CH 4

It's been a while. This is the author who said he was going to write a collection of stories, but it turned out to be a collection of dead stories.

Well, I hope you'll take a look at that too.

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We'll proceed with the test here for now.

「Let's start at the beginning.」

I heard the landlady's beautiful voice through the door. This is where the big moment that will change my life begins!

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「Excuse me.」

With those words, the first examinee walked in.

「I'm looking forward to working with you.」

「Yes, thank you. So could you begin by telling us your exam number, introduce yourself and tell us why you wanted to work at the inn? 」

I did the basics of the interview test. Since there are no how-to books in this world, what kind of ridiculous answers will they give? Actually, that is one of my secret pleasures.

What? 『 You have a surprisingly bad personality 』 All of you who think I have a bad personality now, come to the front ......, if we talk with our fists a little, I think you will understand....... I've always wanted to be in a position to ask questions as an interviewer, because I'm a strong person who survived the ice age of employment.

Now, what kind of person is he and does this self-introduction tell us a little bit about him?

「Yes um, exam number 2822 my name is 『Rion Arcadyne』. My age is 34 I'm proud to say that I'm pretty well known as an adventurer. As for the reason for my employment well, the adventurer's family business has become too hard for me due to my age. So, I was thinking of getting a job here and stepping away from being an adventurer.」

Rion Arcadyne, that's an adventurer I've never heard of. ...... And if you're 34 years old and your adventuring family business is getting harder, you're not very strong,...... and you don't seem to have much room to grow.

「What is your level and rank as an adventurer? 」

「Yes, I'm level 42. Rank is C class.」

I'm not sure hiring him would be a good idea, he's over age than me also his level and rank are a bit subtle and not par to the work needed.

(T.N: had to remake the whole sentence to make sense as translation didn’t, it may differ from web page translation)

Let's waive him off this time. Let's just ask one last question, shall we.

「It's a quick one but we're running out of time so, here's my last question. In the service industry such as lodgings, customers are very important. There's a certain philosophy behind it: ....... Well, I'll get to that later So here's my question,

What is a customer to you? 」

---- Candidate POV

The tension of the interview test makes me escape from reality.

It was the landlady's room that we were shown to as the venue for the examination. From what I've heard from fellow adventurers who have stayed at the inn it's a room that no one has ever seen before and in a sense it's a mysterious unexplored place.

It's kind of strange to think that I'm the first man (maybe) to set foot in such a mysterious and unexplored region.

「Excuse me.」

The room of the proprietress where I’ve stepped in was contrary to expectations, a room with a very calm atmosphere. Because I had heard that the proprietress was still young, I had imagined on my own that the room was more feminine and capacious but it seems that it was not so.

There's a bed, a desk, a bookshelf (which is a bit bigger) and probably a wardrobe. They are all old but of good quality and have the character that comes from long years of use.

There is no dust or garbage in the room and it looks like there is no sense of life at all at a glance. But strangely enough, I could feel that people or rather the landlady were sleeping here.

The landlady sits on a chair in the room where there is no feminine thing at all and is asking this way. Tensions rose considerably.

Oh...... no, there was only one feminine thing, There's a stuffed bear on the bed. A stuffed bear with a big ribbon around its neck sits in a cute position, giving the room which is full of the pursuit of functional beauty a somewhat relieving impression. I was a little happy to have caught a glimpse of the proprieties' feminine side.

There is a large window facing the backyard and the light coming in from the window softly envelops the room. The gilta standing against the wall gently reflect the sun's rays and the entire room is enveloped in soft air.

Come to think of it, the landlady is also good friends with the leader and diva of the 『"Fantasy Music of Yuyu"』....... I wondered if it is true it seems it is.

In the meantime, the landlady asked me a few questions. I answered them simply because they were all questions that I didn't need to think about too hard. Well, I didn't lie about any of them so I guess I'm okay.

The last question came without hardly exchanging a word with the landlady. Well, there were a lot of examinees outside so the time spent on one person must be short.

The question was, "What is a customer?" The answer is simple. Because it seems the landlady always says so.

「Yes, the customer is God! 」

Perhaps these words are an expression of the landlady's feeling that she treats her customers as if she were in contact with a clan god. So the key to this test is whether you can say this word or not, it was surprisingly easy.

「Do you really think so? 」

「Yes, because the customer is God! 」

「I understand, Thank you. Please wait for the result. The results will be announced here two days later, so please gather in front of the inn at 10 a.m. two days later in the same manner.」

「Yes! Thank you very much, excuse me.」

It may be because of the expressionless face but the sense of intimidation disappeared suddenly from the landlady who was giving a severe impression. Probably a good impression, Okay! I've found a new job and I'm going to show off to my fellow adventurers. I can just see the envy on their faces. After all, the beautiful proprietress and I are going to be running the inn together, so I'm sure there will be such and such a thing.

---- POV end-------

Exam Number 2822, Adventurer 『Rion Arcadyne』, Rejected

The landlady's murmurings didn't reach him at all as he left the room in a spree.

__ Authors Note_______________

Yes, the first challenger.

The results are available at .......

I described carla's room a little more than that.

We'd like to give you a glimpse of carla's room, which until now has been shrouded in mystery.

See you in the next episode.