Epilogue

“How are the preparations for the event going?”

“Oh, hi, Deputy Chief. Swimmingly. All that’s left is the server allocation!”

“This is our first large-scale event. We can’t afford to make any mistakes.”

“Never mind us, though. What did the chief say? He kept complaining until the very end that the difficulty level wasn’t high enough nor the monsters strong enough.”

“Not to worry. I took care of that.”

“If you say so. Oh, and could you please tell the chief to refrain from hosting so many drinking parties? Our programmers got dragged into one after an all-nighter and nearly died...”

“Ignore him.”

“Easy for you to say. Do you know how hard it is to refuse a piece of grilled squid being waved in your face...? Besides, there’s no way our young’uns can say no to such a pushy chief.”

“All right. I’ll quash him.”

“...Quash? What do you mean by that...?”

“Got a problem?”

“N-Not at all!”

“Looks like there are no problems with the Martial Arts Tournament.”

“None whatsoever!”

“How about the villages? This event is mainly supposed to be for crafter-types.”

“They’re good to go too. They were far more difficult to organize than the Martial Arts Tournament. I’m just glad we made it in time.”

“I can imagine managing all those flags was a cumbersome task. One mistake is all it takes to ruin the whole event.”

“Nothing to worry about there, although our debugger’s completely spent. More importantly, is this event even clearable? After all, the chief supervised this one. It’s an effing beast.”

“Fighting aside, it’s true that this event has a much higher difficulty level. Worst-case scenario, we can expect all of our servers to fail.”

“Yikes, poor things...”

“However, if people work strategically, it shouldn’t be hard to arrive at the correct answer.”

“There are always selfish bastards who try to make a grandstand play, though.”

“Hey, about today’s event! I’ve decided to monitor the village event instead of the Martial Arts Tournament!”

“...Speak of the devil.”

“Ahem. What’s the matter, Chief? Didn’t you say you wanted to observe the Martial Arts Tournament because it was flashier than the village event?”

“Uh, well, you see... I had a change of heart.”

“...Did that player choose to participate in the village event? Is that it?”

“H-How did you...?!”

“You always look forward to checking their logs, after all. I know you take sneak peeks every now and then.”

“I-I do not! I’m simply keeping an eye on them so they don’t get involved in another incident like before!”

“Um, Chief? We’re running out of time...”

“Very well, I shall monitor the Martial Arts Tournament instead. I’ll leave the village to you.”

“R-Roger!”

“However...”

“Yes?”

“You’ll be severely sorry if you don’t take your job seriously.”

“...How so?”

“Do you really want to know?”

“Nope! I’ll do as you said!”

“Good, I’ll leave it to you then. Make sure you don’t focus all of your energy on that Tamer and neglect your other duties.”

“Yes, ma’am!”

“...Is this workplace really okay?”