I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

A dark and gloomy night where even the moonlight was dim.

Anton Brown pressed himself against the wall of the multi-family house and surveyed his surroundings.

‘No one’s around.’

After double-checking, he clicked his tongue softly and climbed over the wall.

“Ha, seriously. What kind of mess is this because I got stuck with the wrong team leader, damn it.”

Muttering curses under his breath, he recalled the reason he had come to this place.

This morning, the building scale model and triangular roof model secretly ordered from Oak Heart Workshop had arrived.

Toma Harens immediately began experimenting, but the results were disastrous.

Not long after spraying water with a specially made watering can, the roof collapsed with a thud.

Naturally, water flooded inside the building scale model as if a flood had occurred.

Seeing this, Toma Harens’ face instantly contorted with rage.

The employees watched his mood nervously and couldn’t say a word.

“To make such a pathetic thing. Oak Heart Workshop’s skills have really deteriorated.”

Anyone could see the design was flawed, but Toma Harens blamed Oak Heart Workshop.

It would have been nice if it ended there, but Toma Harens secretly called Anton Brown and gave him orders.

“Bring me the triangular roof that Eileen made. If you can’t bring it, just destroy it. And if there are any blueprints, steal those too.”

It was a clear violation of rules and a crime.

But since it was his team leader’s order, Anton Brown had no choice but to nod.

“Does being a team leader really give you the right to do anything?”

With each step he took, curses naturally spilled out.

Arriving in front of the house that Eileen used as temporary storage, he grabbed the door handle.

Of course the door was locked, but that wasn’t a problem for Anton Brown.

He pulled out a small tool from his pocket and easily picked the lock.

Click, the front door opened with a dull sound. Anton Brown held his breath and went inside.

The inside of the house was dark, and the air was damp. The mixed smell of mold and wet wood stung his nose.

“Why didn’t they repair this place… ugh.”

Grumbling as he stepped inside, Anton Brown hit his shin hard against a pile of lumber.

His face contorted hideously from the pain that shot up to his waist.

“Damn it, which bastard brought lumber here?”

Anton Brown unconsciously raised his voice, then flinched and looked around.

He couldn’t sense any presence at all.

Well, it’s an empty abandoned house, so who would come here anyway.

“Damn team leader. Just how far are you planning to ruin a person’s life?”

Still, just in case, he lowered his voice while grumbling and pulled out a candle and matches from his bag.

He didn’t want to light a fire if possible, but it was so pitch black he couldn’t see an inch ahead.

He might bump into another pile of lumber or something.

Lighting the smallest candle, he looked around.

After a moment, an object covered with cloth in one corner of the room caught his eye.

Roughly pulling away the cloth revealed the triangular roof model that Eileen had made.

“It would be difficult to carry this.”

Then I’ll just destroy it.

“I also need to get the blueprints…”

“What are you looking for so diligently?”

Anton Brown, who had been looking around, froze at the familiar voice from behind him.

“Should I help you find it?”

When the person grabbed his shoulder, he was startled and stepped back.

Just as his feet got tangled and he was about to fall, someone firmly grabbed his arm.

It was Tabin.

“Aaaahhh!”

His face revealed through the dim candlelight was scarier than a ghost, making Anton Brown scream.

“Ugh, so noisy. Did you eat a boiled train whistle?”

From across the room, Eileen appeared, covering her ears.

Tabin held Anton Brown’s arm tightly so he couldn’t escape.

His grip was so strong that Anton Brown couldn’t move at all.

“There’s no way you came all the way here at this late hour because you missed seeing me. You must be harboring some strange scheme, right?”

Eileen took the candle Anton Brown was holding and smiled gently.

“It seems we need to have a little chat.”

But her eyes looking at him were cold.

Instinctively realizing he was in trouble, cold sweat ran down Anton Brown’s spine.

* * *

After leaving the multi-family house, we hurried but ended up missing the last stagecoach.

We could walk to the city gate, but by that time there were no more stagecoaches heading to the hunters’ village.

After briefly considering taking an expensive rental carriage, we eventually returned to the multi-family house.

Since we had to come back tomorrow anyway, we decided to spend the night here and wake up early in the morning to work.

‘But I never expected to encounter this kind of situation.’

I crossed my arms and looked down at Anton Brown kneeling in front of me.

Tabin was glaring at him with wide eyes, worried he might try something foolish.

“…”

Whether that gaze was scary or he was feeling belated guilt, Anton Brown kept his head down and said nothing.

“It would be best to honestly confess who ordered you to do this.”

I had a suspect in mind, but you never know.

“If you don’t confess, you’ll end up taking all the blame for what happened here by yourself.”

Not liking that idea, Anton Brown flinched.

“Especially if the Lord finds out that you tried to destroy the triangular roof he’s been looking forward to… do you think you’ll be safe?”

“I-it was all ordered by Team Leader Toma Harens!”

That seemed to be the deciding blow, as Anton Brown spilled everything.

He was always stuck to Toma Harens’ side flattering him, so I thought his loyalty was remarkable, but it wasn’t.

He was just a typical sycophant.

“That damn bastard.”

After hearing the whole story, Tabin muttered curses.

“Let’s go to the Lord first thing tomorrow morning and tell him everything, and ask him to teach that team leader a lesson.”

“Hmm, I wonder about that.”

That would get Toma Harens and Anton Brown punished, but that alone wouldn’t satisfy my anger.

“Let’s overlook this matter for now.”

“Are you serious? You’re going to let this slide?”

“I’m not letting it slide, I’m just burying it for a while. You could say it’s one step back to take ten steps forward.”

Not understanding what I meant, Tabin still looked worried.

“Don’t worry. I’ll make him regret what he did today so much he’ll beat the ground.”

I need to make him cry his eyes out so he’ll never do this kind of thing again.

For that, I first needed an accomplice.

“There’s something Sir Anton Brown absolutely must do for me.”

When I looked at him with a grin, he trembled like a leaf in the wind.

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“Here’s the triangular roof blueprint that the team leader requested. And I destroyed the triangular roof that woman made.”

“Haha, yes. I knew you could do it.”

Toma Harens laughed heartily and patted Anton Brown on the shoulder.

He must have been quite pleased, as he even gave him a day off despite the busy period.

Anton Brown kept bowing his head and expressing his gratitude.

At that moment, his expression was somehow subtle, but Toma Harens, completely absorbed in the blueprint, didn’t notice.

After Anton Brown left, Toma Harens handed the blueprint to his employees.

“Make a scaled model of the triangular roof according to this.”

Not only did he dump his own work on his employees, but he also threatened that he wouldn’t let it slide if they didn’t make it properly.

This much was familiar, but the problem was the blueprint. The drawing was filled with unfamiliar terms they’d never seen before.

“Team leader, we’re not quite sure what this means…”

“Tsk, no wonder you’re still at the bottom if you don’t even know that much.”

Toma Harens told them to figure it out themselves in an irritated voice.

The employees couldn’t ask any more questions and struggled while examining the blueprint.

They stayed up all night and finally managed to create the triangular roof scale model by the next morning.

“Everyone’s so slow, really.”

Toma Harens took only the model and headed to the backyard without even thanking the employees who had worked hard.

Eileen had already arrived.

Seeing that there was nothing beside her, Toma Harens smirked.

“Where did the triangular roof you made go?”

“Are you asking because you’re genuinely curious?”

When Eileen asked back coldly, Toma Harens shrugged his shoulders.

Then, Callix Crowbell and Noah Roheim appeared.

On the cart that a servant was pulling, there was a building scale model made by Nain Workshop.

The servants placed each building scale model on the pre-set tables.

“Then let’s start right away.”

“Wait a moment.”

Eileen raised her hand high.

“I have something to say before we begin.”

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