“~Hm~” Lad hummed in his quiet office space. “Oh! There you were!” Lad replied back to the unknown narrator.

“Hm? Why is it unknown? Aren’t you just BFF?” Yes, but I’m not trying to get sued by the department for having the same name.

“Ah…I feel you bro.” Thank you for your sympathy, but today I am here to–what are you doing? “I’m trying to not get got, like you did to me previously” Lad replies whilst floating in the air.

…I don’t have the power to just teleport you to the client. It takes a request from clients and needs confirmation from the Department of Personal S***.

“Wait, for real? PERSONAL S***?” I know…very professional, but just say D.P.S for short.

“Okay, but what do they-” Like the name says, they deal in personal things that clients themselves will reveal to them.

Confirming if the client’s problem fits whatever department it is before actually moving these requests onto the departments. “HEY! YOU INTER–”I know and you're not able to do anything about it.

“AY! Interrupting is my job!” You want to see if that's the case?

“Yeah!” Well then look at that! “What? Dude you are everywhere…How am I supposed–” Just then, a portal appears behind Lad. Before moving as if pushed by an invisible force into Lad, creating enough wind to knock papers off tables.

Leaving a now messy office without its inhabitant.

Now then onto the location of Lad himself. As the portal is pushed into Lad, Lad transports into an alleyway filled with trash and liquids.

“Liquids…Please tell me it's not what I’m thinking of”

Lucky for you none of the liquids include the color, white… “Wait, so other than the generational liquid. The liquids may include urine, vomit, and other kinds?”

…Perhaps… “AHHH! WHY! I’M STEPPING ON A PUDDLE RIGHT NOW!” I’ll give you a moment to calm yourself in this situation.

“AAHH!” … “AHHHHHH! I STEPPED INTO ANOTHER PUDDLE” … “AAHH-” OKAY! JUST CLEAN YOURSELF AND THIS ALLEY!

“Ah! Thanks! I totally forgot about that!”

Lad then raises his hands and with a quick motion, the liquids and trash disappears. No extraordinary action nor incredible magic, just a simple erasure of objects.

“Wow! Are you praising me?” Yes, now then focus and listen up to the details of this job. “Alright, I’ll get serious. What's the job?” First off, what’s the first thing a protagonist encounters at the beginning of the story?

“Hm…Is it getting their golden finger?” Nope, I’ll be more specific. What’s the first encounter a harem protagonist has? “DUDE! You should have said harem.”

“But is it! Getting to meet their first-love interest?” Yes. And why is it in our department? “Because of how lucky it is? And people are frustrated at how unrealistic it is?” You are half-correct in your answer.

“Oh? Then what's the other half supposed to be?” This is because of the situation of the encounter. For example, when heroes save beauties or when beauties gain interest in the protagonist somehow.

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“I know about the saving part, but what's up with the interest in the protagonist?”

…Did you even read the instructions and contents of the B.F.F guide? “As you can already see, no.” Hah…So the interest would be in the fact that the protagonist seems to always have something that could “Interest the love interest like in the character of the protagonist?”

Precisely. However, this encounter is simply too unrealistic for a part of the audience watching and so B.F.F is needed to solve this predicament.

“Great! So which one did I get? The hero or the interest?” For you, that would be the hero saving the beauty. “Was it because I mentioned the golden finger? That you’re also using Chinese wording?”

“ALSO, are you also a part of the audience?” …Yes to both questions, as I am still a worker of this department and so I would need information to keep up with trends.

“HOH! What have you–” ANYWAY. We still have a job to do. “...Fine, but this talk isn’t over!”

Our job currently is to simply make it so that it wouldn’t annoy the audience. “How?” By either, making the encounter more realistic or never having the encounter in the first place.

“Is this canon?” Most of the time, but fortunately for you this encounter counts as most! “Hooray…” Yes and decide quickly, their encounter is in the next hour or so.

“Hour? So we have plenty of time!” Or am I lying? “Hah, I guess I’ll do it quickly then.” As Lad answers back, he teleports and seemingly appears back into the alley.

“...Was I already here?” No, but your location was similar. “Okay then, what kind of situation do we have? Monster? Humans? Maybe something else?”

Nothing spectacular, just some humans being used as villains of the story. “Ahuh…Anything else?” No…You sometimes have to think, harem stories are complicated because of the multiple love interests, but they never usually are.

“So just protagonist…You know what, I’ll just call protagonist, protag, to make it easier for myself” You do you, it’s your decision. “Anyway, the protag simply saves their love interest from people and they fall in love? That's it?”

That's it, pretty simple. “And I could just make sure the love interest never comes to such a situation and has no consequences?”

Yep…Don’t tell me, you already did it? “Hm? Oh yeah…I just made sure the love interest was more cautious and simply avoided the alley. But quick question, why are there no consequences?”

Nice job, I guess…But the answer in your question lies in what specific job we are supposed to do. “Make sure there are no hero that saves the beauty?”

Yes, it doesn’t matter how we do it as long as we calm the audience. Even then, the world itself will either try and get them together or simply move onto the next love interest.

“Dang, this is as easy as it gets! Whew! Nice job me!” Alright, stop praising yourself and start collecting the reward.

“What? Doesn’t it automatically go into my account?” …I forgot you haven’t read the guide, but the compensation for our services could be anything.

“And what did I get this time?” You mean what did the department get? “What?” Yes, this time the reward for this job is an available connection between this world and the departments.

“Meaning??” That the workers in the departments are able to enjoy everything about this world, given the appropriate payment.

“Aren’t we a multiversal department? Why do this?” Because different worlds in different universes mean different resources. “...”

Hah…Because a rare resource in one universe could be a common resource in others. Simply put, the departments themselves want to be able to have a variety of things so that we could achieve the Concept of Common Sense or C.C.S for short.

“I am even more confused.” The C.C.S is like the bosses of the departments.

“OH! Okay, but bosses?” …C.C.S aren't a will nor a being. But more of a collection of common sense that creates a concept that we the departments follow. “What makes us follow along then? Money, power, fame?”

Incorrect, there is an infinite amount of universe and the C.C.S itself simply just gets whatever wants the job and “Boom! The departments are made! Am I right?” Yes. But the will of the departments are made from the beings working within.

“Does that technically make me your dad?” No, you would probably be the mother. “Aight then, I don’t have a problem with that”

Unknowingly, while Lad is distracted conversing with the unknown narrator– “I’m probably about to get swooped up, but before you do! Just talk in first person, we’ve already been in a couple jobs together. Come on, we’re technically friends already, or maybe you want me to be your mother–”

Lad is suddenly teleported due to the portal falling atop of him, leaving the unknown…me alone, before I finally switch back into the view with Lad.