Day 541-550/Day 546

Day 546 / 76th day 
　We explained the job to the dispatchers sent by "Manpower Kaderoniar" with their employees. The dispatched workers will be working with a specific employee for a while to learn the job. Some of the employees are afraid to get involved with the dispatched workers due to mental issues, so we will take that into consideration, but overall, we will proceed for the future.
　I'd like to see them become useful human resources as soon as possible, but I'll leave that to the employees I've appointed as trainers, and in the evening I went out for a drink with the chairman of the dwarf trading company, as I had promised. I took the young man, who sometimes takes my place as a meat bag, and we entered the designated high-class restaurant, Le Vireiosa, dressed in formal wear.
　It is a prestigious restaurant that only a handful of successful people in the "Free Trade City of Sectriad" can enter, and the interior is as elegant and luxurious as its rank. The interior was as elegant and luxurious as its rank. The shopkeeper led me and the young man with the bag of meat, whose eyes were wide open in amazement, to a top-ranked room that only special members could enter.
　 There was already a guest in the room. It was the chairwoman and her bodyguard, whom I had informed in advance. She was dressed in a red dress, with a hint of feminine sexiness in her makeup and behavior. She usually wears rather dignified clothes, so there was a big gap between her and the others. It was a different impression from the one he usually got, and the meat bag young man was vaguely fascinated.
　It seemed that the chairman of the Dwarf Trading Company had not yet arrived, so they exchanged information and confirmed their plans through small talk for a while. Not long after that, the Chairman of the Dwarf Trading Company arrived.
　Without so much as a greeting, food and wine were brought in. With a cup of sake in hand, today's drinking party began.
　The dishes served at Le Vireiosa on the table were all excellent. There was a steak of "flaming cattle" that was so tender that it melted in my mouth, a "white cloud puffer fish" that was cut into pieces, a noodle dish that used a lot of "cloud smoke truffle Pasutiana, etc. First-class chefs prepare first-class ingredients with first-class tools. There is no reason why the resulting dish cannot be delicious.　One bite is enough to immerse you in its flavor.
　But this time, it was the sake that was the star of the show.
　You'll be able to get a lot more than you can buy with just money because of the difficulty of obtaining them. Just the presence of good liquor makes one drink after another.
　As a result, we drank as much as we could. That's the best way to describe the amount of liquor consumed at this party.
　Even the young man with the meat bag and the president of the women's business association were taken aback by the amount of alcohol we drank, and the room was filled with such a thick liquor that we could almost get drunk just by smelling it. Even so, we continued to drink without stopping, and I think two hours had passed. The dwarf chairman and I had drunk enough to be in a good mood, so we decided to talk about the plan.
　As it turned out, the dwarf chairman agreed to the plan. The plan was so simple that it took no time at all, and before I could explain it in detail, he said yes. Even though he had a plan in place, it was a decision that showed a certain amount of carelessness. I wonder if the chairman of the Dwarf Trading Company had some kind of intentions in mind.
　I don't know, but there is no need to be hasty, because even a verbal agreement carries more weight than a verbal one at the level of the Dwarf Trade Chairman. A full-fledged contract to be documented would come later. With our work done, we drank for another two hours, laughing and talking a lot. Although I had approached the dwarf business chairman with ulterior motives, I would like to keep in touch with him as a mere drinking buddy. Besides, it felt good to drink like this because I felt nostalgic.
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　“七十六日目　／　五■四■六■目”
　≪マンパワー・カデロニアー≫から派遣されてきた派遣員に対し、従業員を交えて仕事の説明を行った。
　派遣員はしばらく特定の従業員と一緒に行動し、仕事を覚えてもらう予定だ。
　一部精神的な問題で派遣員と関わるのを恐れている従業員もいるので、その辺りの配慮もしつつ、全体的には将来の為に進めていく。
　一日でも早く使える人材になってほしいのだが、まあ、その辺りは教育役に任命した従業員に任せる事にして、夜には約束していたドワーフ商会長との飲み会に出かけた。
　俺の代わりを務める事もある肉袋青年を連れ、指定された高級料理店≪ル・ヴィレイオーサ≫に正装して入店する。
　≪自由商都セクトリアード≫でも成功した一握りの者しか入れない格式高い店で、内装はその格に見合うだけの品と豪華さがある。
　そして驚いて目を見張る肉袋青年と共に店員に案内された先は、特別会員しか入れない最上位の一室だった。
　 　部屋には既に先客が居た。事前に連絡していた女商会長とその護衛だ。
　女商会長は赤いドレス姿で、薄っすらと施された化粧や振る舞いなどに女性としての色香が滲んでいた。
　普段はどちらかというと凛々しい服装をしている事もあって、ギャップが大きい。普段と受ける印象が違い、肉袋青年はぼんやりと見惚れていた。
　ドワーフ商会長はまだ来ていないようだったので、暫く世間話で情報交換と予定の確認を行った。
　それからさほど時間も経たず、ドワーフ商会長がやって来た。
　挨拶もそこそこに、料理と酒が運び込まれてくる。
　そして酒杯を片手に、今日の飲み会は始まった。
　テーブルに並べられた≪ル・ヴィレイオーサ≫で出される料理はどれも絶品だ。
　口の中で溶けるほど柔らかい“炎苅牛”のステーキ、“白雲フグ”の飾り切り、“雲煙トリューフ”を大量に使用した麺料理パスーティアナなど。
　一流の料理人が一流の食材を一流の道具で調理する。それで出来上がる料理が美味くない訳が無い。
　一口食べるだけでその味に浸る事が出来るだろう。
　しかし今回の主役は酒だった。
　俺は天秤塔最上階付近で採れる迷宮酒【青天の霹靂】や【天魔大三幻】など、入手難度の高さから金だけでは買えない価値がある酒を出し、ドワーフ商会長は≪ル・ヴィレイオーサ≫でキープしているドワーフ製の特別な火酒を注文した。
　旨い酒があるだけで、次の酒が進んでいく。
　結果、浴びる程酒を呑む。今回の飲み会はそう表現した方がいい酒の消費量になった。
　肉袋青年と女商会長も流石に俺達が飲んだ量には呆れるしかない程で、匂いだけで酔ってしまいそうなほど濃い酒精が部屋を満たした。
　それでも止む事無く飲み続け、二時間は経過しただろうか。
　俺とドワーフ商会長もいい具合に酒を呑んで気分もよくなっていたので、さらっと計画の話を持ち掛けてみる。
　結果として、ドワーフ商会長は話に乗ってくれた。
　それは拍子抜けするほど呆気なく、詳しく説明する前に二つ返事だった。
　それなりに計画も出来ていたとはいえ、不用心さが感じられる判断だ。ドワーフ商会長にも何かしらの思惑があるのだろうか。
　それは分からないが、口約束でもドワーフ商会長級になればそれなり以上の重みがあるので、焦る必要はない。
　書類に残す本格的な契約はまた後日となった。
　やる事も終わったのでさらに二時間ほど酒を呑み、大いに笑って大いに語った。
　下心をもって近づいたドワーフ商会長だったが、ただの飲み仲間としても今後とも付き合っていきたいと思う。
　それにこうして飲むのは、どこか懐かしさを感じて気分がいいのだ。
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