Convenience Store Worker From Another World Chapter 75

Episode 75. Spiritual Consultation Convenience Store (4)

He then immediately added that he was not flying because he wanted to fly.

“Does that mean your body floats up on its own?”

Even if you force yourself into the water, you get bounced right back up like a lifeboat, so you can’t swim. It’s not that you can’t swim because you don’t know how to swim, but because you can’t get into the water at all.

“Then how were you born?”

-Boooo.

“They say that even you were ordinary when you were young.”

When he was about 3 years old, he came up to the sea surface to breathe as he had been doing, and his body suddenly floated up into the sky.

It was quite a difficult time at the time. His mother didn’t know what to do, and he couldn’t go into the sea either, so it was crazy.

After struggling for a few hours like that, he just said, “Mom, I’m going to go independent while I’m at it,” and left.

After becoming independent, he tried to live in heaven on his own, but it didn’t go well. It was probably because there was nothing to eat.

Blue whales live off of krill, but there are no krill in the sky. So they have to catch birds to eat, but whales swim at a speed of just over 30 km/h.

How can a guy like that catch a bird? If it just goes into his mouth, he won’t know.

That’s why, after flying around for about three weeks, starving and wandering above the sea, they arrived at the coast of this city.

-Boooo.

“After that, nothing much happened. He was caught, taken to a facility, and it seemed like they were studying various things with his body, and then they took him away, saying they were under city management…”

“It doesn’t seem like there was anything special about it?”

“I thought the same thing, but you spoke so indifferently.”

Since then, I have been living under the supervision of the city council, and this is my 22nd year. After hearing everything, I asked.

“Can you say that?”

It was an embarrassing story to hear without drinking. You turned into a helium balloon without even knowing what was going on, you were separated from your parents, you wandered around starving and got caught.

When I asked him if he had caught a busy guy and made him talk nonsense, he said something even more uncomfortable.

-Boooooo.

‘I lived doing it every day. It’s just because you guys are the first to understand.’

If this guy had arms and legs, I would have handed him a glass of soju and said, “Cheer up, you punk.”

-Oh.

“Ah. The reason I asked about the opportunity is… I was wondering if you could get a job at the city hall.”

The whale opened his eyes and the dog continued to speak. He also left home, and since he came out, he has always starved. He tries to eat and live somehow, but it is really hard.

As soon as the puppy finished speaking, the whale answered.

-Boooooo.

“Isn’t that something worth recommending?”

-Boooo.

“Certainly… that’s a bit much.”

“Why? Are you stingy with my salary?”

“They say he gets paid well. He says he hasn’t gone hungry since he started working.”

However, the problem is that the qualification requirements are strict.

Before becoming part of the city government, this whale was said to have been in a facility and was the subject of various studies as a spirit for about 7 years.

And the average lifespan of a Pomeranian is 15 years. It looks like they will retire as soon as they get a job. Even if you take that out, there are still big problems.

“Even if you’re lucky enough to become a city hall employee, what are you planning to do?”

It may sound harsh, but this guy doesn’t have any special skills other than being able to talk. His wounds heal quickly, but what’s the big deal? Should I make him a blood donation ambassador?

No matter how much I think about it, I can’t think of a suitable position other than the healing mascot of the civil affairs office. When I voiced my opinion, Mongmongi muttered.

“I don’t think I’ll ever entrust you with paperwork. You’re so blind…”

He let out a soft sigh, then looked up at the whale and asked.

“Elder, how did you acquire the talent for quarantine?”

The story is finally moving towards the topic I wanted.

-Oh.

“No. If you don’t know, then there’s nothing I can do.”

But it seemed like it would be over in less than 3 seconds. I quickly intervened.

“There must have been a reason. Like, eating the quarantine-prevention fruit….”

When I asked that, the whale seemed to think for a moment and then let out a short cry.

-Boooo.

He said that within a few days of entering the lab, the researchers had a conversation with him along the lines of, “What else can you do besides flying?”

At first, it was just passed over, but as time went by, the story took a strange turn. It seemed like there was nothing more to study, so let’s just release it, and the price of the food was no joke…

He said he felt a sense of crisis. Although he had been brought here, he had not starved and was living without food, but he felt like he would really starve to death if he was kicked out.

It was spring when I decided to do something, and there were a few cherry trees around the research center building. The cherry trees were releasing pollen, and some of the researchers were suffering from rhinitis.

“I thought I could somehow deal with this, so I tried this and that. And then it worked.”

It’s the story I wanted to hear, but after hearing it, I don’t know anymore. Is it that I realized an ability I didn’t know I had, or that I gained an ability I didn’t have?

If there is one thing that is certain, it is that this talent was acquired because the whale desperately wanted it. Otherwise, it would have starved to death.

If everyone used their superpowers because they were desperate, would there be anyone in the world who would starve to death?

“hmm….”

“Boss. What are you thinking so deeply about?”

“I was thinking that I didn’t know.”

It seems like something I can’t understand with my common sense. Even in this strange world, spirits are exceptionally strange guys, that’s all.

I changed the subject because I didn’t think thinking about it any further would lead to a different conclusion.

“Hey, whale. Can I ask you something?”

-Oh.

“It was on the news earlier, they said it takes 5 to 7 days to quarantine.”

I asked and glanced around the street. The road, the sign, the food alley in the distance, etc.

Everywhere you look, everything is much cleaner than before quarantine. Just one breath. It takes less than 10 seconds.

I don’t understand why it takes so long to quarantine a guy with such overspecs. It’s not like he can quarantine an entire city by himself…

-Oh.

“First of all, it’s right to do everything by yourself.”

“Oh my.”

“And the quarantine itself doesn’t take long.”

If you put your mind to it and work hard, it only takes a day to disinfect the entire city.

But the workload scheduled for today is half of the city. The whale we were talking about turned its body over and turned its back towards us… .

“Hey sir, why is your back like this?”

I sighed as soon as I saw it.

This is because the entire back was covered in pollen. Compared to the back and sides, which were relatively clean, it was impossible to even tell what the original color was.

One word in this state.

-Oh.

“Oh… That must be hard.”

“I guess I need to clean my back.”

“That’s right. You didn’t say anything, but you still say it itches a lot.”

The process is imagined. Whales breathe through blowholes on their backs.

When sucking pollen through the pore, some of the pollen is not sucked in and gets stuck on the back. That piles up and piles up to create this appearance.

It’s bearable now, but by the time I get off work, it’s so itchy that I can’t see anything. That’s why I have to wipe it off, and it takes exactly 5 to 7 days.

So it takes 5 to 7 days. We disinfect today, and then we disinfect half of the remaining areas after cleaning.

“How can it not be done with magic?”

-Oh.

He said he didn’t know because it had never been done for him. He said it was closely related to the allocation of the viewing budget, but he said he didn’t know because he just heard about it…

Even the fact that they are wiping his back now is a measure that he was only able to receive after he caused a commotion by scratching the backs of the surrounding buildings.

I can’t do it because I feel like I’ll get screwed if I do it twice. The more I listen to it, the more I think…

“It’s so frustrating.”

Now I know why this guy has such a bland personality.

From the age of 3 to 25, when I was taken to the research lab, I lived without being able to say that it was hard, even though it was hard. Because I really couldn’t say anything.

So what can I do? I have no choice but to suppress it and live. As I suppress it and live, my emotions seem to have hardened underneath it all.

The whale turned around again, looked at the puppy in my arms, and let out a small sigh.

-Boooo… .

“You said you were jealous? Of my opinion?”

-Oh.

“That, that’s not such a great ability. Anyway, the only person who will listen is the president…”

‘I don’t have any of them.’

After finishing his words with a short cry, there was silence. It seemed as if the puppy had nothing more to say, as he began to stare down at the bare floor.

Or maybe… I felt something.

Since the two of them didn’t say anything for a while, I felt awkward and glanced at the clock inside the convenience store. About 30 minutes had passed.

“Whale. It’s been about 30 minutes now. Is it okay for you to stay longer?”

-Oh.

“I guess I should go soon,” he said. And, uh… .”

“and?”

“… He said he was grateful that I listened to his story.”

“What are you thankful for?”

I had a great experience too. How many opportunities will I have to talk to a blue whale in my life?

Immediately afterwards, it turned around and tried to fly away, so I called out to it.

“Whale.”

-Oh.

“Show me your back one more time. I’ll try something.”

He stares at me with his big eyes, then turns around again and turns his back.

“Uh… Fly a little lower. So I can touch it.”

“What are you trying to do?”

“A filial son.”

The whale slowly moved its body, and came down to a position where it could be touched with a slap. Looking closely, the pollen was very hardened.

I looked at it more intently. It must have been filled with so much mana that its entire back, the size of a basketball court, was rippling without a single spot missing.

It seems to have hardened very firmly, just like the whale said. I don’t think I’ll have to touch every nook and cranny like I did when I cleaned it yesterday.

After taking a deep breath, I placed my hand on the whale’s back.

Then, slap. Just like snow pouring down from a roof covered with snow, the hardened pollen all fell down at once.

It was all piled up on my head and shoulders, and for a moment I thought that this was exactly what it would feel like if I were to practice Taoism under a waterfall. It was so terribly heavy.

So I bowed my head and waited for a dozen seconds for the pollen to die down.

When I looked up because it seemed quiet, I could finally see his back properly. I think it went well. Maybe it was because I received it physically, but the puppy was somehow clean… .

“Boss, what did you do?”

“Well, you’ll know when you see it… right?”

Come to think of it, I’ve never told Mongmongi about me before.

Briefly, so that even the whale could hear, I said that although I was a night owl, I knew a little bit about counter-magic, and with that, I got a license and got a full-time job at a convenience store.

“I don’t know much about it, but I know it’s a great talent.”

-Oh.

“The same goes for the whale elders.”

“What the heck, this is all black market. Anyway….”

After that, I asked the whale about his schedule.

“Could you come again later? Before the sun rises.”

The whole place is covered in pollen, and I can’t clean it up even if I die. I’m sure the trauma from clearing snow on the parade grounds during my private days will come back.

-Oh.

“You said it could be done.”

“Then leave it here for now, and come by and clean it up before you leave work. I’ll brush your back again.”

-Boooo… .

“He said, ‘Can’t we just clean it up and leave?’”

“Thank you for your consideration, but that’s okay. There’s no need to do it twice.”

While it’s chaos, there won’t be any customers, but I’m not too worried about that. There aren’t any customers or anything, and there aren’t any people on the streets in the first place.

-Oh… .

“But you still say you want to do that… .”

“If you’re really feeling down, buy a shrimp burger. I haven’t sold anything in two and a half hours.”

-Boooo.

“You said you didn’t bring your wallet.”

“Then just go… .”

We don’t accept trauma.

It wasn’t something I did to get anything in return in the first place. It wasn’t like I had no intention of doing it, though.

The reason the quarantine is delayed is because your back is itchy, and it takes 5-7 days to wipe your back. Since I did that for you, there is no reason for the quarantine to take so long, right?

By then, the streets will be back to normal, so the best reward for me is to finish the quarantine as soon as possible. I can’t even do Lupin’s work because my conscience pricks me.

Let’s state the position, and after a while the whale answered.

-Oh.

“You said you’d see me later.”

“Okay. Good work.”

And then he left.

There was silence again, and my stomach started to rumble. Maybe it was because I ate a lot of pollen, or maybe it was because I heard the whale sound dozens of times.

In the meantime, the puppy murmured.

“…president.”

“why.”

“That old whale said to me that he envied my talent for speaking.”

“I told you.”

“I have never thought of this as an enviable talent, Bon-Gyeon. I have encountered situations too often where talking about it would be useless.”

Well, that’s because you’ve only met and lived with people who don’t understand you…

I was about to reply, but I stopped. I wasn’t finished talking yet.

“But, after talking to you just now… I guess this isn’t so bad. It’s not as great as what the boss just said.”

“Hey. If you hadn’t interpreted what he was saying, I wouldn’t have been able to do what I just did.”

I would have said, “That crying sound is really loud.” If it weren’t for this guy, I wouldn’t have known that it wasn’t a crying sound, but a voice mixed with sobs.

“Am I wrong?”

“… No. That’s right.”

“Then you and I split it half and half, so why bother arguing about what’s so great about it?”

If we mix a bit of exaggeration and chuunibyou, it’s like the two of them, Pyeondol and Furball, protecting the ecology of the street.

Of course, it’s that whale guy who’s working his butt off, but honestly, this guy and I also contributed to some extent, right?

So I thought my self-esteem would recover to some extent from this incident, but it seems I still have a long way to go.

“… I think I need to think about it.”

Even though it was frustrating, I thought about it for a moment and thought that this would be better. If my self-esteem could be restored in an instant, it would collapse in an instant when it collapses again.

“Or else. If you’re sleepy, sleep.”

Anyway, it’s only 1am now. This guy has a lot of time on his hands.