"My concerns?"
“我的担忧?”
"Yes. Uhm, like…. If you're unhappy about your work, or…."
“是的。嗯，就像......如果你对自己的工作不满意，或者......”
The first person I went to speak to was Yi Seol-Hwa. She was wearing an outdoor scientist garb, and with a small magnifying glass, studied every nook and cranny of my face as if I was some sort of an unidentified herb. She then replied to my question. "Mm, well, I don't particularly have one."
我第一个去找的人是李世华。她穿着一身科学家的户外服装，戴着一顶小小的放大镜，仔细观察着我脸上的每一个角落，好像我是某种未经确认的草药。然后她回答了我的问题。“嗯，好吧，我没有什么特别的。”
She might be saying that, but there was no way that she didn't have any complaints.
她可能会这么说，但是她不可能没有任何抱怨。
"As the head representative of the company, I can only apologise to you. I'm aware that you have worked hard to protect Seoul during our absence."
“作为公司的首席代表，我只能向你道歉。我知道，我们不在的时候，你一直在努力保护首尔。”
"H-mm."
“ H-mm”
"It must've been very difficult to…."
“一定很难......”
"Do you really think so? And not like, staying back in Seoul must've been so much easier?"
“你真的这么认为吗?而且不像，留在首尔一定容易得多吧?”
Her voice sounded sharp, prompting my lips to close shut before I realised it.
她的声音听起来很尖锐，在我意识到之前，我的嘴唇都合上了。
"I knew it. That's what you were really thinking of. You were just being sarcastic, yes?"
“我就知道。这就是你真正在想的。你只是在讽刺我，是吗?”
"No, never. I wouldn't."
“不，从来没有。我不会。”
"I know that others had been entering dangerous scenarios. Even if that was the case, remaining in Seoul wasn't all plain sailing, you know." Yi Seol-Hwa lowered her gaze and began searching for something within the bushes once more. "It should be around here somewhere…."
“我知道其他人一直在进入危险的境地。即便如此，留在首尔也并非一帆风顺，你知道的。”伊雪花低下头，又开始在灌木丛中寻找什么东西。“应该就在这附近......”
⸢Yi Seol-Hwa has never taken a day off.⸥
李世华从来没有休过假
Her Fable began speaking up for her, instead.
相反，她的寓言开始为她说话。
⸢After the group departed from the [Industrial Complex], she operated its sickbay and looked after the patients. Every day, the injured suffering from similar types of wounds would rush in. She watched them die, and while looking at their passing, she thought about her companions.⸥ "I won't be much help in the latter half of the scenarios. I'm well aware of my own potential, and my Constellation is also only a Historical Figure-grade as well. But, I still do my best every day."
小组离开工业区后，她负责管理医务室，照顾病人。每天，类似伤口的受伤者都会蜂拥而至。她看着他们死去，看着他们的离去，她想起了她的同伴们。“在后半部分情况下，我不会提供太多帮助。我很清楚自己的潜力，我的星座也只是历史人物级别。但是，我仍然每天尽我最大努力。”
For sure, the intensity of Status floating about her vicinity felt quite different from before. It wasn't as if her combat abilities had improved, but well, how should I put this? It was like her pool of knowledge in the skills had gotten even more profound.
可以肯定的是，在她周围飘浮的地位的强度感觉和以前完全不同。她的战斗能力并没有提高，但是，我该怎么说呢？就好像她在技能方面的知识储备变得更加丰富了。
"Whoever it is in the <Kim Dok-Ja Company>, I can save that person as long as he or she still breathes. I can ensure that no one will die."
“不管是kimdok-ja公司的谁，只要他还活着，我就能救他。我可以确保没有人会死。”
It was true that Yi Seol-Hwa's current growth rate was unmatched in any of the regression turns from the original novel. If my guess was correct, then she should soon reach the pinnacle of 'Life and Death Miraculous Doctor'. Without a doubt, she was a necessary person to achieve my dream ending.
的确，李世华目前的成长速度在任何一部小说的回归转折中都是无与伦比的。如果我的猜测是正确的，那么她很快就会达到“生死奇迹博士”的顶峰。毫无疑问，她是我实现梦想的必要人选。
"What kind of a person was I in the novel you read, Dok-Ja-ssi?"
“我在你读的小说里是个什么样的人，Dok-Ja-ssi?”
I got flustered for a moment there by the unexpected question. "You were an important person."
我被这个意想不到的问题吓了一跳，“你是个重要人物。”
"Okay, by how much?"
“好吧，多少钱?”
Yi Seol-Hwa was one of the heroines to appear in the 'Ways of Survival'. However, I couldn't come out and say that she was Yu Jung-Hyeok's lover from the past. From the get-go, I thought that he wouldn't want that to be known…. And most importantly, I wasn't sure if that would be an appropriate description offor the person called 'Yi Seol-Hwa'. Who was she, really?
易世华是《生存之道》中的女主人公之一。然而，我不能出来说她是余正赫过去的情人。从一开始我就认为他不想让人知道这件事。最重要的是，我不确定这是不是一个合适的人称为“易世华”。她到底是谁？
"Well, that….."
“嗯，那个......”
Just before I could carry on, Yi Seol-Hwa's expression brightened and she shouted out. "Aht! Found it!"
就在我还没来得及说下去的时候，伊雪花的表情变得兴奋起来，她喊道:“啊!找到了!”
Her hand was holding a small flower. That must be the herb she was searching for. I immediately recognised what that was.
她的手里拿着一朵小花。那一定是她一直在找的草药。我立刻认出了那是什么。
⸢White Ghostly Flame Flower. The final ingredient for the 'Life and Death' pill.⸥
白色幽灵似的火焰花。生死丸的最后一种成分
At a casual glance, it looked like an ordinary wildflower. Eating this herb alone had no effect whatsoever. However, the miraculous elixir that was the [Life and Death Pill] could never be concocted without this herb.
乍一看，它就像一朵普通的野花。单独吃这种草药没有任何效果。然而，如果没有这种草药，就不可能调制出这种神奇的长生不老药。
She began smiling like a little kid. This sense of life that couldn't be felt from the pages of the 'Ways of Survival' was emanating vividly right before my eyes.
她开始像个小孩子一样微笑。这种从《生存之道》中感受不到的生活感就在我眼前生动地散发出来。
⸢This is Yi Seol-Hwa.⸥
这位是李世华
That's why I gave up on recalling the words from the novel altogether. And then, I said some lame things instead. "You're the best doctor that I know of."
这就是为什么我完全放弃了回忆小说中的词语。然后，我说了一些无聊的话。“你是我所知道的最好的医生。”
Praise cooked up by a small kid might be better sounding than that.
一个小孩子的赞美可能听起来更好。
Even so, Yi Seol-Hwa grinned back at me. "Thank you. Even if you didn't mean it."
尽管如此，李世华还是对我咧嘴笑了笑。“谢谢你，即使你不是那个意思。”
"I did mean it, though…."
“不过，我是认真的......”
"Please wait for me. I will turn those empty words into reality soon."
“请等等我，我很快就会把这些空话变成现实。”
I watched her leave in search of another herb, and came to a realisation. What she was curious about earlier wasn't the 'Ways of Survival'. Unlike me, she didn't need such a novel in the first place.
我看着她离开去寻找另一种药草，突然意识到。她之前感兴趣的并不是《生存之道》。不像我，她一开始就不需要这样的小说。
[You have currently resolved 0 complaints.]
[你目前已解决0宗投诉]
I hadn't made any headway into the scenario, but I didn't feel so bad.
我在这个方案中没有取得任何进展，但我并没有感到很糟糕。
"It's not that easy, right?"
“没那么简单，对吧?”
I looked behind and found Yu Sang-Ah once more.
我回头一看，又发现了余相娥。
"….Yes, it's not easy."
“......是的，这不容易。”
"But, that's only natural. If you could finish up all the conversations you had been putting off as if it's some kind of an event, then that's something out of a novel, not reality."
“但是，这很正常。如果你能完成所有你一直推迟的谈话，就好像它是某种事件，那么这就是小说中的东西，而不是现实。”
"I guess so."
“我想是的。”
"Even then, you must carry on."
“即便如此，你也必须坚持下去。”
I nodded my head. "Who do you think I should speak to next?"
我点了点头，“你觉得我下一个该找谁?”
"It'd been better if you did it yourself, but I'll help you again this one last time."
“如果你自己做会更好，但是我最后再帮你一次。”
She used her hand to shield her eyes and scanned our companions. It was then, a message entered my ear.
她用手挡住眼睛，扫视着我们的同伴，就在这时，一条信息进入了我的耳朵。
[Currently, <Kim Dok-Ja Company>'s contracted workers are feeling dissatisfied.] ….Contracted workers? Did our Nebula have people like that?
[目前，金道子公司的合同工人感到不满意]...合同工?我们星云有这样的人吗？
Yu Sang-Ah then pointed to a spot. "Why don't you head over there this time?"
余相娥指着一个地方说:“你这次为什么不过去呢?”
The moment I looked there, I realised who the 'contracted workers' were.
当我看到那里的时候，我意识到谁是“承包工人”。
*
A short while later, I was addressing three people standing before me.
过了一会儿，我向站在我面前的三个人讲话。
"I have something to discuss with you."
“我有些事情要和你讨论。”
"What is it? I'm really busy so hurry up. I must go and find that 'Black Flame Dragon's Star Relic', right now!!"
“这是什么？我真的很忙，所以快点。我必须马上去找那个‘黑火龙星遗物’!”
Han Myeong-Oh raised his voice as if to urge me along. Gong Pil-Du and his disinterested face, and the pouting Jang Ha-Yeong were standing next to him. I could easily tell that they weren't exactly happy about being summoned here like this.
韩明悟提高了嗓门，好像在催促我一起去。公弼度和他那无私的面孔，还有撅着嘴的张夏勇站在他旁边。我可以很容易地看出，他们对于被这样召唤到这里并不十分高兴。
Even though they had experienced scenarios together with us, they hadn't joined the <Kim Dok-Ja Company> properly yet.
虽然他们和我们一起经历过各种情况，但他们还没有正式加入金道子公司。
"Everyone, there's something you should know first."
“各位，有些事情你们应该先知道。”
I decided to tell them something that they didn't know, a piece of information that <Kim Dok-Ja Company>'s companions already knew - the 'Ways of Survival'.
我决定告诉他们一些他们不知道的事情，一条kimdok-jacompany的同伴已经知道的信息——“生存之道”。
It was a big decision on my part to tell them about it, but rather contrary to my initial expectation, Gong Pil-Du's reaction was lukewarm at best.
告诉他们这件事对我来说是一个重大的决定，但是与我最初的期望相反，公弼度的反应充其量是冷淡的。
"There was a time when I used to believe everything in the land price pamphlets. I guess you're still too naïve."
“曾经有一段时间，我相信地价小册子里的一切。我想你还是太天真了。”
"Pardon?"
“什么?”
"Young people these days…."
“现在的年轻人......”
It seemed that Gong Pil-Du didn't really get what I was saying.
看来公弼督并没有真正明白我的意思。
On the other hand, Han Myeong-Oh seemed to be under a great mental shock. "S-so you knew everything, yet you just left me to end up in that wretched state "
另一方面，韩明勋似乎受到了巨大的精神震撼。“所以你什么都知道，却让我落得如此悲惨的下场?”
Jang Ha-Yeong also seemed to be surprised, albeit for different reasons. "So, that's how it was. That's why you knew so much back in the Demon World…."
张夏勇(JangHa-Yeong，音译)似乎也感到惊讶，尽管原因不同。“原来是这样。这就是为什么你在恶魔世界里知道那么多......”
Thankfully, their reactions weren't as bad as I thought. But then again, they had already met a regressor and plenty of reincarnators, so maybe, my story didn't sound so crazy to them by now.
谢天谢地，他们的反应并没有我想象的那么糟糕。但话又说回来，他们已经遇到了一个回归者和许多转世，所以也许，我的故事现在对他们来说并没有那么疯狂。
I breathed a sigh of relief inwardly and continued on. "There's only one reason why I told you this information. I'd like to formally hire you into the <Kim Dok-Ja Company>."
我心里松了一口气，继续往前走。“我告诉你这个消息只有一个原因。我想正式聘请你加入金道子公司。”
My words caused the three to exchange glances with each other.
我的话使他们三人相互交换了一下眼神。
The first one to speak was Gong Pil-Du. "On whose authority?"
第一个说话的是公弼度，“是谁的命令?”
[Incarnation 'Gong Pil-Du', has joined <Kim Dok-Ja Company>.] ….Could it be that the term "being coy" was invented for this ahjussi?
[化身‘宫弼度’，已加入金道佳公司]“假装害羞”这个词会不会是为这位大叔发明的？
Next up was Han Myeong-Oh. "Are you going to retain my previous position as a department head?"
接下来是韩明吴。“你打算保留我以前的部门主管职位吗?”
"Well, we don't have any ranks like that, but if you want, I can create one for you."
“好吧，我们没有这样的等级，但如果你愿意，我可以为你创造一个。”
"Please make sure that you pay your wages on time. As for paternity leave and overtime….."
“请务必按时支付工资。至于陪产假和加班费......”
[Incarnation 'Han Myeong-Oh', has joined <Kim Dok-Ja Company>.]
[化身‘HanMyeong-Oh’，已加入金道嘉公司]
Finally, I shifted my gaze over to Jang Ha-Yeong.
最后，我把目光转向张夏勇。
[Incarnation 'Jang Ha-Yeong', has joined <Kim Dok-Ja Company>.] "….Okay, so, Flame Dragon-ah, something happened just now, and it's…."
[化身‘JangHa-Yeong’，已经加入了kimdok-ja公司]”...好的，那么，火焰龙啊，刚刚发生了一些事情，它是...”
She was using her 'Wall' to send out messages of her employment to pretty much everywhere.
她用她的“墙”向几乎所有地方发送她工作的信息。
Congratulatory messages from her friends in the <Star Stream> continued to flood in. While looking at her being genuinely happy, I grew a lot more complicated in my head.
来自她在星河的朋友们的祝贺信不断地涌入。当我看到她真正的快乐时，我的脑子变得更加复杂了。
If I knew she'd be this happy, then I should've let her join us earlier.
如果我知道她会这么开心，我就应该让她早点来。
"By the way Kim Dok-Ja, why are you suddenly letting me join you?"
“顺便问一句，金道子，你为什么突然让我加入你们?”
She waited for my answer with sparkling eyes.
她眼睛炯炯有神地等待着我的回答。
I had several reasons why I didn't let Jang Ha-Yeong join the <Kim Dok-Ja Company>. But at least for today, I didn't want to think about them. I definitely needed her. However, I didn't bring her into the Nebula simply because her presence was a must during the Conclusion.
我有几个理由不让张夏勇加入金道子公司。但至少在今天，我不想去想他们。我绝对需要她。然而，我并没有把她带到星云中去，仅仅是因为她的出现在结论中是必须的。
"I wanted to witness the end of the scenario with you."
“我想和你一起见证这一切的结束。”
Jang Ha-Yeong's eyes grew wider after she heard me.
张夏勇听了我的话，眼睛睁得更大了。
I felt uncomfortable while watching her pale cheeks tremble like that. As expected of someone possessing looks that easily slapped Yu Jung-Hyeok's cheeks at least two times in a row.
看着她苍白的脸颊那样颤抖，我感到很不舒服。不出所料，一个长相如此容易的人至少连续两次打了余正赫的脸颊。
She blinked her large, clear eyes and energetically nodded her head. "I'll really work hard!"
她眨了眨大大的、清澈的眼睛，使劲地点了点头，“我会努力工作的!”
She clenched her fists tightly and began typing away once more.
她紧握拳头，又开始打字了。
[Congratulations! You have resolved the complaint of the contracted worker!]
恭喜你!你解决了那个签约工人的投诉
[You have currently resolved 1 complaint.]
[你现时已解决一宗投诉]
I finally succeeded with one.
我终于成功了。
So, being the head representative was this tough, huh.
所以，作为首席代表是很艰难的，是吧。
[Constellation, 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon', is asking you if the rumour is true.]
[星座‘深渊黑火龙’正在问你传闻是不是真的。]
What rumour
什么谣言？
[Constellation, 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon', is asking you if you really confessed to Jang Ha-Yeong.] [Constellation, 'Most Ancient Liberator', is asking the maknae Sun Wukong…..] ….Just what kind of a rumour was spreading around here?
[星座，‘深渊黑火龙’，在问你是否真的向张霞映认罪了。][星座，‘最古老的解放者’，正在问马卡纳孙悟空......]...这里到底在传什么样的谣言？
I had no idea what she was so busily typing away there, but regardless, I could see Jang Ha-Yeong diligently tapping on the imaginary keyboard in the air.
我不知道她在那里忙着打字，但不管怎样，我能看到张夏勇在空气中勤奋地敲着想象中的键盘。
"Hey, you. Come and eat supper!"
“嘿，你，过来吃晚饭!”
Han Su-Yeong's loud shout came from afar.
韩素英的喊声从远处传来。
The delicious aroma wafting in from somewhere attracted the companions and we gathered around one by one. Then, Han Su-Yeong stared at Yu Jung-Hyeok as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
