episode_0065

While Namin was exploring YouTube channels, Narin was struggling with work as always.

But I wouldn’t say that it’s such an excessive amount of work. After all, there are coworkers in the same department who divide up the work, and there are superiors who review the work.

In the first place, work isn’t something that kills you, so eventually you just end up doing it as you adapt and keep doing it.

Recording the abilities of various hunters in a database. Looking up battle videos or videos of ability usage, giving advice to hunters of similar types, and things like that.

Through trial and error, Narin had become somewhat accustomed to the work.

At first, I thought that since they were both fire-breathing hunters, they had the same ability, with only a difference in output. I tried to give them advice based on that, but when I saw the hunter’s awkward smile, I realized what I was doing wrong.

As you study all sorts of miscellaneous common sense, such as the difference between ignition and firing, you become accustomed to it.

To be exact, I should say that I’m getting used to encountering such unfamiliar things, but anyway.

Narin grumbled quietly to the employee next to her, not even dreaming that she was gradually progressing from a simple database organizing worker to an irreplaceable operator.

“There are words that are really advice or counsel, so I don’t know why they use the word advice.”

“Ah, Narin-ssi. Didn’t you know? In the past, if you gave advice or tips and just gave information, people would say you were a know-it-all or a know-it-all and really hated it. That’s why I started saying advice.”

“Huh? Hey, are you kidding me? Oh, maybe it was because I was telling you too much? Who doesn’t like sharing tips?”

“There was a time like that. It was a time of anti-intellectualism beyond ignorance. Anyway, if you see something strangely written, it’s better to just ignore it and move on.”

“That’s right. Even if I listen, I don’t understand… … .”

Now that I’ve had my fill of grumbling, it’s time to get back to work. However, the employee sitting next to Na-rin also seemed to want to cool his head for a bit, so he slipped his cell phone to Na-rin.

“Ms. Narin. Isn’t this Ms. Narin’s younger sister?”

“Oh, that’s right. I’ve been uploading videos on YouTube lately. I’m making videos of miniatures, and since I live with my friends at home, there are a lot of cute scenes.”

Narin’s face, which had been dead just a moment ago, brightened up in an instant. Does she know that she is acting like she can’t sell her food when she hears about her younger brother?

But that warm expression was short-lived, as it quickly hardened at the words of a coworker.

“Oh, that’s not true, but this wasn’t uploaded on YouTube. It’s a video uploaded on SNS, you know, a video taken while working part-time at a convenience store.”

“Huh? Where… … .”

I started watching the video with the determination that if Na-min’s portrait rights were violated, I wouldn’t let it go. But for a moment, Na-rin’s face quickly returned to its original warm expression.

In the video, Na-min was riding a motorcycle, and Ham-sik, Saek-musae, and Ji-hyeon were riding in cars and crossing the street.

Looking at the motorcycle being towed, it looks like the car is probably just rolling its wheels and not moving on its own. I ordered it yesterday, but did it arrive already?

The sight of the holographic image and the music video playing on the phone with the volume turned up made me feel like I was watching the Bremen Town Musicians.

The car also stopped and watched silently upon seeing it. The quality of the cell phone image wasn’t that good, but I could definitely see the driver smiling broadly.

It wasn’t just the driver. Anyone who saw Namin and her friends passing by had the corners of their mouths go up.

Seeing that he was using the hologram app well, it seemed like he could now walk around the neighborhood without himself. Thinking that he was great, Narin watched the video with half worry and half affection.

Unfortunately, the video ended with Na-min and her friends arriving in front of the convenience store. She wanted to see them go home. Na-rin was just annoyed by the short video.

But unlike other people, I can see it whenever I want when I go home. At that moment, I was about to brag about my younger sister, Narin.

A presence was felt behind Narin and her coworker.

“Hmm, hmm. Are you done with everything and resting?”

“Oh my, sir!”

“Well, I did everything you asked me to do… … .”

Narin pointed to the files she had painstakingly organized, but that didn’t stop the manager from scolding her.

“Even though our department is related to hunters and the work environment is relaxed, that’s not true. Do you think that’s because you can play around during work hours? Even if you take a break, you can go to the bathroom for a bit or have some coffee and catch your breath. Anyway, Manager Choi, Manager Choi always makes phone calls while working, so the other employees see that and learn from it.”

The situation is such that the strife spreads to Manager Choi, who is between Na-rin and the manager.

But Manager Choi wasn’t intimidated by it at all, and just smiled kindly and accepted it.

“Hey, that’s all from the conversation with the hunters. And don’t you do all the work? And the manager was watching with a happy smile behind Na-rin and Young-ah.”

“What, what! When did I! I didn’t do that!”

“Chief, you used to brag about your son and daughter all the time, right? Stop it now and review what Na-rin did.”

“shi, it’s noisy. I was thinking of doing that anyway. Mr. Narin, please send that to my email. I’ll go check it right now.”

Thanks to Manager Choi, she got scolded less, and she also saw the cute and bashful look on the face of the manager who had become a pretty girl. Na-rin became happy thinking that there were so many cute things around her these days.

Besides, it was time to waste some more time. Narin quickly seized the opportunity.

“Yes, I will send it right away.”

It’s good to hear praise for doing a good job and get promoted, but Narin wasn’t the type of person who was that greedy.

She saves money and earns enough to live on her own. Rather than working overtime for more allowance, Narin’s style is to maintain a work-life balance.

So she was trying to take breaks whenever she could, but Narin didn’t know that the harder she worked to make time for breaks, the higher the probability that she would be assigned to an operator position with more intense work.

A world where unknown beings come from other worlds. There are also people who have blended in with this world, such as tentacles or ghosts working in restaurants, or crocodile-humans who work as special forces in the same company.

Because sometimes they come for the purpose of invasion, plunder, or conquest, or sometimes they come as a disaster environment with no self at all.

To counter this, operators who are familiar with the Hunters’ abilities are active so that those with various awakened abilities can be dispatched to the right places.

The skills needed for that job were something I was learning while working at my current job. But before I got a job at my current job, I didn’t even know that there was such a job, and even now, I can’t even guess.

Not knowing what would happen next, Narin enjoyed her sweet break.

On the other hand, from beyond the partition, the voice of the young girl full of betrayal could be heard.

“Oh my goodness, I thought you were going to have a cozy break with me… … !”

“Ahaha, I’m the type of person who works hard to have fun. Can I help you?”

It was a break that she somehow managed to create. However, Narin couldn’t ignore her colleague who had shown her good videos, so she offered a helping hand, even if it was just empty words.

The only flaw was that the other person didn’t take it as empty words.

“Yes, if you help me with this, I’ll buy you dinner! Oh, right. You should have eaten dinner with Namin, right… … .”

Narin felt embarrassed at the words, “I really want you to help me,” but what can she do? She had already said it.

But since she was the only one of her classmates left, Na-rin, who was kind-hearted, continued the conversation with a trembling smile.

“For lunch, they somehow solve the problem by heating up the side dishes that my mom made or eating cup rice, but I feel bad about making them eat that way until dinner.”

“Sob sob, if my sister had done half as much for me as Na-rin did for me, I would have worshipped her like a god. Hmm, then can I stop by Na-rin’s house for a bit… … ? I miss Na-min so much.”

Since I said I would help, I will help. But if I help out with nothing, it seems like I will be losing out for no reason.

But if I go home late to get food, I feel bad for my siblings who are waiting for me at home.

Na-rin was troubled by this dilemma, and then remembered that Young-ah had been very fond of Na-min.

We only shared an office, but our responsibilities were different and Young-ah often worked outside the office, so we rarely worked together. But Young-ah was a nice person, so wouldn’t it be okay to invite her to my house?

Narin recalled the story she had heard over and over again as she became independent: Never let anyone know that you have a studio near the company.

… … Although I am receiving a lot of support from my mother, it is still too early to call it independence.

If her boss or coworkers ask her to stay overnight, saying things like she doesn’t have enough money for transportation, it’s too late, or she’s too drunk, Na-rin, who is soft-hearted, won’t be able to refuse.

One night becomes two days, two days become three days, and it won’t end with just one person. As time goes by, Narin’s studio will become an extension of her work life, not her sweet home.

“Um, then would you like to have dinner at my house before you go? Of course I’ll get it.”

“Oh, okay. Can I have it delivered?”

“Yes. Or you can pack it on your way home… … .”

But it’s different for babies. Just ask them to keep it a secret from other people.

Narin tried hard to ignore the advice her parents and relatives had given her and dragged her chair over to the infant’s seat.

“Okay, this is what a click is.”

“Who doesn’t know that!”