Konbini Ossan Volume 11 Chapter 2 — The Three Idiots
After surveying the developing land, I headed to an area where construction of facilities had already begun.
Since there was a lot of physical labor here, some personnel from the security division had been dispatched.
At the same time, three summoned individuals who had been taken prisoner during the war with Naitō’s faction were also working here.
Additionally, Joanne, who is highly capable, was placed in charge of supervising them.
This time, I came here partly to observe how things were going.
“Alright, next bring those materials over here! You three, it’s still too early to rest!”
Joanne, raising her voice as she directed the three, was the first person I spotted.
Nearby, the three summoned individuals I had come to observe were sprawled out, exhausted.
“D-Damn it… they work us way too hard.”
One of them, Nomura Kōichi, cursed while lying face down, breathing heavily.
“If I don’t get back up here, I’m no man…”
Another, Kanzaki Tatsuya, was also breathing heavily like Nomura, but he had firmly gotten back to his feet.
“Haah… if only the one in charge were a strong, well-built man…”
(E/N: Brother, for the love of god! 🤣)
The last one, Katō Junya, was on his knees, breathing heavily like the other two. However, his thoughts seemed to be drifting in a completely unrelated direction.
I approached the three of them and Joanne.
“Ah, darling!”
Joanne noticed me immediately and rushed over, practically throwing herself into my arms.
As I caught her, she began rubbing her cheek against mine.
“What brings you here today? Don’t tell me you came to see me?”
“That too, of course. But I also wanted to check on those three.”
As I said this, I turned back toward the three while holding Joanne, who had naturally settled into a princess carry.
“How are you all doing?”
“With these things on, how do you think? It’s the worst.”
Nomura replied immediately, showing me something like a bangle on his wrist.
This was actually a special debuff bangle I had created.
By wearing it, their cheat skills and physical abilities were suppressed, allowing us to deal with them safely even if they suddenly went on a rampage.
Because of this, even a bit of manual labor was enough to exhaust them.
“As prisoners, please consider this necessary treatment. If you work diligently, it will eventually be removed.”
“Yeah, I’d sure like that to be the case.”
Katō retorted sarcastically.
However, Kanzaki looked at Katō as if he wanted to say something.
“What is it?”
“No, it’s nothing.”
After denying it halfway, Kanzaki shook his head.
“No, keeping quiet ain’t right either. Old man, these guys have bad attitudes, but me included, we’re grateful.”
“Hey, Tatsuya!”
Nomura tried to stop Kanzaki, who had started speaking.
But Kanzaki ignored him and continued.
“Honestly, I don’t think this treatment is the best. But we took part in the war and caused a lot of damage, right? If that’s the case, we couldn’t complain even if we were killed.
…
And yet, just by wearing these, we’re allowed to live as long as we work. So yeah… we’re actually grateful.”
Katō and Nomura did not deny Kanzaki’s words. They looked somewhat uncomfortable, but it was clear they agreed.
“So we’re gonna start over in our own way. We’ll work properly and prove we can become decent people. So yeah… they complain a lot, but could you let it slide?”
“There’s nothing to forgive. You became prisoners. That’s why I monitor you. Nothing more, nothing less.”
“Tch, what a pain you are, old man.”
At my reply, Nomura grumbled one last time.
However, even I could tell that there wasn’t much malice behind his words.
“Well then. If things are like this, I can leave it to Joanne. I’ll be counting on you from here on as well.”
“Yep! Leave it to me, darling!”
After setting Joanne down, she gave my cheek a kiss before stepping away.
“Alright, you three! You’ve rested enough, right? Back to work!”
At Joanne’s words, the three of them each made displeased expressions in their own way.
For some reason, I found it a little amusing and couldn’t help but smile.
With that, I left the site.
——————
E/N:
Some tough love from little Joanne! All for the sake of rehabilitation and repentance 😂!
Stay tuned! (4/4 chapter)
——————
——————————
Check out my other project -
——————————
Comments