Dereliction of duty · 90 years in the new calendar

In the morning, as soon as I entered the office, the door opened a small crack, and I saw my boss (who already had a relationship)...

Hugging with an unknown female.

Flo: ...Ah.

Flo is not the kind of idiot who would ask for his own death, and when he recognized this terrible situation, he made a quick decision: close the door, turn around, and leave in one go.With lingering fear, he ran a few steps away to the corner of the stairs in the corridor. His legs were slightly weak, and he leaned against the wall, still not believing what he saw.

Fortunately, I have the habit of cracking the door before opening it, and then opening it completely after seeing the contents clearly.Otherwise, if I just rushed in like that just now...

Zolf: Ah, good morning...why the frightened look?

Flo: Huh?Morning - good morning!

After receiving two consecutive shocks within one minute, Flo felt like his stomach hurt.Who is not good to meet, why is it...?

Seeing that Lord Zolf was about to go to the office, Flo quickly stepped forward to stop him.

Zolf: Huh?What is-

The top boss looked at him gently, and after confirming that he was neither injured nor sick, his tone became lighter.

He lowered his head slightly to keep his eyes from looking too high, and the corner of his mouth slightly raised, quietly waiting for an explanation.

Flo: (Damn it.)

(How should I put it?)

That, that!How rare you are so early!

The words that were almost roared made the embarrassment in the atmosphere even more pervasive. Flo bit his lower lip morosely, and began to complain about how his mouth was so clumsy.

Probably feeling that it was pointless to wait any longer, Master Zolf shook his head, opened the door lightly and walked in.

Flo still subconsciously wanted to grab the man, but soon realized that even so, it was useless as long as his language skills were not good enough to find a suitable excuse.

This time, the creaking of the door hinges made Flo panic even more.He had never felt such a difficult thing to take such a step, at least not when such a farce was happening before his eyes.

In the end, it was Master Zolf's clear voice as usual that pulled him back to sobriety.

Zolf: Good morning - Xus…?

Xus: — Good morning.

Goodness, the unknown woman is still there, and their posture hasn't changed significantly.

...Looking carefully, maybe it's just Flo's self-consolation, Master Xus seems to be the "passed" party.

Zolf: I see.

You, a little bit of moderation? — Cindy Lin.

Cyndeline: No.

Super - long time no see, let me enjoy enough.

Xus: She touched it in the middle of the night yesterday... I don't want her to mess with things.

Zolf: Well, I'm still wondering why you didn't come home "again" all night.

Looks like you guys are having a good time?

Flo swallowed, the conversation didn't sound right... But it seems that these people should know each other.

Having said that, Miss Sindelin's dress is very different from the habits of the Demon King's Palace, and the most eye-catching thing is the necklace she wears around her neck.

Wearing a necklace was an unremarkable thing in itself, the unusual thing was the style of hers.Its pendant is a hollow metal frame structure, and the pattern constructed is quite familiar, as if it has been seen in many places, but it is just forgotten.

Cindeline: Xus is so cold, I slipped here just because of you.

Xus: Please don't—hands, hands!

And, isn't it good that you don't go back?

...Master "Bishop".

The moment he heard this word, Flo remembered the reason for the familiar pattern, and became even more confused about the situation.

As a "hostile" party to the forces of the Demon King's Palace, there is a force organization called "clergymen" in the current era.As for whether they really believe in a god, or just to raise a big banner for themselves, this is an interesting but not worth discussing.

Cindeline: Leave those crap out of your mind.

Why do you want to drive me away so much?

Xus: Xin... alas.

Flo, dumbfounded, noticed a tug on his arm. It turned out that Master Zolf had asked him to... get out?

Stepping back to the door, he said:

Zolf: Scared you? —Cindelin and we are old acquaintances.

In the past, um... when the relationship between "demons and clergy" was far more tense than it is now, she helped us a lot.

This made Flo even more confused.

Flo: Huh?I mean, right now, not so much, okay?

No...why, help the enemy...?

(There are too many questions to ask, which one should I ask first...)

(...I shouldn't expect him to tell me everything.)

(After all, there are too many gaps... Whether it is with Master Zolf or Master Xus.)

squeak--

The door was opened again, and the human-colored conversation outside was interrupted just after two sentences.Seeing Master Xus walking out with that woman, Master Xus nudged her, forcing her to leave quickly, which had a strong sense of driving away guests.

The latter had a slight displeasure on his face, but he quickly obeyed.

Cindeline: I will come back in a few days, so be prepared to be "attacked".

She walked away a few steps, suddenly her voice became low, and she added as if nothing had happened:

Cindy: Right...

Recently, there may be some...disobedient children.

If you encounter it, you can deal with it as you please, just don't mention me to them.

Watching her leave, Master Xus sighed heavily again, and leaned on Master Zolf's shoulder.

He raised his gaze, buried half of his face in the folds of his clothes, and stared at it in this posture.

After a while, his expression eased a lot, so he turned to Flo and told him briefly:

Xus: Before Sindelin, I was the bishop among the clergy.

Before Zolf took me in, I was "over there".