Although the Section Chief did say that he had quite the mess to clean up, it took him no longer than an hour for him to come back, patting his hands as though he had done some trivial work.
I raised my head and looked at him.
"You're done?"
"…More or less. There were a few... troublesome things that I needed to take care of and check out, but I'm fine now. Are you done? We should go back."
"Oh."
I slid my laptop back in my bag and stood up. I couldn't wait to go back to the Guild. While this trip had been short, it practically took the life out of me. Pausing, I looked back at the Section Chief as I thought of something.
"What?"
"We can just leave like that? We don't have to wait for those from the Guild to come?"
"Those from the Guild?"
The Section Chief looked confused at first, but then, as if understanding the situation, he dismissively waved his hand.
"Ah, that… Right, yeah."
"….?"
What does that even mean?
Wait...
Seeing his expression, my stomach flipped.
