Chapter 92: Chief Accountant Lady, Alone
Chapter 92: Chief Accountant Lady, Alone
"Ah..."Suddenly, the Chief Accountant Lady seemed to snap back to her senses. She looked around, then clapped her hands loudly—clap! clap! paaaan!—and called out,
"Alrighty, break time is over, everyone~! Get back to work, get back to work~!"
She urged the people around her to return to their tasks. She was the one who started asking me questions in the first place, yet she could flip her attitude so easily. A classic example of starting the fire herself and then putting it out—a real match-pump.
However, the Chief Accountant Lady walked around the desk and came to my side. She took my hand and whispered into my ear,
"Lord Robby, when you meet with Lord Richelieu, please don’t say anything bad about the Accounting Bureau, okay?"
Aaaah, I want to shove this hand right into her chest! But I kept a calm face and replied earnestly,
"Don’t worry. I’m being taken care of here, so I have no reason to speak ill of the place. I intend to continue working here as long as possible."
"Oh my! Thank you so much!"
She pressed my hand against her chest. Hmmm... I could barely feel any softness. If only Anisee-san had done this instead. Right, I should drive a nail in here while I can. I don’t want her stirring up the same topic again.
"Chief Accountant Lady, I’m sorry to ask, but could you please stop talking about or asking me questions regarding my future? I don’t want to say anything unnecessary and get criticized or targeted. I don’t want to make enemies by having my words taken the wrong way. I just want to live peacefully."
She looked serious for a moment, then immediately smiled.
"I understand. Statements from royalty can be quite sensitive, after all. I won’t ask such questions again."
She bowed politely and returned to her seat.
"It must be tough being a prince," Anisee-san said with a voice full of sympathy.
"It’s not particularly tough right now, but I wonder if it will become tough later? It worries me."
"Lord Robby, you’re still only 10 years old, right? Normal 10-year-olds don’t worry about their future like that."