"Basically, the concept of a maid starts from the idea of a housekeeper. Do you think you understand what this ans? To work as a maid, you need to first understand what the concept of working for others really entails."
"There are two key elents that every maid should have. The first is filling the master's deficiencies, and the second is satisfying the five senses."
"To explain the first in more detail, the master doesn't need to do anything other than place an order and eat the food. Once the food and drink are ready, we bring them to the master and place them neatly on the table. That is the fulfillnt of the deficiency."
"Now, for the second, satisfying the five senses simply ans pleasing the master visually and auditorily. It could be decorating the food with syrup or saying a greeting like ‘enjoy your al’ before eating, or if the master wishes, taking a photo together..."
"The most important thing here is movent. You must stand with your back straight and always present yourself as a graceful maid. This way, people will finally realize they are being treated in a special way."
"And also..."
"When sothing falls to the floor, there’s a formal way of picking it up. I taught you once before, so let’s review again... Whoa, teacher!?"
"I ca to see how you're doing, and I see you're holding the new cha trainees like you're catching mice. Excellent. Ah, you don't need to take off the red hat. It actually suits you quite well."
"Ah, oops."
Hmm, a faint nostalgic scent rises from the back of my mind. Specifically, it reminds of the military training I did before my body changed. Thinking about it, does this an I've been to the military twice?
Anyway, as I continued watching Iris’ training with amusent and secretly observing, I found that just watching was more boring than I thought. I eventually had to step in.
Making a sound like "kki-eek," I softly coaxed and cald the approaching cha Biyams and added:
"You said you served as a trainer in the military, right? Your leadership and vocal abilities are impressive, even by my standards."
"...Back then, it was really like hell. I never imagined I’d use the skills I learned back then in society or in this body. You didn’t ask to do this because you knew about it, did you?"
"Would I do that? Ha ha."
I adjusted the tilted trainer’s cap, fixing its angle and shape.
Luckily or unluckily, this person’s height had also beco the sa as in their profile. 168 cm. For a woman, it wasn’t considered short. One thing was certain: she was much taller than Dice and Harmonie.
From her perspective, she had probably shrunk by about 10 cm, so it must be quite frustrating.
Anyway, being a bit shorter, it was now easier to adjust her hat.
"I'm curious about your military experience, but I haven’t exactly shared much about what I did in the past either, so let's call it even."
"Ah, heh heh."
"Anyway, let’s take a break here. We’ve been going nonstop for about an hour and a half. If this were reality, my throat would already be sore."
"Eh, yeah. Then let's take a break. I can’t ignore your kindness."
Ignoring the slightly strange comnts in between, I sat down with the editor.
Since this was virtual reality, I didn’t have to worry about the durability or strength of the chairs, which was quite nice. So, both the editor and I sat on a bench-shaped chair for the first ti in a while.
I started first.
"The expo is about four days away, so I plan to do a trial run a day before."
"Should we push for more training?"
"Quite the opposite. There’s no need to forcefully instill job ethics. While being overly skilled might be impressive, even the clumsy actions of the cha trainees can beco a sales point."
"Ah."
I’m glad the conversation was moving fast.
The editor nodded, understanding that my point made sense.
Basically, Jin, Rain, Mav, and Nasty each had their own scenario. Because of that, even though their appearances were similar, they each had their own personalities.
Even Mav, the most ntally mature, once pulled a huge stunt on Nasty during an escape, so... Anyway, if their individual freedom beca more apparent, it might attract more attention.
Among the things the editor would be glad to hear about, one thing stood out:
"Well, we don’t really need to go overboard with adjusting the curriculum just to emphasize individuality. In fact, regular people are less likely to care about it."
"...Really?"
"If we think about it simply, just having the cha trainees co out and serve will be enough to leave the guests spellbound."
That was my thought.
I also thought a lot about how many participants would be okay and adjusted the internal flow of the café accordingly, so the cha trainees could adapt to it.
Of course, I summarized this in a ssage to Iris, saying, "You don’t need to worry, the outside matters are my responsibility, so just focus on the main job."
"By the way, the other two didn’t co today. I thought for sure they’d be watching."
"Oh, Mina and Yerin... They’re probably doing so tests under Olivia right now. Simple physical exams, and checking how useful they’ll be during actual operations, to see what kind of performance they can deliver."
"...Has Christopher Lorentina co while I’ve been here?"
"Exactly, they're preparing for the shark."
Strictly speaking, and of course, Lorentina didn’t have the authority to bring those two to the U.S. or enlist them.
He was the type to use his image to fulfill his own pleasures, so he probably just wanted to tease Harmony and Dice, my trainees, within a playful limit.
That’s why it’s better to asure their skills now. It’ll prevent the shark from coming around later with the excuse of testing their abilities when he has free ti.
Anyway, once the results are more specific, I think Lorentina will be happy with it. But that’s sothing we’ll see later.
‘It’s basically impossible to stop a shark wandering around distributing enlistnt letters in the first place.’
That’s just... like a natural disaster, sothing beyond control.
Anyway, the conversation was nearing its end, and I started calling out the list of people who would participate in the trial run at the expo café.
"It’s simple. I’ll invite the people who were at the maid café last ti, my acquaintances, and everyone who’s with Eugene’s squad, so we won’t be short of people."
"...So, Kato, Hoduk, Limit, and Kimstone?"
"No, we’ll call the people who were working with Iris, too. You know, the third-generation trainees. They’ll be fine with the dronecam’s avatar overlay function, and does Iris have anyone she wants to invite?"
"Let think about it."
"Just let know before the café opens, so don’t worry too much."
On a whim, I thought I’d start contacting people now.
I sent out a ssage to two group chats—one for Eugene’s squad and the other for my acquaintances.
It didn’t need to be long, so I made it as simple and clear as possible and sent it out.
The numbers beside the ssages didn’t take long to disappear.
-[Eugene: Looking for anyone available this Friday. There’s streaming. We’re doing a cha trainee maid experience at the Expo A café. If interested, contact .]
-[Eugene: Mina and Yerin must join. It's a legal chance to touch a Biyam’s tail ☆]
-[Eugene: You can legally promote this stream, too xD]
How long had it been?
-[Harmony: Heh]
-[DICE: xD]
-[If a tiger pounded rice cakes, would you even make a hotteok? Gasp, even a hotteok? ㄷㄷ]
-[Cartographer: Please don’t tell you’re kidnapping us and making us work as maids?]
-[LIMIT: I didn’t say anything, haha~]
...
"Teacher, suddenly there are hundreds of ssages piling up in my inbox?"
"I just sent out the ssages, so that’s to be expected. By the way, the cha trainees are supposed to take the maid role, but why is everyone asking if they’ll be made into maids? That’s just... not going to happen."
"..."
"...Why are you looking at like that?"
This was strange. I’ve only been providing curriculum with good intentions all along.
Maybe the world’s beco a harder place to live in recently. Otherwise, there’s no way everyone’s head would be filled with suspicions like this. I’ll have to treat my acquaintances better from now on.
While thinking that, Iris gently placed her hand on my left hand and added:
"Though it's a bit late, I’ll make sure to tell the people I et that Eugene School’s enlistnt is exaggerated. So don’t worry too much."
"...Right, it’s my fault again."
As I said earlier, I’ll treat my acquaintances better from now on.
Especially Kato.
I’ve always felt that way, but karma is a truly scary thing.
And then ca the donation:
"…No, co on. Seriously, I was really uneasy about it, okay?!"
"I an, you got invited, right? Of course, you'll feel a little better when you actually go."
"Right? I’m not that desperate."
"Well, it's still a bit concerning, though. You can't really argue with that. You’ll have to see how things go."
The responses were overwhelming, and even though Kato tried to refute it, it didn’t stop.
The whole thing was becoming a spectacle.
"I an, I still don’t understand what’s going on. And why are you making go through all this now?"
But it was too late to stop.
At this point, the air had been cleared. There was nothing to do now except to deal with the inevitable aftermath.
The tension finally let up, and Kato, exhausted but begrudgingly accepting his situation, began to ease into his new reality. He didn’t want to face the fans’ teasing anymore and decided to let it go for the ti being.
"Well, whatever, I guess. But…"
With one last heavy sigh, he gave in.
Despite everything, he knew there was no going back.
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