Interview (2)

Interview (2)

 

I couldn’t tell what Yuna was thinking.

But judging by her expression of realization while looking at Chae-a, it seemed she had gained some great insight from Chae-a’s interview.

‘She doesn’t think that’s how interviews should be done, right…?’

An ominous thought arose, but I tried to deny it, thinking it couldn’t be.

As if deliberately piercing through my denial, she started doing exactly what I had worried about earlier.

“Now it’s Yuna’s turn. Ha-eun, can you eat three ice creams? Yuna is too full to eat. But if you melt it, you can drink it like a beverage. If you try hard, you might be able to eat it.”

I stared blankly at Yuna’s words with a bewildered expression.

Then, gathering my thoughts, I calmly opened my mouth.

“I can only eat one ice cream.”

At my words, Yuna blinked her eyes and then.

Ha-eun patted my head vigorously and spoke to me in a somewhat proud voice.

“You can’t help it because Ha-euni is a baby.”

It seems she thought I couldn’t eat much ice cream because I’m young, after hearing that I couldn’t eat much.

I’m not sure, but Yuna seemed quite happy about it, wagging her tail excitedly while looking at me.

*

After the simple interview practice.

We gathered in one place to share feedback on the practice we had just done.

“You can only grow when you give feedback after it’s over. So, shall I start first, unnie?”

Han A-rin shared her usual values and told me what I needed to improve.

“Personally, unnie, I was hoping Ha-eun would cross her arms and go ‘hmph!’ during the interview, but I was disappointed you didn’t do it.”

“…?”

Isn’t this just what she wants to see rather than feedback?

Not understanding, I stared blankly at Han A-rin.

Han A-rin blatantly ignored my gaze and continued to express her desires.

“Ah! I also want to see you tie your hair in twin tails and shake them side to side. And then ask if it’s cute…”

“Unnie… that, um. Hmm.”

While Han A-rin was passionately speaking.

Seo-rin, who was next to her, moved her lips as if trying to say something but seemed to hold back.

Seeing this behavior, Han A-rin seemed to realize her impropriety and stopped abruptly, smiling awkwardly.

“Ah, no, that’s just what I’d like to see, you can ignore it. Anyway, getting to the main point, confidence is important when doing interviews. If you keep your back and shoulders straight and look upright, most of it will turn out fine.”

Come to think of it, I was probably feeling shy and dejected during the interview, just as Han A-rin said.

I nodded, deciding to keep my back as straight as possible and conduct interviews confidently from now on.

Ha-eun stroked my head this time and gave me some simple feedback.

“Ha-eun is so cute, so everything’s fine! It’s okay to make mistakes! No, it’s even better!”

“… Seo-rin.”

“W-well, you did it too, unnie.”

While the two were bickering, Chae-a and Yuna, who had been staring at us from the side, tilted their heads and.

They started to imitate the feedback that Han A-rin and Seo-rin had given as closely as possible.

“Since Ha-euni’s tail is cute too…! Hold the tail like this and bring the tail too! Say something like that and then inter? Intervu! That should work!”

“That’s right. And if a scary question comes, you should go ‘Grrrr’ or something like that.”

I guess scary questions mean bad questions?

I nodded and said I would do so, and they both spoke with satisfied expressions.

“Ha-euni is amazing. Now it’s perfect…!”

“As an unnie, I’m so proud.”

Then they said something like we could go down now, giggled, and stood up, telling me.

“Shall we go then? Chae-a wants to dance and play ball too…!”

“Yuna too.”

Realizing that our hearts were in sync.

The three of us giggled and headed towards where the ball was.

* * * * *

The next-generation mana circulation announcement itself happened faster than expected.

There would be various reasons, but the main factor was the strong influence of Han A-rin’s position as the 7th ranked hunter, and.

“The fact that our world’s cutest Ha-eun came up with the basic idea played a big role.”

(The fact that our adorably cute Ha-eun came up with the basic idea played a big role.)

Like Perseus, who speaks so quickly and densely that he even omits spaces at the beginning.

It’s because the blind support without cost from the dragons who seized power helped the research on this circulation method pass through faster.

“Of course, the content of the research also plays a part. What you, Han A-rin, presented is the most convenient method to rapidly increase the mana recovery rate, which is a chronic problem for hunters.”

“Well, that’s right. I know.”

“I’m not saying you’re great. I’m saying Ha-eun is great.”

“I agree with that, but hearing it from you makes me feel bad.”

As always, Han A-rin and Perseus started bickering as soon as they met.

Soon realizing that this was a meaningless argument, they sighed and quickly got to the main point.

“Anyway, I’m a bit worried. I’m afraid that with exposure to countless eyes and attention, someone might try to attack Ha-eun.”

Malice born from amusement, malice born from jealousy, malice born from profit relationships.

Those who harbor malice from the beginning are few, but that malice often creates numerous other malices.

He said this out of concern that Ha-eun, still just a baby, might face such malice and get hurt.

However, Perseus laughed as if such a thought itself was wrong and said:

“Your thinking is shallow.”

“What?”

“Do you think we wouldn’t have considered that?”

Perseus, who has been unjustly criticized by the public for a long time, smirked arrogantly and said:

“We plan to invest a lot of capital and time to prepare for this. Public opinion can be buried if you bury it, and changed if you try to change it.”

“Huh?”

“And I think I forgot. Do you know how many law firms exist under our organization?”

At the mention of law firms, not legal teams.

Han A-rin could feel a glimpse of Perseus’s madness.

Thinking that he must have gone crazy from living for too long, she was trembling slightly when Perseus added his final words while looking at her.

“Besides, most of us dragons have an abundance of time. In modern terms, they call us time billionaires.”

“……?”

Han A-rin, not wanting to get further involved with Perseus who was starting to say strange things, stood up from her seat.

When she first saw him, he seemed like a noble dragon hunter.

But the more she faced him, the more she felt like he was just a rich, powerful, and talented neighborhood idiot cousin.

‘Although he is reliable…’

As she was sighing while thinking that she couldn’t shake off the feeling that he was foolish.

Perseus looked at her and briefly said.

“Half of it is a joke.”

Which means half of it is serious.

Thinking that he probably prepared even more than what he had mentioned earlier, she let out a hollow laugh.

He looked at her with his usual arrogant expression, as if expecting something.

* * * * *

A few days later, I couldn’t hide my bewilderment as I looked at the pristine white dresses in front of me.

That’s because I had just heard the shocking news that ‘I’ had to wear these dresses to attend the official announcement ceremony.

As you know, I had some reservations about this, so I blankly stared at them and thought to myself.

‘No matter what, isn’t a dress a bit too much…!’

Even if I conceded a hundred times, it still seemed impossible, so I shook my head from side to side to indicate that it was absolutely not going to happen.

Ha-eun, including Seo-rin, Chae-a, and even Yuna, were insisting that I should wear this.

“How pretty would it look if you wear this? Everyone will faint because it’s so pretty, cute, and lovely!”

“That’s right. I really want to see Ha-eun wearing this too. So please, won’t you wear it?”

“Yeah. Let’s wear it together with Chae-a? If you wear this, Ha-eun will become a princess!”

“That’s right. I think it will suit Ha-eun well.”

My head is spinning because all four of them are saying I must wear it.

I was okay with animal pajamas, but I kept shaking my head because I didn’t think a dress was appropriate no matter what.

But I had to surrender as Chae-a and Yuna kept pushing the pure white children’s dress towards me.

‘… I’m embarrassed.’

I was so embarrassed that even my tail was fluttering, trying to hide behind my back.

The extent of that shame and embarrassment was obvious without even saying it…!

 

I curled up like a pillbug.

While I was whimpering, hugging my trembling tail,

Han A-rin, who was watching this, lifted me up gently and smiled playfully.

“If you do that, the dress will get wrinkled, so you should stand up straight.”

It wasn’t wrong, and I knew the dress I was wearing was very expensive.

So I had no choice but to nod and give up curling my body, deciding to replace it with hugging my tail instead.

“But it’s so pretty. We could send you off to get married right away… No, that’s absolutely not allowed. Ha-eun will live with her sister forever, so marriage is absolutely not allowed.”

“……”

“Anyway, today we plan to find the most suitable dress, so let’s try on each one once, okay?”

Just once each? It seems like there’s a strange word mixed in there, or am I imagining it?

I decided to convince myself that I had misheard and tried to put on the animal pajamas again.

“The earthworm unnie said this is the prettiest…!”

“And I like it because it has puppies and kitties.”

Because Chae-a and Yuna brought the clothes they liked one by one, I had no choice but to put them on, swaying like a leaf blown in the wind.