Chapter 17 - Job Experience (3)
Job Experience (3)
Translator : Elizabeth
Lee Min-ho, putting a lot of strength into his shoulders, led Lily and Yukino away and said,
"Now, now, since it must be the first time for both of you seeing the Subjugation Squad, shall I first show you briefly how our Subjugation Squad trains? You ladies might get a little scared seeing our training, but I'll guide you well, so don't worry too much, hahaha!"
It seemed Lee Min-ho said that to lighten the mood in his own way, but...
'Umm, they won't like words like that very much.'
Both Lily and Yukino were people who had come through a very rough world.
Since they had lived lives where they couldn't fail to do their part and the responsibilities on their shoulders were very heavy, they hated it very much when someone treated them like 'finely raised ladies.' Saying it felt like they were being ignored or something?
But right now, what Lee Min-ho said was exactly the "lady" treatment the two hated very much.
Both Lily and Yukino were veteran warriors who had crossed the line of death dozens of times, yet he said they might get scared by mere training like this.
Hearing his words, I looked at the two, and sure enough, I saw their faces distorted quite a bit.
I whispered close to the two so Lee Min-ho couldn't hear.
"Lily? Yukino? Mr. Lee Min-ho is doing that because he doesn't know your backgrounds well, so you shouldn't try to fight, okay?"
"... I know. Haa... I've really mellowed out a lot since coming here."
"I'm enduring it for your sake. From his perspective, he doesn't know our circumstances either."
Fortunately, both understood the situation, and nothing happened like arguing with Lee Min-ho.
Lee Min-ho, having no way of knowing such content, was grinning continuously as if he was in such a good mood and took us to the Subjugation Squad training ground.
There, dozens of Subjugation Squad members were training while sweating, busy honing their respective abilities.
"Hey, attention everyone!"
Lee Min-ho called such Subjugation Squad members and focused their attention.
The gazes of the Subjugation Squad members headed toward Lee Min-ho, then naturally toward us behind him, and I saw the expressions of the male members changing in real-time.
All the male members who saw Lily and Yukino blushed and opened their mouths wide, and watching that appearance, I felt my shoulders going up for no reason.
They are my wives, my wives. Of course, right now, I'm in a situation where the fact of marriage is denied by everyone and I'm being mistreated.
Lee Min-ho looked at the Subjugation Squad members and said,
"Now, these two ladies here are the ones recommended by the Settlement Support Division as likely to suit our Subjugation Squad best as a result of aptitude counseling this time! Although they will gradually get used to it while experiencing the job, these people should also know what level of skill our Subjugation Squad requires..."
And pointing out two men among the members respectively, he gave instructions.
"You two there. Show the ladies here briefly what level is required to be in the Subjugation Squad through a light sparring match."
"Yes!!!"
The two male members answered loudly with strangely enthusiastic voices.
The two even took off their tops and started sparring while showing off their trained bodies as if they wanted to show them to someone.
One clashed fiercely with tremendous power and sturdiness putting forward bulky muscles, and the other with speed fast enough to look like a flash, and every time they collided, they showed strong power enough to make the ground ring thump thump.
Other Subjugation Squad Hunters also watched focusing on their sparring, but Lily and Yukino looked quite unimpressed.
The intense match ended with the narrow victory of the power-type Hunter, and he showed off his muscles to Lily and Yukino, enjoying the emotion of sparring victory.
Lily, who watched the sparring throughout, asked Lee Min-ho.
"Those people who just sparred, what are their classes? I heard there are Third, Second, and First Class in the Subjugation Squad; are those people at the bottom of the Third Class?"
"Lily, polite language!"
"... Yo?"
I'll have to set a date and properly correct her language again sometime.
At Lily's question, Lee Min-ho laughed making an absurd expression.
"Haha, it's good that our lady rates the Subjugation Squad highly, but still, if those guys are at the bottom of the Third, the Subjugation Squad would be suffering from a labor shortage. Those two are Second Class."
This time Yukino asked.
"Secon-d? How many people are in the Secon-d Cla-ss? Are those people at the bottom of the Secon-d then?"
"There are about 200 Seconds? Those two are skilled people who rank in the Top 10 even among the Seconds in their own way. Oh my, perhaps the rumors about our Subjugation Squad were too exaggerated, the ladies have high standards!"
At Lee Min-ho's words, both Lily and Yukino tilted their heads.
Then they ran back to me trot trot, widened the distance from Lee Min-ho, and asked.
"Hey, Jung Hyun-soo. What is this? You mean those people just now are Top 10 even within the Second? Do I have to be in a place that is only this level? The Hero Party we were in would be 100 times stronger than those things!"
"It is said that one takes the color of one's company (near ink, one becomes black); I am worried that my arrows and spiritual power might become dull if I stay in such a low-level place. One or two people are enough to drag me down to their level."
"Hey, what does that mean?"
"Do I have to say it in words for you to understand?"
seeing the two who fight whenever there is a chance about to fight again, I quickly intervened and mediated.
"Stop, stop! Of course, looking with your eyes, the Subjugation Squad level might be low, but isn't it rather more of an opportunity because of that? With your skills, climbing up to First would be instant, and if you hold authority in your hands, you can also form Subjugation Squad members to your taste."
The two stopped fighting, thought for a moment, and shook their heads side to side.
"Ha... Even when taking in disciples, I thought about whether those weaklings would be able to play a human role, but to think I have to do that again here..."
"Still, the idea that I organize it myself is appealing. Anyway, since you said skill is everything in the place called Subjugation Squad, it won't be particularly difficult either."
"Then, I'll request Mr. Lee Min-ho to start the Subjugation Squad job experience for you two?"
Nod nod
Obtaining the two's consent, I approached Lee Min-ho and conveyed their intention.
"Mr. Lee Min-ho, interdimensional transferee Ms. Lily Amarua and Ms. Kamishiro Yukino both conveyed their intention to hope for Subjugation Squad job experience. If you just sign the official document sent, I will report it up immediately."
"Wow, this is really great; our Subjugation Squad always has a manpower shortage, but for 2 people with aptitude like this to come, it turned out very well. Good work, Mr. Jung Hyun-soo. I'll take responsibility and teach the two so they can integrate well into the Subjugation Squad, so Mr. Jung Hyun-soo can go now.
Oh right, did you say a signature is needed? Hey, you! Someone go and sign the official document sent from the Settlement Support Division and reply!"
Saying that, Lee Min-ho naturally walked between Lily and Yukino and slid his hands onto their waists.
... Whose waist is that bastard putting his hands on right now?
"Now, then from now on, I will teach the ladies slowly about the Subjugation Squad work—"
I approached Lee Min-ho, who was slyly putting his hands on my wives' waists, and grabbed his hand and pulled it off.
"Mr. Lee Min-ho? In our Settlement Support Division, we always educate interdimensional transferees on mutual respect and etiquette to be observed in society as the top priority. Among them, prohibition of unnecessary or unpermitted physical contact with others is also included. Having received such education, if other departments cannot observe this, interdimensional transferees will easily experience confusion. So, in the sense of helping the transferees' smooth social adaptation, I ask you to refrain from separate physical contact."
After pulling Lee Min-ho's hand off, I quickly winked at Lily and Yukino with an expression asking them to endure just once.
Because I saw with my eyes that from the moment Lee Min-ho's hand went up on their waists, Lily and Yukino gathered power in a posture to attack immediately.
Fortunately, since the two promised me not to cause trouble again, they endured once, but the problem was Lee Min-ho.
Lee Min-ho looked at me with an expression like looking at trash for a moment at my words, then answered.
"Hmm, Mr. Jung Hyun-soo? Since you only do Settlement Support Division work, you seem confused, but this is the Subjugation Squad, and from the moment you sent the cooperation official document just now and we decided to sign, the safety of the two has been entrusted to our management. Shouldn't they follow the Subjugation Squad's rules in the Subjugation Squad?"
"The two are not formally affiliated with the Subjugation Squad yet. It is strictly practical training for job experience as part of the education implemented by the Settlement Support Division. If other departments cannot respect the rules of the Settlement Support Division, I have no choice but to report this matter to the upper management."
"Well, does reporting to the upper management change anything? Anyway, I have quite a share in decision-making on that side too."
"Well, maybe nothing will change even if reported to the upper management, but if Ms. Yoon Mi-na knows that you caused unnecessary noise by not respecting the policy of other departments, wouldn't she start disciplining the entire Subjugation Squad?"
When the name of the Hunter who is Rank 1 even among the 3 Subjugation Squad First Class Hunters and the Captain of the Subjugation Squad came out, only then did Lee Min-ho change his attitude disapprovingly.
"You're bringing up that person's name here? Mr. Jung Hyun-soo, you have quite good acumen."
"It wasn't good acumen, but just meant to ask for mutual respect between departments."
"Okay, okay, I'll respect it, so stop the nagging that only that human would do."
Lee Min-ho shrugged his shoulders, then looked straight at me and added a word.
"Anyway, Mr. Jung Hyun-soo, you are very upright. Except for the 2 people above me, I haven't seen a single person speak directly to me like this."
"Working in the Settlement Support Division, a person has to become like that."
Lee Min-ho and I stood still staring at each other.
Just then, Lily spoke to me through magic so only I could hear.
— That bastard, I don't like his attitude too much? Should I just dunk him (kill/bury him)?
Simultaneously, Yukino also secretly took out a talisman in one hand and spoke to me likewise.
— That man, he has been annoying since the first time I saw him. Shall I clean him up?
I answered the two simultaneously through my inner thoughts.
'Not now.'
It seems Lee Min-ho is coveting my wives, but as a husband, I absolutely cannot tolerate it, and above all, if he tries to touch those two recklessly, he seemed unable to even imagine what kind of thing he would suffer.