CH 91.2

「Isuka, how is it going with managing people these days?」

「Eh? That……I’m taking care of them, I think.」

With that, she looked down at her feet.

Isuka is capable but she’s shy, which is rare in our company.

However, if she’s going to be in management, I don’t want her to continue the way she is.

「Listen, Isuka, you should buy your subordinates dinner. The value of a senior employee will be totally affected by whether or not you treat them.」

「Dinner, is it……」

Isuka shrunk her big body and wrapped her tail around her legs.

「Are you not good at asking people out for dinner?」

「A little……」

I know what you’re thinking but Isuka’s shyness seems a little deep rooted.

I think I’ll let her ask her subordinates out to dinner as an order.

Isuka’s shyness will improve and her subordinates will be able to eat for free. I won’t say it’s a win-win but at least it’s not a lose-lose.

People never forget to be thankful for food.

I don’t have good memories of the company I worked for in my previous life but I still have memories of a senior colleague who bought me dinner when I was short on money.

I searched my pants’ pocket and took out a gold coin from my wallet.

「Isuka」

「Yes……whoah!」

Her striped tiger tail, pointed up to the sky as she caught the coin I tossed to her.

「What’s this?」

「I order you to keep buying your subordinates dinner until that one gold coin runs out. Of course, you will eat with them.」

「Eh? This one gold coin……?」

「Yes. In order to buy them food, you have to know them well. That is the most important part in leading people.」

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A snack bar with bad food and mamas who sing badly……

That night, my boss forced me to have a party and split the bill even though I didn’t even drink…..

Ugh, my head…..

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「Look, take them to a place that your subordinates like! Don’t just force them to go with you to the snack bar you like!!」

「Don’t……? No, that……if they reject me……?」

「Ask them as many times as you can! Be a boss who makes her subordinates feel good about you and I’ll take care of the money part.」

「U-understood……」

It’s a small price to pay if it helps people grow.

If people grow, things will be easier for me and if it’s easier for me, I might only need to sit behind Noah and Lacus in the future.

That’s why Isuka, grow up for my sake.

I put my hand on the rice paddy and cast strengthening magic to the seedlings which are so green that it hurts my eyes.

The tail of Isuka, which was moving right and left, and the rice paddy, with stalks sprouting out, are being shone on by the sun.

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When you hear the word summer, what do you think of?

Watermelons, summer vacations, beetles, swimming pools.

Of course, these things are fun but for my generation, summer was, of course, Koshien*.

TN: Summer Koshien is an annual nationwide high school baseball tournament.

It is strange to think now that I used to watch the boys, who had no connection to me, cry and laugh as they chased the white ball day after day.

The summer koshien is being held right now in Torquiva……which is not part of the country but a place in another world.

『Batter, number 2, Snore’s vassal, Harias Rinta-sama』

「Harias! Hit it! You’re the pride of Snore!!」

The private orchestra of the Snore family, the current lords of Torquiva, blasted out a cheering song, and their children and wives cheered at the top of their lungs.

Yes, a league game of the recently inaugurated House of Lords League was being held at the Schenker stadium right now.

Laura-san and I just happened to be there to watch the game but the crowd was so large that we couldn’t even sit in the VIP seats even though we were the owners of the stadium.

「However, that’s one hell of a support」

「The Snore family is the lord’s house and has a lot of pride. They are gathering players with the intent of winning the championship at all costs.」

「Players? Not just their vassals?」

「They sweep the city to find good baseball players and incorporate them into the team as servants. I heard that the other teams are doing it too.」

「Oi oi, aren’t they taking it too seriously?」

In fact, the team in the House of Lords League with the most commoners is Laura’s White Beam.

By the way, my Schenker Scorpions is not in the noble league.

The reason is simple: I’m too busy being Laura-san’s catcher in the noble’s league to participate in that one.

It was a strange situation. I, the owner, was doing my best in the noble’s league, while my team was doing their best in the commoner’s league.