mykidisthebest

Now why would you need to hire me?

Tax write-off.

[he is probably joking]

I knew you only wanted me for the financial benefits.

[laughs]

Money allows us to live, and I have a lot of kids to raise. You'll have to put up with it unless you plan on getting a full time job somewhere else in Korea.

Are there other occupations for S-Classes other than dungeon suppression and combat?

Not at this point in time. There aren't many S-Classes in the world, and pretty much all of them are more or less required to help clear dungeons if they can. The exception is the Saint, but she's a special case.

Of course, if we can get dungeons under control, then there will be more room for S-Classes to do other things if they'd like. I'd like Officer Song to quit being a government employee and become a teacher instead. Just as an example.

… … … I can simply go undeclared and work in administration.

Honestly, that would be impossible. I work and live with too many S-Classes who would be able to tell you're Awakened even if you didn't declare it. And Officer Song would kick up a fuss if you didn't register.

[nudges another taiyaki over to Charon before dipping another one of his into chocolate]

We can just have you register as a support class and list one of your supportive skills, and sign you on to work with the rearing facility instead of with a guild. There might still be some pressure for you to raid a dungeon every so often, but the rearing facility is allowed to have S-Class staff that doesn't raid dungeons since we have S-Class monsters on site. There are ways around it if you aren't combat-based, and your skills aren't suited for raids.

That would be more than acceptable. I would much rather work with monsters than try to prematurely prove myself a combatant in a world I will be regularly disappearing out of.

You don't need to prove anything. If you don't want to go into a dungeon, no one can make you. The only reason the kids do is because they want to. Otherwise I wouldn't let them either.

Would other S-Classes not…?

[nibbles the taiyaki absently]

Not what? Go into dungeons? Not a chance. It's slightly different in every country, but in most countries the government will keep track of when dungeons appear and auction them off to guilds to manage. Guilds can raid those dungeons over and over again--it can be dangerous, of course, but it's incredibly profitable to sell off materials from inside of the dungeons.

And if they didn't go raid dungeons every now and then, the S-Classes would all probably end up fighting each other in the streets. You don't have that kind of mentality, and you won't even be in Korea all of the time, so that's not really a concern for you. Though if you feel the need to let off steam, please let me know so I can arrange something appropriate for you.

I meant, would they not insist I prove myself, but that was informative anyway.

I have not felt wild urges to engage in combat unprompted, but it’s felt good to stretch myself.

[vivid imaginings of Charon interacting with all of the Korean S-Classes]

..................They might tease you a little, but no one would ask you to prove yourself. Especially if you tell them you're a support class.

Good. That is entirely too much excitement for my nerves.

I can't promise there won't be excitement, but I'm confident that I can keep it to a minimum.

Balance is good. I just don't want to be...disruptive.

You couldn't be half as disruptive as most of the people I know even if you tried. Half of those punks would have destroyed my building without a second thought if I hadn't scolded them for it.

A fearsome scold indeed...

I don't know if it's fearsome or if they're only able to listen to reason when it's shouted at them...

I would assume other people shout at them without being listened to.

...I don't think anyone else does shout at them...

There you go, then.

[amused]

So the solution is to get more people to shout at them. I should have known. I'll put it on my list of things to do when I get home.

[reaches across the table, a hand on one of Lethe’s]

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