164 – Wrong Interview Methods (1)

Monday afternoon.

Inside Jihyun’s spacious office.

“Oh, hello!”

A young woman’s voice rang out brightly.

It was a voice that was fresh and reminiscent of a green apple.

The voices that had been floating around the office soon died down.

The pink-haired woman swallowed hard and looked tense.

The woman glanced at us from time to time.

When I saw the eyes of the woman rolling around anxiously, a feeling of pity welled up in me.

As you could tell at a glance, he looked quite nervous, so I couldn’t help but smile bitterly inside.

“… … .”

In this spacious office, Jihyun, Yerin, and I were sitting across from the woman.

Jihyun was just looking through the paper with the woman’s information written on it, wearing a neat outfit.

Mina greeted her with a strong voice, but she didn’t show any particular reaction and just silently read her personal statement. Yerin just silently looked at the woman’s face with a crooked expression.

I slowly moved my head and glanced at the woman’s face again.

She had bright, fresh pink hair. Her face was oval and slender.

I made eye contact for a moment with a woman who was anxiously fiddling with her side hair that fell down to below her chest.

The woman hesitated with an exclamation of ‘Ah’, then tried to smile happily, but Yerin glared at her and she had no choice but to back down.

… … That woman was none other than Jumina.

“Hoo… … Okay, Mina, come in.”

“yes yes!”

Suddenly, Jihyun slowly raised her head, met Mina’s eyes, and greeted her leisurely. It was somewhat of an intentional action. Mina reacted like a new soldier who had just been assigned to her unit today.

“Aren’t you too nervous?”

“Ah, haha… … Actually, I took some Cheongsimhwan too. It was, like, my first interview.”

Mina answered, wiggling her fingers as if she was a little embarrassed.

And judging from the way he secretly moved his gaze to Yerin’s face, it seemed that he was more aware of Yerin’s feelings than anything else.

‘I don’t know why he’s so observant of Yerin’s expression.’

Today is the day to decide whether or not Mina will join the clan.

In common parlance, it means the day of the interview.

And the interviewers are us.

All clan members participate and serve as interviewers.

‘Anyway, an interviewer… … What is he doing?’

In fact, Mina’s decision to join the clan is already practically a pass thanks to my recommendation.

This is because Jihyun, Yerin, and I all have positive thoughts about joining the clan.

It was originally a small clan with only three members.

If you want, you can sign up right away without having to go through a grand interview, but there is a reason for having an interview, even if it is only formal.

That’s because Jihyun… has never had any experience with interviews.

As the leader of a clan, Jihyun will often have to take on the role of interviewer in the future, but since she has never been an interviewer, let alone an interviewee, she thought she would try out a simulation on this occasion.

Of course, I wondered if it was really necessary to dress up like this and create such a stiff atmosphere, but as Yerin said, “Teacher, do you know about the Stanford Prison Experiment? If you’re going to do it, you might as well do it right?”

Well? The Stanford Prison Experiment was a lie, wasn’t it?

I expressed my doubts, but since Jihyun responded positively, I had no choice but to sit Mina in front of me like a real interviewer and create an atmosphere similar to a stress interview.

Mina probably thinks she’s really being interviewed…

‘By the way, is it okay to bring Mina to the clan in this situation?’

I’m a little conflicted about whether or not it’s right to let Mina join the clan in a situation like this, especially after being attacked by Charlotte once.

But Charlotte’s attack was just an accident, and since I had already told Mina to come for the interview, it was something I couldn’t just cancel on my own.

Also, considering Jihyun’s position, it was necessary to recruit useful clan members in case of an emergency.

Mina’s skills were incomparable to Jihyun and Yerin’s, but objectively speaking, it was by no means an easy feat to reach C rank in her early twenties on her own without any help.

Mina was a talent who looked forward to tomorrow more than today.

If you train hard, you will grow quite well.

“Ahem. So, Mina.”

Suddenly, Yerin sat down with her legs crossed and called out to Mina with a cold expression on her face.

But did I just hear wrong?

Mina ‘Ms’?

“Oh, yeah?”

“Huh? Did you just say “Huh?”

Yerin picked up Mina’s resume with one hand and shook it with a displeased expression.

“Ms. Jumina? Aren’t you having an interview right now? I know we’re close, but you have to keep a distinction between work and personal life, right?”

“Oh, is that so, huh?”

Mina asked back with a bewildered face, as if she had no idea Yerin would say something like that. Yerin snorted as if she had been caught and said, “Hot!” and made a strange noise.

“The interviewer talked back… … ?”

Why is he like this again?

“Did you just talk back? You’re not ready for basic social life. If you join a clan in the future, you’ll be spending a lot of time in groups, so it’s not good to always talk back.”

“… … Uh, yes?”

I don’t know what kind of nonsense nitpicking that is.

I asked you to be the interviewer, not the old fart, Yerin.

I sighed deeply inwardly and hit Yerin on the head with a hammer. Please don’t play such strange pranks, Yerin. Then Yerin groaned, “Ah!” and covered her head.

Yerin rubbed her head gently and pretended to be in pain, and I stared at her with a look of bewilderment.

“Yerin. Let’s have an interview. Let’s have an interview. Okay?”

“I’m sorry, teacher. I thought Mina was a little nervous, so I tried to make a joke to make her feel a little more relaxed… … .”

You’re the reason he’s so nervous most of the time?

As soon as you heard Mina, you immediately gave me a hint.

“Ahaha, is that so, Yerin? What did I say again?”

“… … .”

“Oh, you’re joking, right?”

“… … .”

When Yerin remained silent, Mina closed her mouth with a hardened face.

“The joke ends there.”

Jihyun, who had been watching quietly, opened her mouth.

Our eyes were fixed on Jihyun.

Jihyun asked in a cool voice.

“Mina.”

“yes.”

“I heard from Seojun. He said he wanted to join our clan?”

“Oh, yes, Sister.”

Jihyun slightly raised her head and met Mina’s eyes.

Jihyun started by asking questions that were more like a greeting.

“Why are you interested in our clan?”

Why did you become interested in our clan?

Well, I know to some extent.

“I heard you were reluctant to join a clan?”

“ah…….”

Mina pursed her lips for a moment.

As Jihyun said, Mina has shown a negative reaction to joining the clan so far.

Although she could join any mid-sized clan she wanted, Mina has so far been active in small parties.

The main reason for being reluctant to join a clan was that it would bind them to a contract and they would not be able to act recklessly.

As Mina, who became a hunter after her family was killed by monsters, she wanted to help people as much as she could, but since she was not alone when she joined a clan, she could not hunt monsters as she pleased.

It might not be a big deal to the average hunter, but it was a pretty important issue to Mina.

“And if you were to join a clan, I thought you’d definitely join Sephiroth. In fact, you were halfway planning on joining?”

“It’s all thanks to my cousin… … a parachute, shall we say? Ah, haha… … .”

Jihyun looks at Mina, who is reacting slightly self-deprecatingly, and makes a cold expression.

“Mina. I don’t think it’s a good idea to underestimate your own worth. If you belittle your own worth like that, what will that do to me, who is contemplating whether or not to join?”

“Yeah, I’m sorry, Unnie.”

Jihyun let out a ‘Huh’ laugh.

“Mina, you’re really good. You’re already a C-rank at that age. You’ve definitely grown tremendously. Your academy grades were also excellent. There were actually quite a few clans that tried to scout you… … .”

Jihyun, who was looking over Mina’s related documents again, suddenly turned her gaze towards Mina.

“But why did you want to join our clan? Wouldn’t Sephiroth be better? It’s a big company, and your cousin is a member of it.”

“Although the Shinjeong Clan is small, it is a clan with a clear vision and ability, and has great growth potential in the future… .”

“Stop talking harshly, Mina.”

Jihyun chuckled and then suddenly tapped me on the shoulder.

“Isn’t it actually because of him?”

“yes yes?”

“You decided to come in here because you were interested in this idiot, right?”

… … Mina hiccuped.