Chapter 603 – Personal Interview (3)

As soon as I entered the company, I was informed by a guild employee to call the president. Even after arriving on the 17th floor of the building, I was still lost in doubt.

Less than a week had passed since the last time the boss called me, and I couldn’t figure out why he was calling me again.

Is there something I needed to fill out again from the documents I wrote last time? Or did I just do something wrong in the past week?

If not, are you calling me to tell me about the S-class hunters that fall short of the screening process?

A few bad thoughts crossed my mind, but I couldn’t be sure of anything and most of them were just guesses.

It seemed like I had no idea why she had called me unless I had a direct meeting with her boss.

If possible, we should hope for good news rather than bad news.

For example, since you passed the S-class promotion review with ease, you will be informed that you are an S-class hunter from today, and things like that.

With that thought in mind, I stood in front of the president’s office and knocked three times.

A slightly calmer voice came from inside compared to the boss a week ago.

-Knock, knock, knock.

“Boss, this is Seong Tae-kyung.”

“… Come in.”

When you open the door and go in, you can see the owner’s table right in front, and then the owner.

Not only did she grow a little taller than a week ago, but her body seemed to have curves, albeit only slightly, so it seemed like her growth period was still progressing.

Still, thanks to her always wearing the same suit in the same place, there was no chance of people mistaking her for someone else.

As she walked closer to the owner from the entrance to talk, her slightly urgent voice continued.

-Tap, knock.

“Now, wait a minute.”

“Yes?”

“… You don’t have to come too close. “Let’s talk there.”

“… “Here?”

“Yes, there.”

Just by guessing, the situation puts me about 5 meters away.

I don’t know why, but the owner stopped me midway as I approached.

The woman who actually stopped me was turning her red face away without even making eye contact with me.

When I saw CEO Seo Ok-hee’s reaction, I couldn’t help but have a feeling in my head.

“… President?”

“… Uh, yeah.”

“Have I made a mistake with the boss in the past few days?”

“Yes?”

“I think your reaction is a little different from the way the boss has treated me so far…”

“…”

President Seo Ok-hee quietly shuts her mouth and avoids my gaze when I say it.

And then he seemed to be shaking his head in an awkward response as he answered.

“… “I don’t have anything in particular?”

“…”

“S-don’t worry about unnecessary things. Okay, let’s talk about work. “That’s why I called you.”

“… Yes.”

It seems like something happened while we haven’t seen each other for a while, but I couldn’t go into it when the boss said he was going to let it go without telling me.

I found out later that it wasn’t a big deal, so I had no choice but to just imagine it and move on.

As if to brighten up the slightly awkward atmosphere, the boss naturally continued with the reason he called me today.

“First of all, I’ll start by talking about the material related to the Three-Headed Basilisk.”

“Yes? “Didn’t it come to a conclusion last time that the company would settle the settlement on its own?”

“That’s true. That was ultimately a story about the material of the Three-Headed Basilisk itself. “The material in its stomach needs to be handled separately.”

“… “You mean in the stomach?”

“Orichalcon was found inside the Basilisk’s body. “Although it is a small amount.”

“… Yes?”

“It’s literally a really small amount. At best, it’s only about 1kg, and that’s just one lump…”

When I heard her say that it was Orichalcon, I became anxious and immediately ran to the table where she was sitting and grabbed her hand with both of my hands.

CEO Seo Ok-hee, who was surprised by my reaction, reacted with astonishment.

“Yes, boss!”

“Hiyaaak?!”

“Well, I need that, boss! I already said last time that I would dispose of everything related to the material, but that Orichalcon was somehow… !”

“Well, I’ll explain it properly, so just stay away for now!”

The boss suddenly shakes off my hand that was holding his and walks away from me.

… No. To be exact, it wasn’t the boss himself that moved away, but it was more like he threw me away.

It was the moment when the slight electric current that flowed from her hand blew me backwards as if controlling my body.

-Cow!

“Kuheuup?!”

Surprised by the embarrassing sensation I was experiencing for the first time, I lost my balance and fell to the floor.

When I fell backwards and looked up, I saw the boss looking at me with a blushing face.

“S-sorry. “I was momentarily embarrassed.”

“… No, whatever. “Because I rushed in out of nowhere.”

Still, after hitting my butt on the floor, I managed to calm down. I think I got really excited for a moment when I heard that it was made of orichalcon.

I couldn’t control myself because the boss’s words sounded like it was an opportunity to repair the mithril greatsword. Even though Orichalcon itself was such an important material to me that it made no sense.

Fortunately, the boss, who had guessed the situation to some extent from my reaction just now, spoke to me with a faint smile.

“Looking at that reaction, it seems like it was definitely a good idea to leave this one behind.”

“Yes?”

“I already had a contract, so I was thinking about selling it and settling it, but it’s not mine to begin with, it’s yours. “Orichalcon is a material that is not easy to obtain, so I told you to leave it behind instead of disposing of it.”

“Are you the boss? !”

“… Just come closer one more time. “This time, I’m going to make you hit your head against the wall until you come to your senses.”

“…”

“Don’t move a single step from there, just listen.”

The boss’s warning, which sounded like it was definitely not a joke, made me stop walking for a moment.

She looked at me warily for a moment and then handed me a bundle of papers from the table.

“Ruler. “This is a related contract for additional processing when unexpected materials come up during the dismantling process, so read it and sign it.”

“… “Me, boss.”

“Why? You can’t sign this. There is an exception clause in a contract that has already been signed, so if you don’t take care of it, it will be complicated later…”

“That’s not it. “I can’t reach from here to where the boss is.”

“… Ah.”

The boss blushed a little and avoided my gaze, as if he remembered what he had told me not to move even a single step.

Then she pushed the documents in her hand again and spoke to me in a shameless tone, as if it was obvious.

“Well, I should come and get some attention. “If I tell you to stand there, are you going to stand there for a hundred days until you die?”

“You made me hit my head against the wall earlier…”

“Not if you don’t want to sign. 5, 4, 3…”

“Oh, no! Sorry!”

I almost lost my money because I brought up her nonsense, so I hurriedly handed over to her the documents regarding the recovery of her Orichalcon materials.

After quickly reading and checking the contents of the document, I wrote down my name and signature and immediately returned it to the boss.

“Here we are, boss.”

“As I said before, there isn’t that much material. “If I take this, I won’t be able to make a huge weapon like the great sword you use.”

“Yes. “It doesn’t matter.”

“And if I take it just in case and don’t know how to use it, I don’t mind selling it to a road company, so I keep that in mind as well.”

“All right.”

Of course, this may not be of much relevance to me, who is planning to ask Areum to process alloy-related materials.

I don’t know how much material 1kg contained, but it was probably enough to fill in the missing parts of a mithril greatsword.

Even if it wasn’t a large lump, it wasn’t a problem since it would be used as an alloy material.

“I’m saying this one more time just in case, but I specifically left this out for you.”

“Yes! Thank you for your concern!”

“Yes, of course I should be grateful. Then this time…”

“… “Do you have any more documents to fill out?”

“I tried to hand this over to you last time, but I couldn’t. … Anyway, I tried to tell you this, but it ended up looking like I was doing something strange…”

“Yes?”

“… Oh, it’s nothing, so just take it quickly.”

I took a single sheet of paper from the hands of the boss, who spoke with a blush as if something had occurred to him.

The top line of the paper she received from her had a single title written on it: “Mystery Dungeon Exploration Report.”

“Mystery Dungeon Exploration Report… ?”

“You said thank you to me earlier, right?”

“… Yes.”

“Then let’s go and explore the mystery dungeon.”

“… “Here?”

“Uh.”

“Me?”

“Then who else is here besides you?”

“That’s true, though.”

“You said thank you for leaving me the Orichalcon material earlier? Could it be that it was just lip service?”

“… “It can’t be.”

Since the Orichalcon material was held as collateral, it didn’t seem like an atmosphere where one could easily refuse.

… This is my first time exploring a mystery dungeon, and I’m not sure if this will be any good.