I carefully moved the dye to the table and piled it up, then bowed my head in sincerity.

"I really...like it, thank you."

"I knew you would."

Honeybee posed for the side view of the hair dye package. This time she clapped her hands, this time sincerely. After enjoying the attention for a while, he said, "Oh," as if he remembered something.

"By the way, the rice wreath is also good. I paid extra to exchange it for the king's 2,000 rice. As soon as I heard the news this morning, I went with a team leader..."

"Where did you hear the news?"

That's what I was most curious about. Where did Honeybee and Team Leader Han, who had been the first to send wreaths, hear about it? And where did the hunters, who were now swarming around, pleading with them not to give in under the guise of a gift offensive, hear about it? Honeybee's eyes widened and she nodded in understanding.

"Teamleader Han, please explain."

"Yes, sir."

Team Leader Han pushed up his glasses and began to explain.

"The guilds place informants and scouts in the Awakening Management Bureau. They're there to scout for talent quickly and efficiently, and when they find a good candidate, they report back to us, and we start the groundwork to recruit them."

"I don't think I'm a good candidate."

"What a sad thing to say. Cha Ui-jae was a talented person that I wanted to bring into our guild even before his awakening."

Team leader Han said firmly. Honeybee explained from the side.

"Usually, scouts only look at the direct management centers, right? They rarely look at places like the temporary center in Gwangjin-gu. The candidate at the direct management center is much better."

That's right. Anyone who wants to show off their skills and get a high grade will be thoroughly vetted at the direct management center. Team leader Han continued.

"But in the temporary center in Gwangjin-gu, right in the middle of the city, a rift appeared even in the Awakening Management Bureau, and it was unannounced, so all eyes were on it. It was a matter of public disturbance.

Of course, it's understandable that the Awakening Management Bureau would feel uneasy about a sudden, unannounced rift. This time, it was particularly unfortunate that it occurred in the Awakening Management Bureau, so everyone's attention was bound to be drawn there.

"Everyone was scrambling for information about what had happened, and then I saw your name on the list of survivors.

In other words, if it weren't for the rift, I could have quietly checked in and slipped away, just like I had originally planned.

As I listened to the story, I suddenly felt the veins on my forehead bursting and my fever rising. According to team leader Han, everything was wrong because of the rift. The butterfly effect of the rift was really big, so I had to do a ritual at a fan signing event at a Haejang-guk house.

It is the damn rift.

The autograph session ended in an hour. Unable to clean up the gifts, I went to the kitchen to prepare for the evening.

What little energy I had was stolen by the arrival of the busy Jung-bin himself.

"How are you? Congratulations on your awakening."

He handed me a paper bag emblazoned with the logo of the Awakening Management Bureau. I didn't dare touch it because I thought it might contain official documents. Bae Won-woo, who was sitting in the corner eating hangover soup, grumbled.

"What, the envelope that looks like it contains a summons, a warning, and a fine?"

"Haha, no way."

"I guess he got it."

His words revealed details that only those who had personally experienced them would know. I took the envelope with some trepidation. It was thicker and heavier than I had expected. Jung-bin smiled softly.

"Would you like to open it? I've only filled it with what you need."

I don't want to.

But my hands dutifully opened the paper bag, and my expectations were somewhat fulfilled.

"Hunter Basic Guide for New Hunters."
"Hunter Tax Payment Guide for New Hunters"
"Hunter Welfare Policy
"One Touch! How to use Hunter Market༉
"The Awakening Law at a Glance".

Various pamphlets and thick books that could be placed in government offices poured out. It seemed like small boos were coming from nearby hunters. But Jung-bin was still smiling softly.

"Originally, when you register as a hunter, you have to go through a lot of explanations from the Bureau's hunters... You didn't get to hear them due to your unfortunate accident, so I only took a few things that you really need to know."

This is what I need to know. Hunters had so much to know these days. My face was soaked with rain.

Shit, hunters don't have it easy these days.

"Please read it when you have time, and if you don't understand or have any difficulties, please don't hesitate to contact me."

Jung-bin took a stiff business card from the inside pocket of his suit and placed it on top of the pamphlet.

Awakening Management Bureau Field Response Team 1
Team Leader Jung-bin

For a weak and powerless hunter, Jung-bin's business card is actually the greatest gift. Even if it's a friendly image with numerous public service announcements, S-rank is still S-rank, and it's not easy to meet the fourth-ranked hunter in Korea. A normal hunter would have been impressed, but...

We should seal it as it is.

I didn't.

At that time, Bae Won-woo stood up with a confident face.

"That's why I can't become a civil servant. You give them gifts and study materials! Guys, come in!"

Clap, clap. With the sound of clapping, the door of Haejang-guk House opened and people came in with all kinds of equipment. The haejang-guk house was so crowded that it seemed to burst. What are you doing now? I squinted and looked at Bae Won-woo as if to explain.

Bae Won-woo brushed back his short sports hair and spoke confidently.

"I am Bae Won-woo. The number one customer of Haejang-guk House. I've prepared what Haejang-guk House needs most as an awakening gift for part-timers."

"What is this?

"It's..."

He raised his thumb beautifully.

"An automated kimchi and side dish bar!"

"An automatic kimchi and side dish bar?"

"What is that?"

The hunters who had repeatedly copied him without his knowledge began to whisper. Automatic kimchi and side dish bar. It's a word combination like soy sauce shrimp dumplings and macaroon dumplings. You know what it is when you see it, but somehow you can't figure it out.

How can it be automatic if it's a self-service bar? Seeing the confusion on her face, Bae Won-woo smiled.

"Don't worry. It's a masterpiece that the engineers of the Pado Guild have calculated thoroughly. Do you mind if I use the room over there?"

"What? Yes."

Bae Won-woo pointed to an empty chair next to the water purifier. When Bae Won-woo nodded, the engineers of the Pado Guild rushed to do something.

After a while, a white machine was completed on the chair. Just looking at it, it looked like a coffee machine in a coffee shop or a rather wide water purifier. And the center of the machine was round and empty.

"What is that?"

"Isn't it just a coffee maker?"

"Ugh, what an unfortunate thing to say! It's the blood, sweat and tears of the engineers of the Pado Guild."

As Bae Won-woo approached the machine, he took something out of his inventory. It was... a large magic stone the size of his thumb!

"Wow... Look at the size of this stone."

"It's fucking huge."

"This would be enough to buy a house."

It was time for the hunters to murmur in admiration of the large and beautiful magic stone that was rare. Bae Won-woo put the magic stone into the machine with a very careful touch. At the same time, a blue light appeared on the button of the machine. Ki-ying, there was a sound of the machine spinning. Bae Won-woo greeted me in an exaggerated manner.

"The mana stone support was provided by guild leader Lee Sa-young."

What the hell is this?

I watched the show with a subtle sense of déjà vu. I think I've thought the same thing before. However, I couldn't resist getting it for free, so my expression was also relaxed.

"Come on, part-timer. Put kimchi, kakdugi, and cheongyang pepper in here, press the button, and voila! You'll get the right amount of condiments, and you won't have to keep track of them!"

What? That might be a little harsh. As if hypnotized, I took the kimchi and cheongyang chili tubes and fed them into the machine as the engineer instructed. The Haejang-guk house hunter's attention turned to me.

He pushed the button with the bowl... The kimchi poured into the bowl, just the right amount!

"Oooooh!"

"It's the Pado Guild!"

"Hey, that really works."

"But isn't the cost-effectiveness really bad if it moves with a magic stone? I'd rather have an electric cord attached..."

When someone else raised their hand, Bae Won-woo shouted at them with a stern expression.

"Shut up, this is called sentimentality."

"I think it's more of a money grab than sentimentality..."

"If someone ignores Haejang-guk House, we can tell them that there's an automatic self-service bar here that's powered by magic stones."

Actually, just looking at the pictures, kimchi comes out of my water purifier. I felt like I had to put up an ad like that, but the regular hunters cheered because they were blinded by the pride of being able to reduce a busy part-timer's workload.

However.

"The more I look at it, the more I think about it."

"What?"

Jung-bin, who was watching the regular hunters, poured cold water on that with a smile.

"Doesn't it look like an automatic feeding machine for pets?"

At 5 a.m. the next day, the sliding door of Haejang-guk's house opened. I wrote a roughly scribbled warning on the A4 paper with a very pointed face.

!!!Haejang-guk house will not be closed!!!
No wreaths, gifts and banners
No asking part-timers for their rank
No recruiting part-timers to join guilds
No headhunting
If you break any of the above rules, you will be banned from Haejang-guk House.