Chapter 365 – Interview (3)
“Hey, you idiot!!!”
– Bang!!!
The silence shattered by the guild vice master’s roar.
And the strong strike sound echoing from the executive director’s face.
With that, I was convinced my hypothesis was correct.
“Why, why are you doing this! We’re family now, aren’t we!”
“Who the hell considers you a family!!!”
The word ‘Hyeoni♡’ from the executive director’s SNS.
I thought it was a joke, but I never expected it to be this spot on.
Honestly, I didn’t mind being wrong, either.
[What a family-like guild, indeed.]
‘What a sh*tty guild.’
Meanwhile, the strike sounds created by the guild vice master didn’t just end with one hit.
– Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
“Yes, you’re a f*cking human being!!!”
The guild vice master threw punches stronger than his age would suggest.
The executive director, receiving the hits, continued to talk non-stop, looking somewhat wronged.
“But, still, isn’t double digits considered grown-up? According to guild policy, it’s the age for marriage!!!”
“But why the hell does that involve my daughter!!!”
[Ha! I knew he wouldn’t deny the marriageable age!]
‘Sh*t. These crazy bastards are really something.’
However, the executive director didn’t stop resisting here.
“I’ll say this now!”
“Shut up.”
Suddenly pushing the guild vice master away.
He immediately bowed his head deeply to the ground.
“Father-in-law! It’s a bit late, but please give me your daughter!!!”
“Shut the hell up!!!!!”
The guild vice master stomped down hard on the executive director’s head.
Looking up at the ceiling, he released his feelings of despair.
“No wonder you haven’t touched a red pen at home these days…”
“Oh, that.”
Of course, the guild vice master’s emotions were.
“I’ve been using the red pen too!”
“Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!”
Once again, it turned into intense anger in an instant.
What’s more, as if that wasn’t enough.
The executive director added fuel to the blazing wrath of the guild vice master.
“When my daughter gets her first period, I’ll specially draw a red line on the pregnancy test, you know!!!”
[How the hell did that idiot manage to use a red pen?]
‘Even if he can’t draw a red pen, I bet he’s good at drawing a red line.’
Ultimately, giving in to his rage, the guild vice master started using more violence.
He grabbed the executive director by the collar, shaking him while biting his lips so hard they bled.
To anyone who didn’t know, they’d misunderstand that it was the guild vice master who was getting beaten instead of the executive director.
“Do you know what makes me the angriest?”
“……That you only submitted documents and didn’t hold a wedding?”
“That’s not it!!!!!!!”
While bleeding profusely, the executive director showed a confused expression.
For him, the guild vice master spat out something slightly hard to understand.
“You filed for a marriage license with our daughter before I did!!!!!!”
Then the guild vice master’s fist began to follow the same path as before.
This time, with words that were a bit hard to grasp, or rather, ones he didn’t want to understand.
“My daughter was planning to marry me next year!!!!!!”
[…Sometimes I really can’t tell if this is Korean or not.]
‘Right…f*ck…’
Already, three out of five interviewers were not normal.
Well, they are hunters with no human beings.
But this was just too much.
After several strong strike sounds echoed for a while.
The two interviewers, having regained their senses, started pulling the guild vice master away from the executive director.
“Vice Master! Calm down! There’s still an outsider here!”
“I don’t care, f*ck! Just process it as passed!!!”
“B-but think positively! You are seeking a partner, right!”
“Shut the hell up!!!!!!!”
While the two interviewers desperately tried to soothe the rampaging guild vice master.
The guild master, who had been observing, cautiously spoke to me.
As if preparing a minimum safety device.
“……Applicant, you didn’t see anything today.”
“If you pass me, I won’t see anything at all.”
“Sounds good. But.”
Soon, the executive director fainted, creating a momentary lull.
As the other members, excluding the executive director, turned their gazes toward me one by one.
Once again, the guild master fixed his gaze on me.
“I’ll decide after hearing your answer to the last question.”
“And if I can’t answer it properly?”
“……Then something bad will happen. That’s for sure.”
As the guild master’s final words concluded, the pressure of the gazes on me intensified.
Clearly, they would resort to extreme measures if necessary.
[I guess they’re thinking of gagging me as a worst-case scenario.]
‘What the hell are these things, not even human beings, thinking they could do this?’
But for now, I decided to put aside the idea of a knife fight.
Our plan was to infiltrate this guild, expose their secrets, and swallow them whole.
Moreover, listening to their fragmented conversations, it’s clear they had plenty of disqualification reasons.
So it would be wise to simply get accepted into the guild for now.
[Well, I can always wreck it later.]
‘When the time comes, I’ll definitely wreck it for good.’
As I continued to ponder what kind of question might come next in my mind.
The guild master’s mouth, which had been tightly shut for a short time, began to open slowly.
“I’m sure you’ve thought about this at least once. ‘I wouldn’t do that, but why are they doing that.’”
“Yes, of course.”
The thought of ‘I wouldn’t do that’ triggers a kind of ethical pride stemming from the difference between observer and participant.
To put it a bit bluntly, it can be an extremely arrogant and prideful thought.
You never really know what you’ll do until you find yourself in the same situation.
Even if you question why they acted that way, when you actually find yourself in that situation.
It’s possible for anyone to end up acting just like that, contrary to what they thought.
Thus, all we can do is be grateful that such situations do not occur.
“Once you become a person, anyone can say anything before they’re in that situation.”
“That’s true.”
“Then let me ask you a question.”
At that, the guild master’s gaze sharpened slightly.
“If someone says, ‘I would never do that,’ yet acts the same way when actually faced with that situation, could you give an example?”
“Sure, one moment.”
“I’ll give you a bit of time, so take your time to consider it.”
I hypothesized a scenario in my head.
A case where someone said, ‘I would never do that,’ yet did precisely the same thing.
The most typical example would be when Peter denied Jesus three times in the Bible.
At that time, Peter stated he would never deny or betray Jesus.
Yet, he denied Jesus three times during a crisis situation.
Ultimately, contrary to what he said, he acted in a manner that aligned with it.
Of course, it’s understandable.
Enduring persecution and torture, would one stand by Jesus’s side?
That’s significantly more challenging to put into practice than mere words.
It might be hard to defend him, but at least you can understand why he acted that way.
Beyond these examples, there are countless real-life cases.
Saying you wouldn’t bully others in the military, only to bully those of lower ranks even more once you’re a sergeant.
Or, ridiculing people who fall for scams or cults, only to find yourself in the same situation unexpectedly.
In the workplace, vowing to care for lower-ranked employees when you’re junior, but squeezing out their lifeblood once you rise to a higher position.
To quote a famous webtoon, “The scenery changes when your position changes.”
[So, if you were in the position of Ma Su from the Three Kingdoms, wouldn’t you set up camp on that same mountain?]
‘But seriously, that ain’t a mountain. F*cker.’
For a guild with no one resembling a human, that was quite a decent and challenging question.
This would allow one to objectively see what kind of being they are.
And at the same time, come to understand their given circumstances with gratitude.
Caught up in such reflections for a moment, the guild master, with an expectant gaze, began to urge me a bit more.
“Should I give you more time to think?”
“No, I’ve thought enough.”
“Then, could you share your thoughts?”
Using the previously mentioned examples is one way, but.
This is a web novel from Nobelpia, after all.
So responding in a way fitting for Nobelpia would be the best response.
“I’ll answer from the perspective of the protagonist before becoming a cute girl in the popular TS genre of Nobelpia.”
“Please go ahead.”
After taking a deep breath and calming my mind, I spoke earnestly in a calm tone.
At this moment, as if I were the protagonist before becoming TS.
“I would never, ever become a corrupted female.”
All who were listening to me silently stared, then soon broke into applause.
– Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
Even the guild master seemed genuinely moved, wiping tears from the corners of his wrinkled eyes.
“Passed…you passed…”
Watching the guild master’s response, I felt sure.
At last, I had been accepted into this stupid guild.
Now, I had taken a step closer to my plan.
