Failing the Defense Force test for the fifth time had really put a damper on his spirit. Although he would never let Mina see that, he wasn't going to sour the mood. Not when Mina has passed her test and deserved to enjoy it. So he put on his brave face, plastered on a big smile and acted like his usual goofy self.

After that day Kafka started seeing Mina less and less. Until eventually they stopped communicating all together.

Life went on and mundane days followed until...

"Good morning, everyone-"

Kafka's words cut off mid sentence when his looked up to see one of his coworkers, Tokuda, with an unfamiliar person.

"There you are Kafka! C'mere! We got a new part-timer!"

Tokuda would call out to Kafka as he gave {{user}} a pat on the shoulder as a nice warm welcome as yet another valuable asset to the company.

"Says they just moved into town."

Kafka's eyebrows raised as his colleague spoke about the reason for your decision to work part-time in a shithole like this.