...Seeing the blank papers handed to her, Kanna looked at Amiya warily.
"What for!"
"To write a report!"
"But I've never had to write one before!"
Kanna pushed with both hands, indicating refusal.
"But now you have to..." Amiya handed the outdoor work report logbook to Kanna again.
"No, no!" Kanna wrinkled her small face, making an X with her hands across her chest, refusing again... But Amiya clearly wasn't buying it... With a look of indignation on Kanna's face, the thick stack of notebooks was shoved into her hands... "I mean... it's just an outdoor mission log, why so many?" At first, she hadn't noticed, but after taking the notebooks, Kanna realized the thickness of the logbook was completely wrong...
"Doctor Kal'tsit said it's from your first trip to Chernobog..." Perhaps knowing the immense workload this time, Amiya also turned her head away, a little embarrassed.
"Huh? Are you trying to kill me?!" If she had to write from her first entry into Chernobog until now, these logbooks would be just about right, but the workload would be terrifying...
"Isn't there a day of rest? Doctor Kal'tsit said that's enough time to finish the records..."
Only then did Kanna realize that Kal'tsit wasn't being benevolent by letting her rest; it was clearly a return to incarceration.
She couldn't help but recall if she had provoked this old woman, who had been in menopause for who knows how many years, during this period, and then realized... more than once.
It seemed that from the beginning of this outing, Old Woman Kal had been keeping a little notebook, and now that she had returned to Rhodes Island, it was time to settle accounts.
"Kal'tsit! I've rendered meritorious service to Rhodes Island, I've bled for Rhodes Island, you can't treat me like this! You can't treat me like this~~~" Accompanied by Kanna's "wailing," she was carried back to her dorm by Popukar, the "guard" specially arranged by the other party.
Sitting on the stool, looking at the stack of blank report forms in front of her, Kanna couldn't help but feel dizzy. Such terrifying things, even her strong constitution couldn't withstand them. Sure enough, writing reports was a bad civilization.
Holding a small notebook and drawing various stick-figure pictures of Kal'tsit, Kanna scorned Popukar, who was standing at the door, "Traitor, what benefits did the demon Kal'tsit give you to make you betray the organization?"
Popukar wasn't angry at Kanna's words. "Doctor Kal'tsit gave me three days off, so I can play with you properly."
"What! You sold me out for three days off? Am I really that worthless? Go tell that old hag that I, Kanna, am worth at least a week!"
Hearing Popukar's words, Kanna slammed her hand on the table and looked at Popukar with an expression of anger at her lack of ambition. She hadn't expected Popukar to be bought off by Kal'tsit with such meager profits. Did she only value herself for three days off in Kal'tsit's eyes? This was too disrespectful.
Half an hour later, Kanna was still biting her pen, recalling the things she had experienced, while Popukar was already asleep on the bed.
An hour later, Amiya, who opened the door and came in, saw Kanna and Popukar sleeping soundly on the bed. She quietly walked in and looked at the report forms on the table. Only three reports were written, but a whole notebook was filled with drawings of stick-figure Kal'tsit's various ways of dying... It wasn't until evening, when the two little ones were woken up by hunger, that they groggily got out of bed.
Looking at the neatly stacked notebooks on the table, Kanna rubbed her head in confusion. Had she tidied them before sleeping?
After thinking for a long time, she still couldn't recall what she had done before sleeping, so she simply gave up trying. She pulled Popukar, who was also still a bit groggy after waking up, and walked outside.
As they reached the door, they saw Amiya sitting not far away, reading a book with great interest.
Walking closer, she saw the title: "Don't Lose in Expression – Kal'tsit."
Oh boy, Kanna-chan felt that the moment Amiya opened that book, she had already lost. Could a book about communication written by Kal'tsit even be read? What could one learn? How to speak fluent Terra riddles?
Seeing Kanna-chan and Popukar walk out, Amiya closed the book and tucked it into her small backpack.
"You're awake! Everyone in the dining room has prepared a feast for your return; they're just waiting for you!"
Upon hearing there was a feast, Kanna-chan's earlier gloom from writing (typing) reports all day instantly vanished.
She excitedly followed Amiya into the dining room.
Upon entering, she noticed many people inside, both from Rhodes Island and Reunion Movement, seated and watching her as she came in.
The moment Kanna-chan entered, the dining room erupted in a loud and enthusiastic chorus of "Oh oh oh" and applause.
Then, plate after plate of pre-prepared food was brought in from the kitchen.
"Kanna!" Just as Kanna-chan was feeling happy about the somewhat simple welcome ceremony, a familiar voice came from nearby.
"Grandma!" Kanna-chan's eyes lit up upon hearing that voice, and she looked over. Sure enough, it was Outcast, who hadn't returned to Rhodes Island for a long time after leaving previously.
Kanna-chan threw herself into Outcast's arms. "Grandma, that old witch Kal'tsit bullied me, making me write so many reports!" Sitting on Outcast's lap, Kanna-chan seemed to find a sense of security, and actually started openly complaining about Kal'tsit in Rhodes Island... Hearing Kanna-chan's words, everyone at the table dared not respond. Only Kanna-chan would dare to call Kal'tsit an old witch; anyone else who dared to speak like that would probably be sent away by Mon3tr directly.
"Field reports, of course, are something we field Operators should write. This isn't just for documentation; you can also use report writing to review your field work during that period to see if there were any omissions, or where things could have been done better! Don't you agree? Besides, after the field reports are submitted, our Priestess still has to review and summarize them one by one, extracting the intelligence Rhodes Island needs from these reports to avoid certain dangers, so everyone can live better, right? So, while writing reports seems troublesome, it's actually very beneficial for both yourself and Rhodes Island.
Also, I heard that Kanna-chan was incredibly impressive in Chernobog this time. Entering Chernobog twice and returning unscathed truly made Rhodes Island stand out among various factions, and all of these are your achievements. But if they aren't written down and recorded in a notebook, how would others know about these things later?"
Outcast didn't just agree with Kanna-chan but instead reasoned with her, explaining the various benefits of writing reports, which finally made Kanna-chan no longer dwell on the matter.
"Honey cakes, honey cakes! These are the honey cakes Eyjafjalla just baked! They're delicious!" Just then, Cerberus suddenly poked her head out from nearby and stuffed a honey cake into Kanna-chan's arms.
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