I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 102

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Chapter 102

[4-5. Quest Complete.]

[We will give you 100,000 points as a reward.]

As soon as I left the Nobleman’s Office, a welcome notification window appeared before my eyes.

[With this, Chapter 4 Quest has been completed.]

Oh, Chapter 4 is finally over.

That means I can ask the System about things I’ve been curious about all this time.

“I have work to do, so I’ll be going now.”

“Wait…”

Anabella reached out as if she wanted to stop me, but I ignored her and quickly left.

Then I passed through the Corridor Connecting the Main and Annex Buildings and headed to a Secluded Area.

“System! Come out! You promised. You said you’d tell me everything when Chapter 4 ended!”

After confirming once more that no one was around, I shouted into the air.

But as always, only quiet silence returned.

Normally I would have just moved on thinking ‘Ignoring me again,’ but not this time.

“Hey, don’t pretend you can’t hear me. I’m not joking around right now.”

I wanted to quickly understand the System’s intentions.

When there was still no answer, I clenched my fist and gave a final warning.

“If you don’t answer right now, I won’t do anything anymore. I have no intention of following someone who doesn’t keep their promises.”

Most of all, I was sick and tired of being dragged around by the System.

No matter how important survival is, what meaning is there in being manipulated without any sense of self?

Finally seeming ready to answer, a familiar translucent window appeared before my eyes with crackling noise.

[…If you want to talk with me… make a doll… carve the pattern on it…]

“That pattern? Are you talking about the pattern I drew on the miniature floor before?”

[…m…n…d.]

The System listed incomprehensible sentences, then disappeared with a pop like a TV turning off.

“Why is it acting like that. So ominous.”

I clicked my tongue while pondering the words the System left behind.

“You said to carve a pattern on a doll, right?”

I had thrown away the paper with the pattern, but fortunately I clearly remembered what it looked like.

“The problem is how to make a doll…”

After thinking, I came up with a clever idea and went down to the Basement Storage.

In the Basement Storage, there were piles of clean straw left over from what we had scattered to prepare for road icing last time.

I used that straw to make a ‘straw doll.’

Who would have thought that making curse dolls as a joke with friends in my university club would be helpful like this.

Indeed, you never know what life will bring.

Since I simply wove straw together, the shape was crude and unsightly, but it still had the form of a person with arms and legs. Though shabby, I even drew eyes, nose, and mouth on it.

After finishing the straw doll, I drew the pattern on paper and nailed it to the chest.

“Now it really looks like a curse doll.”

It feels a bit ominous but… well, whatever. As long as I can summon the System.

“Is this okay?”

I asked the air again.

Then the still doll began to wriggle. The dry straw twisted making a creepy ‘crack’ sound, and the doll slowly raised its head.

“What. Did you really enter the doll?”

“That’s right.”

I thought the doll’s voice sounded familiar, and it was exactly the same as the man’s voice that appeared when the temple miniature materialized before.

“So that man I saw then was you?”

The doll nodded and looked around at its own body.

“A doll made of straw. How ingenious. Though it does feel a bit ominous…”

“It’s just your imagination, just your imagination.”

I felt a pang of guilt, but waved my hand dismissively and acted nonchalant.

“More importantly, you have to keep your promise, right? You said you’d answer my questions when Chapter 4 was finished.”

“…What are you so curious about?”

The System asked me with a somewhat resigned tone.

“First, tell me the purpose of bringing me to This World. You didn’t bring me here to watch me suffer while performing quests, right?”

“Of course not! I don’t do such bad things!”

“Is controlling my life and making me do this and that a good thing?”

Having nothing to say, the System closed its mouth.

“So what’s the reason you brought me here?”

“Because I want to save This World.”

The System said while politely clasping its hands together.

“I brought you here hoping you would save This World.”

“What?”

What kind of nonsense is this?

Too bewildered to speak, I stared blankly at the straw doll.

“I fully understand your surprise. The people who came before you reacted the same way.”

“…That means you brought other people besides me.”

“Yes. I brought five more people before you, but they all failed without lasting even half a year. You’re the only one who has maintained your sense of self and endured until now.”

It was similar to what Arke, the god of the Elves, had said.

“So please help me.”

The System firmly grasped my collar with hands made of dry straw.

“You’re the only one who can save This World.”

“Haha…”

I thought this was an ordinary romance fantasy novel, but then it suddenly made me do architecture, and now it wants me to become a hero who saves the world?

Just how many times is the genre going to change? I could only let out a hollow laugh.

“But if saving the world was the goal, why didn’t you tell me that from the beginning instead of making me suffer with strange quests?”

“Well… if I had told you everything from the start, you would have refused immediately.”

That’s true.

“I planned to first help you adapt to This World, then tell you once you became attached to it. Then you wouldn’t ignore my request.”

So you used your head in your own way.

That makes me even more angry.

“So that’s why you gave me these damn quests? And placed me right next to the final boss of the original novel?”

“I thought about it carefully too. I needed to buy time.”

“Why did you need to buy time?”

When I asked back, the System flinched and stepped back.

“That… I can’t tell you yet. When your influence grows a bit more, I’ll let you know then.”

“Are you playing games with me right now?”

When I glared and asked back, the System clung to my leg again.

“I want to tell you everything too! But I have no choice due to the world’s rules and constraints, so please understand! I’m begging you!”

Seeing the System pleading so pitifully made my head throb. I let out a deep sigh and pressed my forehead.

“Fine, I understand your situation and your feelings, but I can’t do it.”

Asking me, an ordinary citizen who can’t even use magic or wield a sword, to save the world.

It was ridiculous.

It wasn’t even possible.

“No! If you diligently perform the quests I give you and spread your influence widely, it’s definitely possible.”

“What exactly is this influence? Don’t tell me you want me to become famous in the Empire?”

“That’s right. You just need to make everyone believe in and follow you.”

“In other words, you want me to become a cult leader?”

When I asked incredulously, the System slyly added.

“If you don’t like that, there’s also the method of winning Callix Crowbell’s heart.”

“Are you insane?”

There’s a limit to how much nonsense I can take with a smile.

I glared at the System with wide eyes.

The System hesitated, then carefully added.

“If that’s too burdensome for you… you could win Raellion Silbern’s heart instead.”

How could every word that came out be such a gem? I was so dumbfounded I couldn’t even let out a hollow laugh.

“What the hell does winning those guys’ hearts have to do with saving this world that you keep trying to connect them?”

“When you win someone’s heart, as their influence grows, your influence grows along with it.”

“Ah, so that’s why you gave me those damn quests like dating Callix and healing his heart?”

“Damn quests? I was doing my best to help you in my own way…”

“Far from helping, it only annoyed me.”

The System drooped its shoulders dejectedly, but I didn’t feel sorry for it at all.

“But out of all the men in the world, why those two specifically?”

“That’s because those two are special.”

“What makes them special?”

“Callix Crowbell’s mother and Raellion Silbern’s father are people I brought from another dimension, just like you.”

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