The floor, walls, and ceiling were all painted gray. It was a bleak expanse. 

“Contractor, I believe that the Cave of Trials is a place that disciplines your spirit.”

“...No, it’s not usually like this,” Seo Jun-Ho muttered, knitting his eyebrows. The last time he had entered, it had been a normal-looking cave. 

‘Looking at the message...I guess a problem occurred since this is my second time entering?’

Then what would happen to him? The moment he tilted his head…

Riiip! 

The space ripped open, and a gentleman stepped out. He wore chestnut-brown shoes and a gray frock coat. He wore a top hat reminiscent of an old English gentleman. The brim was wide, so Seo Jun-Ho couldn’t see his face clearly. 

Tak, tak. 

He tapped his cane on the ground. 

“Hello. I am the 1st Floor Administrator, Gray,” he said politely. 

“...1st Floor Administrator? Does that mean you’re Earth’s god?”

Gray laughed lightly at his question and shook his head. “Of course not. I was simply ordered to manage the 1st floor from that being[1]...You can think of me as a civil servant of sorts.”

“But if you manage the Earth, doesn’t that make you something of a god?”

“It’s different. I didn’t...