Job 1

“Sihyeon, did you start working in your early 20s?”

“The family situation was not good, so I had to get a job right away.
Although I couldn’t go to college, I think I spent my time faithfully with that much social experience.”

Questions within the expected range. 

I answered calmly and confidently. 

The interviewer showed interest in what I did in my early 20s and asked a few more questions.

I naturally continued my prepared answer, and the interviewer nodded slightly as if he liked it.

Good! It’s going well so far. 

The atmosphere did not look bad with the sense gained from numerous interview experiences.

I tried not to let my guard down and smiled as comfortably as possible.

One of the interviewers, who had been roughly rummaging through the submitted self-introduction and resume, trembled.

“Huh? Sihyeon?…. Are you an “incomplete awakener”?

Oh… 

I sensed an ominous pattern that I’ve experienced several times, but for now, I calmly changed my answer as I prepared. 

“Yes.
I have judged like that a few years ago.”

“Hmm.”

“I’ve completed the examination at the hospital regarding that, and so far, there has been nothing wrong with….”

Interviewers showed no interest in what I said.

They whispered to each other and completely closed the resumes they were looking at.  

Eyes avoiding my eyes as if uncomfortable, corners of mouth falling down, and even putting their arms around the chair and leaning their body deep behind.  

I also lost my motivation in an instant due to their cold interest.

Did I fail again this time? 

After the formal questions and formal answers that followed, I left the interview place.

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The world faced a big change decades ago. 

Monsters poured out of the unidentified cracks, and a passage to another world completely different from the modern world was also opened.

And humans living on Earth began to change.

Awakening!

Already, the phenomenon of awakening has allowed the use of tremendous power as if people were a character in a game.  

Soon after, they were revered as heroes and won wealth and honor.  

Human society has also changed rapidly in line with them.

Welcome, Everybody!

The best guild! The Astora is waiting for you.

An advertisement on a passing bus billboard. 

Guild advertisements, which may only exist in games, have now become ordinary daily lives.

However, the phenomenon of awakening was not a blessing to everyone.

For example, like me sitting at a bus stop and sighing.  

“Ha.
This bloody incomplete awakening…” 

If awakening is a blessing, incomplete awakening is like a curse. 

This phenomenon, called “incomplete awakening,” occurred at a time when a person with awakening was unable to deal with mana. 

In this case, not only cannot use any ability but also one’s own status window cannot be opened. 

The most serious problem was the symptoms that occurred together.

The whole body gets paralyzed due to unknown shock or the physical ability gets significantly reduced.

Of course, these serious symptoms appear only in a small number of people, and most of them have continued their normal lives.

However….

Even if the job application in a small company that passes candidates roughly, doesn’t want to use an employee who may have a problem at any time.

I had a headache when I made the mistake in the interview again today. 

Debt left in the bank for my mother’s treatment, plus the medical expenses needed in the future. 

 Should I extend my work at night rather than working part-time during the day? 

While waiting for the bus and lamenting.

The cell phone in the pocket rang.

I checked the screen of my cell phone without much thought because I thought I received a spam message as usual.

“…Huh?”

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Hello, Mr.
Sihyeon. 

In your portfolio, you mentioned you had experience working on a farm. 

We are currently looking for someone to take charge of the related work. 

If you are interested, please feel free to contact me. 

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I looked puzzled at the sudden text message that came through the job information site. 

When I was young, I raised a cow on my father’s farm. 

Like any child of a farmhouse, I helped with farm work since I was young, and I personally liked animals, so I spent a lot of time with cows. 

Perhaps if my father’s farm was not ruined. 

I probably would have decided on a career path there and gone to college.

However, in an unexpected accident, my father’s farm went bankrupt.

And my father died of illness. 

Since then, I have never done anything related to farms. 

I don’t have a related license, but suddenly, a job related to a farm? 

Suspicion naturally came to my mind. 

Sometimes there are people who want to cheat one through their resumes released.

However, as the current situation was not good, I became interested without realizing it. 

The worries weren’t that long.

Let’s just keep in touch. 

If I thought it was weird, I can turn it down right away. 

Enter the contact information left in the text and press the call button. 

“Hello? You texted me through the job information site, right? “

“Oh, that’s right.”

“What? Right now?”

“Inferis office”?

I once again checked the address sent by the man I talked to. 

Fortunately or unfortunately, the address was not wrong.

While hesitating, I knocked on the door of the office. 

Knock, knock, knock. 

It’s open. Come in!

I slowly opened the door to a voice from the inside. 

A man dressed in a neat suit welcomed me inside the office.

“Are you Lim Sihyeon?” 

“Oh, yes.
That’s right.” 

“Nice to meet you.
I’m Ryan, who’s in charge of the office here.” 

The man called Ryan handed over his business card with good manners.

Is he a foreigner? Or a Korean-American? I got nervous about the unfamiliar name.

“Oh… Yes, I’m sorry.
I don’t have a business card.” 

“It’s okay.
Come this way and sit down.” 

He sat me down and entered the next room, saying he would get me coffee. 

The office I looked around for a while gave me a strange feeling like the man I just saw. 

There was nothing except the desk where the documents were placed, the table and chair where I was sitting.

Is this called minimalism? 

While looking around the room, Ryan returned with two cups of coffee.

“Coffee is the only thing I can treat you.” 

“No.
This is enough.”

A familiar scent flowed out of the cup. 

It was a common instant coffee. 

“I like this a lot.
I c