episode_0041

I watched the video Sylvia showed me several times.

“Silvia.”

“Yes?”

“This is a laser that kills mosquitoes. Isn’t the output too high?”

I wondered if I was the only one who thought that way.

Sylvia responded to my question only after checking something for a moment.

“Strictly speaking, that laser is not a laser.”

“What do you mean by that?”

“Then why is it called a laser?”

Astoby asked her answer, and I also asked as if I didn’t understand.

“Mana field spreads mana to a specific space and blocks access. However, it is said that this laser shoots the mana force field directly at the target.”

“Ah.”

I was able to understand Sylvia’s explanation in an instant.

If you’re shooting a mana force field, it’s understandable that a person would be able to get through it so easily.

So to speak, the mana force field is for defense… and that laser is for offense?

“Director, wait a minute.”

Meanwhile, Adem raised his hand and called Sylvia the director.

“Why is that? Adem.”

The corners of Sylvia’s mouth seemed to turn up slightly, as if she was happy to be called by the title of director.

“Chris asked first about the high power laser, and why did the request come to us instead of Ildong’s office?”

“I guess they all went to the office as well.”

As soon as Adem finished speaking, David answered.

“No, David. As Adem said, this request only came to our office.”

“What, really?”

David had a look on his face as if he was wondering if that made sense.

“Didn’t you forget that?”

“If not, they realized that the Ildong office was not what it used to be and contacted us.”

Astoby shook his head at what Datihi and I said.

“No. Those guys from that company. Don’t you have good eyes for seeing? I think we’ve realized that we’re more popular than them now.”

Astoby said while trying to set the mood, but…

Surprisingly, no one responded.

To be honest, Ildong’s office is still doing better than ours.

It was Ildong’s office that managed the Silver Side in the first place.

To be precise, our Blue Heart office is living in a rented area within the Ildong office?

It feels a little sad to say this, but what can we do in reality?

***

Astoby continued to claim that we were evaluated higher than Ildong’s office.

But David and Adem didn’t seem to think so.

“Silvia~”

“….”

In that situation, I called Sylvia in a sly voice.

Anyway, I have a good feel.

She didn’t react at all, as if she was wary of what I would say again.

“Silvia!”

“…Why is that, Chris?”

“Please invite Youngmin and Silla for this request!”

“I don’t know about Silas, but Youngmin discussed it with the client…”

“Oh, call me! Please call me!”

Despite Sylvia’s explanation, I started by begging first.

Was this a planned action? well….

I felt like I was turning into a real kid.

It was a shameful thing that I wouldn’t have done in the past.

Now the body of a little Hyeolju! Even though I begged like a child, I wasn’t embarrassed at all!

“Director. I think Cat Mom’s cats are definitely needed anyway.”

“Yes, I guess so. Since the search area is large, I was thinking of inviting other cats besides Scylla.”

Okay, Scylla solved.

“…Then Youngmin!”

Youngmin!

“First of all, consultation is necessary.”

“…Whew. Then there is nothing we can do.”

Seeing as Sylvia kept saying the same thing, it seemed like she wasn’t lying.

“What is it, sister? Are you giving up already?”

“No, I didn’t say I was giving up!”

I responded to Johnny’s question as if I had no idea.

Even though it was like this, my mind was like that of an adult. I decided not to cause Sylvia any more trouble.

“Oh, and one more thing.”

When Sylvia opened her mouth again, we all focused our attention on her.

“The search for hackers is not something we do alone. It is said that the client’s private unit is also planning to join.”

“Other offices?”

I raised my vicious right hand and asked a question.

“Maybe we’re not the only ones. However, they did not tell us which office they contacted.”

Adem was even more suspicious of Sylvia’s answer.

Anyway, my interest was in completing this request with Youngmin and Silas.

It seems like Silas has already been confirmed… but it looks like Youngmin will have a hard time, right?

I decided to use the shared terminal to talk to Youngmin.

By the way, the shared terminal in our office was actually shared, but it felt like it was actually my terminal.

“Chris?”

“Yes, Youngmin, it’s me.”

“Is something going on?”

A soft voice, as if expecting something to happen.

I wondered what would happen if I emphasized that Youngmin was the main guarantor of my troubleshooter apprenticeship.

Still, I mentioned this request to Youngmin.

“Oh, I think I saw it on TV too.”

“Really? But didn’t your office say anything?”

“Yes, we have never received such a request.”

I can’t believe you didn’t even contact Ildong’s office at all.

As David and Adem said, this part was definitely strange.

…Did you call us because our Blue Heart Office can be cleaned out at any time?

Considering the average level of humanity of the companies appearing in Dream City, this was highly likely.

Seeing that private units were also deployed, there was a need to be careful about private units.

Because we never know when they might suddenly change and attack us.

‘hmm. Wouldn’t it be better if I just didn’t call Youngmin and Silas?’

When I thought about it calmly, I felt a little bit of excitement disappearing.

However, I was able to judge the situation objectively and dispassionately.

I could say I was lucky up until now… but there was no way that luck could last forever.

***

Of course, unlike me, Youngmin clearly showed signs of wanting to join in on this request.

I couldn’t bear to say anything else to Youngmin’s cheerful voice, saying that he would also talk to Ilsungi and Deoksoo.

Sigh… I think it’s a shame because I’m too affectionate.

Should I say that I am fortunate?

Afterwards, Silvia directly consulted with the company and the Ildong office became partially involved in this request.

Well, it sounds grandiose to say it like this… To put it simply, Youngmin from the Ildong office was dispatched to help our Blue Heart office.

“As expected, that logic seems to have worked.”

“That’s right. Companies also ignore the problem of being the main guarantor of apprenticeship solvers as much as possible.”

I was fortunate that Youngmin was my main guarantor.

“But if they were going to allow it anyway, why didn’t they contact Ildong’s office from the beginning?”

“Well, I guess I’ll have to meet someone from the company soon and ask about that.”

“If I ask you, will you answer that?”

“But you can’t just sit still.”

What Sylvia said was correct.

Just because you stay still doesn’t mean anything will change.

The day the request begins.

Before I knew it, there were only three weeks left in my apprenticeship period.

In 3 weeks, I will finally become an official problem solver!

While I was in the office rejoicing at this fact, Johnny and David came into the office carrying several moving bags.

Of course, each owner was in the carrying bag.

“Chris!”

“Sila!”

Among them, I rushed to the bag containing Scylla.

“Wait a minute.”

“Chris! I missed you!”

I obviously told her to wait a moment, but Silas was scratching the carrying bag with her claws.

I quickly opened the bag before Sheila scratched it any further.

Then he grabbed Silas with both arms, but perhaps because he only grabbed her by the waist, Silas stretched out like some kind of cheese.

“…Sila?”

“Yes!”

“Have you gained weight while we haven’t seen each other?”

“…No!”

No, Scylla definitely wasn’t this heavy.

Moreover, from the outside, it looked fluffier than before.

“Hahaha! Sister, you are rude to the lady.”

As expected, it’s Johnny. What a lady to a young cat.

He could be said to have a very open mind.

“I’m upset!”

“Who says such things with their own mouth!”

“That’s not him!”

After saying that, Silas frowned and puffed out her cheeks.

…what? Why do you think you’re cuter than before?

“Ugh!”

“Me too!”

As I petted Sheila, her brothers from the other crate that Johnny and David had opened approached me.

“Wait! This is too much!”

There seemed to be six in total.

It was an understandable number as Cat Mom had paid her generously in the past. In the end, the money we earned would go back to Cat Mom!

“Eight! These guys!”

I transformed into a baby bat and climbed on top of Scylla’s head.

– Squeeze.

Then he pressed Sila’s head.

Sheila must have felt good, so she closed her eyes and stopped where she was and did not move.

“Chris.”

“Huh? Why are you calling me?”

Then suddenly Sylvia called my name.

***

When I turned my gaze, I saw Sylvia and a hesitant Youngmin standing at the entrance to the office.

“Oh, welcome!”

“Eck.”

Unlike me, Sheila’s reaction was very honest.

Because the response was, “Why is that person here?”

Anyway, Youngmin started approaching me. But! It was up to me to approach first.

Since it happened to be in the form of a baby bat, it flew over Silas’ head and landed on Youngmin’s blonde hair.

“Finally doing this!”

“Chris?”

I stretched out my two cute wings towards the inside of Youngmin’s blonde hair more violently than ever.

Aaaah!

It’s not that Youngmin didn’t visit me for two months.

Honestly, I came here a lot. But now I remembered that I had promised before that I would give Youngmin a hug when I met him.

As I lived in the body of a child, I felt like my memory also became that of a child.

Youngmin laughed and told me to stop because my knuckles were too intense.

Meanwhile, Silas, who had come to the side, was purring at Youngmin.

“Uh-huh! Silas, then you can’t use it.”

I said that to Silas and hurried back over his head.

Then Sheila started walking around the office with me as if she had no interest in Youngmin.

Youngmin acted more maturely than Silas in that situation.

Well… it’s not a good thing to be genuinely jealous and fight with a young cat.

In this regard, Youngmin seemed to be more mature than Silas.

“Ah, Sylvia. But how did you two come together?”

“Because I was on my way to pick up Youngmin.”

“Ah.”

I said something too obvious.

“And someone from the company will come soon.”

“It would be nice to be a normal person.”

“Ha, that can’t be!”

Johnny reacted to my words as if that could happen.

Actually, the manager and other office workers who turned into gargoyles were a unique case.

Maguspol’s office workers were bound to be twisted somewhere.

As people live in this kind of environment, it feels like society is a bit… sick?

However, the person from the company turned out differently than I thought.

“Nice to meet you, everyone! My name is Maximilian… from Rako’s External Operations Department!”

A voice that makes you feel social.

He wore a neat black suit, but had an unusual appearance with black sunglasses on top.

“Nice to meet you. Mr. Maximilian. My name is Sylvia, and I am the director of the Blue Heart Office.”

“Oh, I’ve heard a lot about it!”

Maximilian held onto the hand that Silvia gave him and shook it back and forth.

Wow, even the handshake form felt very energetic.

“What I came to see you today is… you all know this anyway, right? This is to provide a general briefing related to the request!”

“Wait a minute. Can I ask you a question before that?”

“Yes! Of course! Is there a goblin gentleman there?”

“This is Adem.”

“Yes, Mr. Adem!”

I felt completely exhausted by Maximilian’s energetic response.

Meanwhile, Adem threw a fastball from the first question.

“Why did you choose us instead of Ildong Office?”

“Oh, that’s right. This is something you may have doubts about.”

“….”

Maximilian said that and looked at us without saying anything.

“Well, it’s okay if I tell you!”

“To be honest, it’s a bit long… but to put it as simply as possible! The factions within our company are not getting along very well.”

“…Then really?”

“Yes, because the faction that wanted the work to be entrusted to the office lost. Thanks to you, this request has been returned to you!”

What is that?

Is this worse than I thought?

Not only me but also the other party members had expressions of bewilderment.

However, Maximilian was the only one here who was smiling.

“Okay, then we can move on to the briefing now, right?!”

“Yes, of course.”

Sylvia responded immediately.

Okay, maybe it’s because I heard that answer just now, but I don’t really want to complain anymore.

Was it really a good thing to bring Youngmin and Sheila to this request?