CH 215

Chapter 215 – Two Executives

“…Instead, there are a few things I want to ask you.” (Torimoto)

“…..What is it? I-If you say anything about my sexuality, I’m gonna kill you.” (Shakuhara)

She rolled her eyes and glared at me. It seemed that I had lost a bit of speaking credibility.

“Ah, that might be good to ask, but unfortunately, that’s not what I wanted to know.” (Torimoto)

“Then what?” (Shakuhara)

“….You know Aoyama-san, don’t you?” (Torimoto)

“Isn’t that obvious? She is an executive directly under Founder-sama. What about Aoyama-san?” (Shakuhara)

“I was wondering about what kind of person she was.” (Torimoto)

“What kind of person…?! D-Don’t tell me, you’re interested in her type?” (Shakuhara)

“Eh… Is that true, Torimoto-san?” (Saniwa)

Shakuhara and Saniwa looked somewhat shocked. Perhaps Aoyama was someone they looked up to a lot.

“A little while ago, she spoke with me. It’s unusual, considering the other followers’ behavior.” (Torimoto)

“Of course. Who would be so sad as to speak to a man themself? Riwa and I are different though.” (Shakuhara)

Most of them hated men and were afraid of them, so they only vented their feelings from a distance and refrained from making contact with them. They couldn’t ignore Sayuri’s commands, but aside from that they had no reason to get close to a man.

“Yeah, that’s why I was curious about what kind of person she was.” (Torimoto)

“Don’t tell me you’re trying to take advantage of her and molest her…” (Shakuhara)

“Kei-chan, Torimoto-sama isn’t like that! …Right, Torimoto-sama?” (Saniwa)

“I hope you’ll trust me a bit more. Besides, even if I tried something like that, I would get mobbed by all the followers and beaten to death. I don’t have such suicidal tendencies just yet.” (Torimoto)

Saniwa breathed a sigh of relief, but Shakuhara still looked skeptical.

“…Well, whatever. Aoyama-san, huh…? Well, if I had to say, I… don’t really know her that well.” (Shakuhara)

“What?” (Torimoto)

“I mean, she rarely ever talks about herself.” (Shakuhara)

“Really? But as an executive, wouldn’t everyone hold her in high regard?” (Torimoto)

“B-But she’s kind, I guess…?” (Saniwa)

“Kind?” (Torimoto)

“Yes. Well… it’s true that I’ve rarely seen her smile or laugh, but… any time the followers are in trouble, she’s always the first one to ask what’s wrong. One time, I accidentally broke a vase, and she helped me clean it up without a word.” (Saniwa)

“Oh, something like that happened, huh?” (Shakuhara)

“Yeah. Also, she seems to like flowers. I’ve seen her taking care of flowers often. Ehehe, I help her sometimes too.” (Saniwa)

I see. They say that appearances can be deceiving, and this person was a perfect example of that.

I got the impression that she was cold, but that was probably because I was a man. However, I only heard good things about her.

“So she hates men then? Like Shakuhara-san.” (Torimoto)

“Err…. Yes. She spoke to me about it before. Umm… It seemed that she was once horribly betrayed by a man.” (Saniwa)

“If I had to choose, I would rather talk to the other one, Kagaya-san.” (Shakuhara)

Kagaya Seiko. That was the name of the other blue bandana woman. She gave off a strict air, like a knight who always stood by Sayuri’s side to protect her.

I’d heard that Kagaya was in charge of the hunting faction, while Aoyama was in charge of the exploration faction. And the one above both of them was the founder, Sayuri. There were about 100 followers in total under her command.

“I-I’m a bit scared of Kagaya-san…” (Saniwa)

“Is that so? Well, she does seem hard on herself and the others around her.” (Torimoto)

“In the past… she’s gotten really angry at people who failed their tasks.” (Saniwa)

“Isn’t that natural? I guess it depends on the extent of the failure, but if she got angry, it must have been something big.” (Torimoto)

Normally, that was how it was. But Saniwa didn’t seem convinced, and in the end she said, ‘is that so…?’.

“Anyway, thank you for telling me about Aoyama-san.” (Torimoto)

“No worries. I mean, can the favor really be considered repaid just like this?” (Shakuhara)

“Milord, could this possibly be an assassination attempt?” Shiki asked, bringing up his thoughts.

“If that was the case, she wouldn’t have alerted her target.” (Torimoto)

If it were me, I would have avoided making contact with them so that they wouldn’t be on guard. There was no need to tell them something suspicious like, ‘don’t go out alone at night’.

“Certainly… Kaza-dono, what do you think?”（Shiki)

“Me? Humu… Given what I’ve heard so far, I couldn’t say. It would take quite the resolve for one who despises men to meet with one in the middle of the night.” (Kaza)

Exactly. It would be like me wanting to meet with Ohsaka, for example.

Moreover, I would have to be the one inviting him. I didn’t even want to talk to him or see him. I didn’t want to hear his voice. What kind of reason would make me want to meet with him?

…..I couldn’t think of anything, no matter how much I thought about it.