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“Now that you’re a temporary agent, we should call each other by codenames. Do you have a preferred codename?”
Oh my god.
“Oh, my codename is Bronze.”
Agent Bronze’s eyes seem to sparkle in the dim lighting, the look further highlighted by his presently student-like appearance.
…Did I already have a codename I wanted to use for a Disaster Management Bureau agent in the Darkness Exploration Records I’d envisioned?
Of course I did! But.
Looking at the barely contained excitement of the agent who was explaining the naming convention of agent code names, I couldn't bring myself to say it.
There's no way.
What was I supposed to do, introduce myself as Agent Silver to an agent named Bronze?!
Wouldn't that be clearly implying that I was better than him?! Absolutely, absolutely no way!!
“Grapes. Please, call me grapes.”
‘Best go with something innocuous.’
“A fruit? Simple and neat. I like it.”
And that was a potential landmine successfully avoided.