16. The countermeasures manual for troublesome people
ăâŠâŠHelloăŒ, I apologize for the rudeness from before.ă
Dipping my head in a bow, the man made an amused face.
ăYou have guts, Nee-chan.ă
ăNo, itâs not like that. Right now, I really want to run away.ă
When I answered honestly, the man slightly widened his eyes because he didnât expect this answer.
Afterward, he smiled like a cat. 1
ââHe seems like the troublesome type.
While looking at the manâs crafty face, I thought such.
Should I be feel fortunate or unfortunateâŠâŠ Or how should I put it, while I feel itâs a completely unfortunate occurrence, there are many difficult people around me.
Like Demon President, my childhood friend, and my elder brother.
From being half forcibly dragged around by those types of people, Iâve understood something.
Within those troublesome guys, they are persons of high ability, and there are many beautiful people.
Being capable and having good looks, I feel the worldâs unfairness, but it canât be helped.
Itâs likely that because they have high capabilities and beautiful looks, they turn into troublesome people.
And, they know that they are people who excel over others.
Itâs not overconfidence. Along with being superior, they recognize the distinct disparity between them and others.
And, difficult guys hate idiots.
Well, I get where theyâre coming from. When the things they know are things others donât know and their conversations donât mesh, they get irritated.
From my speculations, troublesome guys have low stress tolerance.
Thatâs why when their partner says something slightly off, when they spew flimsy lies, when they act thoughtlessly, they pretty much immediately lose it and deliver a thorough retribution. 2
To the level of âEh, from that little thing, theyâll do such cruel vengeance!?â
One time I got sexually harassed while working at another company, and when I think of the punishment that demonic President did to that company in return, my blood still drains to this day.
Merely from saying some indecent things and touching me a little, that middle aged salesman probably didnât think his main company staffed with 400 employees would be crushedâŠâŠ
I wasnât the least bit in the wrong, but the guilt wasnât half-baked.
I felt so bad, I turned my feet in the direction of that company and couldnât sleep for a while. Well, since that company was crushed the employees wouldnât be in that place anymore, so it was in an emotional sense!
No, I tried stopping him more or less. Desperately, at that.
It was completely useless though.
Then, when others heard just that, he was seen as a good President who valued his employees.
But I thought, âif he has that much leniency, then he should decrease my workload.â
Whoops, the topic derailed.
Well, itâs like that.
Troublesome people hate idiots. Thatâs why they also hate people who donât listen, cheap lies, and stupid actions. Out of those foolish idiots, they hate people who draw close and shamelessly flatter them enough to vomit.
Well, this is the countermeasures manual Iâve compiled on how to deal with those troublesome peopleââ
Put on a shallow smile and flatter them, make them recognize you asăone of the manyăthat they hate.Donât lie, donât compliment, keep interaction at a bare minimum, promptly leave the area.
Either one of those.
I looked at the ikemen in front of me once again.
It was likely, judging from the happenings before, his stress tolerance was low and he hated idiots. Probably, he especially hated stupid women.
Furthermore, he had no hesitation in using violence.
That being so, if I poorly act out theătype he hatesă, I wonât know what kind of brutality Iâll be subjected to.
I dislike pain.
Meaning, my correspondence method would inevitably beă2ă.
AhăŒ, I want to leave this place quicklyâŠâŠ
Unsure⊠Original sentence here: ăăăăăă«ăăăŁăšçŹăă Might be worded a little awkwardly, but basically the âslightly off, lies, thoughtless actionsâ part is talking about possible things the person they interact can do, and the last bit is their (the difficult people) reaction to those actions.