Princess Seraphina
CHAPTRE 28
Aldi shared a wealth of information about vehicles and heavy equipment with Seraphina as they waited for the red light to turn green. The vehicles they saw around were briefly described one by one. When the red light finally turned green, their car drove back. Even so, Seraphina remained engrossed in looking at the scene from the side window.
Aldi stayed focused on driving, but sometimes he glanced at Seraphina. For some reason, every movement and expression of Seraphina never made her feel bored or bored. Not long after that, they passed the highway. Here, the speed of the vehicle is so fast, and the road is not too crowded. Aldi sped up the car to 80 km/h, and for safety reasons, the window glass next to the Seraphina was closed automatically.
"Sorry, Phina. This time I had to speed things up a bit, so the glass had to be closed for safety" Aldi said.
"Okay, Mr. manager. But I want to know, why do I have to close the glass?"
Aldi slightly reduced the speed of his car when following the entrance queue of the toll road. He explained, "As you know, the faster an object moves, the greater the wind pressure it generates. The same thing happens with this car. As we move at high speed, we have to close the window glass to minimize wind pressure. If the glass opens at high speed, the wind will get into the car and can make it shaken or smudged."
Seraphina only knew this, since at the palace she always moves quickly using acceleration magic. Never once fell due to the pressure of the wind, even he had also rode a horse carriage at high speed. Using the magic of accelerating the train he was driving drove faster than Aldi's car earlier, but the horse carriage that was driven by Seraphina did not experience whipping or crashing. And from his past memories, he found that using magic many things can make it easier. Before long, it was Aldi's turn to advance to the front of the toll entrance.
After paying the toll, their journey continued. About an hour or so, they finally arrived at their destination. It was the headquarters of the Almart company, with a number of buildings in its territory. This headquarters area was an industrial area where various central companies gathered, and tall buildings dominated the scenery. Advanced technology is also the hallmark of this place, with many modern features throughout the area. Smart robots have replaced many jobs.
When he first set foot in the building, Seraphina was surprised to see the atmosphere in the lobby room. Most of the activity is run by robots, even the security guard is also a robot. Humans are barely visible in the area.
Aldi brought Seraphina to the reception desk to receive guests. The employee at the reception desk was an AI hologram. After performing a data check, AI uses scanner technology to check Aldi information in the database. Once the data search is complete, Aldi data is displayed via a hologram, and a confirmation column appears. With just a touch on the hologram, the confirmation is received, and the store manager's special card is formed from the hologram into a real object.
Once the Aldi data check is complete, it is Seraphina's turn to go through the check. As before, AI holograms examine data through databases. But this process seems to take more time. Up to 5 minutes passed, the AI hologram provided a message indicating that the inspection process took more than 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes of waiting, the data from the database was verified. Seraphina then confirmed to get a special card of the deputy manager. Since he was only an escort, his position was only as a temporary representative. On the back of the card is a chip that allows access to certain rooms in the headquarters. Aldi advises Seraphina to always keep the card well, and she also gives instructions on how to get to the top floor.
Aldi led the way in front, while Seraphina followed him from behind. They arrived in front of the white sliding door. When they approach, the door detects someone approaching and opens automatically. Their journey went well, and they entered into a long hallway. Moments later, Aldi arrived at a special door. He used his manager's card to open it. By swiping the card on the check tool, the door opens. After Aldi entered, the door closed. And now it's Seraphina's turn to swipe her card at the checkpoint. In his first experiment, red text appeared on the screen with the message 'the card position should be appropriate', but after trying to rotate the card position, green writing appeared on the screen with the text 'Success'. The door is wide open.
However, once the door opened, Seraphina did not see Aldi in front of her. He felt a bit panicked and tried to look at it using his magic. As it turned out, Aldi was already some distance away from where he was standing at the moment. By walking rather quickly, Seraphina tried to catch up to Aldi who was getting away. This time, he chose not to use magic, but instead relied on his instincts to walk.
However, when it reaches the T-junction, suddenly...
"Shelf!"
Seraphina accidentally hit someone coming from her left, and the two fell together. The person who was hit was an assistant manager from another branch office, as read from his identification tag hanging around his neck. In a resentful tone, the person said,
The person keeps throwing his frustration, “Now responsibility!“
“Ah, ehmm, Responsibility how ?“
“Ha! Responsibility how do you say? You're stupid, huh?“ said the man with a loud tone.
“I'll be responsible ja..”
“Talk what you are! I told you from earlier, you have to take responsibility, no idea!“ cut the man off.
The man continued to spout harsh words endlessly, while reproaching, he also insulted Seraphina unworthily. Then the man looked at Seraphina from head to toe, and he said, “Well, if you can't take responsibility, I will report you to the central manager for pushing me to the point of injury and what will happen? Your manager will be fired including you. Hahaha!“
Suddenly, the man added, “But if you don't want that to happen, there's only one way to forgive.“
Seraphina did not dare to reply the man said, considering the threat of dismissal to Aldi. By trying to follow the flow, Seraphina answered “Explain what way to do.“
“Listen carefully, to make amends you must be my fiancee. Considering you are very beautiful.“ he said with a crocodile smile.
Seraphina stared intently at the man's eyes, she held back her almost exploding emotions.
“Eits, don't get mad. Do you want to be reported or accept my request?" ask her with a snobbish tone. "You know how good an employee is at your place of employment, don't you? Do you want them all to lose their jobs?"
Seraphina tried to control herself but accidentally came out, "Bastard man!"
"Whatever, but listen carefully. To make amends, you still have to be my fiancee. You can come to the Coffees cafe three days from now after coming home from work" he said with a smug smile.
The man left Seraphina without guilt. Meanwhile, Seraphina picks up her falling card and rushes away from the scene. Before long, Aldi ran up to him, "Phina, do you know where you've been? I think it'll catch up fast it's still here."
Seraphina could only give a weak smile in response, feeling that her circumstances were now a little more complicated than before.