SDS Limited Liability Company.
It’s been about a little over a year since I joined this suspicious company and studied. And finally I was given a job.
It’s my long-awaited opportunity, and I definitely want to make it a success. Naturally I felt a little nervous. However, rather than that it’s――
“Ahah, you’re giving off an evil aura you know.”
Tsunemura Saito.
A man with moderate height and weight. His age is twenty four which is the same as me, single. His special characteristic would be that he always say “Take it easy” as his catchphrase, and as if to embody this, he always has this refreshing smile on his face so much so that it feels creepy. Nonetheless, whenever he hears something related to lovers he’ll go crazy. Even just by seeing a couple holding hands walk past by, his veins would popped up all over his entire body.
Because of that, I couldn’t just carelessly bring up the topic about Misaki, so I tell him a made-up story about having to take care of a relative’s orphaned child and didn’t bother telling him anything else.
“I know that you’re nervous because it’s your first job and all, but don’t ever forget to take it easy.”
Saito smiles with his teeth flashing like an idol. Annoying.
“I’m not nervous or anything, it’s just that I don’t wholly understand what’s the job about so I’m troubled.”
“That is why we’re going to talk to our client right now.”
This time Saito gives me a thumbs up. Annoying.
“Aren’t those things are supposed to be explained before starting the job?”
“It’s case-by-case you see. As for this case, our job includes getting the details from them too.
“What does that mean.”
“We go see the actual site first and then judge or give suggestions accordingly. And of course we charge for that too so it’s not like we’re doing some tedious chores. Don’t misunderstood that okay.”
Although he said in a serious tone, but since he’s too annoying only half of it enters my brain. So to sum it up…… What does it mean again?
“Ahah, that’s the face of a guy who didn’t understand anything. Let’s see…… to put it simply, our company is an odd-jobs shop. 1
“Odd jobs?”
“Yup.”
He snaps his finger. Annoying.
“In today’s society, most of the programmers work for game companies. Normally there’d be a ton of demand for robotics industry, so much so that it’ll create labor shortages which should be a good thing, but the technology is still new you see. And our client doesn’t quite understand these kinda things in the first place so that’s why we have our jobs here.” 2
“I see.”
That’s surprisingly easy to understand.
It’s true that even if we have great technologies, but if they didn’t know how useful it’d be to them then they wouldn’t pay for it.
“But still, even if we have these jobs but it’s really only a handful of large companies who have geniuses in this field under their wing who actually get a job from the client.”
“It’s rough huh……”
“That’s right. Which is why we started off as something like a consultant company. We informed them that they should do this and that and they’ll gain more profit. After that we negotiated with them, saying something like if you leave it to us it’ll cheap, fast, and of the best quality.”
“Hehー, that’s amazing.”
I’m not as good as Misaki in term of expressing my impression, but I really thought so.
Although my impression of this company is that it’s suspicious and full of perverts, but when talking out jobs like this I felt respect for them.
“Ahah, we’ve talked about lots of things but don’t worry, I’m supporting you this time.”
Like I said you’re annoying.
“So that’s our job for today? Consulting and stuff.”
“Exactly. Usually consulting is my job, though when things are too complicated I had to call Yuuto for help, but since I think this job suited Tendou-kun perfectly so…… yeah, we accepted the job for you.”
“So it’s like that huh. Sorry then.”
“Ahah, don’t mind it. I’ve seen how hard you’ve been doing so I want to support you.”
He’s surprisingly a good guy. But annoything though.
“Ah, we’re almost there.”
He said as he’s looking at somewhere faraway as if there’s a landmark there.
It’s about twenty minutes walk from the station I guess? It’s located in quite a hard-to-access place if I had to say.
“Tendou-kun, from now on we’ll only talk about today’s job.”
“……Okay.”
I noticed his voice’s tone changed slightly, and naturally my nervousness raised.
“The factory we’re heading to is a newly built place about just a several months ago. They’re a subcontractor which manufactured a wide range of parts and components, and thanks to the factory manager’s connection they’ve been getting more and more work. Gee, I don’t know what kind of connection they had, but trying to compete in already oversupplied components manufacturing subcontractors market is truly masochistic.”
“That’s quite harsh……”
“Ahah, it’s only to relieve you of your nervousness.”
No need, I don’t need something like that.
“Simply put, because of the factory manager’s effort their work increased, but they lacked manpower so they sought automation. And since they don’t have much money, they want it cheap.”
“I get the drift now. That factory manager is sure competent huh.”
“Yeah I guess. Rather than competent…… I’d say amazing.”
“Amazing?”
“Sure is amazing in many ways, but the number one would be appearance.”
“I-, I see……”
I wonder why I saw aniki’s figure just now.
That guy must be really buffed huh.
“But that’s not only for the factory manager you know, it’s the whole factory. I bet you’d be surprised when you see them.”
“Tha-, that’s so huh……”
A factory full of muscular men huh…… I really don’t wanna go there.
“We’ve arrived. Look over there.”
“……”
Let’s refresh my mind.
I followed Saito’s eyesight and saw a white building there. At first glance it looks like a large structure with no windows, but inside the building is a gigantic machine that’s operating with noises so loud that you’d want to cover your ears.
I never thought that I’d be coming back to this place again.
“Take it easy…… don’t ever forget that okay.”
“Yeah, I’ll keep that in mind.”
I’m no longer related to that place.
I’m only here to do the job that was given to me.
Moreover, right’s now me, and that time’s……
“Ahah, you’re really nervous aren’t you. Don’t worry, I’m here to support you.”
He gently tap on my shoulder as he smiled showing his teeth.
“I’m fine. That aside, How do we enter the place? Front entrance?”
“Yep, that’s right.”
Saito walks forward while keeping his refreshing smile on his face. Seeing his back made me feel a little reassured. Although my impression of him had only been that of an annoying guy, but I think my impression of him changed a lot today.
I followed Saito, I walked to the entrance of the place painted with different color from the rest of the building. And there is an intercom installed there. Saito arranged his necktie a little before pressing on the button.
Seeing that, I hurriedly tided up my appearance as well. Of course I’m wearing a suit that I bought for today, I just can’t go to other company wearing everyday clothes after all. This piece of cloth is really expensive, it makes me hot and have no good points at all, but wearing this also made me feel like I’m a normal person in the society as well so it isn’t so bad. And most importantly it made Misaki happy.
『I’ve been waiting for you! Are you from SDS-su?”
……Woman’s voice?
“Yes, are there any requirements for us to do first?”
『I’ve already heard from big sis-su! I’ll open the door now so please come inside!』
“Yes, thank you very much.”
Immediately after, accompanied by a heavy sound the wall breaks into two. As I thought, the part with different color is actually the door huh.
“Hey, are you surprised?”
“Yeah, that was a woman-like voice just now.”
“Ahah, it’s exciting isn’t it!”
“Not really. I’m sure it’s just a flashy guy with really high voice.”
“That’s why you’ll have to wait and see.”
Saito said in a meaningful attitude, I followed him inside.
Ever since the door opened I’ve been hearing this large machine’s noises, so my guess that there’s a large machine inside this building is correct. We walked along the narrow corridor as the noise keeps ringing on. After a few corners and another short walk I saw a door ahead of me. And just then the door opened. Seems like it’s an automatic door, and there’s a person standing on the other side of the door. I guess that person came out to greet us.
“Good afternoon, it’s been a while isn’t it.”
As always, Saito greeted refreshingly.
“Good afternoon, I’ve been waiting for you.”
……
“This person over here is our technical staff responsible for today’s consulting, his name is Tendou. Tendou-san, this person here is the factory manager…… Tendou-san?”
Apparently the person in front of me is the factory manager.
The fact that the factory manager is a woman surprised me sure, but there’s another reason why I’m speechless.
She’s about the same height as me, her hair color is gold. Her hair runs down to her back and is curled up as if she has a bed hair. She’s tall and has long legs, and perhaps because she’s a woman so overall her body is thin. Instead, the parts that are sticking are seems like it have been absorbing all the nutrients from other places. Her outfit looks like the company’s uniform, it’s mainly white in color.
All of this is a familiar sight to me.
“……Ryuusei?” (Factory manager)
And as if to prove that I’m not misunderstanding anything, she said.
“……Is that you, Akane?”
Right after I muttered, I felt a soft touch on my body.
“I’m so glad…… So you’re alive……”
Akane said with her voice trembling, her arms wrapped around my back.
I can hear Saito going crazy from the side. As a result, the other employees gathered to see what was happening. They’re looking at me with stunned expression.
The other employees dyed their hair golden just like Akane, some have weird makeup, they’re girls who can be called gals…… I see, so this factory is built together by Akane and her friends huh. 3
And behind the door that was left open is a magnificent factory. It definitely take more than a year of work to get the money needed to purchase it.
To sum it up, the girls never gave up.
Different from me who’ve been wasting my time drowning in my laziness, these girls were working hard.
The moment I realized this, both of my eyes felt painfully hot.
“Akane……”
Once again, I call out the name of my friend. As I did so the cheers from golden-haired girls rang out. Apparently they’re misunderstanding our relationship.
Many years ago, Akane and I were working in the same factory.
I’ve experienced lots back then, but I really don’t remember much.
Surely that’s because I don’t want to even remember it in the first place.
But there’s one thing that no matter how much I tried to run away from it, I just can’t forget it.
SDS Limited Liability Company.
It’s been about a little over a year since I joined this suspicious company and studied. And finally I was given a job.
It’s my long-awaited opportunity, and I definitely want to make it a success. Naturally I felt a little nervous. However, rather than that it’s――
“Ahah, you’re giving off an evil aura you know.”
Tsunemura Saito.
A man with moderate height and weight. His age is twenty four which is the same as me, single. His special characteristic would be that he always say “Take it easy” as his catchphrase, and as if to embody this, he always has this refreshing smile on his face so much so that it feels creepy. Nonetheless, whenever he hears something related to lovers he’ll go crazy. Even just by seeing a couple holding hands walk past by, his veins would popped up all over his entire body.
Because of that, I couldn’t just carelessly bring up the topic about Misaki, so I tell him a made-up story about having to take care of a relative’s orphaned child and didn’t bother telling him anything else.
“I know that you’re nervous because it’s your first job and all, but don’t ever forget to take it easy.”
Saito smiles with his teeth flashing like an idol. Annoying.
“I’m not nervous or anything, it’s just that I don’t wholly understand what’s the job about so I’m troubled.”
“That is why we’re going to talk to our client right now.”
This time Saito gives me a thumbs up. Annoying.
“Aren’t those things are supposed to be explained before starting the job?”
“It’s case-by-case you see. As for this case, our job includes getting the details from them too.
“What does that mean.”
“We go see the actual site first and then judge or give suggestions accordingly. And of course we charge for that too so it’s not like we’re doing some tedious chores. Don’t misunderstood that okay.”
Although he said in a serious tone, but since he’s too annoying only half of it enters my brain. So to sum it up…… What does it mean again?
“Ahah, that’s the face of a guy who didn’t understand anything. Let’s see…… to put it simply, our company is an odd-jobs shop. 1
“Odd jobs?”
“Yup.”
He snaps his finger. Annoying.
“In today’s society, most of the programmers work for game companies. Normally there’d be a ton of demand for robotics industry, so much so that it’ll create labor shortages which should be a good thing, but the technology is still new you see. And our client doesn’t quite understand these kinda things in the first place so that’s why we have our jobs here.” 2
“I see.”
That’s surprisingly easy to understand.
It’s true that even if we have great technologies, but if they didn’t know how useful it’d be to them then they wouldn’t pay for it.
“But still, even if we have these jobs but it’s really only a handful of large companies who have geniuses in this field under their wing who actually get a job from the client.”
“It’s rough huh……”
“That’s right. Which is why we started off as something like a consultant company. We informed them that they should do this and that and they’ll gain more profit. After that we negotiated with them, saying something like if you leave it to us it’ll cheap, fast, and of the best quality.”
“Hehー, that’s amazing.”
I’m not as good as Misaki in term of expressing my impression, but I really thought so.
Although my impression of this company is that it’s suspicious and full of perverts, but when talking out jobs like this I felt respect for them.
“Ahah, we’ve talked about lots of things but don’t worry, I’m supporting you this time.”
Like I said you’re annoying.
“So that’s our job for today? Consulting and stuff.”
“Exactly. Usually consulting is my job, though when things are too complicated I had to call Yuuto for help, but since I think this job suited Tendou-kun perfectly so…… yeah, we accepted the job for you.”
“So it’s like that huh. Sorry then.”
“Ahah, don’t mind it. I’ve seen how hard you’ve been doing so I want to support you.”
He’s surprisingly a good guy. But annoything though.
“Ah, we’re almost there.”
He said as he’s looking at somewhere faraway as if there’s a landmark there.
It’s about twenty minutes walk from the station I guess? It’s located in quite a hard-to-access place if I had to say.
“Tendou-kun, from now on we’ll only talk about today’s job.”
“……Okay.”
I noticed his voice’s tone changed slightly, and naturally my nervousness raised.
“The factory we’re heading to is a newly built place about just a several months ago. They’re a subcontractor which manufactured a wide range of parts and components, and thanks to the factory manager’s connection they’ve been getting more and more work. Gee, I don’t know what kind of connection they had, but trying to compete in already oversupplied components manufacturing subcontractors market is truly masochistic.”
“That’s quite harsh……”
“Ahah, it’s only to relieve you of your nervousness.”
No need, I don’t need something like that.
“Simply put, because of the factory manager’s effort their work increased, but they lacked manpower so they sought automation. And since they don’t have much money, they want it cheap.”
“I get the drift now. That factory manager is sure competent huh.”
“Yeah I guess. Rather than competent…… I’d say amazing.”
“Amazing?”
“Sure is amazing in many ways, but the number one would be appearance.”
“I-, I see……”
I wonder why I saw aniki’s figure just now.
That guy must be really buffed huh.
“But that’s not only for the factory manager you know, it’s the whole factory. I bet you’d be surprised when you see them.”
“Tha-, that’s so huh……”
A factory full of muscular men huh…… I really don’t wanna go there.
“We’ve arrived. Look over there.”
“……”
Let’s refresh my mind.
I followed Saito’s eyesight and saw a white building there. At first glance it looks like a large structure with no windows, but inside the building is a gigantic machine that’s operating with noises so loud that you’d want to cover your ears.
I never thought that I’d be coming back to this place again.
“Take it easy…… don’t ever forget that okay.”
“Yeah, I’ll keep that in mind.”
I’m no longer related to that place.
I’m only here to do the job that was given to me.
Moreover, right’s now me, and that time’s……
“Ahah, you’re really nervous aren’t you. Don’t worry, I’m here to support you.”
He gently tap on my shoulder as he smiled showing his teeth.
“I’m fine. That aside, How do we enter the place? Front entrance?”
“Yep, that’s right.”
Saito walks forward while keeping his refreshing smile on his face. Seeing his back made me feel a little reassured. Although my impression of him had only been that of an annoying guy, but I think my impression of him changed a lot today.
I followed Saito, I walked to the entrance of the place painted with different color from the rest of the building. And there is an intercom installed there. Saito arranged his necktie a little before pressing on the button.
Seeing that, I hurriedly tided up my appearance as well. Of course I’m wearing a suit that I bought for today, I just can’t go to other company wearing everyday clothes after all. This piece of cloth is really expensive, it makes me hot and have no good points at all, but wearing this also made me feel like I’m a normal person in the society as well so it isn’t so bad. And most importantly it made Misaki happy.
『I’ve been waiting for you! Are you from SDS-su?”
……Woman’s voice?
“Yes, are there any requirements for us to do first?”
『I’ve already heard from big sis-su! I’ll open the door now so please come inside!』
“Yes, thank you very much.”
Immediately after, accompanied by a heavy sound the wall breaks into two. As I thought, the part with different color is actually the door huh.
“Hey, are you surprised?”
“Yeah, that was a woman-like voice just now.”
“Ahah, it’s exciting isn’t it!”
“Not really. I’m sure it’s just a flashy guy with really high voice.”
“That’s why you’ll have to wait and see.”
Saito said in a meaningful attitude, I followed him inside.
Ever since the door opened I’ve been hearing this large machine’s noises, so my guess that there’s a large machine inside this building is correct. We walked along the narrow corridor as the noise keeps ringing on. After a few corners and another short walk I saw a door ahead of me. And just then the door opened. Seems like it’s an automatic door, and there’s a person standing on the other side of the door. I guess that person came out to greet us.
“Good afternoon, it’s been a while isn’t it.”
As always, Saito greeted refreshingly.
“Good afternoon, I’ve been waiting for you.”
……
“This person over here is our technical staff responsible for today’s consulting, his name is Tendou. Tendou-san, this person here is the factory manager…… Tendou-san?”
Apparently the person in front of me is the factory manager.
The fact that the factory manager is a woman surprised me sure, but there’s another reason why I’m speechless.
She’s about the same height as me, her hair color is gold. Her hair runs down to her back and is curled up as if she has a bed hair. She’s tall and has long legs, and perhaps because she’s a woman so overall her body is thin. Instead, the parts that are sticking are seems like it have been absorbing all the nutrients from other places. Her outfit looks like the company’s uniform, it’s mainly white in color.
All of this is a familiar sight to me.
“……Ryuusei?” (Factory manager)
And as if to prove that I’m not misunderstanding anything, she said.
“……Is that you, Akane?”
Right after I muttered, I felt a soft touch on my body.
“I’m so glad…… So you’re alive……”
Akane said with her voice trembling, her arms wrapped around my back.
I can hear Saito going crazy from the side. As a result, the other employees gathered to see what was happening. They’re looking at me with stunned expression.
The other employees dyed their hair golden just like Akane, some have weird makeup, they’re girls who can be called gals…… I see, so this factory is built together by Akane and her friends huh. 3
And behind the door that was left open is a magnificent factory. It definitely take more than a year of work to get the money needed to purchase it.
To sum it up, the girls never gave up.
Different from me who’ve been wasting my time drowning in my laziness, these girls were working hard.
The moment I realized this, both of my eyes felt painfully hot.
“Akane……”
Once again, I call out the name of my friend. As I did so the cheers from golden-haired girls rang out. Apparently they’re misunderstanding our relationship.
Many years ago, Akane and I were working in the same factory.
I’ve experienced lots back then, but I really don’t remember much.
Surely that’s because I don’t want to even remember it in the first place.
But there’s one thing that no matter how much I tried to run away from it, I just can’t forget it.
