Two Troublemaking Brats Who Never Made Things Easy for Anyone (???)(???)

It was already 9:47 in the morning. The elite employees at work in the headquarters of Kark Media Group had long since settled into their respective positions, and going about their daily work in an orderly fashion had become routine.

Ding-dong!!

However, when the employee elevator in the core office area of Kark Media Group's headquarters chimed and opened again, the nearby employees were startled by the sound. When they saw a young blonde woman step out carrying a stack of files in her arms and a cup of hot coffee in her hand, wearing glasses and looking scholarly and refined, every single one of them was stunned!

Of course, it wasn't because the woman was simply too beautiful, nor were they gloating over her being so late. It was because...

Every one of them recognized the blonde woman who had just stepped out of the elevator, and none of them had ever expected to see her here, of all places, at a time like this!

So the employees—those who worked at the media group's headquarters—got to their feet one after another. Whether they knew the blonde woman who was walking out of the elevator, had merely exchanged a few greetings with her, or had never met her before, they couldn't help staring at her in shock and confusion, their eyes full of questions...

Of course, some of them didn't make such a big show of it, but they still began whispering among themselves. As the blonde woman walked gracefully toward one of the employee desks that had been empty for some time, they pointed at her and speculated.

"Huh?!"

"Th-this is wonderful!!"

"Kara, I never dared imagine that you'd come back to work at Kark Media after your identity was exposed. This, this..."

"This is unbelievable! Oh, no! I