Entering a Company From Another World! – Chapter 580

The restaurant I booked through Keiri-san, Sardis, has a slight Japanese influence.
Except for the counter seats, all seating is in tatami rooms.

It’s a restaurant where you take off your shoes and sit on tatami mats, an unusual style in their world.

The food also uses ingredients from another world, but it’s similar to Japanese cuisine.

“Haa, there are restaurants like this too.”
“Most of the restaurants in this basement are like this.”

In addition to the Kaido father and daughter, Amili-san, and the twin angels.

“P-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-prince?! What is your business today?”

The store manager is seriously flustered by the unexpected visit of the top executive of their organization.

Frankly, not only I, a general, but also Amili-san, another general, and even the top executive, the Demon Lord, are here. Evia, who will probably be coming to look for the instructor and president, should also be here.

For an ordinary restaurant, this is equivalent to the Prime Minister and cabinet members visiting, so the store manager must be wondering what’s going on.

Honestly, I’m sorry.

I wish the president, who greets us so casually, would consider his own influence a little more.

“I only came to congratulate my subordinate on her pregnancy. You don’t need to worry about me.”

That’s an impossible request, I thought, sighing inwardly.
I started walking towards the store manager, who was looking at me with a plea for help in his eyes.

“President, please wait a moment while I handle the procedures here.”
“Please hurry, Evia will probably sense my location soon. We need to prepare for the banquet and have a system in place to participate without a hitch.”

He’s smiling and seems relaxed, but the demon’s grasp is probably already near.
The president’s face shows no such ease.

Half a bitter smile, half exasperation at the fact that work doesn’t decrease even when postponed, I nodded and agreed.

“Store manager, this is a deposit. I’d like to rent out this restaurant from now on.”

Glad I brought it just in case, I took out a gold ingot from another dimension and placed three of them there.

“W-what is this?”
“It’s for the alcohol and ingredients. Considering who’s coming, this is the amount including the many guests who will be brought by the Oni King later. We’ll pay the rest after the banquet.”
“No! This is more than enough!!”

In such cases, it’s faster to proceed with the conversation by offering compensation rather than using many words.
Indeed, the store manager, captivated by the allure of gold, moved nimbly.

After quickly collecting the money, he retreated to the back of the store, and the shouts of encouragement to the kitchen could be heard.

“We’ve secured the hall in the back, so please go there.”

The store manager reappeared, rubbing his hands together, and guided us to the hall in the back.

“Understood. President.”
“Yeah, I’m leaving it to you.”
“Amili-san.”
“Understood.”

I feel like the members are increasing one by one, but for now, I have to make sure to introduce Meguri-san to Amili-san and discuss future matters.

It’s convenient that the president is here.
With his permission, I can push through with some unreasonable requests.

Reluctantly, or rather, making excuses to myself that it can’t be helped under the circumstances, I’m helping him escape Evia.

I hope I don’t get lectured later as well, I thought, as I followed the store manager’s lead towards the back of the store.

“Unfortunately, the food is not ready, but we will prepare tea for you immediately.”
“Sorry for the sudden request.”
“No, then I’ll be going.”

And the room we were guided to was probably the largest and most luxurious room in the establishment.
It was clear at a glance that care had been taken with the decoration and layout.

“By the way, Jiro, won’t you introduce her to me? I’ve been curious about her since a moment ago.”
“Ah, that’s right. I forgot since she joined us along the way.”

Then, while mentally apologizing to Meguri-san, who has now been subjected to the unfortunate rumor of being a mysterious woman with the president, I introduced her to him.

“This is Kaido Meguru. As her name suggests, she is Kaido’s mother.”
“Mother? Not sister?”
“Isn’t it the same in the Demon Lord’s Army that appearance doesn’t determine actual age?”
“That’s true… hmm.”

With that introduction, the president mistook Meguri-san for a sister.
I was surprised that the president, who I thought would be able to discern her true age at a glance, made such a mistake.

“Uh, nice to meet you.”
“Ah, my apologies. I am Insigne Runallos, the top executive of these people, the Demon Lord, and the president. Since you are Kaido-kun’s mother, you are like family to me. You can call me whatever you like.”
“Haa, then I’ll call you President.”

While I was still surprised, the president was looking at Meguri-san with deep interest.
Perhaps feeling uncomfortable with his gaze, Meguri-san hesitantly dropped her usual assertive demeanor and offered a greeting, to which the president apologetically replied.

“Kaido Meguru-san.”
“Ah, please just call me by my given name. Using my surname would overlap with my son.”
“Yes, then, Meguru-san, this may be a rude question, but do you have any relatives, particularly ancestors, who are not of Japanese blood? Specifically, going back two generations, to your grandparents or great-grandparents.”

He called Meguri-san again and asked a strange question.

“Huh? I wonder. I think my grandfather was a normal Japanese person, but my grandmother… Hmm? What was it?”

In response to his question, Meguri-san tried to recall but couldn’t remember a certain part and tilted her head as if tracing her memory.

“President, what do you mean?”

The president doesn’t do anything meaningless.
This means that in the president’s eyes, there was something strange about Meguri-san.

The question implied some peculiarity related to her bloodline.

“Yes, if I’m not mistaken, I think she has spirit blood. Perhaps she’s a half-spirit, or even less, perhaps a quarter or so, mixed into her blood?”
“Really?”
“I don’t lie about such things. The reason I felt she was young was that her years as a spirit were young. That blood makes her body young and keeps her youthful. Yes, and this aura isn’t from a spirit in our world.”

Then, magic flared in the president’s eyes.
If it were a different type of magic eye, it might affect Meguri-san, but there was no such indication.

“Wait, was my mom a spirit? Is that why she looks so loli?”
“Huh? Tadashi, what did you just say?”
“Ah, crap.”

The president was simply appraising her. He nodded repeatedly, finding it interesting.
On the other hand, Kaido was impressed that his mother had spirit blood and looked young because of it, but then realized it was a forbidden phrase and turned pale.

“I’ll deal with you later.”
“Eek!?”

Threatened in a low, menacing voice, Kaido cowered.

“So, does that mean Kaido also has spirit blood?”
“I think so, but it’s not strong enough for me to sense. His father’s genes are probably stronger. Also, the blood within her isn’t that concentrated to begin with.”

Pointing at Kaido, who was like a picture of a son being intimidated by his mother, I asked if he had spirit blood. The president gave a wry smile and said he couldn’t tell without a more detailed examination.

“The problem isn’t their bloodline, but where that spirit came from. Systematically, it’s highly likely to be a spirit from our world, but there’s also a possibility it’s not.”
“Do you mean a spirit from another world?”
“We arrived in this world, didn’t we? It’s not impossible for there to be connections to other worlds.”

I never expected that a new problem would arise because of the Kaido parent and child.
I looked at the president, asking with my eyes if this wouldn’t cause trouble later.

“Well, we won’t know more without further examination. She’s not our company’s employee, and forcibly investigating her and upsetting the Machine King would be a bad move. For now, let’s wait for Raidou and the others to arrive and discuss it slowly.”

The president shrugged, declaring he wasn’t going to bother. Perhaps it was thanks to Amili-san, who was exuding a strange killing intent behind me.

“However, spirit blood, you say.”
“Are you curious?”
“Yes, well, my sister-in-law also has Oni blood, so I thought there might be many such bloodlines in Japan.”

The preparations for the banquet were still taking some time.
I seated the president in the seat of honor, which was prepared first, and sat next to him.

I gathered Amili-san, the twin angels, and the Kaido parent and child, who have a clear hierarchy, to ensure time for a relaxed conversation.

Kaido is naturally talkative.
Conversations will arise whether I leave him alone or not, and they will likely join those waves.
Even if it’s awkward at first, that awkwardness will eventually disappear.

Therefore, I have to deal with the irregular president, Evia, who will likely arrive soon, and the instructor.

“I don’t know how many mixed-bloods are in the general populace, but at least purebloods would be few. Your sister was close to pureblood, but not quite. For multiple races to live together like in our world, this world is too developed and there are too few places to live. Without an environment that can protect them, like the organizations patronized by Japan, they probably couldn’t survive.”

Reaching for the tea prepared in the restaurant, the president calmly sipped it, describing the world as one where it would be difficult to find such things.
In fact, I probably would have lived with a vague understanding of whether they existed or not if I hadn’t joined this company.

“You are in charge of contacting such organizations.”
“I understand.”
“Yes, I’m counting on you.”

However, with the current situation overturning common sense, I need to delve into those vague areas.
I will have to confront the mysteries of Japan, no, of the world from now on.
Although it’s called a marriage hunting party, its content is too politically charged.

“The other world is also getting rather ominous. You don’t have much time left.”

And not only Japan, but Isal is also becoming ominous.
I’m receiving regular information from Muil-san, but it seems to be decreasing in quantity.

“Will they attack?”
“The probability is high. They are trying to do exactly what we have done. I cannot say it’s impossible. In fact, they have the means to travel to Earth. I don’t think only that Seraph is special, and they are also analyzing our dungeons.”

The brakes on war are failing.
I brewed myself some tea with a wry smile, enjoying its elegant flavor, thinking I don’t have time to be leisurely.

“With just these two pieces of information, my workload will increase by three more mountains.”
“My condolences.”
“You could help me, you know?”
“Unfortunately, I’m swamped with my own work.”
“Well, you are doing a lot of work, so asking for more might get me yelled at by Evia.”

And I gently returned the teacup to its original position.

“It’s too late, I think.”

Responding with a wry smile to the presence I felt from behind me.

“Yes, I thought so too.”

And the president couldn’t help but sense the undisguised presence.
She was probably taught by the instructor.

Evia appeared, exuding an aura that made the air vibrate with a low rumble, but her expression was as emotionless as a noh mask, contrary to the atmosphere.

“Found you.”
“Hahahaha, you found me.”

As if observing a familiar scene that had played out many times before, I thought that Evia was calm enough not to lash out immediately, and continued to sip my tea.

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