Episode 51
[20xx Guild Babylon Desk Position Temporary Employee Open Recruitment Announcement]
※ Job Type: Temporary contract position
– After completing the 3-month training period, you will be converted to a full-time employee through an internal evaluation.
※ Recruitment Position: Desk / Full-time
※ Qualifications for application: (*Common) Holders of Awakening License (no level restrictions) / Those who can start working immediately upon hiring
– Preference will be given to those with field experience and career experience.
It was entirely thanks to Gyeonjirok that Geo was able to immediately recall this announcement.
“Geumgeum-ah, don’t you want to work part-time?”
“What the sudden Sol?”
“We’re hiring employees, and this is a secret sweet deal. There’s no big work to do, so you just sit there and go.”
“You’re hiring people for positions that don’t do anything? Is your money just rotting away?”
“If there’s an empty space, it doesn’t look good, right? That’s why we should make the building smaller in the first place. Everyone is just too vain.”
“I won’t do it. I’m busy. And I don’t want to go and be treated like a parachute. Why should I work under you, oppa?”
“Okay, then. Whatever.”
“What’s going on? Why are you upset about something like this?”
“The place you should come in is my support team. It’s better to have someone you know than someone else coming and going during a sensitive time.”
“Ah. I guess I’ll be getting ready for the 39th floor soon.”
“You’re really not going to do it?”
“Yeah. No, no.”
After that, whenever he went out, came back, or had a meal, he would pretend not to know and sing a round song.
Even Geo, who is usually indifferent to things that don’t interest him, listened to it from the side and memorized it, so he said everything.
Geo stood there blankly, looking straight ahead.
‘Ugh. It’s dazzling.’
An overwhelming scale that makes you tilt your head and make a hand shadow.
14 floors above ground, 6 floors underground.
A building with a total of 20 floors.
This glass building in the shape of deer antlers is the Guild Babylon.
It was a golden pagoda erected by Gyeonjirok in the middle of Seoul.
‘Oh… … You did it, you little Bambi.’
[Your Covenant, the Reader of Fate, lifts the shovel and asks, “Why don’t you tell me sooner that your little one likes this?”]
‘Yeah. That’s not it. Put it down.’
But it’s shaped like deer antlers.
Isn’t he a bit narcissistic? Does he seem a bit sick?
‘I guess I need this older sister to help me out.’
Like an older sister, Geo walked with light steps, worrying about her younger brother’s mental health.
“How did you come here?”
Once inside, Babylon became even more splendid and flashy.
One wall is filled with randomly playing battle mad movies of Babylon guild members.
Also, there are glass house plants with fairy lights flying around, and even a stuffed bone fragment of a giant demon in the middle of the lobby.
Anyone who sees it can tell at first glance that it is an incredibly successful and incredibly great guild.
The guards in uniform were very polite, but their prayers were different.
‘The rice cake is really delicious.’
“I’m going to have a desk job interview.”
“Excuse me, could you please check the license?”
As much as Gyeonjio was amazed by them, the guards were also amazed by the third-year student in front of them.
It was as if he was on a museum tour, and his steps were as light as day, as he turned his head here and there.
There is no sign of being intimidated by the grand guild’s prestige.
‘Is it because he has a big liver or because he has guts?’
The scanner scanned Geo’s license. Unlike the D Market, there was no commotion as expected from a place frequented by top hunters.
Anyway, even though it’s undercover, it’s made by Center. It passes without a problem.
“Thank you for checking. Please come this way.”
A guard guided us to the elevator. The floor button was not pressable without a card.
“Please go to the 11th floor and follow the instructions. Oh, wait.”
“huh?”
“Please wait a moment. There is only one elevator for visitors. You should go with someone else.”
Thump thump. It was the sound of men’s shoes.
He walks over to me on the smooth stone floor, then smiles brightly at Geo, who is already riding.
“Oh, dear lady. I unintentionally made you wait. Excuse me.”
‘Ah, I… … ‘
“Hmm? Your complexion is pale. Are you okay?”
‘Wow, I really… … ‘
An answer that doesn’t come back.
Ranked 3rd, ‘Alpha’ Jeong Gil-gaon tilted his head.
He leans forward slightly, keeping his hands in his suit pockets. His dark brown hair sways gently with the movement.
“Hmm?”
“… … Originally, originally I was born pale.”
Geo answered, hastily putting in the magical powers he had been letting down his guard.
“aha.”
Jeong Gil-ga-on nodded.
Then he smiled as he noticed the distance between them growing noticeably. Before he knew it, Geo was pressed up against the corner of the elevator.
“Celebrities aren’t everyone’s cup of tea.”
“… … ”
“It’s heartbreaking to hear such a beautiful lady say that.”
‘Oh, what’s the comment? It’s a double-edged sword?’
[The Holy One, the ‘Fate Reader’, is that pick-up artist guy from Paxsi, rolling up his sleeves and asking some other woman, “Huh? Do you want to die?”]
“But… … Don’t you think we’ve met somewhere?”
‘Have all these old men gone crazy… …?’
“We met, right?”
“yes?”
“Just now. Right now. Here in the elevator.”
Jeong Gil-ga-on’s expression changed from a question mark to an exclamation mark and he burst out laughing.
“That’s true. It’s just like a line from a drama.”
What is this… … This feeling that I’ve completely unintentionally broken the root… …?
It was a well-known fact among the hunters of this floor that Jeong Gil-ga-on was a hand otaku. It was quite unpleasant to hear someone like that talking about dramas.
Geo huddles closer to the corner. Luckily, the elevator arrives just in time.
Jeong Gil-ga-on smiled as he pressed the open button.
“He seems like an interesting person, but the location of all places is an elevator… I hope we can connect again.”
As I was leaving, I looked up and saw him silently smiling.
‘Good luck with your interview.’
… … I can feel it till the end.
Geo clicked his tongue and turned around, then stood still.
‘omg……?’
Interview room on the 11th floor.
The atmosphere inside the room was completely different from the first floor lobby.
Buzzing. People of all kinds gathered here, it was like a flea market.
Unlike general office work, the guild’s desk work requires on-site reception.
This was because physical verification of the Awakened One’s license was required.
First, employees are screened through licenses and resumes, and then the guild headquarters team verifies them.
And finally, there is a face-to-face interview.
I also found out that today was the deadline for applications, so I nodded, thinking that it would work out, but it was better than I expected…
‘How many to one is it?’
Is the job market for the awakened in South Korea this bleak? It seems like all the hunters are gathered here.
Geo’s expression became seriously serious.
I was taking it easy because it was an unconditional free pass. If this keeps up, I might have to commit employment corruption!
‘Phew. I wanted to compete fairly.’
The world doesn’t support my sense of justice… … .
The guy who gave him rice cakes (Babylon Guild Leader) didn’t even think about it, but the guy who drank kimchi stew first and fell asleep (the reserve parachute) shook his head.
“Are you waiting in line?”
“Okay. I’ve been standing here for a while now.”
The foot smoothly moved inward. Gyeonjio, who had been standing outside the line until 0.1 seconds ago, suddenly stood up.
Was that so…? The person in the back row seemed puzzled, but soon let out a deep sigh.
“I’m sorry. I must have misunderstood. I’m so nervous right now that I can’t see anything.”
“That could be the case.”
“You are so kind… … .”
“Be Nice is my life’s motto.”
“awesome…….”
“hmm.”
“You seem to have a lot of free time… Of course, that’s because you have the ability to back it up. I’m jealous.”
[I suspect that your Covenant, ‘Reader of Fate’, has some kind of hidden trait that allows you to gather fools.]
‘Ha, sis. It would be easier if you just acknowledge the devil’s stubbornness… ‘
“I’m… a piece of trash on the verge of being discarded… … ”
[… … ]
… …
… … Huh?
[Ahem, he took back what he just said and corrected himself, saying that he was not a fool but rather had a talent for gathering strange people.]
Geo, who was flustered by the sudden rash of a first-time human, broke out in a cold sweat. He blinked his eyes.
“No… … Usually, a piece of trash that’s been discarded doesn’t come for an interview, right… … ?”
“That’s right. I guess it’s better to go back now!”
“No! No! No, don’t go! I’m sorry!”
What’s this? It’s scary.
“I’m sorry… … I have chronic depression.”
‘Yeah. I know even if you don’t say it. It’s written all over your face that you’re depressed. You look like someone with a really sad inside-out personality.’
A woman sobbing and flipping her hair.
Short stature, long hair. Appeared to be around Geo’s age.
“I’m doing my best, I’m E-class.”
“Hold on.”
To be honest, he wasn’t someone I wanted to meet face to face with, but Geo introduced himself reluctantly.
No matter how shameless I am, I would rather not be in a situation where I make a stranger cry during an interview.
“D, what’s the rank…?”
But I pretend not to hear that. I absolutely hate being noisy.
“Yes… … You don’t have to say anything… … I know you don’t want to talk to trash like me… … ”
“B-class. B-class. B-class!”
‘Fuck.’
B, B grade?
The best thing to do is scream.
It was (very) natural that all eyes in the interview room were immediately focused on me.
“What did you just say? B-class?”
“That’s ridiculous. Are you crazy? Why is a B-class guy here?”
The rising roar.
It spread like dominoes, crossing the line and line. It was an unstoppable Mach speed.
The gazes that gather together are hot like an active volcano about to erupt.
Geo covered his face with tears. Ha, that damn sadness, you son of a bitch.
‘I’m screwed… … ‘
My poor interview. I’m trapped… … .
A guide to proper living for rankers.
