball fight and her mouth opened softly.
“Then, since you two agreed, I will explain in more detail what you need to do.”
“Wait.”
“… ?”
The moment Armonia was about to tell her story, she stopped talking and started looking at me carefully.
So she looked at me carefully for a moment, and then she opened her mouth as if to propose to Armonia.
“I don’t know anything else, but I want you to set one rule and start.”
“Are you talking about the rules?”
“Yes. That’s him.”
“… It’s me?”
Why am I suddenly It was when I wanted to do something else.
“People are divided… I think we should allot exactly half of his time.”
