I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21

On my way back from meeting the Lord, I stopped by the records storage room and requested damage records from autumn rains over the past 10 years.

It seemed the Lord’s orders had already been conveyed, as the storage room employee showed me the materials without asking any questions.

“The damage is worse than I heard.”

Some districts had suffered more damage than from the summer rains.

“There’s less rain than in summer, so why?”

Sitting in one corner of the records room and skimming through the materials, I quickly understood the reason.

“It’s because the damage from summer rains wasn’t repaired before the autumn rains.”

It was the same principle as wounds becoming worse when injured again in the same place.

“During autumn rains too, Districts 1 through 3 had no damage.”

It was thanks to spending expensive money on magical protection.

Even so, I couldn’t understand Toma Harens who installed triangular roofs there first, but the people who commissioned it were also strange.

It’s a place that doesn’t need triangular roofs, so why did they ask for them?

“Just repairing the damage seems like it could reduce autumn rain damage to some extent.”

Still, reducing it by more than half compared to last year looked difficult.

“I need to find another method.”

For this, going to see the actual site would be more effective than staring at documents all day.

I confirmed that District 9 had suffered the most damage during autumn rains over the past 5 years and left the records room.

“I should stop by the City Planning Department office before going.”

Because I need support to quickly finish repairing the multi-family house in District 8.

“What should I do about the triangular roofs?”

I was going to make them myself, but there wasn’t enough time if I wanted to solve the autumn rain problem.

“I think I could ask the Nain Workshop.”

Looking at the building scale model they made yesterday, it was quite decent.

If they’re that good, they should be able to make triangular roofs well too, so I should ask them once.

“Even if Toma Harens got fired, I have to keep my promises!”

While thinking about various things, when I almost reached the City Planning Department office, I heard someone shouting loudly.

“Please calm down first…”

“You suddenly say you’ll cut off all work, and I’m supposed to stay calm? Huh? Would you stay calm if you were me?”

“That part was decided by the Lord, so there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Anton Brown was struggling to appease a large man.

“And I’m the team leader now, so continuing to speak informally to me is a bit…”

“Team leader my ass. You groveled under Toma Harens and now that you’re team leader, you think you own the world?”

The large man snorted and patted Anton Brown’s shoulder mockingly.

“How long do you think someone like you can sit in that position?

At the blatant criticism, Anton Brown’s face turned bright red.

You’d think someone around would try to stop this, but everyone kept their mouths shut and heads down.

‘Does that mean this man is that scary?’

Who on earth is he that everyone’s trembling like this?

“What are you?”

The man who spotted me standing at the door scowled deeply.

“What kind of bitch are you to be sneaking around like a little mouse?”

Well, well, look how he talks to someone he’s meeting for the first time.

“I asked what you’re doing!”

“Then what kind of bastard are you to be shouting in someone else’s office?”

When I quoted his exact words back at him, the man grabbed the back of his neck.

Anton Brown waved his hands frantically with a pale face.

The other employees all gasped and stared at me.

“…Wait, someone else’s office?”

The man’s eyes flashed sharply.

“So you’re the one who kicked out Toma Harens.”

“Are you by any chance the Oak Heart craftsman who gave bribes to Toma Harens?”

When I asked based on the information I’d heard so far, the man’s brow furrowed.

Since he’s not denying it, I guess I’m right.

“If you came to see Toma Harens, go to the underground prison instead of here. Oh, will you get caught and dragged in together?”

“What?”

“If you want, I can have you dragged in right now. Hey, call some guards!”

I shouted loud enough to make the corridor outside the office echo.

Then the man’s face crumpled uglily.

“You really are a crazy bitch like I heard. What terrible luck, ptui.”

The man spat on the floor and disappeared with quick steps.

Even when acting tough, he’s scared of guards, I guess.

I snorted and closed the office door.

“Amazing, Miss Eileen.”

Anton Brown spoke as if genuinely impressed.

“To face Walter Hauf without fear and handle him so calmly. Really amazing.”

So that man’s name is Walter Hauf.

“There’s no need to be scared when I’ve done nothing wrong. More importantly, that man is the Oak Heart craftsman, right?”

“Right. Thanks to Toma Harens continuously commissioning the Oak Heart Workshop after he became team leader, it was able to grow into the largest workshop in Belheim.”

So that’s why everything made by the Oak Heart Workshop was a complete mess.

Well, Toma Harens’ designs themselves were garbage too.

“An official notice came down this morning saying we’re cutting all deals with the Oak Heart Workshop. Walter Hauf saw that and came running here in a rage.”

“He should be grateful he wasn’t thrown in prison with the former team leader, but he has no conscience.”

“That’s exactly what I’m saying.”

Anton Brown nodded vigorously in agreement with my words.

“By the way, did you meet with the Lord?”

“Yes. So there’s something I’d like to ask.”

“What is it? Just say it.”

Before, he wouldn’t even listen to what I said, but his attitude changed overnight, which was a bit amusing.

“Please send about two or three people to work on the multi-family house I’m repairing.”

“You need workers. Got it.”

Anton Brown looked around the office and pointed out employees. Alan Kranter was among them.

He came forward hesitantly, unable to look me in the face directly and kept his head deeply bowed.

“Hello?”

When I greeted him, he flinched and said ‘hello’ in a tiny voice.

“Then please take this note and go to the multi-family house in District 8.”

I wrote a note right there and placed it in Alan Kranter’s hand.

“Just give the note to someone named Tabin.”

He nodded slightly with his head still bowed.

I waved my hand to signal them to go quickly, but Alan Kranter looked at me.

“…Sorry.”

Then he spoke in a small voice.

“I’m sorry about everything. It was all because Toma Harens made me do it. It wasn’t my will.”

“I didn’t ask.”

When I answered curtly, Alan Kranter shut his mouth tight.

“I’ll decide whether to accept Mr. Kranter’s apology after seeing how you work today.”

At my words, Alan Kranter’s eyes widened.

“I’ll work hard!”

Ah, he seems a bit too enthusiastic.

“I’ll work hard too.”

“Me too.”

“Do you need any more people by chance?”

The other employees also rushed to talk to me.

When did they look down on me for being a commoner and a woman, and now they were trying to butter me up to get on my good side – it was laughable.

They were all such materialistic people.

They were exactly the type I really hated.

“Then could I ask you for a few favors?”

I clicked my tongue inwardly, but outwardly smiled brightly as I made requests of them.

Just because I didn’t like them didn’t mean I had to refuse help I could use.

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After giving various tasks to the City Planning Department employees, I headed to District 9, which had suffered the worst damage from the autumn rains.

As soon as I passed through the dark tunnel, damp, wet ground greeted me.

“This terrain doesn’t drain rainwater at all either.”

Come to think of it, Districts 6 and 8, which had the next worst damage, also had terrain where rainwater pooled.

But since there was no way for the water to drain out, it had no choice but to accumulate.

The stagnant water corroded buildings and caused various problems like foul odors.

That was also why the autumn rains caused more damage than the summer rains.

“Then if we just create waterways, we could reduce the damage.”

Looking at it this way, it seemed like it would be easy to solve, but it was by no means a simple problem.

Because the houses were haphazardly attached to each other, there wasn’t enough space to create waterways.

No resident would like having a waterway created in front of their house either.

‘What we lack most is time.’

There were only two months left until the autumn rains.

There wasn’t enough time to persuade the residents, discuss how to create the waterways, build them, and fix any deficiencies in between.

“There’s no heavy equipment like excavators here either.”

There was magic instead, but it couldn’t replace the role of heavy machinery.

While pondering what to do and examining the wet path, I bumped into a man coming from the opposite direction.

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