A Lifelong Love Affair at Work Side Story 4

A career everyone sees as heroic—Espers, the #1 dream job for elementary schoolers. Kwon Ho-eun, too, dreams of becoming a hero of justice. “Please like and subscribe!” But reality is less glamorous. Unable to land a proper job, he’s a jobless YouTuber running a mukbang channel. Then one day, Ho-eun receives both a will and an employment contract from the National Guide Agency. “Radiation guiding incoming... You’ve passed.” “One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand… hundred million?!” “It might feel like a small amount now, but as your years accumulate and you take on field missions, you’ll earn far more.” “You’re seriously giving me a hundred million won?!” Just like that, at 25, Ho-eun learns he's a Guide—and lands a lifelong position. He’s thrilled at the thought of working with heroic Espers… but that excitement doesn’t last long. He’s assigned to Do In-ho, an Esper on the brink of a rampage due to guide deprivation. “If a Guide is what it takes to save an Esper, then I’ll help you.” “I… want to die as soon as possible. They say I only have worth if I die and leave behind my crystal.” Ho-eun once imagined employment meant semi-formal suits, ID badges, and a cup of coffee in hand. Instead, he finds himself in a clunky combat uniform, wearing a helmet he doesn’t even remember breaking. This is the field—where life and death hang by a thread. And he can’t bring himself to look away as everyone around him treats Do In-ho like a disposable tool. “Do In-ho. I’ll help you live—not as a tool, but as a person.” Can Kwon Ho-eun survive in the Guide Corporation, where quitting isn’t even an option?