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He hadn’t heard anything about it. If
his other coworkers knew, he may have been the only one who was left
out. It was at times like this he was glad he was a man. The excuse,
because he’s a man, could be used. \n\n“She said it was
because she was getting married, but that was a lie.
Definitely.”\n\nYamanoi said unusually confident. When he asked
if she had some basis for that, she didn’t really, but she never
heard anything about her having a boyfriend, and even if she didn’t
ask Yamauchi, she would have talked endlessly about him if she did,
but she never gave an answer that sounded credible. \n\n“She
was probably looking for a new job and dating during her
break.”\n\n“So, since the princess is gone, we wanted take
this opportunity to talk to you, Konno-san.”\n\n“Aah, I
see

”\n\nHe wasn’t sure what sort of face he should make,
so he tried not to make much of any expression.\n\n“

since
we pretended not to notice, we thought you might have been pretty
upset at us.”\n\n“I wasn’t. At all.”\n\nHonestly, he
wouldn’t get angry over something like that. They were good people,
even if they weren’t, he probably would have been indifferent about
it. \n\n“Putting aside the princess’s imaginary boyfriend,
Konno-san, you’ve been in such a great mood lately. But ever since
yesterday, you’ve been really depressed

are those ups and downs
because of a lover?”