Chapter 244 - Chapter 242: Episode 242
"And this is... you saw him this morning, right? This is Chief Lee Hyun-seong, who helped Do-jin-ssi get to work today.
Ah, maybe you two already introduced yourselves?"
"...Ah, no."
"...No."
"Geez, what were you two doing on the way here without even saying hello?
Hmm, but I figured as much. Hyun-seong-ssi is a bit introverted. Hehe.
Still, you'll get close while commuting together now.
...I'd like to be the one taking Do-jin-ssi to and from work, but
I have a lot of business trips and night shifts, you see....
Do-jin-ssi, if there's anything you don't know, ask these two. Got it?"
"...Yes, yeees...."
"And this one is... the youngest troublemaker on our Election Commission team, the self-proclaimed world's most beautiful woman, Woo Gyeong-ha.
If you have anything to ask Gyeong-ha... just ask me instead. Haha. ...I'm not joking."
"Ah, Section Chief-nim...♡ You're teasing me again♡ Do-jin-ssi♡ Thanks to you, I'm releasing so much fluid every day♡ Hehehe♡ Hehe♡
Even yesterday, I was so excited that you were coming with the Section Chief...♡ We shared our favorite videos of you on KakaoTalk and critiqued them...♡
...Ack! Section Chief-nim, why are you poking my side...? ...Ack! Why are you stepping on my foot again...!! Augh, augh.... You stepped on it super hard....
Aoh.... I'm about to cry.... Ugh.... Why are you pretending to zip my mouth shut...? Huh...? You want me to shut up...?"
"Ahem. Cough.... As you can see, our Gyeong-ha here... she doesn't know how to filter herself....
She's incredibly oblivious.... And she's a bit stupid too.... I really don't know how she became a civil servant...?"
"...No, I told you every time. I didn't study for the CSAT; I went all-in on the Grade 9 civil service exam for the Election Commission for five years during middle and high school, remember?
So as soon as I graduated high school, I took it and passed the first round immediately. Keee.... Nailed it. My life plan was genius.... I'm the winner.
Others waste three years of high school preparing for the CSAT, go to college, aren't satisfied there, waste time on retakes or half-attempts,
anyway, waste at least four years in college, and then waste a few more years as job seekers with specs and whatnot before getting a job....
I started preparing for the Election Commission exam in eighth grade and passed at twenty. Keee.... My mom and dad say I'm the most filial daughter. Filial."
"Hehe... yeah, good for you. Anyway, she's a fool who's just crazy about men... so
if she tells you to do anything weird, tell me right away. I'll scold her."
"...Ah, ...yes, yeees...."
"She's a good kid, though. Probably.... Ah, is she not? Ah... hmm... she's not. She's not good either."
With the introductions of the three civil servants finished,
this time, she introduced the two young girls who were looking at me.
"These two are our Election Commission public service workers. Both are twenty. Fresh meat, fresh meat. Do you like fresh meat too, Do-jin-ssi...?
...Ah, Do-jin-ssi is young too, so you're the same age? I guess same-age peers are more comfortable and better, right?"
I was momentarily flustered by the sudden question about my romantic preferences....
I quickly pulled myself together, identified who was asking, figured out who had the highest rank here, and then gave a model answer.
It was thanks to the 'sense' gene that had revived in my DNA during my short military life a while ago.
"...I, I prefer older women.... ...It has a, um... mature taste, you could say.... Hahaha...."
"Oh... oho.... Iiiiis that so...? Fufu♡"
Look at her.... She likes it that much.
As expected, Section Chief Lee Su-yeon was a woman, too.
With a pretty, refreshing smile, she gives a slightly cunning look in her eyes.
At the same time, she shoots a look of victory at Woo Gyeong-ha.
Seeing that, Woo Gyeong-ha spoke to me as if she had something to say, too.
"...I, I'm older too. Older. I think I'm older by a few months...? When is Do-jin-ssi's birthday...?"
"You're both twenty, what do you mean older? It has to be a few years difference like me to be 'older'."
As Lee Su-yeon cut her off and declared victory, Woo Gyeong-ha smacked her lips, slightly dejected.
"...Ahem, cough. ...Anyway, these two are public service workers, introduce yourselves, okay?"
"...H, hello. ...My name is Kim Gyeong-hye...."
"Hello. My name is Kim Min-ji. Please take care of me."
The girl who introduced herself as Kim Gyeong-hye looked very introverted and timid, while
the girl named Kim Min-ji looked ordinary, appearing relatively more extroverted and cheerful compared to Kim Gyeong-hye.
"Hello.... I am... um... Hunter Kim Do-jin...."
"...Hunter? Not Hunter, but sex toy.... Kraak! Why are you stepping on my foot again! Section Chief-nim...!"
Woo Gyeong-ha was about to call me a 'sex toy' but got her foot stepped on by Section Chief Lee Su-yeon again.
"Quiet. You go over there and be quiet. Anyway, since everyone introduced themselves, just do your own work for now.
Do-jin-ssi, after I finish what I'm doing in a bit... I'll tell you what you need to learn and what you need to do.
Can you wait about 30 minutes? You can rest by playing games on your phone or watching YouTube."
"Yes, yeees...."
"Minji-ya, Gyeong-hye-ya? Show Do-jin-ssi his seat, and if there's anything trivial to tell him, tell him.
Hmm... although he came as a Hunter, he's kind of your junior. ...Fufu, though he'll be leaving in a week."
""Yes.""
Section Chief Lee Su-yeon dismissed the people she had gathered, and
I was led by the hands of the two female public service workers to be shown my seat in the office and introduced to other trivial things.
Where the bathroom is, what's on the 3rd floor, what the office computer password is... and other miscellaneous things like that.
I thanked them for letting me know and killed some time playing games on my phone.
Section Chief Lee Su-yeon said it would take a little longer than she had said, and
asked for my understanding to wait a little longer.
I said it was no problem and I was fine, so I kept playing phone games....
Then two people approached me.
One was Woo Gyeong-ha, the girl who was deemed oblivious earlier, and
the other was Je Yeong-ha, who was giving me a disgusted look.
"...Oh, do you like phone games? I like them too, shall we play together?"
This was Woo Gyeong-ha. Somehow, just looking at her, I got the feeling she really wanted to get close to me and seduce me...?
"Still, it's work hours, so shouldn't you refrain from phone games? Even if you came as a Hunter, you're our employee for a week. Don't you think?"
It was Je Yeong-ha, who was digging at me with a tone full of thorns.
It was a look that seemed to have 'I hate you so much. You dirty, disgusting slut.' engraved on her face.
It was a very familiar expression; I often saw it among the male students at the Academy.
"...G, Gyejang-nim told me to rest while playing phone games....?"
"Even so, you didn't come here to play, right? You should act with some sense.
If you have nothing to do, go organize the warehouse.
Gyeong-hye-ssi. Take Do-jin-ssi and go organize the warehouse. Teach him.
Go check the number of election envelopes I mentioned last time."
Je Yeong-ha specifically assigned work to the public service worker who was actually busy.
In my view, if she had to assign work to one of them, she should have assigned it to Kim Min-ji first.
Kim Gyeong-hye was busy doing office work, like stuffing documents into envelopes and cutting paper with scissors.
'...Why specifically make Kim Gyeong-hye do it? Kim Min-ji is clearly just playing around....'
"...I, I'm sorry but... I have to go to the post office to send registered mail in a bit.... ...C, can I do it after I get back?"
The girl named Kim Gyeong-hye seemed to have an introverted and timid personality; she was incredibly apologetic.
She bowed her head and apologized to the point where I wondered if she really needed to be that subservient.
'...Is she extremely timid? She seems really flustered.'
"......, No. Never mind. ...Then Minji-ssi. Minji-ssi, take Do-jin-ssi and go organize the warehouse."
"...I also have work to do...."
"Ah, you were watching YouTube just now. You have nothing to do.
Hurry up and go to the internal and external warehouses and check.
Don't slack off. I'm going to check everything."
"....... Sigh, ...Yes. Ah, but what am I checking...?
Ah, that last year's envelope? That's from last year so there's no need to check. You can just throw it all away."
"You still have to check."
"...No, you can just throw it away, what checking.... Again...."
Je Yeong-ha was trying to dig at me, but the sparks flew in a weird direction and an argument started with the public service worker Kim Min-ji.
I was stuck between the two, watching the situation...,
and when Je Yeong-ha was about to let out a shrill screech, I couldn't stand it and stepped in to mediate between them.
Since the public service worker was lower in rank, I just appeased Kim Min-ji and told her to just go organize the warehouse.
Subconsciously, I also thought that Kim Min-ji would be more reasonable.
Je Yeong-ha seemed impossible to persuade....
"Min, Minji-ssi.... ...J, just let's go. Hehe. Just come with me and let's go organize the warehouse...."
When I coaxed her to go, the public service worker Kim Min-ji
blushed for a moment, cleared her throat, and said, "Come this way," and stepped out of the office.
"...Ah, seriously.... There's no need to do it.... Seriously, they can't stand seeing people rest....
I just finished moving heavy desks and chairs, too. Seriously, damn it....
You can just throw it away without counting, why are they making work..., sigh...."
Kim Min-ji grumbled the whole way down the stairs, as if she really didn't want to go to work.