Chapter 78. S-Class Foreign Worker
Chapter 78. S-Class Foreign Worker
"Guild Master... you have a visitor."
Geum Hye-jeong was puzzled by the call that came to her office.
She checked the calendar again, but there was no scheduled meeting.
"Honey, who is it?"
"They said... there's a visitor...?"
"A visitor?"
At Geum Hye-jeong's words, Song Yong-il also tilted his head.
"Did they say who it was?"
- Yes... it's Emir Kaya, the one we met in America...
"Huh?"
She told them to send him up and ended the call.
"Emir Kaya came here?"
"Why would he come here?"
"I don't know either..."
They heard the sound of conversation outside, followed by a knock.
"Come in."
Just like at their first meeting, Emir bowed at a full ninety degrees as soon as he entered.
"Mother of the Hero, Father. It is an honor!"
"..."
"...Yes, please sit down."
Both were fluent in English, so there was no trouble communicating.
Emir explained at length the reason he had come here.
"So... you even gave up your shop and came only with a one-way ticket, no return...?"
Geum Hye-jeong suddenly felt a headache coming on.
It was because his reckless personality was exactly like her son's.
"Haa... for now... give me a moment to think."
Emir's request was to meet her son.
She thought about calling her son, but when she checked her phone, she saw he was streaming.
'Hoon... well, Laila would handle it well...'
Geum Hye-jeong gave Emir Song Hoon's home address.
And even as she gave it, she sent a short text to her son, who was in the middle of a stream.
'Even if he's an S-rank... in front of Hoon, he'll be no different from an ordinary person...'
And the young man sitting before her was, if anything, kind—he didn't seem like a fool.
'Good heavens... what S-rank flies economy and takes connecting flights...!'
She couldn't quite tell if he was naive or stupid.
"I've already contacted my son, so go and visit him."
"Yes, thank you. Mother of the Hero, Father!"
He bowed just as he had when entering, and then left.
---
"So he came all the way here...?"
"Yes, that's correct."
I briefly excused myself to the viewers, and we talked in the living room.
"Then... this is...?"
"Ah, nice to meet you...! I'm Rana Yardim!"
Rana, who had come to Korea with her boyfriend.
Her trust in her boyfriend was so immense that she gave up her shop and came.
'But this guy...'
He's just nuts.
He had no place to live right now, and no job.
"I'll find a job for myself!"
"You're going to live in Korea?"
"Yes! I'm even willing to naturalize!"
Naturalization isn't a problem.
An S-rank falling into their laps for free—Korea would probably gladly allow it.
"Well, you handle that yourself... For now, let's finish the stream and talk."
No.
I changed my mind.
"How about you just come on as a guest?"
"You mean the stream you're doing, Hero!"
"..."
I hoped he would not cause trouble.
I soon shook my head and briefly told him a few things to be careful about.
After finishing the conversation, I opened the door and went back in.
[Wtf are you doing]
[What's with abandoning the stream -_-]
[I'm in awe!!!]
"Ah, a guest is here!"
[Wow! Guest!]
[I'm really looking forward to it lolol]
[Fuck what lolol]
─ Creak...
The door opened and Emir and Rana appeared.
Perhaps because it was an unexpected guest, the viewers' chat was flooded with '?'.
Then, as viewers figured out who it was, a storm of donations poured in.
[ Hero's Foot Wiper has donated 10,000 Watts! ]
- ?? Wait, why is the Turkish S-rank here?
[ Overflowing Holy-Power Pouch has donated 30,000 Watts! ]
- No, such a noble person in this squalid place;;
[Fuck what lolololol]
[Was his sparring condition also appearing on stream?]
[Is the lady next to him also a hunter?]
"No, the person next to him is Emir's girlfriend. She's a civilian, so please watch your language."
[Your language is the biggest problem lol]
"..."
I also explained to the viewers the reason Emir came all the way here.
[Gay gay...]
[What's with the bromance]
[So he gave up his shop and came here just to see a Korean guy?]
"Once again, greetings! I am Emir Kaya!"
His Korean-style etiquette was flawless, at least.
"Uh, um... there was a Korean word for this..."
"...?"
"I'll be the foreign worker staying in Korea from now on!"
[ Saintess's Foot Wiper has donated 50,000 Watts! ]
- Boss, because you're the boss... you really brought in a foreign worker lolololol
[Gasp lolololol]
[Boss, you're an idiot...]
"This isn't that kind of broadcast."
[It's not that kind of broadcast lolol]
In the end, we just killed time with talk and started looking for the right moment to end the stream.
Then I ended the stream by saying I'd text the orientation location to the final selected applicants.
"...Do you have a place to live?"
"Um... I haven't decided yet."
Still, he was a guy who came all the way from a distant country to find me, so it felt a little too harsh to kick him out coldly.
But I didn't want to bring him into the home I share with Laila.
Fortunately, Emir wasn't entirely clueless.
"Don't worry! I'm not so shameless as to barge into the home you two live in!"
'Ah, was that so...?'
I racked my brain over what to do with Emir.
Then Laila spoke up from beside me.
"I heard that the guild your mother runs has lodging facilities for its employees."
"Hmm..."
"How about letting him stay there until he finds a place?"
"That might work."
Well, buying a house in Seoul would still cost a lot of money...
Of course, he's an S-rank hunter, so he'll earn money one way or another, but for an individual working as a hunter overseas, the paperwork needed was no joke.
'Of course, once Emir became affiliated with Korea, everything would be taken care of...'
"Are you going to work as a hunter here?"
"Umm... to be honest, I came to find you because I want to get stronger! Of course, if people are in danger, I'll step up as an S-rank... but I don't want to live a hunter's life just for money."
"If you're not making money as a hunter... what are you going to do?"
"I heard you established a foundation. I want to work there."
He's definitely a nutcase.
An S-rank hunter wanted a desk job at a company?
"I couldn't help many people with my strength alone... at best, all I could do was donate or sponsor."
"With S-rank, it should be plenty possible, no?"
"No, because of rigid political systems and limited avenues for citizen participation..."
"..."
"But you created a foundation yourself. I want to do the kind of work that helps people in a foundation like that, too!"
Rana, who had been listening to Emir, pressed her forehead.
And at the same time, I also pressed my forehead.
"Then money..."
"It's fine! I'll accept the salary a foreign worker would get!"
"Should I lend you some money for now...?"
"I'll gratefully borrow it!"
Emir didn't hold back at all.
Emir's matter was settled, but Rana's situation still remained.
"Miss Rana, do you have something else in mind? If you want, I can hire you as an employee."
"Umm... after all, I'm not a hunter, and I don't know Korean well... if I were hired as an employee in this situation, there would definitely be bad rumors about you, Hunter."
Unlike the reckless Emir, Rana had sharp insight and was very wise.
"Hmm... you said you used to run a shop..."
"That's right! Rana, would you like to try running a shop here too?"
"But..."
"The boss said he'd lend us money!"
Calling me that made me sound like a real foreign worker...
Unlike the bright Emir, Rana subtly gauged my reaction.
I shrugged at Rana to reassure her.
"It's fine. I'm lending it to you to use freely."
Touched by my kindness, Rana bowed her head in thanks as well.
"Alright... for now, I'll look into a place for the two of you to live."
---
Finding accommodation for them wasn't difficult.
I found a two-story building that looked a bit dated.
"Use the first floor for the shop and the second floor as the house, right?"
"Yes, that's what they said."
"What kind of shop...?"
I searched for the shop they had told me about before.
It was more popular with tourists and locals than I expected.
It was a highly rated restaurant with over 4.5 stars.
"Seems like a lot of Koreans went there too."
"That's amazing..."
"Anyway, where on earth should I use him?"
"..."
Laila and I both fell into thought.
was there any use for an S-rank hunter at a charitable foundation...?
---
News about us spread far and wide once again.
My statement on stream, "the foreign worker who would stay in Korea from now on," became a big issue.
[ Song Hoon's charitable foundation with three S-ranks? ]
[ The strongest 'charitable foundation' on Earth ]
[ A 'charitable foundation' with more S-ranks than a guild ]
And Emir's social media post spread everywhere as well.
A photo of his house and a verification shot of the temporary foundation employee badge I made for him went viral across various communities.
There was a photo of Emir smiling brightly and his aspiration: to work hard helping people.
"He's even crazier than I thought...?"