The office was quiet except for the soft scratch of pens on paper and the occasional rustle of wind. Sunlight filtered through the tall windows of the building, painting golden stripes across the long table covered in maps, reports, and registration forms for the newly recognized province and registration of it's people.
The "incident" everyone whispered about had carved out an new country, and now the paperwork fell to the leadership specifically to Astrid, and to Ren, who had somehow ended up as her temporary assistant while Nina and Kyouka were away on missions.
Astrid sat with perfect posture, her red hair tied back, sharp eyes scanning a ledger. Every few minutes, those eyes flicked sideways to Ren. He pretended not to notice at first, focused on copying district details, but the stare was too persistent to ignore.
Ren finally set his pen down and turned his head. "You need something from me, Leader?"
