Got Dropped into a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work

"Friend, your superior is a dull, unimaginative blade grunt..."

"U-Uh-huh."

I thanked Lee Jaheon and went to fetch Braun.

I felt a little bad for both of them because, by the time I got back, Chief Lizard had already taken the plush to his own place since it was so late. Thanks to that, Braun ended up visiting a place I'd never seen myself—and had no intention of seeing, period—so he got a bit excited.

"Ah, I would have preferred to sit alone on the cold tiled backstage floor of a studio."

"...Right."

In the end, it must have been boring.

As Braun complained about how "there was absolutely nothing in that man's house, no muttering, no humming, just silence dragging on endlessly", I broke out into a cold sweat.

"But it was honestly so dirty there. It wouldn't sit right with me to leave you behind in that abandoned building. As your friend, I just couldn't do that."

"Friend...!"

I'm starting to get it now. Using a "good friend" as the angle when dealing with Braun seems to get the calmest reaction from him.

"Well, it's not entirely a lie."