Chapter 11 – A Sticky Situation

“Sister, you must be very famous.”

As Hee-na whispered in her ear, Woo Min-ah also followed Hee-na in whispering.

“I’m kind of famous.”

Woo Min-ah said a few playful words and waved her hand, saying that they were now ready.

“If you go over there, the HR manager will be waiting for you, so do well in the interview.”

“Thank you, Minah.”

“What? I have work to do today, so I won’t be able to eat together. But, call me when I’m done.”

Woo Min-ah quickly disappeared, as if she really had something to do.

Hee-na stared blankly at the back disappearing in an instant, then suddenly came to her senses.

‘My sister worked hard to get me a seat, so I need to do well in the interview without getting a stain on my face.’

Hee-na clenched her fists and walked briskly.

It was the moment of taking the long-awaited first step.

“Ugh!”

Hee-na was startled by the shoes that had come off and let out a small scream.

“W-what is it?”

I hopped on one foot and looked at the shoe that had come off, and there was something slimy stuck to the tip of the heel. It looked like gum.

“Who spat something like this in the hallway?”

He grumbled and pulled on his shoes. but… … .

“uh?”

It was strange.

The shoes were glued to the floor and did not move, as if they had been glued together with super glue. Even if I clung to it with all my might, it didn’t work.

‘Wow, what should I do?’

Hee-na was very embarrassed.

I looked at my watch and saw that there were still about 15 minutes left until the interview time. But the shoes didn’t seem like they would fall in there.

‘Should I go into the bathroom, call the house, buy a pair of shoes at a shoe store, put them on, and come out?’

I was in the midst of seriously thinking about it.

“Are your shoes on?”

A low voice rang from behind me.

“Surprise!”

Hee-na was so startled that she almost jumped up from her spot.

I looked back, trying to maintain my composure, and saw a surprisingly familiar face.

“It’s stuck to the slime essence, so it won’t come off easily.”

It was Kang Jin-hyeon, an S-class hunter, a handsome and cold-faced man.

But to Hee-na, the fact that there was an S-class hunter in front of her didn’t really matter. Although it was only for a short period of time, it was an old face, and more than anything, it was because I was about to have an interview.

“Wow, what should I do? I have an interview in a little while.”

“hmm…….”

Kang Jin-hyeon let out a sigh as he saw Hee-na fidgeting.

He thought about it for a moment, then knelt down next to Hee-na and grabbed her shoes. The shoes held in his large hands looked much smaller than their original size.

And Kang Jin-hyeon used his hand to pull the shoe.

A crunching, crunching sound rang out. The sound of removing a shoe stuck to something sticky was a bit extreme.

‘Gasp.’

Hee-na opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth with both hands. Otherwise, I felt like I would scream.

Because, because… … .

‘How can a hard floor break?’

It was like that. Hee-na’s shoes were safely rescued.

However, there was an unwelcome guest hanging from the heel and front heel: a piece of stone that had fallen from the floor.

Obviously, if you compare the durability of the floor and the shoes, the shoes would have been much lower, but I had no idea how the stone floor broke.

Is this also a dazzling skill displayed by an S-class hunter?

There was silence for a moment.

“Wow, the slime essence seems to have great adhesion…”

After looking for something to say for a moment, Hee-na praised the slime essence’s adhesive properties.

Meanwhile, Kang Jin-hyeon continued to look down at the small shoes in his hand.

Hee-na rolled her eyes here and there, not knowing what to do. The interview time was almost over, and I had grown taller with a rock stuck to my shoe.

‘Should I leave it like this?’

It was a time when I was so embarrassed that I even considered running away.

“Hee-na Lee, please come in for the interview… What is this?”

The door to the interview room opened and a man dressed in a suit came out with a puzzled expression on his face. Given the circumstances, it was clear that it was the HR manager that Woo Min-ah was talking about.

“Oh, that’s…”

Hee-na quickly tried to explain the situation. However, the HR manager was the first to open his mouth.

“Hunter Kang Jin-hyeon, any damage to company property will be deducted from your personal expenses this time.”

Surprisingly, the tone seemed very familiar.

He strode forward, snatched Hee-na’s shoes from Jinhyeon Kang’s hands, and inspected their condition.

“Lee Hee-na… looks like she needs shoes. I’ll bring you slippers.”

Due to the natural flow, Hee-na felt like she had to take Kang Jin-hyeon’s side. Anyway, he smashed the floor while trying to help Hee-na… … .

“Hey, HR manager. Hunter Kang Jin-hyeon was trying to help me and ended up like this… uh, this is what happened. Wouldn’t it be a bit excessive to hold him responsible for the damage to the property?”

Even though it turned out wrong, the favor had to be repaid anyway. Hee-na clearly and clearly organized her thoughts and spoke.

Then the head of the human resources team handed Hee-na a pair of shoes with a rock on them and said,

“He probably spilled that slime juice himself. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have tried to help. Isn’t that right, Hunter Jinhyeon Kang?”

At that shocking sound, Hee-na quickly turned around.

However, there was not a single shadow left where Kang Jin-hyeon had been standing just a moment ago. There was only one white business card on it.

“If you need compensation, you can call this number.”

The HR manager bent down, picked up the business card, and handed it to Hee-na. This may have happened often, but I couldn’t find the slightest bit of embarrassment.

‘It’s so natural.’

Hee-na thought that Kang Jin-hyeon, the number one hunter in Korea and an S-class talent, might surprisingly be a troublemaker within the guild.

After changing into slippers, Hee-na entered the interview room holding a pair of shoes in one hand. There was a rock stuck to the heel of the shoe, so it was quite heavy.

‘What should I do? ‘I have to ask because I borrowed it in a hurry.’

Hee-na glanced down at the shoe on her finger.

Seeing this, Kang Mok-hyeon, head of the human resources team, seemed to be lost in thought for a moment, and then asked for understanding, saying he would leave the room for a while.

Hee-na, who was left alone in an instant, sat down on a chair in the interview room and looked around. In one corner of the interview room, there was a small table with a water purifier. On top of it were simple tea bags, tissues, wet tissues, etc.

Hee-na furtively looked at the interview room door. The HR manager said he would be gone for about 5 to 10 minutes, so it was clear he wouldn’t be back for a while.

‘In the meantime, should I polish my shoes?’

I was worried about my damaged shoes, so I quietly walked over to get some wet tissues.

“There’s no way this can clean it, but… I have to try cleaning it.”

Without much anticipation, Hee-na wiped away the thick liquid on the heels of her shoes with a wet tissue. Then something surprising happened.

“uh?”

The sticky fluid was removed cleanly with a wet tissue. I couldn’t believe it was a slime that had just stuck to the floor and wouldn’t fall off.

Perhaps because this was wiping and cleaning something, the skill was activated as well.

I pulled out a few more wet tissues and rubbed my shoes, and soon the flooring fell off with a thud. Hee-na looked down at the scattered stones.

‘What on earth does Hunter Jinhyeon Kang do?’

In many ways, he was an amazing person who used his strength to tear up the floor when he could have done with a few wet tissues.

Is this the world of S-class hunters?

As I was looking at the shoes in my hand and the floor with curious eyes, the interview room door burst open.

‘Surprise!’

Hee-na was shocked as she sat down. I didn’t do anything, but I felt like I was caught doing something big wrong.

“Lee Hee-na?”

The person who entered the interview room was Kang Mok-hyeon, head of the human resources team.

“Ah, yes, team leader.”

Hee-na was a little embarrassed and hurriedly put away the wet tissue with the liquid on it.

Kang Mok-hyeon held out what he was holding in his hand towards Hee-na.

“I don’t think it would be difficult to come home wearing slippers, so I used a slime remover as a temporary measure….”

As he spoke, he stopped when he saw the shoes in Hee-na’s hand. To be precise, it was closer to having forgotten what to say for a moment.

‘What did I do wrong?’

It was when I was watching Kang Mok-hyeon’s thoughts.

“How did you remove the slime from your shoes?”

“This? It came off when I wiped it with a wet tissue.”

Hee-na responded in confusion to the unexpected question. Then Kang Mok-hyeon looked at the items he had brought with him. It was a spray can filled with a clear liquid.

“…Slime essence can be removed with a wet tissue without a special solution?”

Hee-na was muttering something as if there was a big problem, so Hee-na asked urgently.

“What did I do wrong?”

“That’s not true at all. Let’s sit down first, Hee-na Lee.”

Kang Mok-hyeon shook his head and sat down in the chair. Then, he suddenly switched to interview mode and started asking Hee-na questions in earnest.

“First of all, you have awakened your cleaning-related abilities?”

Hee-na put down her clean shoes on the floor and quickly went to the interview.

“Ah, yes. It’s a housekeeping matter….”

The interview, which started suddenly while I was shining my shoes, was surprisingly uneventful. The interview was so easy that there was no point in being nervous.

It seems that the head of the human resources team didn’t have anything else to be curious about other than Hee-na’s ‘wild fingertips’ skills.

Hee-na answered a few additional simple questions that seemed like a personality interview, and was immediately introduced to the company and its work.

‘Are guild interviews different from regular company interviews?’

Just as Hee-na was perplexed by the almost sudden progress, she heard an unexpected fact.

“……Minah, no, Hunter Woo Minah is the general manager of the dungeon strategy team?”

Housekeeper in the dungeon