After Escaping from a Black Company, I Ended Up Being Pampered by Sexy Beautiful Women - Chapter 1

Chapter 1: The Day I Threw Everything Away

“…Haa, I’m so worn out.”

I wouldn’t go so far as to say I want to die… but I’m just completely exhausted with life.

“Damn it all…”

I spat the words out and hurled the pillow that was lying nearby.
I knew it was wrong to take it out on objects, but right now I couldn’t hold myself back.

“Black company… huh.”

Why am I so exhausted by life?

Because the company I’m working for right now is a black company… a rotten place that piles crushing exhaustion not just on my body, but on my heart too.

The very first company I joined after graduating university was this one.

I didn’t go to university with any clear dream or goal in mind; I just graduated with vague feelings and ended up getting a job. But I really regret not researching the company more carefully before I joined.

“You think you’re irreplaceable? We’ve got tons of guys who can take your place.”

“If you even mention quitting, I’ll fucking kill you, got it?”

“You useless piece of shit, you think you could survive anywhere else?”

The words I get from my boss are always something like that.

Because I’d already been dyed with the mindset of a corporate slave… or rather, because this was my very first job, I put up with it.

Even so, I did take action in the end.

After I couldn’t stand the mountain of power harassment from my boss any longer, I submitted my letter of resignation last month… or at least I thought I had.

“Are you screwing with me?! This thing is obviously invalid!”

Right in front of me, he tore the resignation letter to shreds.

It was over… I wanted to scream at him about how rotten his humanity was, but obviously saying that would only make things worse… No, actually, the days after I handed in my resignation became even more hellish.

“And… and on top of that!”

It wasn’t just my shitty boss who pushed me this far.

Ever since I joined the company, there had been someone who seemed to care about me.
Her name was Kanzaki-san, a beautiful female senior four years older than me… She was always encouraging me to do my best and gently staying by my side.

But one day, I overheard something.

“Hey Kanzaki, how can you keep looking after a guy like that?”

“Because it’d be a problem if he quit, right? If I just throw him a single compliment and he works harder, he’s easy to handle and that helps me out.”

“That’s harsh. So in the end you don’t really give a damn about him?”

“Of course not. But somehow or other he still gets the work done and produces decent results. Considering this environment, that’s actually pretty impressive, don’t you think?”

“That part about him is annoying as hell too. Well, anyway, it’s better if he just keeps being a convenient little worker bee—that’s exactly what suits a guy like him.”

“You’re right. The clients remember him too, so if we use him a bit more skillfully, we’ll probably be able to take it even easier from now on.”

I ended up hearing that conversation.

In the end, even the person who had seemed to stand by my side was the same kind of trash as my boss… To her, I must have been an extremely convenient pawn—just give me a little praise or comfort and I’d get motivated again.

“…I wish I could just throw everything away and run… Throw out all the company rules, all the manners and etiquette of being a working adult, everything.”

Suddenly I muttered those words.

I wanted to forget the company, forget that shitty boss, forget Kanzaki-san—forget everything and just escape somewhere… anywhere far away would do.

“My family and I don’t get along either… I don’t have anyone I can really rely on.”

Maybe because I was stuck in a company like that, I hadn’t even made any close friends I could really talk to.

The other new hires who joined at the same time as me all had dead looks on their faces too… But was it admirable that none of us—including me—ran away from an environment like that, or were we just too cowardly? Who knows.

Still, if I stayed in a company like that any longer, I was going to break… I had the feeling I might really end up doing something I could never take back.

“…………”

That path… if I went down it, I would surely find relief.

Freed from everything that bound me, I could go to a world with no worries at all… but that was the one thing I didn’t want to do… because I was scared.

But I’d already decided—I’m not going back to that company.

“Yeah… I’m never going back to that place. I don’t care what they say or what they think anymore.”

Apparently I was more decisive than I had realized.

I tore up every business card I got when I joined and every work document I had prepared, and threw them all away.

Like I said before, taking anger out on objects is the lowest thing you can do… but this way, at last, I could finally cut all ties with the company.

“Haa… haa… haa…”

Before I knew it, the room was covered in a mountain of torn paper.

I must have been so absorbed that I even forgot to breathe properly—now I was gasping for air, drenched in sweat. Feeling disgusting, I quickly took a bath and ate something simple for dinner.

“…Where should I go, I wonder.”

Now that I’d reached this point, the question of where to go suddenly became a problem.
Luckily—or maybe unluckily—because I’d been constantly chased by work, I never spent money on hobbies, so my savings were at least somewhat reassuring.

“Oh right… I should delete all my contacts too.”

I deleted the contact information for Kanzaki-san, my shitty boss, and everyone else connected to the company.

Just doing that seemed to give my heart a tiny bit of breathing room—I could feel a small smile tugging at my lips without meaning to.

“…………”

With nothing left to do, I lay down on the bed.

I stared blankly up at the ceiling, but suddenly it felt as though something gripped my heart tightly, and a sickening coldness raced through my whole body.

“…Shit.”

Lately it had been like this all the time.

Once ten o’clock at night passed, my mood would plummet even further, and an unbearable wave of anxiety would hit me… If someone were beside me at times like this, it might get a little easier, but once it started, falling asleep again was always difficult for a while.

“I thought I’d be free from anxiety… but in the end the anxiety never really goes away, does it?”

I didn’t have to go to the company anymore… I didn’t have to see those people anymore.
Even so, the fact that I had no clear vision of how I was supposed to live starting tomorrow was unbearably frightening.

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The next day, I was swaying on a bus.

Last night the anxiety kept me awake for a long time, but eventually I must have fallen asleep without realizing it.

Even so, when I woke up in the morning the sick feeling was still there, and it was certain I hadn’t slept well like usual.

“…Where the hell am I even heading?”

This was quite literally a journey with no purpose and no destination.

I got on buses and got off, got on again and got off again… letting myself be carried along until I arrived in some unknown place.

“Maybe… I should get off soon.”

There’s no such thing as a bus that runs forever, and I couldn’t just keep riding without ever getting off and causing trouble for the driver.

So when the bus stopped at some bus stop, I stepped off.

From there it was aimless walking.

“This place… what town is this… no, this is more like a village level.”

Compared to Tokyo where I’d always lived, this felt like a completely different world.

But that didn’t mean it was bad—in fact, I honestly thought it looked like a very livable place, rich with nature, with clean air.

“It’s really… beautiful here.”

No matter which direction I looked, there were beautiful green mountains stretching on and on.

The flooded rice paddies reflected the sky and looked almost fantastically lovely.

And the huge chorus of frogs, something you’d never hear in the city, gave the place a peaceful, nostalgic feeling.

“…Oh, there’s another bus stop over there.”

I didn’t know how long I’d been walking, but I spotted another bus stop ahead.

Unlike the last one, this had a roof… I was getting a little tired, so I decided to rest there.
But just then, rain suddenly started falling.

I hadn’t been paying attention… When I looked up, the sky was already covered in dark rain clouds.

“This… isn’t going to get bad, is it?”

Getting completely soaked with nowhere to go would be terrible, so I hurried.

And just as I expected, the moment I dashed under the bus stop roof, big heavy raindrops began pouring down.

I managed to avoid the worst outcome of being drenched, but I still got a little wet.

“Talk about bad luck…”

…Yeah, this was no good.

For the current me, even something this small could easily drag my mood down.

Anyway… instead of sulking about getting wet, it was already evening—I really needed to decide what to do next.

“Taking shelter from the rain?”

“…Huh?”

At that moment, I heard someone else’s voice.

I’d thought I was alone, but apparently there was already someone there.

“Ah… hello.”

“Yes.”

When I turned toward the voice, there was a beautiful woman sitting there—chestnut-brown bob hair that just reached her shoulders. Gentle-looking eyes that gave a soft impression, perfectly arranged features that made me catch my breath without thinking.

“……………”

In this town… no, village.

The first person I’d met since coming here, and she was this beautiful—I felt a little surprised.
I didn’t have any prejudice against the countryside, but even so, she was stunning enough to make me think that.

Later, I would come to understand.

This encounter was what changed my fate… For me, my life after this could not be told without this meeting.