Job Experience

Translator : Elizabeth

After a period of education covering basic aspects of current Korean society, culture, and economy, and once all personnel had acquired sufficient social refinement.

The work of the Interdimensional Transferee Settlement Support Division moved on to the next stage.

If they were equipped with the basics to blend into society, the next step was vocational training according to each individual's aptitude.

Charles and I went through the process of classifying aptitudes according to each person's answers while conducting 1:1 counseling with numerous people.

Since there were hundreds of people, the counseling alone took 3 weeks. coincidentally, two special transferees came to find me, who was in charge of the last part of that counseling.

"......"

"......"

Naturally, they were Lily and Yukino.

Perhaps displeased that they were in the same place, the two were crossing their arms and staring only at me with sullen expressions, not even meeting each other's eyes.

'Umm, maybe I shouldn't have called them together...'

Looking at the two, the things they had done throughout the education time for the past few weeks flashed through my mind.

During a social adaptation education class one day.

"Now, although here we simply request correction and don't make it an additional issue, there are behaviors you must not do when you go out into society and visit a buffet restaurant. Does anyone want to say what kind of things there are?"

At my question, Yukino raised her hand immediately, and I nodded and called her.

Since it was a public education time where other people were also present, I spoke not in my usual tone but in a formal polite tone.

"Yes, Kamishiro Yukino-nim."

"First, the act of wrapping leftover food in bags brought along to take out. From the establishment's perspective, there is a concern that they might be punished for violating the Food Sanitation Act due to something that is ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠not their fault, and basically, buffet display food has a principle of non-recyclability, so anything past 2 hours must be discarded entirely."

"Excellent. Anyone else who knows?"

Yukino still raised her hand, and I nodded, signaling her to continue.

"Second, the act of peeling off only the sashimi from sushi and leaving the rice. Although it is difficult to make it a legal issue, it is not only discourteous to the chefs who prepared the food but also a highly uncivilized behavior based on the vulgar capitalist idea that 'since I paid money, I can do anything,' which constitutes a social nuisance and rude behavior."

"Correct. The mindset of 'isn't it fine as long as it doesn't break the law' is a behavior that increasingly isolates oneself from others, and if you repeat such acts, eventually no one will remain around you. There is a saying that if you see one thing, you know ten. Please give a round of applause to Kamishiro Yukino-nim who answered sincerely."

When the people receiving education together applauded, Yukino turned around, smiled gently, and bowed her head.

And Lily, sitting right next to her...

"Oh my, how unlucky. Acting all high and mighty as if they know everything. It's always those kinds who only memorize theories diligently but freeze and stutter like bird-hearts once they take a single step outside."

She rested her chin on her hand and snorted as if it were ridiculous, and because she said it openly for everyone to hear, Yukino also opened her eyes sharply and turned her head away abruptly.

And during another day's class...

"If an interdimensional transfer occurs nearby, we don't know what will happen. The terrain might change, causing the ground to suddenly sink or surge, a giant lake might appear and submerge things, or monsters, yokai, or apparitions might pop out. So today, we will conduct an evacuation drill assuming an interdimensional transfer occurrence situation."

Afternoon of conducting emergency evacuation drill for interdimensional transfer.

I informed people of the signs of interdimensional transfer and conducted the evacuation drill.

Even though it was September, the weather was still quite hot, so as we formed groups and repeated the training for nearly an hour, I could see people's stamina dropping little by little.

"Stones and soil are floating in the air! Transfer! Transfer! Transfer!"

People who practiced spreading the situation as trained moved all at once to things they could grab or cover capable of hiding their bodies and took their positions.

But just then, the bodies of everyone except ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠Yukino floated gently and were moved all at once to the place designated as the safety zone, and the training ended right there.

Turning my head, I saw Lily who had levitated everyone except Yukino at once with magic and moved them.

Sensing in advance that I was about to say something, Lily shrugged her shoulders and beat me to the punch.

"It's not strange, right? I read the manual for when that interdimensional transfer occurs in the library, and it said Hunters near the occurrence area have a duty to help evacuate civilians within the area as much as possible. Hunters are people who know how to use strange abilities, right? Then I fall under that too?

So I evacuated people with my power. Since it corresponds to the content in both the manual and evacuation rules, it doesn't matter much, right?"

Certainly, what Lily said was the correct answer, so it was hard to say anything against it.

We had already done the formal evacuation drill for an hour, and people looked tired too.

However, as soon as Lily said that, I saw Yukino, who joined late walking, blatantly snorting.

"Ha. Anyway, those who live only on their own conceit... seeing she talks a lot even though she won't be at every evacuation site, this is why those with vulgar nature are no good."

Then, this time Lily glared at Yukino with her eyes blazing.

The two were like this every day for 3 weeks without skipping a day.

Because of what they committed in Cheonan, they didn't clash physically while reading my mood, but days of sarcasm where if one side did something, the other side would use all their strength to be sarcastic, and then they would switch roles and be sarcastic again.

Thanks to that, right now, even though they came to my office-cum-counseling room together, they weren't exchanging a single word or meeting each other's eyes.

"Umm... Lily? Yukino?"

"Why?"

"Yes?"

The two answered as if they had been waiting only after I called.

Since it was a place with just us now, I also spoke not in a formal tone but as I usually treated the two.

"Since we classified people's aptitudes through various counseling until now, from now on, each will have job training time recommended for their aptitude with invited instructors. You two also remember consulting with me during that time, right?"

Both nodded.

"Based on the content classified while consulting with you two, and above all, based on what I felt while traveling with you guys for a long time in each world, your aptitudes are practically already decided."

I held out the aptitude classification documents to the two.

Actually, there was no need to do such boring and pedantic aptitude classification for the two from the beginning.

The two are people who lived fighting desperately against enormously powerful enemies in their respective worlds, and the work such people do in current Korea was fixed.

The documents I gave to the two contained an overview and detailed contents about the Subjugation Squad, one of the departments operated by the Interdimensional Transfer Countermeasures Headquarters.

"Subjugation Squad?"

"What does this do?"

"Simply put, it's not much different from what you two did in your previous worlds. Lily fought against tremendous strong enemies for a very long time in Astraia, and Yukino in Omitamano, right?"

The two nodded side by side.

"The Hunters in the Subjugation Squad right now are all people who awakened their abilities after the interdimensional transfer phenomenon appeared. With your level of power, you would be top-level even in the Subjugation Squad, and since you would be the first Subjugation Squad Hunters from interdimensional transferees, you'll receive a lot of attention. Naturally, they say they'll treat you definitively well to match that. What do you think?"

Hearing my story, the two slowly examined the documents I handed them.

While reading the content for a while, Lily asked me first.

"This, reading it quietly, there's a system called promotion? What happens if I go to the highest level?"

"I don't know everything either, but if you become a Subjugation Squad First Class Hunter, you become a total celebrity... Umm, so by Astraia standards, you receive treatment equivalent to or higher than our Hero Party. Offers for advertising models come in from all kinds of places, people recognize you and ask for autographs just by walking on the street, and your status within the Countermeasures Headquarters becomes different in dimension."

"Really?"

"They say the earnings are tremendous too, and there are many times when the policies of the Countermeasures Headquarters change with a single word from a First Class Hunter. That's how incredibly hard it is to be recognized as First, and you have to pile up achievements massively, but if you prove your skills, it can happen surprisingly quickly."

This time Yukino asked.

"If I become that thing called First Cla-ss, do I get the authority to command people below me?"

"Right? Especially since Subjugation Squad Hunters are frequently deployed on dangerous missions, the more so, the authority of First Class to command on site becomes stronger. Though responsibility also grows."

Hearing my words, Yukino grinned and handed the document back to me.

"That sounds good. I'll try it. I tend to have quite a bit ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠of pride in my skills, and I don't think getting to First Cla-ss would be difficult for someone like me. It would be a sure means to prove who is superior to a person with no dignity and no concept."

Then Lily snorted blatantly and asked while handing the document back to me likewise.

"Hey, Jung Hyun-soo. Let me ask one thing. This thing called Subjugation Squad, inside it, do Hunters spar with each other or compete to decide promotion or things ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠like that? Like knights used to do?"

"As far as I know, yes."

"Ah, just perfect. I'll do it too. Anyway, it's not much different from what I've been doing every time, and it would be much more comfortable compared to when fighting the Evil Dragon. A human who can't grasp the subject and keeps acting up needs to be shown the difference in power to get crushed, and since they are setting the stage just in time, it worked out well."

"Umm... I'm saying this just in case, but even if you go to the Subjugation Squad, you shouldn't fight privately or anything?"

"Me? Not at all? The word fight is only valid when skills are equal, right?"

Yukino also responded immediately.

"For the first time, Ms. Lily's opinion matches mine. If one side unilaterally suppresses the other, that's just beating, hard to see as a fight, right? I don't have a hobby of beating someone?"

...... Is it really okay to send these kids for Subjugation Squad job experience?