Life had been fairly quiet lately.
With Dragon City holding off the Federation outside, the Alt Conglomerate had predictably begun to ease out of its all-hands-on-deck state. Even Eiffel was less busy now. Although Dragon City had sent people over, she only needed to keep an eye on Ye Hua and Yue Chen's little schemes.
Sunlight streamed through the windows into the spacious office, bathing the room in a warm glow.
In an office at the Alt Conglomerate, Jonas sat behind his desk, leisurely savoring a cup of fresh coffee. Its rich fragrance filled the air as he closed his eyes slightly, enjoying this rare moment of relaxation.
It wasn't exactly rare, but perhaps it counted as stealing a little leisure from work?
As he sat with nothing to do, a call from Eiffel came through on his Communicator.
"Mr. Jonas, are you busy right now?"
"Not particularly... What is it?"
Jonas set down his coffee and looked at Eiffel on the Communicator in puzzlement.
"I've finished compiling this quarter's financial report and sent you the file through the Communicator... Though I imagine our lazy Mr. Jonas won't have the patience to go through a financial report full of numbers."
He wanted to argue in all seriousness that he wasn't a lazy bum when it came to things like this. But the thought that protesting might earn him a few barbed remarks from Eiffel-and perhaps leave him saddled with the work, putting an end to today's leisure-made Jonas choose to remain the lazy Mr. Jonas she described.
"Then I'll come over now."
A little while later, Eiffel entered Jonas's office with a tablet.
"Right. Sorry for the trouble, Eiffel. Go ahead with your report."
Jonas opened the file Eiffel had sent him, ready to cross-check it for any errors.
Eiffel's