Dereliction of duty · 90 years in the new calendar

Let's just see each other every day because of the cohabitation relationship, but after a few days, the exchange between them hardly exceeds ten sentences.

Topics... are basically started with trepidation, and then ignored in the same way.

All kinds of chores at home, as long as Flo is present, he will take care of them, even these few days are no exception.

To tell the truth, he might feel better if he was more quarrelsome and inattentive to the family affairs.

... No, he has already forgotten who started this strange cold war.In terms of responsibility, who should bear it?

Sui: (…)

(It's already my fault for thinking about the term "responsibility".)

If you are not happy in your heart, whether you are walking or sitting, your mind will often be in a mess.

He didn't know when he reached the clerical office, but he was already at the door of the office when he realized it.

On the same day as the fire incident, Master Xus gave them a long vacation.Today is not the end of the holiday, he didn't need to be here.

He sighed and turned the doorknob helplessly.

But I saw a mess inside.

Xus: Zor?Okay, let's go--

why you?

He heard the sound first, and then saw the human head protruding from behind the high stack of boxes.

The curtains were drawn, and it was clearly daytime, but it was dark inside.

Sui: Ah... I don't know.

Come here as you walk.

Xus: As I remember, it was pretty desolate near your house.

There really isn't much to go for a walk.

——Sorry, as you can see, there is no time to entertain.

Can you sit anywhere?

Sui: ...

No please let me help.

People who are busy usually don't refuse help from others, do they? Sui thought so.

But he saw that the grown-up's face instantly showed embarrassment, as if this was not such a beautiful proposal.

After hesitating again and again, he finally agreed, but his tone was cautious:

Xus: On your... right hand side, at the top of the box.

Is there a stack of papers?take it.

Followed the instructions, and it was indeed there.A lot of people's names were densely written on the paper, with numbers after the names.

At first glance, one can write thirty or fifty names on one side, or at least a dozen or so, so the total number of names can be imagined.

Sui: (This is?)

(No, don't ask too much, don't ask too much... learn to endure, haven't you learned your lesson yet?)

Xus: A list of everyone who's worked here so far.

Those marked with double lines are dismissed, and those marked with one line are resigned.Those not marked are those who are still here.

When he mentioned it like this, it is true that there are faint traces of lines on the list.

It's very light, light gray...Looking at it, more than [-]% of the list is marked with double lines, and Sui thought it was the background color of the form.

Sui: Is this so many?

……lay off?

Master Xus...?

He suddenly remembered that Master Xus had mentioned a few days ago, "Leave the paperwork first."

At that time, my mind was not very clear, so I didn't think about the meaning of it.

Sui: Could it be that the reason why we are given a holiday these days is also because...?

Also, the reason for tidying up here...

Xus: Well, you guessed right.

—I thought Flo would tell you, didn't he?

It looks like it is.

The voice in the innermost part gradually gained an approaching posture, and at first glance, Master Xus was floating in front of him.

Because there were no footsteps, Sui might not have noticed his approach if he hadn't been talking at the same time.

Xus: Moving things.

Give way?

Sui: Huh?

ah!OK……

Get out of the way of the door, silently staring at his receding back.

He took the stairs, not knowing which room upstairs was his destination.

Sui: (It gets quiet again.)

Maybe it's because he has been neglected all the time, but now he is very uncomfortable with the quiet scene.

To avoid being disturbed by strange thoughts, he decided to find something to do.

However, he didn't know about Master Xus' planning, and messing around might cause him trouble.

Sui: (…)

(Wait a moment?)

(What does he want me to do with the list?)

The order just now was just to "take it up", so what about after that?

With nothing to do left and right, he simply leaned against the wall and read names one by one from the first page.

The numbers at the back... some of them look like the date of the year, and some of them don't know what they mean.

The earliest year was more than 60 years ago...

Sui: (I've heard that this place has a long history...)

(Zolf... my lord, the founders, they seem to be very old.)

(at least seventy or eighty...)

There are many years involved, basically up to today, and there are people in every year in between.

The most was five years ago, which took up an entire page.The least is this year, only two people.

These two people are also the only two who are not underlined, located in the last two lines of the last page.

Sui: (Right now, I can't see how powerful it used to be.)

(...my name and Flo's.)

(Looks a little lonely.)