The questionable coffee Soojin gave me.
The coffee wasn't just a little cold, it was so cold it reminded me of iced coffee.
...as if it had been boiled and left out for quite some time.
Jinseok tilts his head in doubt.
"It's strange. How can someone be so oblivious to the fact that the coffee has cooled down? It feels like it's been served intentionally."
It was at this time that Jinseok hesitated in embarrassment.
Meanwhile, Sujin, the person involved, watches Jinseok's reaction closely.
"...."
She asks in a businesslike tone immediately afterwards.
"Mr. Jinseok, what's wrong?"
Jinseok tries to hide his true feelings by giving an awkward smile.
"It's nothing, Soojin."
He immediately changes his mind.
Well, I'm a temporary hunter for a large hunting guild that's starting its first day of work today. There's no need to bring up cold coffee and make things awkward for no reason, right?
Jinseok drank the cold coffee without showing it.
He immediately shows a bright smile and expresses his gratitude.
"Sujin, the coffee is delicious. Thank you!"
Sujin gives a small, incomprehensible smile and says hello.
"Yes, if you've eaten, I'll go to work now."
"Yes, Sujin, have a nice day!"
As the ponytailed girl, who was the employee, closed the door and left, I was naturally left alone with Goldie in the office.
Jinseok immediately clenches his fist with enthusiasm.
"Hehe, it's time to start my first shift... Well, then, to work efficiently, should we borrow Goldie's power?"
Jinseok gives instructions in a cheerful voice.
"Goldie!"
"Duet?"
"First of all, in order to perform my morning tasks efficiently, use your absorption skill to swallow all my random thoughts, delusions, and other nonsensical thoughts!"
"Bam!"
At Jinseok's command, Goldie opens her small mouth wide and absorbs everything like a vacuum cleaner.
"Dueut!"
Then, the phenomenon is recorded in the information window.
[Goldie absorbs all of Jinseok's thoughts with her absorption skill.]
[Experience +100, (0.01% increase)]
[Choi Jin-seok's concentration increases by 500% as distracting thoughts are removed.]
The application of absorption ability was to improve concentration by eliminating distracting thoughts.
If the students of South Korea had received the debuff removal, it would have been an amazing skill that would have immediately confirmed Inseoul(?).
Jinseok declares energetically.
"Goldie, let's get started on your morning shift!"
"Bam!"
Jinseok sits down on the desk chair in the office with a proud look on his face.
On the office desk, there were a lot of laptops and signed documents piled up.
Jinseok places Goldie on a corner of the desk with a gentle touch.
Then, a golden hamster-sized creature appeared cute, as if it were a writing instrument.
Goldie shows off her talents by rubbing her body like clay.
"Kyuut!"
Jinseok starts to diligently check the piles of documents to settle the payment.
He groans in a somewhat awkward state of mind.
"Damn, just like Mito told me, the payment documents are no joke... There's so much writing on them, like worms, that I have to go through them one by one to find any errors that might be there."
The regular duties of the temporary representative of the large hunter's guild included internal management of the large hunter's guild, Dainty Guild, as well as verifying contracts with external companies.
Mito had been giving Jinseok some tips on the approval process for the past few weeks after leaving him in charge of the interim.
[Heh, Jinseok, approval documents are one of your most important tasks as CEO! I've written down some tips on 30 A4 pages, so please review them carefully!]
and.
The contents of the payment documents in question were as follows.
[Hunter Guild Dainty's Subcontractor Outsourcing Agreement]
[This contractual provision is for the performance of outsourcing services by Choi Jin-seok (hereinafter referred to as “Party A”), the agent of Kim Mi-to, the CEO of Dainty Hunter Guild Co., Ltd., and Kim Young-soo (hereinafter referred to as “Party B”), the CEO of Hanbit Group, an outsourcing partner company...]
[Article 1 Contract Contents]
[1. Registration number, field:]
[2. Contract name, contract number:]
[3. Deposit:]
Like this, each and every payment document was a pain.
but.
What was even more troubling was that there were not one but a whopping 20 copies of this document detailing the work Jinseok would be doing as interim representative today.
Jinseok and Goldie are groaning in pain.
"Ha, how on earth did Mito manage to do dozens of these payment documents a day?"
"Dewuk...?"
If Jinseok had been just another ordinary young man from a poor family, he might have cried and worked overtime for days because of a single item on the payment document.
however.
Goldie, Jinseok's lucky child, was a munchkin slime, so she had her own tricks.
For example, there is a way to instantly resolve the current headache of payment documents.
Jinseok sighs and says.
"Haa... Goldie, there's no way. Let's just use your synthesis skill."
"What?"
"Please compile the contents of the relevant payment document and the information related to the tips regarding the payment document into a compressed file and synthesize it into my head!"
Jinseok's trick, using Goldie's synthesis skill, resulted in the synthesis of memories related to the settlement documents.
Goldie immediately activates her skill.
"Dueut!"
[Goldie used a synthesis skill.]
[Synthesize the contents of the payment documents (100 A4 pages) in Jinseok Choi's head.]
[*Synthesis completed]
[The details of the payment documents are now permanently recorded in Choi Jin-seok's mind.]
The application of the synthesis skill involved synthesizing the contents of 100 A4 pages into permanent memory.
It must have been a truly extraordinary skill that would make students and office workers in Korea cry as they memorize the material they study all day long to prepare for exams.
Thanks to this, the contents of the payment documents are clearly visible in Jinseok's mind.
"...."
Jinseok cheers and starts making payments.
"Ouch, let's finish all the work right away!"
"Bam!"
So an hour later.
Jinseok and Goldie stretch after completing their assigned tasks.
On the office desk, there are 20 copies of documents that have been quickly approved and reviewed.
"Haaam, I've already finished all my work."
"Duet!"
Jinseok looks at his wristwatch.
It was still 10 a.m., so there were still two hours left until lunchtime.
Jinseok scratches his cheek, feeling slightly embarrassed.
"Even if this work is finished quickly, it's still difficult."
If he were an ordinary office worker in Korea, he might have secretly thought it was really good and just let his hair down until he got off work.
however.
Shouldn't Jinseok diligently fulfill his role as the temporary representative of a large hunting guild for a few months starting today, in place of a female college student who is an S-ranker of the same age?
He thinks for a moment, then gets a good idea and puts it into action.
"Um, Goldie, all my guild mates are working hard, so I can't rest alone."
"Duet?"
"Let's ask the information desk and get some other guild work done."
Jinseok calls the information desk.
Immediately after, a black-haired girl named Sarang, who happened to be working at the desk, answers the phone.
Love speaks in a very businesslike tone.
[...This is the desk. Mr. Jinseok, I'm busy. What are you doing?]
Jinseok, who picked up the phone, blinked for a moment.
"...."
Was this just a feeling?
...Just like Soojin did earlier, Sarang also seems to be quite blunt in her speech towards herself as the temporary representative.
Moreover, they still call him by his name instead of the title of interim representative.
Jinseok chews on it inwardly.
'Both Sujin, who handed me coffee earlier, and Sarang also seem to be in a bad mood... Is it because of the Monday blues from going to work on Monday?'
Well, who in the world likes their job?
Jinseok greets them cheerfully to lighten the mood.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Sarang. I just wanted to ask if I could be assigned some additional work."
[... Additional work?]
"Yes, the payment document work was quickly completed. So, I was wondering if I could be assigned some other guild work, even if it's minor, during my remaining work hours."
Jinseok's request, request for additional work.
In any case, it was a kind of charity for him to work hard as the temporary representative of a large hunter's guild and then help other guild members.
Jinseok eagerly awaits a positive response from love.
'Well, this is how you get to know your fellow guild members by helping them with their work. I'm sure Ms. Sarang would be happy to assign you work!'
But that was then.
After a brief moment of murmuring on the other end of the line, Soojin's cold reply is heard.
She speaks with a prickly tone for some reason.
[... Mr. Jinseok, I really appreciate your words, but I will decline.]
"yes...?"
Jinseok is inwardly embarrassed and answers right away.
"Mr. Love, I'm sorry, but I'm pretty good at my job, so wouldn't it be okay if you gave me some extra work to do?"
But love is ruthlessly rejected.
"No, we've been doing it this way for a while now. When Jinseok comes, the existing route gets tangled up, making things even more difficult. Whew, why are you calling me when you're so busy?"
"Ah... I didn't mean to do it, but I'm really sorry for keeping you busy."
[For the time being, Mr. Jinseok, just re-examine and re-examine the tasks assigned to you by our Mito-sister, and make sure to thoroughly complete them! Well, I'm busy, so I'll take my leave now!]
Love unilaterally cuts off the call.
The call soon ended.
Jinseok opens his eyes wide in confusion and tilts his head.
"Goldie, something feels off... I feel like Sarang's attitude is a bit cold right now. Come to think of it, Soojin was like that too."
"Duet?"
Was this just a feeling?
The attitude of my female colleagues in the guild seemed somehow cold. Even though we weren't even close friends.
However, Jinseok shakes his head and changes his thoughts to a positive one.
"Hey, it's my first day, so I might have acted a little too over-the-top and rude to Ms. Sarang. And by the way, my close friends, Jooyong and Kyunghoon, are out of town, so they won't be seen at headquarters."
"What?"
"Let's wait while rechecking the payment documents as Mr. Love advised."
"Duet!"
Jinseok and Goldie finish their morning work.
To be exact, I have no work to do, so I just do some cleaning of my room.
"Hehe, I feel proud after cleaning."
"Bam!"
Did three hours pass by so slowly?
The time was now 1:00 PM.
Jinseok and Goldie are hungry and lethargic.
"Damn, I'm so hungry because I went to work without eating breakfast... Aren't you going to invite me for lunch?"
"Due..."
It was the president's office where there were no calls even during lunch time.
It seems that the Daint Guild's lunch rules are for individuals to eat separately.
Jinseok scratches his head in embarrassment.
"But it's the first day, so I feel a bit awkward eating it alone."
"Due."
"Oh, now that I think about it, I remember releasing the mini slimes for surveillance cameras. This way, I can have lunch without my colleagues knowing!"
"Duet?"
Jinseok had released the mini slimes to act as surveillance cameras before work began this morning.
If he receives Minislime's report, he will be able to eat lunch secretly without the other employees noticing.
Plus.
It was already afternoon, so the minislimes might have recorded information about spies they might not know about.
Jinseok gives instructions right away.
"Goldie, get a report from the minislimes right now!"
"Bam!"
Gold Slime, who received Jinseok's instructions, has the tail bubble on its head glow with a bright light like an incandescent light bulb.
A radio wave starts to appear in the tail drop, and soon information is received from the mini slimes working in various locations.
Goldie flicks her tail slightly and points into the air.
"Bam!"
Then, a hologram resembling a laptop screen appears in that area.
In the hologram, image data collected in real time by mini slimes is input.
It's edited just like a YouTube video.
Jinseok mutters with a new sense of wonder.
"Wow, even YouTube will tell you to get out of here!"
Jinseok points his finger at the information window in the air.
He starts browsing through the video list.
"Hmm, before we go for lunch, let's hear what information the mini slimes asked for."
Jinseok suddenly plays a video.
The video was of Minislime No. 7 monitoring a corner of the hallway on the first floor of the Dainty Guild headquarters.
In the video, Jinseok and Sujin, who coincidentally met at the office today, were chatting.
Jinseok blinks his eyebrows repeatedly when he's not there.
"There's a scene where Soojin and Sarang are talking. Spying on private lives is clearly a crime, so if it's not about spying, skip it..."
It was right after that.
In the video, the voice of love can be heard.
The content is none other than gossiping about Jinseok, who became the temporary representative.
[Hey, Sujin, isn't our Mito-sister really going too far? Why are you appointing that parasitic bastard as the temporary representative of our large hunter guild, Dainty?]
It was the true feelings of the guild members, the temple staff, who were completely unexpected.