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Episode 3: A surprise rarely comes alone


I get up quickly and go back to Kaiba's office with the portfolio in my hand. Did I mention something very strange is going on here?

After a short knock, I am invited inside. Well, ordered in ... Yes, Sergeant General!

This time my boss is sitting in front of his notebook and apparently brooding over a priority A matter.

“Well, did you find something?” He types something in, then turns to me.

I take a seat without being asked and spread the documents in front of him.

“It seems to me that there is a black hole in the development budget.” I take a break from art. "At irregular intervals, small sums of money are pushed back and forth. You change departments and then, how should I put it, disappear into nirvana."“Were you taught this idiom at your German school?” He looks me straight in the eye.

Now he's got me. I'm a secretary, not a controller and certainly not an auditor. I can't answer that.

"You're right, though. If even you notice ... Why do you think my chief accountant didn't notice. Well?"

What is closest, of course. But I can't just put a suspicion, possibly unfounded, into the room.

“None of what we're discussing here will leave this room.” Well, that calms me down a bit.

Before I can reply, the door is thrown open, I get half a heart attack - at 22 (!) - and a black-haired boy storms in.

"That's the height!" Snorts and falls into the chair next to me.

“What happened?” Kaiba seems to be somewhat calmer.

As I try to calm my racing heart, I have the opportunity to watch two brothers - exactly, brothers - discuss things.Not that I don't know what's going on, I also have three brothers, but it's always interesting.

“One of the security guards wouldn't let me through!” Oha. Treason. If even I am instructed to let the little one through at all costs ...

Kaiba's eyes immediately darken.

I want to get up to escape the threatening storm.

"Who said you could go?" He hisses at me.

I let myself sink back into the chair, aghast.

Then he turns to his brother.

"Which one." And his voice sounds a little softer.

"The new."

Then he fixates on me again, the usual cold look in his eyes.

“I want to see this man in my office afterwards, is that clear?” Oh dear. But someone will soon be unemployed.

I'm so upset I can only nod.

And without paying any more attention to his brother, he nods to me. "What did you want to say?"

I clear my throat.
"Well, I think there are two options.A, he's involved himself or B, he's a ", I look apologetically at Kaiba's brother," a complete idiot. "

The little one starts to laugh. I am shocked.

"You're funny," he said to me. Great. I made a monkey out of myself in front of my boss's brother. “Seto, is she your new secretary?” Uh, that's unfamiliar. To hear the first name of my boss ...

Said boss gives an approving growl.

“Maeve Muldoon. Good afternoon.” I smile at him.

"Mokuba. Mokuba Kaiba. Hello." He takes my hand. No, what a nice bright guy! And so polite and kind.

“Could we get back to the topic then?” Oha. Chefchen is getting impatient.

Mokuba looks contrite at his brother. Then he says: "Fine, I'll wait outside, Nii-sama."

Kaiba just nods and Mokuba leaves the room, not without giving me another cheeky grin.

"I doubt you are even seriously considering Option B.""I'm sorry, Kaiba-sama," I dutifully answer.

“Get back to your job.” And with that, I'm fired.

So this was just a test? Outside in the anteroom I see Mokuba lounging on one of the armchairs.

"Give me something to drink," he says when he sees me.

Kimiko is about to get up, but he shakes his black curly head.

“Maeve will do it.” So I nod resignedly.

After Kaiba Junior has also been taken care of, I go back to work. But I didn't expect the persistence and curiosity of a child. He gets up and comes to me. I want to know exactly what I'm doing. I patiently explain everything to him.

Somehow I get the feeling that Kaiba's brother knows more about the things going on here than he admits. And he's not even half as naive as he pretends to be.

In the meantime I've also found out the name of this security guard and quoted him upstairs. But I failed to tell him the exact reason.The door slides open and a mountain of a man pushes in my direction. His mighty arms are full of hair and it seems that there is no longer a bare patch of skin on his face either. He moves his eyebrows, which look like hairy caterpillars. Disgusting idea. Shake.

"You would like to come to Kaiba-sama's office, please. He is waiting for you."

I see Mokuba sneaking into his brother's office.

The giant hums his approval and trudges towards the door.

Nothing happens for a while, then it gets loud. As a precaution, I alert security out of a gut feeling. Furniture splinter. I reflexively jump up and Kimiko is with me immediately. Shit, I'm scared.

Eight of the gorillas wearing suits come out of the elevator. Kaiba reacted before I did.

We fearfully point to our boss's office door. My legs are shaking and Kimiko is very pale.

They rush in. It rumbles briefly, Kimiko presses her nails painfully into my upper arm and eight of them drag the, now probably, ex-employee outside.“You will hear from me later.” He stands between the door and the hinge, straightening his coat. "Call it a day," he says in our direction.

We nod in sync.


~


Second day, new game.

Get up, shower, have breakfast - memo to me: I urgently need a freezer. - Rush to the train, drive 45 minutes with bad-tempered Japanese, run to the company, ignore the reception monster and go up to the executive floor.

Do the work there, catch up on lunch with colleagues, celebrate my debut - I brought Irish pastries that I baked yesterday evening in the sweat of my brow. - Surrender questions about me, keep working and -Finally- after work.

Now I finally have time to visit my grandfather's boyfriend.

Grandfather smuggled his friend's address into my pocket with a note from a message.

My old friend knows that you are coming.He will take care of you.
Give him my regards. We will visit you soon (grandmother and me) as soon as I have the research assignment!

I love you my redhead

Grandfather

Sweet. Mama will kill him if she finds out he's sending me to people she doesn't know.

Well. Right now I'm standing in front of this little game shop.

[i]Turtle games

stands above the entrance.

I don't like it at all. A terrible association takes hold of me. A horny old man with a white beard and turtle shell on his back.

I stop for a moment and think. Actually, I could go to a Kaiba shop with my ID, but I'll need the first salary for Beth's uncle because I live in his loft.
Also, I can buy that particular card here too and without it being registered. I hate it when strangers know my deck.

So let's have fun!

Palimm, Palimm!Joke.

“Come on!” Something blond, clumsy, and very messy is racing towards me.

"Hello," it says.

"Hello." Very intelligent. This company doesn't have a good influence on me. "I'm looking for a particular card and then I have a question of a personal nature." So far so good - or bad ..

Itlistens carefully. "And which?"

"Black pyramid ritual," I mean briefly.

Palm-sized brown eyes stare at me. Did I say something wrong? Maybe I've missed something in the tone. Kaiba-sama, - urgh - seems to rub off.

"Uh ..." Oh dear.

"Well? Do you have the card or not." It's enough for me, but anyone who gets by with pinstripe suit-wearing Casanovas, blonde reception monsters, freaky colleagues and underage (!) Bosses wearing lab coats is outwardly calm. If they only knew! I'm stressed out like anything else.

My counterpart has now recovered.

"Sure, but that's not what you ask for that often."He turns around." Hey Yuugi, come on a minute! "

Aha, he can also articulate himself in full sentences. Who do you think Yuugi is?

“Come on, Jonouchi!” Ah, Blondi has a name too.

Yuugi in any case, it turns out as a small teenager, with a more than strange hairstyle that even Ayane would be jealous of. And he wears an oversized chain with a pendant that looks like an upside-down pyramid around his neck. Fancy! Where can you buy something like that? Definitely not in the tourist bazaars. No way. I would have discovered something like this a long time ago!

“Can I help you?” Big purple eyes look up at me. He manages to be even smaller than me. Wow. But he's very polite, I have to give him that.

"I'm looking for the cardritual of the black pyramid." Let's see howhereacts.

He nods and goes to the sales counter. I afterwards. That was a large part of the money I had painstakingly saved. There it goes, but what don't you do for your deck?After the business part, I take another deep breath.

“There would be something else.” Suddenly I don't sound so confident anymore.

"Yes?"

"A question of a personal nature," I hear Jonouchi say from behind. That wasn't sarcastic at all, was it? He joins us, arms crossed behind his head.

I look at him over the edge of my glasses and have to smile against my will. He reminds me of my little brother, Jamie.

"My grandfather, Professor Seamus Muldoon, gave me this address. I think a friend of his lives here."

“Well, so you are little Mac!” I turn around quickly.

In front of me stands the strangest old man I have ever seen (apart from my grandfather). A resemblance to Yuugi can definitely not be denied. Fortunately, my fears have not come true.

"You're older than I