5 5 Do you think it is natural for the president to say hello at the entrance ceremony?.txt (1/2)

Tanaka Jiro, twenty-eight years old, single, no girlfriend, occupation: Dungeon Tester (full-time employee)

Magic Aptitude 8 (General Class)

Officer of the Year: Warrior

It's been a month since I had my interview.

Finally, my rookie training is over.

Whew!

There was no training today because of Sunday, and I had to stay in my room and relax all day to rest my body.

So I've finished dinner and now it's time for dinner.

It's great to be alive!

That's my word from the bottom of my stomach, or rather from the bottom of my heart.

”I never thought beer could be this good!

Normally it was a bubbly instead of a bedtime drink, a bachelor's nonsense that was upgraded a bit in the wake of a pay rise, but it seems to be definitely better than the beer I used to drink, if not better than usual .

On Saturday, my body was screaming to finish up the last training session and I couldn't afford to sleep in and taste the beer.

However, it is a magic technique that you are able to taste the beer the next day after screaming all day long.

After all, a person should feel alive.

I can feel the cold beer pouring down my throat and down my stomach.

'It really is wonderful to be alive, isn't it?

I couldn't have had a beer this good otherwise.

This reminds me of the past.

Somehow I managed to wake up before dinner on the day of the joint drill and went to the store to eat dinner and drink the nightcap in my room.

Looking back on it, my choice was a stroke of luck.

The slippery hand easily lifted me up and took me to a corner of the cafeteria.

”Drink, drink, drink!　It's on me today!

”Eat all you can, kaka kaka, food is on me.

And the culprits who took him away were the demon yakuza and the skull gentleman sitting across from him, namely Instructor Kio and Instructor Fusio.

I couldn't understand why they were in such a good mood, and the only thing I could do was to say ”Itadakimasu” in front of them.

''It's the demon tribe's special brew!　Yummy.

”What? This is my spirit wine. It is safe for people to drink.

I was drunk with various alcoholic beverages from the reception, and my body was also strengthened by the magic crests.

As expected, I was able to drink much better than before and stayed until the cafeteria closed.

I was also a bit tipsy, and I felt bad that I didn't think about the reason for the party, thinking that something really good must have happened with the smiling Instructor Kio and the satisfied Instructor Fusio's attitude.

But hey, who would have thought.

This could be the last supper.

The next day, after I moved on to afternoon job-specific training, right on schedule, without a hangover, I was greeted by

”Yesterday was fun.

”Kaka-kaka, that was really fun.

It was Instructor Kio at his redoubtable best and Instructor Fusio in his dark energy.

It wasn't my fault I took a quick turn.

Warding!

But you can't run away from the special battle. Because the story isn't going anywhere.

The moment you turn around, you feel a wall of magic against your forehead.

Then you turn around, using the chill you feel on your back to move your head like a well-oiled tin doll.

”?

I'd like to praise myself for not screaming.

The two instructors, 50 percent more radiant than before, were holding me fast.

”Well, Jiro...

Are you ready for this?

”And you're done. Soooo!

I don't know when they changed their name, but I don't have time to worry about that.

I thought there was time to spare, but there was no way I could say no to the two of them, as a Japanese, who couldn't say no to them.

I asked Suela for help, but I couldn't say no.

”Good luck with .......

Today, Suela, who embodies a smart woman in a tightly fitted suit, didn't even make eye contact with me.

''Alright, let's start the training.

I decided to give up, and as usual, I held my weapon in the center of the room.

”Ah.

Then I realized.

Come to think of it, I'd lost at the end of the joint training.

I shouldn't have said losing would be hell, but I shouldn't have given myself more training, more defeat, more passion.

A loss is a loss, even if you've fought longer than the others.

Was it possible that he was in a good mood yesterday because he was thinking about today's training, or was it their concern to at least have a good time before sending him off to hell (training)?

Then I'll say it.

I don't need that kind of attention, please.

One minute you're ready and then you're blown apart, one minute you're attacking and then you're blown apart, the next minute you're defending and then you're blown apart, and it's the same old scene.

The repeated slashes of the chambered blade (magic sword) and the magic of the toy wand (cursed wand) that obstructed me at every turn.

Thinking back, it was the first time Instructor Kio's chamberlain blade, which looked like a child's magic sword, was seen as a magic sword.

Thanks to Instructor Fusio's creepy laugh that sent a chill down my spine, I swore to myself that I wouldn't set foot in the toy section for a while.

The light-hearted electronic sounds contradicted each of the magic states, each of which seemed to be non-lethal, but when combined with the chamberlain blade, they seemed to be a dangerously marked item to be avoided.

If it wasn't for the knee-slapper (perk) while he was down and out, he would surely have fallen short .

Honestly, I can't help but feel that this is a company where you can experience the blackest details of a black company.

Still, they were taking it easy on me, or maybe they were just taking it easy on me, and I was still alive.

I think I saw a few times, but I was alive.

Even so, the fact that he didn't mysteriously die was the result of his daily training, or whether it was the fact that both instructors were amazing at exquisitely discerning the space between life and death, I couldn't even think about it .

'So tomorrow you start in the dungeon,'

Still, I survived, no matter what the consequences.

From now on, there were only two options: turn in my papers and apply for training again, or be forced to retrain for bad grades.

That's a relief, but it also makes me brace myself for a bad grade.

But for now, let's just relax.

then I'll officially become a member of the company and tackle the dungeon.

My brain has finally caught up with my training period and I've been pushed aside by the beer, but I'm still thinking about tomorrow.

The dungeon

It's something that would only appear in game terms or novels in this modern day Japan, but I've been dying for training to get in there for the past month, and it's deeply emotional to think that it actually exists and will be challenged tomorrow .

No, it's not that deep, it's more like a simple feeling of being a kid before a field trip.

In fact, I was so tired that I hid under the covers to go to sleep and couldn't fall asleep, so I'm having a nightcap like this.

You're so excited that you can't sleep, but you're happy that you still have a childish mind.

Not that I'm a brat, though.

I grabbed the beer cans I'd drunk and looked down at my body and saw that my body, which had been lazy for years, was toned like a lie .

The status of my body has risen incomparably since I was hired, and I can feel the results of that increase.

How long has it been since I've wanted to see the results of my efforts so soon?

Well, let's go to bed.

You can't stay up too late, you can't stay up too late, you can't sleep in tomorrow.

Save the fun in your heart for tomorrow, but for now, think about getting a good night's sleep.

Normally you would sit in the lecture room in your normal clothes, but today everyone is dressed in a suit and tie.

In contrast, on the stage are many unique people who seem to be in direct denial about the word unity.

Among them, of course, are Instructor Fusio and Instructor Kio.

I've never seen them before, but they're probably standing there, probably from other professions.

I can sense a similarity between them, or perhaps strength, between them.

If you are a child, you will definitely cry, and even an adult will smile and stare at you.

I've gotten used to it, so I bail out in silence without a care in the world.

Then I shift my gaze again to the other faces.

A well-built, upper-body nude man with scales like a reptile and a scar over one eye, a dark elf woman like Suela dressed in a kimono, and a small person with the hood of her robe deeply hiding her head?　A brown-skinned, three-meter tall giant wearing a fur and metal helmet, and a compound-eyed woman with antennae sprouting from her head, whose mouth is hidden by a fan, are covered with a crustacean-like object in several places, but their human body is now exposed only by a fabric that could be considered as underwear.

Some men have been following you, but have you noticed?

He's smiling, and that gaze is the eyes of a perfect predator.

This was absolutely unguarded .

Everyone standing on the stage could instinctively see from the first impression that they were absolutely powerful .

How great was the existence of a brave man who could defeat these people?

The banners above the faces that look more creative than unique, the induction ceremony banners look very surreal.

”It's time. Are we all here?

And then, to top it all off, the devil in the suit, Superintendent Evier, with an expression on his face so cold that you want to call him a queen, takes the stage.

It's great that he doesn't get buried in the midst of these creative people, but makes his presence felt.

The air in the room was tightened by this appearance.

It is not so tightened up, but it is tightened up.

That physical oppression forced even the sleepy-eyed people to squeeze their expressions.

First of all, let me say thank you for the training. Of our fifty-eight recruits, only thirty-seven of you here have completed the training course.

Without a moment's greeting and without an opening statement, the initiation ceremony was over.

It wasn't so shocking to me, who had gone through the training course alone, but the people around me seemed to be different.

Some are shocked, some have a sense of accomplishment on their faces, and others are more relaxed.

”I've got something for you. Look on your tables, is there a box on each of your tables?

Following the words of the supervisor who calmly proceeded with the ceremony without regard to our feelings, I looked at the thing on the desk that had been bothering me for a while.

The black paper box, about ten centimeters in diameter, had been sitting there since before I took my seat.

It didn't lift up, let alone cut, so I touched it a few times at first and then left it alone, but I wondered what it was.

”Open it and let me see what's inside.

I don't know how to open it, but when I lifted it up anyway, it lifted up easily, and it seemed to be a covered box, and the bottom box slid down to expose the contents.

”A pendant?

There was an octahedron crystal-like pendant that looked like a leather cord that could be hung around one's neck.

''It's a spirit spirit stone. You must take it with you when you enter the dungeon. Otherwise, you'll die.

The air froze.

Someone dropped an octahedral crystal-like pendant on the desk at the words and intimidation of the supervisor, who was feeling the pressure .

There are people who think they are strong beyond the training, so let me tell you. We won't make a sweet dungeon for you to conquer.

The lecture room, which was quiet from the beginning, now felt colder than the air-conditioned room.

”Of course, the risk of death is real. You've experienced this before. If someone thinks a battle with a demon won't kill you, it's not too late. You shouldn't go into dungeons.

You can't get good information if you're just going through the motions.

We, for our part, don't need information that won't kill us.

But it wasn't fear, it was more of a rebellious spirit.

If you want to express your feelings, great! It's like shouting, ”I'm sorry!

I wondered what the deepest level was that we had worked so hard to reach.

That thought made me almost laugh a little.

But it wasn't the only thing I thought.

'You've got to be kidding me!　I didn't hear you say you were going to die!

'Yes!　I heard you're hurt, but I can't risk my life!

'Yes!　You've got to be kidding me!

Some of them stand up and rant about their frustrations .

'Is that all you want to say ......?　Then walk away, because there's no point in using something you're not happy with, and you have no use for it. Don't worry, I'll at least pay you for the training period.

And when the supervisor looked at them with a single glance, a magic circle appeared at their feet and then vanished in an instant.

I told you from the beginning that these testers are deadly. Anyone who doesn't understand that and thinks that's an exaggeration is just a fool. Once again, we don't want guys like that. Only those who are prepared to remain here will be allowed to remain. Of course, as we said at the beginning, and as we promised, we will give you our word for your lives to the best of our ability. But not absolutely. And answer that question. Stay or leave.

If you'd seen the exchange, you'd think some of them would have walked away.

But .