How to Survive in a Good Small Guild - Chapter 36

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How to Survive in a Small but Respectable Guild
Chapter 36
While I’d been marveling at the Crown Prince’s fine character without paying much attention to Cedric, Susanna walked in from her shift and began waving her hands excitedly.
“Good morning, everyone!”
Huh? Susanna was always energetic, but there’s no way she’d be this animated just arriving at work as a salaried employee.
“Manager Susanna, did something good happen?”
Morian seemed to be thinking the same thing and asked.
At that, Susanna shrugged her shoulders with a grin.
“Hehe, yesterday while I was walking, someone told me I had a nice impression. They even tried to ask for my phone number, but I didn’t feel like giving it out.”
“Well…”
“They must have recognized my good nature! There’s no other explanation!”
“That was probably just the temple spreading the faith…”
“Let’s keep this between us, Manager Cedric.”
I put my hand over Cedric’s mouth to preserve Susanna’s good mood.
“Does this world have that kind of thing too? Asking for numbers while walking down the street?”
Suddenly curious whether the concept of Beomdda existed in this world, I muttered aloud, and Susanna answered.
“Of course, there’s Beomdda in the Capital too.”
Even the terminology was identical…
“But since I started working here, my Dark Circles have gotten so pronounced that nothing like that happens anymore.”
As she spoke, Susanna’s face suddenly grew melancholy.
“D-don’t tell me it’s because of the Dark Circles? It’s probably just one of those phases.”
“Hmm, now that you mention it, let me ask—has anyone actually had a Romance Network?”
At Susanna’s sudden question, we each fell into our own thoughts for a moment.
I searched through the memories the original Odret had carried. There was no romance in her life—she’d been too busy just scraping by as a fresh-faced young professional…
“I’ve never had romance in my life.”
The same was true for me in my previous life. There’d even been that near-disaster of being introduced to the son of Park Geo-seong, but I’d safely avoided it—phew…
“I did have a Romance Network once.”
“Oh?”
At Morian’s mixing of foreign words into his speech, all our gazes snapped toward him. There was a whiff of an interesting story in the air.
There’s nothing quite as fun as gossiping while doing your normal work and getting paid for it—wait, I’m the Guild Master, aren’t I? Anyway, we decided to listen to Morian’s story.
“It was back when I’d just moved to the Capital with no money for a deposit, so I was living in a mixed-gender dormitory…”
Damn, it’s already depressing.
“We slept six to a room, separated by gender.”
“Six people to a room?”
“That’s a truly unjust rental facility.”
Even Cedric sighed—Morian’s story was one that couldn’t be heard without tears.
“At that time, twenty-four people shared one kitchen, and that’s where a Romance Network formed. I met my ideal type there…”
“What kind of person was your ideal type?”
“A woman who wore glasses in an extraordinarily elegant fashion.”
“So you have a glasses preference.”
“The Romance Network budded right there, and it seemed like the romance was rushing toward its peak…”
“Was rushing?”
“She was swindled when trying to move to a new place, and though I tried to help, we lost contact entirely…”
“Damn, that’s so sad.”
“We must restore justice for the youth of the Empire.”
In the end, Morian’s story became just another tale of an unfortunate young man wronged by the injustices of society. We decided not to ask him any more about romance.
“What about you, Manager Cedric?”
“I also have never harbored affection for anyone.”
“Tch, how boring.”
“Then what about you, Manager Susanna?”
“Oh.”
When I threw out that sharp question, she hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Actually, I’m a confirmed bachelorette.”
“Ah, I see. But didn’t you tell the Guild Master something different before?”
“Well, honestly, Manager Odret, you’re the same way!”
Susanna flared up, remembering something from the past.
“So, Manager Susanna and Manager Odret—are either of you thinking about marriage?”
“Haha, if I meet a good person, sure.”
“Haha, me too.”
Our poignant response drifted through my mind.
“Anyway, these old-timers! They just say, ‘Oh, if a nice person comes along, you should marry them,’ and then they go around telling everyone, ‘All the kids these days say they don’t want to get married, but everyone around me is thinking about it?’ It drives me crazy!”
“It did annoy me a bit.”
As I recalled those hazy memories from the past, Susanna steered the conversation back to us.
“Romance is something you do if the chance comes up, or you don’t. But marriage? Absolutely not! I don’t think I have an ideal type right now anyway. So Odret, do you not have an ideal type either?”
“An ideal type….”
This was the sort of question I got asked fairly often, but even after thinking about it, it was always difficult to answer.
I’d thought that falling into a romance fantasy novel would mean even the background characters walking down the street were handsome, but sadly that wasn’t quite the case.
“I suppose it would be someone good-looking.”
“Oh, any particular type?”
“Not really. If he’s good-looking, that’s enough.”
“Right, being ugly doesn’t automatically make a man have a better personality. If he’s going to have a lousy one anyway, you might as well find a handsome man!”
“As a man myself, I agree with that logic. Actually, I’ve found that some handsome people have equally attractive minds.”
Morian nodded along with me. Cedric, however, looked troubled as he asked a question.
“I’m curious about something. Do people tend to prefer eyes that aren’t brown?”
“Pardon?”
“I heard recently that brown eyes make someone’s impression seem duller, and I was wondering about that.”
“Come on, Cedric, why would you worry about that?”
Seeing that he seemed genuinely concerned about his appearance, I spoke lightly.
“Just being good-looking is enough.”
“But then why….”
“Sorry?”
“Never mind.”
“So what about you, Cedric? What’s your ideal type?”
At Susanna’s question, Cedric became someone facing the greatest riddle of his life. After a moment, he spoke with a clear expression.
“Actually, I was asked a similar question not long ago, and I gave the following answer.”
“What was it?”
“Someone who handles paperwork well, economizes money and manages it efficiently, has worked hard enough to understand the hearts of laborers, and has the charisma to give good orders….”
“Cedric, what I asked about was your ideal romantic partner, not your ideal boss….”
“Yes, that’s what I think.”
“Ah, I see….”
In any case, Cedric had his quirks. I decided to respect his ideal type without question.
“So should we get back to work?”
“Yes, of course.”
Susanna buried her face in the documents again. Another peaceful day at the Guild.
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“Cedric, that was very interesting.”
“What is it?”
Cedric, who’d been heading to the bathroom, turned around with irritation. Why was Morian following someone going to the bathroom?
But Morian spoke with perfect confidence.
“I’ve always loved a story like that. And from our earlier conversation, I’ve come to understand you.”
“Understand what?”
Cedric and Morian had been awkward with each other until now.
As Crown Prince, Cedric naturally had no experience approaching people first—his whole life had been spent with talented people flocking to him.
Moreover, since he believed he would eventually leave this Guild, he’d never made an effort to get closer to Morian.
Morian had been equally reserved, never being the first to speak.
But now Morian suddenly began acting friendly.
“I’ve figured out your amazing secret.”
At those words, Cedric swallowed hard. Could he have discovered his true identity…?
“You’re in love with the Guild Master, aren’t you?”
“What?”
In that instant, Cedric froze at the utterly unexpected claim. The absurdity of it left him with no idea how to respond.
“Your description of a romantic partner matches the Guild Master perfectly.”
“No, that’s not it. There’s a reason for that.”
He was talking about the qualities needed as a future Queen of the realm. Cedric tried to clear up the misunderstanding, but Morian was already lost in his own elaborate fantasies.
“I’m someone who can analyze all the data brilliantly. I’ve already reached my conclusion.”
“What conclusion?”
“You’re definitely one hundred percent in love with the Guild Master. I’ll be rooting for you from now on.”
“Now hold on, hold on!”
Watching Morian disappear, Cedric clutched his head in his hands.
Damn it. As if Guild matters weren’t headache enough, now he had this misunderstanding to deal with….
Why did everyone—her father, Eric, Morian—why did they all misunderstand her so completely?

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