CH 3

2.03 | I Am a TS Reincarnation, but I Have a Kid

2.03 | TＳ転生したけど、子供いた

by Chitu Bi (赤途碧)

Translated by Astira

Let’s Go for It

“I won’t forgive you, Sakura Shiba!!”

“No, what are you yelling in Nakameguro Park?”

I spread a sheet on the lawn, had some apple pie and a cup of tea I bought at a nearby department store, and Violet-san, who was listening to me shout, tsked at me.

This park was nice and green.

There were many plants and flowers and it was peaceful, so I’ll bring Saki-chan and have a picnic next time.

The reason I’m trembling with anger is that a person named Sakura Shiba has taken numerous contracts.

(Yep, too busy…)

No matter how many contracts a new employee got, it was up to me and the chairman, Daiki-san, who had the authority of a representative director, to take things forward externally.

So the more work Sakura Shiba did, the more work the president had to do, and the later I got home.

Nay, the new employee just worked, but I wanted to take my anger out on him at least a bit.

I’m working to better Saki-chan’s life as much as possible, but how can it be that the chairman of the board can relax and spend time with his grandchild, while I’m the only one who’s busy?

More so, Saki-chan was so absorbed with Daiki-san, that she didn’t even come out in the open.

If it gets too difficult, they’ll help, but if things continue like this, then only one person’s gonna be busy.

Yeah, and I said earlier, that person… is me.

How do I solve a problem like this? Right, I’ve gotta get rid of the cause that’s keeping me busy.

There’s only one way to do this.

“‘Kay, let’s fire Sakura Shiba.”

“Don’t be stupid.”

“No?”

“It’s only natural. What’re you gonna do if you fire talented people?”

“I know. I’m kidding.”

“No, you mean it 80% of the time.”

“……”

When I took over as the president of the company, I’d to rush to cram in a lot of training, and Sumire was the one who took care of that.

So if she, my mentor, said so, I may have been thinking of firing him rather seriously without even knowing it myself.

This isn’t right.

Too much busyness leaves less room in my mind.

If I don’t do anything, even my work won’t bear much, would it?

So I need to slow down.

Then what should I do? …Yep, I’ve got to a conclusion.

“All right, let’s fire Sakura Shiba.”

“Are you an idiot!? Isn’t that what you said before!?”

Yeah, this’s just going in circles.

“But, I’m tired…”

“It’s your job, so you’ll just have to put up with it. And since Mika-san said she wanted to relax a bit, we’re having lunch at a place with a lot of greenery, you know? I was looking forward to lunch at the French restaurant we were planning to go to.”

“Oh, you did? I’m sorry.”

I wouldn’t want to have a fancy meal for lunch unless I was socializing with a bigwig, but if Violet-san was looking forward to French food, this wasn’t good.

As an apology, I’ll do my best to finish work early in the afternoon and give her more free time.

Alright, let’s do this!

“Violet-san, what are your plans after this?”

“Well, first of all, I’m going to appear on a mail-order show and…”

“Isn’t that a PR’s job?”

“There’s still the case that Haru-kun took. After that, we’ll sign contracts with a department store in Shibuya and a shopping mall in Toyosu, which Haru-kun got from the department store, and then we’ll have a remote meeting to discuss the interior design and staffing of the new store…”

(I just wanna go home.)

No, don’t lose yet.

I just said that I was gonna do my best a few minutes ago.

If I close my eyes, I can see Saki-chan cheering me on.

“Mama, good wuck!”

“Saki-chan is wooting fow you!”

“Mama, I miss you coming home wate.”

“I want to pway with you.”

“Saki-chan, I’m coming home right now!”

“Don’t run from reality. Let’s go.”

“Okay, I’ll make Sakura Shiba the president of the company. Then, I won’t have to do my job.”

“What’re you saying? It’s true that our company is meritocratic, but if Haru-kun, who just joined our company, is made a director instead of you, there will be a lot of complaints from the other employees.”

“I became president early, too, so I’m sure he’ll be fine.”

“Mika-san is the chairman’s daughter, so I can still understand you, but it’s too much for Haru-kun who has no backing.”

“Violet-san, haven’t you been too overprotective of Sakura Shiba earlier? Are you in love with him?”

“It’s not like that!”

Huh? Isn’t she blushing? Could this be a maybe?

“Mika, you’re grinning, but I’m really not. Haru-kun’s popular with the women as an idol. I’m happy as long as they can look at me… and I have to make sure no strange women come near him….”

In the middle of saying something, she started biting on her thumbnail and was mumbling, and Sumire-san seemed scared.

I could hear her small voice saying, “I have to protect Haru-kun… We fans have to protect Haru-kun…”

I hadn’t even met Sakura Shiba yet, but I was afraid of someone who could change a person so drastically.

What the heck kind of a person is he?

Today was Wednesday, so I wouldn’t see Sakura Shiba until the day after tomorrow, but there were some ladies in our new group, so hopefully it would go off peacefully without any unusual problems.

The thought of it weighed me down, so I closed my eyes and pictured my little angel.

“Mama, do yow best!”

I could clearly recall Saki-chan’s voice, which I always heard.

Yeah, good luck with my afternoon work!