Omake 16: Meanwhile at the MiH HQ

There was a rather tense atmosphere inside the headquarters.

While nothing concrete had the workers to feel this much worried, the fact that something was indeed off with today just made the whole day quite… difficult.

Without Speedwagon, the administration was left to his two trusted aides, which were more than properly helping around to replace their missing boss.

The rest of the supervisors looked incredibly uncomfortable, but they knew what was wrong now that their leader was away for a business trip.

And that something was the lack of an over-the-top reaction from a certain woman now that her fiance wasn’t around to keep an eye on her.

Hannah had holed herself in Dio’s office.

It was known how the woman was attached to the young man, and how she would normally react when he was away from London for some conference.

The lovely lady might be a delight to have around when their boss was close enough to watch over her behavior, but when he wasn’t there…

Well.

Wailing, punching walls until large entrances are created through the intense bashing, and having someone in there so that she could explain her entire life in fine details so that she doesn’t truly feel alone…

Those were once a normality to experience in the building whenever Dio was out of the capital for a reason or another.

But today he was known to have left for a longer trip? Many had panicked and cried themselves to sleep when they heard of the news.

If Hannah could react this horribly at a minor trip out of the city, everyone had the right to fear for what she would do now that he was going to be gone for much longer and even further than previous occasions.

…

And yet, despite all the alarm and fears, nothing seemed to happen as the work day started, prompting for many to worry for the worst as the woman was last spotted walking around Dio’s office.

Many were curious, endeared by a sense of morbid interest over what kind of madness was unfolding inside that room, and how long it would take for said insanity to break into their workplace.

…

In the end, a ‘brave’ soul was picked among the supervisors, a young woman that went by the name of Lara Spencer, was sent to discover the truth. An arduous task that promised endless rewards and generosity from the rest of her peers, for good reasons this all felt little compared to the risks of this mission.

Yet she had to do this, all for the sake of resuming her blasted work and get back home with something to buy her lunch and dinner.

Grasping over the door’s handle she had just touched once to ask to be hired in that growing organization, Lara delved into the monster’s den with little to no preparation whatsoever to the ‘absurdity’ unfolding inside that room.

She held her breath as she was inside, her eyes quickly locking on the calm-looking form of the very ‘creature’ she was sent to check on, and felt almost stupid when she realized that the fellow girl was just… writing something down.

Maybe it was the beginning of some letter spree to their leader?

Lara walked closer, tense and ready to bolt away the moment Hannah noticed her presence. The young woman was just too focused on what she was scribbling on that paper to notice the careful recon mission ordained from her ‘minions’.

Finally, the worker had her eyes aimed at the paper and… she frowned as she recognized a particularly simple romantic poem. Nothing strange or-

“Oh, hello,” Hannah hummed happily. “Sorry, I didn’t see you.”

Lara tensed up, panic rushing to her mind as she knew she had to leave.

“I-It’s alright-”

“Do you need something? Is there a reason you came here?”

…

“Y-Yes.”

“Oh? How may I help you?”

Oh crap, how should I answer that?

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“I-Is everything alright, Lady Hannah?”

Fuck! Why did I do that? I’m so dead now…

The young brunette blinked in surprise, almost taken by the unexpected question… but soon she was smiling cordially at that ‘concerned query’.

“Everything is fine, dear. I suppose you were all concerned by the fact I’m not behaving weirdly now that Dio is away for the United States… right?”

Lara had to nod, still chiding herself for being this easy to get to talk under peer pressure.

“Y-Yes. It’s just… odd that you’re so calm.”

Hannah hummed. “Right? I was surprised myself when I felt unable to get annoyed at his departure. Even though he would always explain to me why he is going out of London without me, I would usually lash out like a silly girl… apologies, by the way.”

“W-Well accepted, Ma’am.”

The brunette sighed. “Still, the reason why I’m so calm is… because I know Dio is going to bring back a ring for me.”

…

A what now?

“A-A ring?”

“Yes,” The girl replied with a nod. “He mentioned that he just lacked the right ring to give to me to ask for my hand. Such a gentleman- what a lovely man that conquered my heart~.”

For some inexplicable reason, Lara was quite certain that Dio was out for business affairs than else. But maybe there was a chance he was also going to buy a precious ring too if he had the chance to do so.

So maybe it wasn’t that strange to believe he would also do this… yet, Lara couldn’t help but feel that her leader was sure going to incur to a kind of wrath he had never been bestowed by Hannah. She might be an angel, but as a woman the worker knew that she was just gearing up to either be satisfied or be furious at her fiance.

Yep, Lara thought with a grim outlook in life as she was allowed out of the office, things were going to be this tense despite any real possibility of issues from Hannah.

But once Dio was back… then that was going to be another story altogether.