Chapter 31 – Student Council Room (2)
I entered the student council room following the guidance of the student council president Seo Soo-ah.
Inside the student council room, there was a separate small room like a counseling room.
I put green tea that Seo Su-ah brewed in advance in a teacup and gave it to Yi-rin.
“Tell me if you don’t like green tea. I’ll make you another tea or coffee.”
“No, thanks.”
“Me too.”
As if it had been prepared for us on purpose, there was a package of tea leaves from a high-end brand in the corner of the table.
After taking a sip, it tasted the most luxurious green tea I had ever tasted.
As I heard from Lee Rin today, Sua said that she is a member of the famous Gilsung Group.
The smartphone I bought for Katrin right away was also a product of Gilseong Electric.
Seo Soo-ah is the first awakening member of the group owner family.
She noticed something when she suddenly saw Katrin next to me.
“President.”
“Why, junior?”
“Why don’t you give Catherine a chair or green tea?”
Seo Sua slightly tilted her head.
“It’s not a job. Monster. No matter how well you treat them, they are pets.”
Katrin weakly frowned at Sua’s words.
She probably was more offended that she called herself a monster than anything else.
But from my point of view, it bothered me that I didn’t see Catherine properly as a person.
Of course, according to her race, she is not a human but her demon, but at least I wanted to treat her as her own.
… I don’t have anything to say if I put her on a leash and ask her if she said that.
Seo Soo-ah noticed my feelings,
“Oh, I’m sorry.”
She did and she gave Catherine a chair and a cup of green tea.
“Nowadays, pets are also family. I wasn’t a little careful. I want you to see me just once.”
“…”
Katrin said “Hey!” And sat roughly on the chair Sua Seo had given her.
First of all, I thought I knew a little bit about Seo Soo-ah’s personality from yesterday’s argument with Instructor Kim Si-young and the conversation I just had.
She is certain of her self-subjection, in good or bad ways.
And for her own ends, she will do anything.
The tone of being friendly with me now is because I’m needed for her purposes.
If it becomes unnecessary, she will be the one to relentlessly throw in the trash.
I wouldn’t give it to you from the beginning.
‘To put it mildly, she’s a cold-hearted woman.’
You should never underestimate such a person.
They’re trying to control me.
It’s best to leave the place like this and not get involved, but I wonder if they will let you go smoothly…
The second way is to have an absolute advantage.
Of course, this method is not 100% safe.
Because it can cause hypochondria.
Her third way is for me to be emotionally important to her.
Then she will never abandon me, but will rather use that cold-hearted personality to protect me.
… But is that realistically possible?
“So, Chairman, what are the terms of recruitment?”
Lee Rin asked Seo Soo-ah straight-forward.
Sua Seo smiled and tucked her blue hair behind her ear.
“It was a party unit contract with a down payment of 27 billion won and an annual salary of 3 billion won. Stock options are also given separately. It’s a 10-year contract, so if you add it all up, it’s at least 57 billion won.”
She was momentarily suspicious of an amount she had never heard of on the news.
You’re giving us over 50 billion?
Even if you split it 5:5 with Lee Rin, you will earn 25 billion won.
“Oh, additional income is separate.”
“Additional income?”
“Promotion model fees, lecture fees, and merchandise revenue expenses.”
Seo Su-ah pushed the contract in front of us.
Looking at it, it seemed to be a standard contract made by the Hunter Association.
I should read it carefully, but I wondered if there would be no strange toxic clauses in standard contracts.
Irin held the contract lying on the table in her hand.
“Is it okay to review with a lawyer?”
“A lawyer specializing in hunters must be expensive. General lawyers have little knowledge of the Hunter side, so they can interpret it wrongly.”
“I have a lawyer I know. You don’t have to worry.”
“Well, do as you like.”
Sua Seo looks confident.
Irin didn’t care and put her contract in her bag.
“Then we will go now.”
“Wait for a sec.”
Seo Su-ah stopped Lee Rin from getting up from her seat.
She asked as she turned her head towards me.
“Junior, I have a question for you.”
“Which one?”
“The fact that the vice president just collapsed was done with your junior skill, right? What skill is it?”
“I cannot tell you.”
After answering firmly, Seo Su-ah took out a piece of her paper from her wallet.
It was a check for five million won.
“Is meeting with Professor Jeong Na-jung because the professor wants to study skills? Giving money to juniors.”
Irene’s eyes widened for a moment as she listened with her.
How did I know that no one but me and Professor Jeong Na-jung knew?
Simply guess?
But it would be difficult to find out that I was paid by the professor.
“I’m sorry, but I will decline.”
I pushed the 5 million won check back to Seo Soo-ah.
Then she smiled a little.
“Why? Not enough?”
“Because I don’t know why you want to know.”
“Huh…”
In the case of Professor Jeong Na-jeong, pure desire for exploration.
There was also a condition that she would not disclose it to the academic world, so she explained the skill in detail.
However, Seo Soo-ah must have the purpose of obtaining information about my skills and using them for her own benefit.
Even if she promises not to inform others, there is a high possibility that she will not keep it in exchange for a penalty.
It wouldn’t be difficult for her to pay the penalty to her granddaughter from a conglomerate family.
“Rather, how did you know? My deal with Professor Jeong Na-jung.”
“We also found it difficult. It’s information that I barely got because I earnestly requested it from my main bank.”
Hardly, earnestly, barely wintering would be a lie.
So, I asked the bank to check my account.
If that’s the case, then it must mean that you know that Lee Rin and Choi Da-hyun also do money transactions.
Why did you just let me know that you were doing a background investigation?
It’s some kind of intimidation.
You can know everything about me through the power of the chaebol group, so keep quiet and follow me.
“Oh right, I forgot that. If you sign a provisional contract, I’ll give a special benefit to the engineering major junior.”
“Benefits?”
“You said your mother was very sick? However, the hospital bill is not a joke because it is not paid.”
“… Yes.”
The disease her mother suffers from is mana hypersensitivity.
Any contact with mana in the air causes seizures.
It is similar to existing allergies, but it is impossible to treat drugs such as antihistamines, which are often used for allergies.
Modern medicine has only one way to stop seizures.
Living in an environment of manaless air.
There is only one hospital in the country that has special equipment to filter mana in the air, so hospitalization is expensive.
“Actually, Gilseong Medical Center has a new general hospital that will open in Siheung this summer. There’s also a mana filtration ward.”
“… !”
Seo Soo-ah, seeing my surprised expression for a moment, continued with a grin.
“If you sign a temporary contract and transfer to our hospital, we will cover all expenses for free. Including everything like a special ambulance needed to power up. It’s a new hospital, so all the equipment is up to date.”
The contents of the contract, which is at least 57 billion, is the money I can receive when I graduate from the academy and play active duty.
Seo Soo-ah’s proposal that he would pay for the hospital bill right away after a few months as long as he signed the contract could not help but be captivating.
She took two deep breaths to slow down her slightly elevated heart rate.
We should also listen to Instructor Siyoung Kim’s suggestion.
If you sign it now, you may regret it forever.
Furthermore, it is an important matter not only for me but also for Lee Rin, but it is impossible to decide on favorable terms only for me.
“I understand for now. I want to talk with Lee Rin. Is there anything else you want to say?”
“No, there is not.”
“Then let’s go.”
As I got up from her chair, Seo Su-a held out her hand in front of me.
It was like shaking hands.
The moment she stretched her right arm forward in response without thinking.
“Master, I would rather have that coffee mix than this tea!”
Katrin suddenly grabbed my right hand and started running.
All of a sudden, both Lee Rin and I ran in the student council room making loud noises.
I asked her to get into her elevator at her clubhouse.
“Why are you suddenly like that? Wasn’t that green tea that tasty?”
“No, Master! That woman named Sua Seo, she tried to bet on the master at the end whether it was magic or skill!!”
“”What?!””
Both Irin and I were surprised and reacted involuntarily.
According to Katrin, when Seo Soo-ah shook my hand, there was a very slight movement of magical power in her body.
According to her experience, she chose to respond as little disturbance as possible.
“Did I do well, Master!”
“Uh, uh… You did really well. I’ll give you a reward later.”
“And!!”
Katrin whirled in the air and rejoiced.
She did develop in that she didn’t just try to kill blindly.
I don’t know what exactly I was about to do, but it certainly didn’t do me any good.
Write, said Irin, tilting her head.
“I don’t like that student president.”
“… Okay?”
“Oh well, I can’t help it if you say you’ll sign a contract with the chairman for your mother’s hospital bills, but there are two pitfalls.”
“Trap?”
When she reached the first floor, she took out her contract from her bag.
“First. This is a subcontract, not an employment contract.”
Yilin showed me the difference between her employment contract and subcontracting contract.
An employment contract is literally a contract to work as a guild worker like an office worker.
Hunters with a certain high position do not have much meaning in various labor laws, but the most important thing is the handling of expenses.
The subcontract contract is, in short, a freelance contract, but unlike an employment contract, the hunter has to bear all the costs of clearing the dungeon.
“So, excluding various expenses, the actual net profit will decrease.”
“That’s right. It’s not like you can get work from other guilds because it’s an exclusive contract.”
“Any other traps?”
“It’s a new guild.”
Seo Soo-ah proposed a down payment of 27 billion won and an annual salary of 3 billion won.
Of course, the capital is strong because Gilsung Group invests, but there is no guarantee that the business will not be withdrawn for 10 years.
In other words, if the guild is destroyed within 10 years, the annual salary will not be paid, so the minimum of 57 billion she said is an uncertain amount.
Litigation takes a long time.
“I’m glad you are here.”
“That, is it?”
“I wouldn’t have noticed this without you.”
Irene’s lips twitched at my words.
If I had made the decision on the spot, I would have regretted it.
Tiriling—.
I was on my way back to the dorm when the phone rang.
She took her smartphone out of her pocket and checked it.
[Siyoung]
… She answered the phone, covering the screen with her hand so that Irin couldn’t see it.
“Yes, Instructor.”
– Oh, who is next to you now?
“Yes.”
-All right.
I heard Kim Si-young’s voice clearing her throat.
-It’s nothing else, I’d like to talk to you about the guild. Are you in a dorm now?
“I’m on my way to the dorm right now, so I think you can come back in 10 minutes.”
-All right.
The call hung up and Irin asked as she put her smartphone back in her pocket.
“Instructor Siyoung Kim?”
“Uh. It’s probably about a guild contract, so come to my room too.”
“Okay.”
Come to think of it, it’s the first time I’ve ever had a woman in my room other than Catherine…
No, let’s not think strangely.
I thought about yesterday’s incident for no reason, and the accident spread in the wrong direction.
In order to bring her to her senses, I lightly slapped my cheek with the palm of my hand, and Irin tilted her head, saying “Huh?”
