I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 13

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Chapter 13

“I’m going out for fieldwork.”

Eileen left the office with her worn bag, not even an hour after arriving at work.

As soon as the door closed, the employees began to murmur.

“How many days has she been doing this now? She’s been like this since Monday, right?”

“That’s right. Who on earth assigned fieldwork to that girl? It can’t be the team leader.”

“Of course not. He gets irritated just looking at her face, so why would he give her work?”

“Maybe she’s running away under the excuse of fieldwork because she feels awkward being here?”

At someone’s comment, the employees nodded in agreement, thinking that seemed likely.

“Even if she feels awkward, it’s still working hours. Is it okay for her to lie and leave like that?”

“Of course not.”

Anton Brown, who had the second-longest career at the City Planning Department after Toma Harens, snorted.

“We just leave her alone because we don’t want to talk to her.”

“Right. We’d be in big trouble if we talked to her and fell out of favor with the team leader.”

“Honestly, the team atmosphere is better when she’s not around.”

While everyone was whispering that they hoped Eileen would quit soon, the tightly closed door opened and Toma Harens entered.

With the team leader’s appearance, the employees shut their mouths and focused on their work as if they had never been chattering.

“The triangular roof installation in C District was completed as of yesterday.”

Anton Brown placed a report on the team leader’s desk.

After checking the documents, Toma Harens smiled with satisfaction.

“Things are going smoothly.”

But that smile didn’t last long.

“Um, team leader. The residents of District 8 are filing complaints asking when we’ll install theirs.”

At one employee’s report, Toma Harens clicked his tongue.

“We’ll do it in order, but they have as little patience as they have money.”

“Who doesn’t know that? That’s why they live hand to mouth.”

Anton Brown quickly agreed with the team leader’s words.

“Still, if complaints keep coming in, the higher-ups might say something, so we should probably set an installation date.”

“Sigh, can’t be helped. Then…”

Just as Toma Harens let out a short sigh and was about to say something, the office door burst open roughly.

“What the hell are you doing?”

It was Walter Hauf, the workshop manager of Oak Heart Workshop.

“You agreed to give us the work, so why are you doing repairs on your own?”

“What are you talking about? Who did repairs?”

“Don’t play dumb.”

Walter Hauf strode up to the desk where Toma Harens was sitting and placed his hands on it.

“The woman doing repairs on the multi-family house in District 8, I know she’s from the City Planning Department.”

Since there was only one woman in the City Planning Department, the culprit immediately came to mind.

Eileen, that damn bitch had caused trouble.

Toma Harens’ face twisted horribly.

“Um, workshop manager. I think there’s some misunderstanding, but the team leader didn’t order this.”

At Anton Brown’s words, Walter Hauf tilted his head.

“What do you mean? She’s from the City Planning Department but didn’t receive orders from the team leader?”

“Well, if I were to explain the situation, it’s quite complicated…”

As Anton Brown tried to explain the situation, Toma Harens raised his hand to stop him.

Walter Hauf looked back and forth between the two men, then crossed his arms.

“I don’t know what kind of story there is, but anyway, this is clearly a breach of contract.”

“I know. I’ll sort it out quickly, so don’t worry and go on.”

After appeasing Walter Hauf and sending him away, Toma Harens took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

But his hands were shaking so much he couldn’t light it.

Normally, employees would have quickly approached to light it for him, but now his expression was so fierce that no one dared to approach.

“Ah, shit.”

Toma Harens eventually broke the cigarette and threw it on the floor.

Then he glared at Eileen’s empty seat.

“Where did that bitch go?”

“She, she said she was going out for fieldwork.”

“Fieldwork?”

Toma Harens’ eyebrow rose crookedly.

“Who gave her permission to go on fieldwork? Huh? You all knew she left without my permission, so why didn’t anyone stop her!”

The anger he had been suppressing burst out in the wrong direction.

As profanity-laced shouting filled the office, the employees pulled their heads in like turtles and avoided his gaze.

“Go find her right now. No, never mind.”

Toma Harens stood up, roughly pushing his chair away.

“I’ll go find her myself.”

The employees hurriedly followed behind the team leader as he stormed out of the office, fuming.

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The multi-family house where the boy lived housed a total of twelve households.

It took a full two days just to check their homes, rooftops, exterior walls, and other places that needed repair.

Then, I carefully repaired everything starting from the building’s roof, one by one.

Just from repairing the roof, the number of times water dripped from the ceiling noticeably decreased.

People who were initially puzzled by me doing roof repairs now trusted and followed whatever I did.

The work that started over the weekend was already continuing for the fifth day.

It was time I should have been at the office, but there wasn’t really anything to do there anyway.

At first, I thought about doing some odd jobs, but everyone frowned deeply whenever I tried to help.

“Don’t hover around uselessly, go away.”

“It would be even better if you disappeared completely.”

Since they said that much, I simply came outside as they wanted.

“Now it’s time to repair this house, right?”

Tabin, who had finished his dawn hunt and came to help me again today, asked.

“That’s right. If it gets tiring, we can rest a bit before continuing, so don’t push yourself too hard.”

“I’m not pushing myself at all, so don’t worry.”

Tabin grinned while holding wallpaper as thick as his forearm.

I was grateful, but thinking that all of this was a father’s heart for his only daughter made me feel a bit uncomfortable.

“Welcome.”

When I told them I would come to repair their house today, the house owners waited for me without going to work.

“What should we start with?”

They were even enthusiastic.

When I first came, they glared at me with sharp eyes, but now their attitude had changed like this.

Really, the human heart is so fickle.

“Let’s start by tearing down the ceiling.”

With the help of the two people, I tore out the wet ceiling finishing material.

“Ah, as expected, they put cloth and fabric here too.”

Since there wasn’t good insulation material like in modern times, they had put cloth and fabric between the walls.

‘Not knowing that this makes the damage even worse.’

I sighed deeply inside and removed the damp cloth and fabric.

When I first saw it, I was quite bewildered, but after seeing it several times, I’ve gotten used to it now.

After thoroughly wiping away the remaining moisture, I moved furniture while it dried and also tore off the wallpaper.

Inside the wallpaper, there was a heap of finishing materials that had absorbed moisture.

No wonder the walls are still damp even though it’s been a while since the rain stopped.

There was also a lot of black mold growing.

“We need to scrape off all this mold first. It’ll be much easier if you wipe it with lime water or salt water.”

“Understood.”

I left the moldy walls to the house owners and replaced the rotten wooden flooring together with Tabin.

I inserted the end of the crowbar into the gap between the floorboards and tapped it with a hammer, lifting it up like a lever.

I separated the rotten and crumbling parts by splitting them with the hammer.

It was definitely better than the hammers of this world, but it still had limitations since it was for household use.

‘I should save up points to buy something better.’

That way it’ll be more convenient for future work.

Wait a minute. Why am I thinking about working?

I decided not to do hard labor in this world and enjoy a healing life!

Well, since most of the Quests are related to construction, I can’t completely abandon this work.

‘But why does a romance fantasy novel have a game system?’

Come to think of it, I have no idea why I need to do construction-related Quests either.

The system did say at first that it would help me adapt to this world, but… well.

From my perspective, it just seems like it’s tormenting me.

“You’ve repaired three houses now, right?”

Lost in my own thoughts, I turned my head when I heard Tabin’s voice.

“Yes. Though they’re not completely finished yet.”

Once the wet ceiling and walls dried, I would need to apply new wallpaper and finish the ceiling too.

“I’m planning to do that tomorrow.”

“That sounds good. But is it okay for you to come out like this every day?”

“It’s fine. This is also work I need to do as a City Planning Department employee.”

That wasn’t really the meaning behind why I was helping, but I answered shamelessly.

“You’re working so hard, Eileen.”

Then Tabin smiled as if he was proud.

“Then let’s go fix the next house!”

Seeing that smile made me feel guilty, so I hastily changed the subject.

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