The Character I Created Is Obsessed With Me

63 – A Momentary Rest (6)

“Seohyun! It’s here!”

Colleen greeted me with a big smile when she saw me.

Two weeks have passed since she worked at her commissioned office.

And today is Colin’s first holiday.

He’s still only doing chores, but he seems to be doing well.

“Let’s go. I made a reservation at the restaurant.”

“Oh, thank you!”

She decided to eat at an expensive restaurant for her first holiday.

And unlike usual, I went out on the street alone.

The two always followed me and made me wait at the inn.

Kayla may not know, but Erina couldn’t listen to me straight away.

Last night, after two hours of convincing, I managed to get it off.

‘You mean you don’t need me… ?’

It seemed that hallucinations were coming from somewhere.

When I remembered what happened last night, I could only sigh.

I could hear the answer that he would not follow me, but it did not mean that Erina had given up.

Ever since I came out of the house, the sincerity of my gaze has not fallen.

I wouldn’t have felt it in the past.

She seems to have even developed her ability to sense because she is usually tormented by her.

‘Are you going to keep following me like this?’

If you tried to catch her, you could catch her.

But I didn’t want to ruin my valuable time.

This is Colin’s first holiday.

I didn’t want to waste precious time on Erina.

Lead Colin with a smile as natural as possible.

We headed to the restaurant and had a conversation we hadn’t had before.

“How have you been? I see you sometimes when I stop by the request office, but you always seem busy.”

“Yes. It’s a bit difficult, but it’s fun in its own way. There’s a lot to learn.”

It will not be easy to work at a commissioned office that is crowded with people all day long.

There were a lot of bad quality adventurers.

He’s gotten into a fight before, but thanks to the help of the other receptionists, he’s said to be safe.

“Still, it’s a bit scary because everyone is on edge during work hours.”

“There is a reason why adventurers are treated badly.”

“I don’t know if I was treated badly, but I can’t help it because I’m sensitive.”

Colleen told me a lot of information about the agency.

She frequented the agency, but she was ignorant of how it worked.

In that sense, the conversation I had with Colin was quite informative.

“Most of the receptionists are performance-based.”

“Does the more commissions you receive, the more money you get?”

“Yes, but it’s not that simple.”

There is a basic allowance received from the requesting office, but it was practically nothing.

Most of my income depended on how many requests I received.

“Simply put, it means that the receptionist gets a lot of commission if you pick up expensive loot.”

“The competition will be fierce among the receptionists.”

“Yes. It’s amazing. Even among the receptionists there are cliques.”

As I listened to the story, a question came to my mind.

“Then what happens if the accepted request fails?”

When I was first commissioned, there was an unexpected failure.

After that, there were times when the receptionist treated me badly.

“The unnies said that such a situation was a waste of money.”

If you fail, it is said that you will only accept the request, receive no allowance, and waste your time.

I remembered the first failed request.

When I tried to accept the order again, the receptionist refused.

Once I got to know the situation, I could understand the poor treatment at the time.

Though that didn’t make the resentment go away.

“That’s why most rookie receptionists take on new adventurers. There’s a high chance that the request will fail.”

“On the contrary, those who have been verified will be in charge of senior staff.”

Among the receptionists, the reputation of an adventurer spread.

It is said that most famous adventurers are in charge of a senior receptionist.

There was even an implicit blacklist for adventurers with bad ratings.

“By the way, Seohyun’s reputation is not bad.”

“Really?”

“It’s a perception that he’s a promising prospect. I heard that seniors are competing with each other.”

There were also complicated circumstances at the requesting office.

Specifically, it is said that the faction is divided into two sides.

The current commissioner is over 70 years old.

In fact, only retirement is left.

And there are two people who are counted as the next commissioned directors.

Yulia. And Carlson.

“Yulia-sama is a commoner like me who has risen to the rank of deputy director. And Carlson-nim is related by blood to the current commissioner.”

“It doesn’t look as peaceful as the request center.”

“Yeah. It’s like walking on thin ice every day.”

It wasn’t Colin’s voice.

When I turned my head and looked behind me, I saw a familiar person.

Two weeks ago, Yulia, whom I met for the first time at the agency, was watching over me.

“Yu, Yulia-sama! How is this place…”

“Because I’m a regular at this restaurant.”

Yulia naturally sat next to me and asked me to join her.

Meeting her is not an accident.

It’s too early for lunch now.

He came to me on purpose.

According to Colin, she too has risen from being an ordinary receptionist to being the second person at a requesting office.

In other words, it means that you are a talented person whose ability is guaranteed.

Since she showed interest and approached me first, I had no reason to refuse.

“I’ll buy you a steak.”

“Thank you. It’s been a while since I’ve been treated well by a man.”

“Isn’t it a high position in many ways if you are the commissioner? It’s not a position where you can’t be treated well anywhere.”

“Because it was only a temporary job. And because of the low status, the eyes of the superiors didn’t go anywhere.”

It was a remark that could be dangerous, but she spat out her words without hesitation.

There was no way there could be a high-ranking person in such a narrow and secluded restaurant anyway.

“You must have suffered a lot.”

“Well, I’m not asking you to know.”

She took her cigarette out of her pocket.

She lit a spark with her fingertips and tried to light a cigarette when she heard a shout from the counter.

“Yulia, go out and smoke a cigarette!”

“I’m going to smoke one.”

“I know how to kick a cigarette the moment I light it.”

Yulia extinguished the flame while grumbling and put in a cigarette.

She opened her mouth again in regret, and complained in her tone of regret.

“I never said anything before.”

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“I said it back then. You were the one who didn’t listen. And you were beaten and kicked out by me.”

The conversation between the two people felt strangely friendly even though the blade was standing.

The words that she is a regular at this store don’t seem to lie.

Just looking at the exchange of stories with an older man.

“By the way, what did you come for?”

“Huh? It’s not a big deal, I happened to see it while passing by.”

“Don’t lie to me. This place is hidden from the window.”

“Ah. I can’t even joke.”

I knew that I was a hard person in many ways.

However, it felt worse than before.

Maybe it’s because I’ve run out of room in my heart.

Especially after I came to this world, I had a suspicious illness.

It’s all because of Erina who follows me around.

“Then I’ll get straight to the point. Actually, I wanted to meet you alone.”

“Me? Why?”

“I couldn’t talk properly the other day because your colleagues were there.”

“…My colleagues are a bit sensitive.”

“Honestly, I’ve met a lot of adventurers, but I’ve never seen anyone like yours. Even if I said a word, they would stare at me as if they were going to kill me.”

I tried to warn Erina in my own way, but it seemed that it was not enough.

Later, she decided to seriously think about whether she should have a separate character education.

“Anyway, is it okay if I take Colin with me?”

Colin, who had been watching quietly, trembled when his name was called.

It was like watching a new employee eat with the boss.

“Oh, that’s fine. Colin is involved anyway.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Did you hear from Colin about the situation at the agency a while ago?”

I heard the rough situation from her.

But she didn’t know as much as Colin or she was still a rookie.

“Actually, the requesting office is in a very dangerous situation.”

“Crisis?”

“First of all, it’s like what the commissioned director does today and tomorrow. It’s like how that bastard Carlson sticks his butt in.”

The host brought wine that he did not order.

One is Yulia’s. And the other cup was brought to me.

FYI, orange juice was served separately for Colin.

I didn’t say anything about the price, whether it’s a service in its own way.

“Above all, the income of the agency itself has also decreased significantly.”

“The number of requests seems to have increased a lot.”

Considering the always-crowded low-ranking request board, I couldn’t really think of the requesting office as a deficit.

However, Yulia’s words were quite different from what I expected.

“Low-level quests like that don’t really make money. The problem is higher-level quests.”

She let out a long sigh and lifted the wine glass the host had brought her.

I raised my glass as well.

The glass was tilted with the sound of glass clinking.

“Recently, many veteran adventurers have lost their lives.”

“Something happened.”

“The Demon King’s army is gradually descending. Novice adventurers who went out for a request are often attacked.”

In the meantime, news spread that the town of Norton was devastated.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the capital city began to become agitated.

It was only natural that people’s anxiety reached its peak.

Right now, adventurers were flocking to safe intermediate or low-level quests to save themselves.

As the adventurers and parties to handle advanced requests were wiped out, people’s morale began to decline.

‘This would be difficult.’

Progress was going faster than I expected.

It’s only been about a month since the tutorial started.

As far as I can remember, it was at least half a year later when the Demon King’s army moved.

Of course, even if the capital collapsed, the game could continue.

However, many gamers chose to reset the capital once it collapsed.

It was practically a bad ending. The destruction of the capital had to be prevented.

“But thanks to you, I survived. The urgent fire was extinguished thanks to the loot from the snowy mountains.”

Julia drank wine several times to see if she liked her.

After drinking almost the entire glass, the wine glass was refilled.

“I’ll be honest. I don’t want to lose a promising adventurer like you.”

“What do you mean?”

“As you may have heard just now, the commissioning agency is performance-oriented.”

However, Carlson, another candidate for the commissioning officer, did not.

He is a person who rose to the position of deputy director only through blood ties and connections.

No matter how good Yulia was at business, the difference between her social status could not be easily bridged.

“Still, it’s fortunate that the previous commissioner was wise. He said he would hand over the position to someone with high performance.”

Thanks to that, Julia’s position was opened.

The problem is that Carlson is also a formidable opponent.

She says that maybe if she gets pushed by him, Yulia says she might not be able to stay at her agency any longer.

“The Commission is the place I gave my life to. I don’t want to be kicked out of the job I gave my life to.”

“So what should I do?”

“It’s simple. I want you to accept requests through us from now on. And from now on, I’ll let Colin take charge of your requests.”

“Yes…?”

“Wouldn’t that be good for you in many ways?”

The more I accept the quests and bring the loot, the more Colin will be able to raise his allowance.

Yulia knew that and suggested it to me.

“That’s not bad. But there’s something I’d like to ask you.”

“What is it?”

“I don’t know if I’m worthy enough to come looking for me.”

Looking at it objectively, I’m just a newbie with only two months.

Of course, it is showing remarkable growth and has a good reputation among receptionists.

However, does the commissioner have enough reputation to deserve direct attention?

Not at all.

But she answered my question without any hesitation.

“I’m good at looking at people. I’ve come this far with just this one.”

There was confidence in her eyes as she looked at me.

I also felt a strong will to never miss it.

I didn’t feel too bad.

It has nothing to do with me who becomes the commissioner anyway.

And, in many ways, it was better to be Yulia than a complete stranger.

In this world, networking is convenient in many ways.

“Uh, Julia-sama…?”

Colin, who had been listening to our conversation for a while, quietly raised her hand.

“Yeah, why?”

“I’ve never stood at a reception desk before…”

As if it was funny at Colin’s words, Julia giggled.

“Didn’t you tell me when we first met? You were in charge of a commission in Norton Village.”

“Yeah, that’s right. But here,”

“It won’t be much different in the capital city. After watching you for two weeks, you’re not the kind of person who would do chores.”

It usually takes two months to reach the counter.

But Colin was able to land a job as a receptionist from a fairly early age.

“Well, if you don’t want to do it, I can send someone else.”

“Oh, no. I’ll do it!”

She nodded her head knowingly and tilted her glass again.

“I told you.”

Her wine glass was almost empty before she knew it.

Yulia’s face flushed red as she wiped away every drop of her wine glass.

And smiled in her confident voice.

“I like people better than anyone else.”