Temporarily setting aside the accounting book in her hand, Morgan looked at the two people entering her office-cum-law firm.
"Today is only Thursday; it's not yet time for you to come in for weekend work. What's the sudden business?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mash Kyrielight worked part-time at Morgan's place.
They were originally introduced by Merry. Because the living expenses and tuition fees for Ritsuka and Mash were too burdensome for one family, the two wanted to lighten the family's load. As a result, Merry introduced them to Morgan.
At that time, Morgan's Camelot House had just opened and was in need of workers, so she accepted both of them and arranged some jobs.
Specifically, jobs like...
Exorcising evil spirits in abandoned factories, confronting rogue Magus in hiding, investigating cheating husbands and gathering evidence, helping children find lost cats or dogs—such tasks fell within the scope of their part-time work.
Due to academic reasons, the two usually only came on weekends. Although after advancing to their third year of college, the number of courses began to decrease, the upcoming internships and theses still took up most of their time. In the end, they could only come on weekends.
Placing the snacks bought at the station on the table, Ritsuka laughed: "I heard from Mash that Lia-san is back visiting for these two days. I have some things I want to ask her, so I hurried over—By the way, where are the others? Why is only the President (Director) here alone?"
"They went out on business; we got a big order." Morgan said.
Artoria Caster, Barghest, Melusine, and Baobhan Sith were the only employees of Camelot House. Morgan also hadn't hired outside workers for years. After all, too many outsiders would be troublesome, and she didn't want unclear people in her office.
Even Ritsuka and Mash were still only part-time workers to this day.
For reference, Artoria Caster and Baobhan Sith were underclassmen to Ritsuka and Mash. After coming to Misaki City from Chaldea, the two were arranged to enter high school, two grades below Ritsuka.
Because they were always taught by Morgan and Naoki, plus the many things they learned during their year in Chaldea beforehand, their high school lives went without incident. At most, there were some disturbances due to their extraordinary beauty.
For example, on one Valentine's Day, all the boys in their class gave them chocolates while doing dogeza (prostrating), hoping for a return gift on White Day. As a result, Baobhan Sith and Artoria Caster brought life-sized chocolate statues to school—well, that happened after Ritsuka graduated, and she only heard about it, so there must be some exaggeration.
However, their school lives were limited to high school. After graduating high school, they officially started working for Camelot House.
The same went for Melusine and Barghest, but compared to Baobhan Sith and Artoria Caster, whose appearances were more normal, the situations of the two were actually not very suitable for public appearances.
After all, one was an eternally cute little girl, and the other was a walking killing machine with large breasts that could strangle people. Both were individuals who could cause the crime rate in Misaki City to skyrocket dramatically. Releasing them into the public could be very dangerous. Therefore, Morgan only assigned them to dirty work.
For instance, jobs like exterminating evil spirits and confronting rogue Magus—when Ritsuka and Mash couldn't come for part-time work, Melusine and Barghest were in charge.
But this time...
"Even Miss Barghest and Miss Melusine went out on business... What kind of order is it really?" Mash asked curiously.
Morgan lifted her cup of black tea and took a sip: "It's a joint order, sent from Italy. They asked us to help capture a vampire."
Italy?
"So it's from big sis Ciel and big sis Arcueid?"
"Yes. Those two accidentally let a vampire escape here via ship. Because the Church there is a bit troublesome, they came to ask for our help. It's a quite troublesome creature."
Arcueid and Ciel let a vampire escape?
Those two could fail?
Ritsuka and Mash exchanged glances, then Ritsuka said: "Do we need to help? Mash and I are free all this week."
"That works too. By the way, if you're looking for Artoria, she's actually helping out as well. Although she originally came to visit us, after I told her, she voluntarily offered to help. I think she's at the Ogawa Apartments now."
Ogawa Apartments.
That was an apartment building established in Misaki City at the end of the last century. At the time, its unique architectural style had been a topic of conversation. However, three years ago, the apartment was officially abandoned. The Ryougi family announced they had acquired the entire building, and it was scheduled to be demolished soon.
"This order actually involves the Ryougi side as well. There's a vampire that entered the apartment that's about to be demolished. That person is quite annoyed too; at first, she even said she'd cut it down herself."
(That person...)
(She means Miss Ryougi. Miss Morgan's relationship with her isn't great.)
(After all, it's also a supervisory relationship...)
This was an issue that had to be traced back to before Morgan came here.
The reason Merry suggested that the five people from the Lostbelt come here was largely because Ryougi Shiki was here. With this most reliable supervisor present, even if Morgan wanted to cause trouble, she would be immediately slashed.
Morgan knew this too, so when mentioning things related to Shiki, she felt a little displeased—but only a little, the size of a sesame seed.
"Then, we'll take our leave, President."
"Yes, be careful on the road. Oh, and remember to bring home dinner. The food stock at home was all eaten by Artoria last night."
"We understand."
After saying that, Ritsuka and Mash left Neo-Camelot House.
After watching them go, Morgan took out the document printed after being remotely transferred from Italy from under the accounting book—this was data about the vampire provided by Ciel.
"A blonde-haired vampire girl, capable of using Imaginary Manifestation, possesses Mystic Eyes suspected to be on the level of Noble Color, and..."
Morgan looked at the last highlighted key point.
"Very familiar to all of us, and also gives a sense of familiar strangeness to them."
Setting down the document, Morgan turned and looked at the sky outside: "I hope it can be resolved smoothly. This year is the time for her return. I don't want to miss out at this final moment."