I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 39

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Chapter 39

The Smith Viscount first assigned me a guest bedroom, saying he would bring the records shortly if I waited here for a moment.

The bedroom was as spacious as a sports field, with a separate reception room and study.

“It’s like a hotel suite.”

Living life, there comes a day when I get to stay in such a nice place.

I was continuously admiring and touring the room when the Nubiar managers came carrying armfuls of documents. They were flood records spanning a full ten years.

“I don’t need this much, tsk.”

Just looking at it made me sick, so I clicked my tongue.

Still, it’s better than having nothing.

“Well then, shall I begin?”

I stacked the documents on the study desk and began examining the materials in earnest.

Since there was so much to read, I kept meals simple with sandwiches and soup.

After scanning through the records until my eyes nearly fell out, one strange point caught my attention.

“The river flooded, but there’s no mention of heavy rain at all.”

Then why on earth did the river water suddenly rise?

To find the cause, I carefully examined the records again from the beginning.

The river floods lasted at most two days, with most ending in just one day.

But the scale of damage was disproportionately large compared to that. Reports repeatedly stated that people and livestock were swept away, houses collapsed, and all the downstream farmland was completely destroyed.

“The damage is too severe for a flood that ended in just one day.”

This means the water didn’t rise gradually, but struck all at once in a short period of time.

It wasn’t simply that the water level rose a little, but rather as if something that had been blocked suddenly burst.

“The river water didn’t just overflow.”

I went through the records one by one, organizing the dates and locations where floods occurred.

Concentrating like this, before I knew it, dawn was breaking outside the window.

“When did the time become like this?”

I had sat down at the desk around 1 PM, but it was already 5 AM.

No wonder my throat and back were aching.

“Ugh, I’m dying.”

I stretched and got up from my seat. I hadn’t noticed while concentrating, but my eyes felt dry.

“I should get some sleep and then go out for a field investigation.”

There were limits to just staring at records.

I also needed to hear vivid testimonies from people who had directly experienced the damage.

“Yawn, let’s sleep first. I’ll think about it after I wake up.”

I yawned widely and lay down on the soft bed.

* * *

Chirp, chirp chirp-

The sound of birds chirping was pleasant.

When I forced open my eyelids that were still heavy as stones, the sunlight outside the window was bright.

“Ugh, how long did I sleep?”

My head still hurt, so it didn’t seem like I slept for long-

“Gasp…!”

While trying to check the time, I saw Callix Crowbell sitting on the sofa and gasped as I bolted upright.

“Wh-why is the Lord here…?”

“I came to inform you of the meeting time.”

Callix Crowbell answered nonchalantly. This made me feel like I was the strange one for being surprised.

“Then you should have woken me up.”

“You were sleeping so soundly that I couldn’t bear to wake you.”

Lies. There’s no way you would show such consideration.

“Go wash up first. You look terrible.”

Wondering just how terrible I looked for him to say such a thing, I looked in the mirror and then ran to the bathroom in horror.

Having just woken up, my hair was sticking out in all directions, and my eyes were crusted with sleep.

I was deeply embarrassed to have shown such a state to another person, and of all people, to Callix Crowbell.

“If someone’s sleeping, either wake them up or just leave. Why did you wait?”

I grumbled while quickly washing up and changing clothes.

When I came back out, I hoped he would be gone, but unfortunately that wish wasn’t granted.

Callix Crowbell was still in the same spot, looking at documents.

“Um, when is the meeting? Shouldn’t we be going now?”

“It was at 1 PM.”

At those words, I casually looked at the clock and doubted my own eyes.

The clock hands were pointing exactly at 2.

“Um, Lord. Unless my eyes are wrong, it seems to be 2 PM right now.”

“That’s right. You’re seeing correctly.”

“Didn’t you say the meeting was at 1 PM?”

“I did.”

But you, why are you being so nonchalant about this?

It was absurd, but I couldn’t dare question the Lord, and there was something more important.

“We should hurry and go now-”

“It’s fine. The meeting was postponed.”

“What? It was postponed?”

“Yeah. We decided to do it tomorrow at 10 AM.”

“…You should have said that from the beginning.”

“You didn’t ask.”

This, this, damn low blood pressure medication…!

Anger rose from deep within my chest, but since my life was still more precious, I pressed it down and endured it.

“You’re working hard.”

Callix Crowbell said, lightly shaking the paper he was holding.

I thought it was a document, but it was what I had organized all night.

“Since I came this far, I should work hard.”

“There’s no need for that.”

Callix Crowbell roughly scattered the things I had carefully organized. The papers fluttered and fell to the floor.

“Just spend time appropriately and then go back.”

“What? But…”

“You seem to keep forgetting, but I don’t like people who talk back.”

His cold voice and gaze silenced me.

Callix Crowbell got up from his seat and walked past, stepping carelessly on the papers that had fallen to the floor.

“Don’t meddle unnecessarily like yesterday, and stay quiet.”

I didn’t know why he was acting like this, but one thing was certain.

Noah Roheim’s words that Callix Crowbell had changed his mind due to the Smith Viscount’s earnestness were definitely a lie.

* * *

Callix Crowbell told me to stay put, but I couldn’t do that.

I had to clear the Main Quest, and above all, I wanted to do my best with any task I undertook.

So I came out to explore around the Raed River with the Nubiar manager and Noah Roheim.

Originally, I was going to go with just the manager, but Noah Roheim followed along, saying he would come too.

I leaned against the railing and looked down at the river water.

“The river’s water level isn’t usually that high.”

It was difficult to gauge the exact depth, but the river water filled about half the height of the wall.

“How high does the water level rise in summer?”

“It’s similar in summer too. As Miss Eileen knows, the eastern region doesn’t get much rain, so while the water level does drop, it rarely swells suddenly.”

“But when the river suddenly floods like this, it must be difficult to prepare for.”

The Nubiar manager nodded vigorously, saying that was exactly it.

I walked slowly along the riverbank, examining the river water and surrounding buildings.

The buildings were generally worn only on their lower parts. Clear marks remained from the ground to waist height, as if something had scraped past them.

The river bridge also had scratched traces, all in the same direction.

They were marks swept in a straight line, as if someone had forcefully pushed from one side.

‘This isn’t simply the river overflowing.’

These were traces of something that had rushed in like a wave in an instant and then receded.

The flood records also contained expressions about river water suddenly rushing in.

‘Then the cause must be over there.’

As I looked up toward the upstream part of the river, Noah Roheim approached.

“It seems you’ve figured out what the problem is, Miss Eileen.”

Then he asked in a voice small enough for only me to hear.

I glanced at the Nubiar manager who was looking down at the river, then answered.

“There’s a part I have an idea about, but I’m not certain yet.”

“Could I know what that is too?”

“Later.”

I didn’t want to embarrass myself by speaking carelessly and being wrong.

“Let’s go back for today.”

The sun would set soon, and I needed time to organize what I had discovered so far.

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The next day, 10 AM.

Nubiar Nobleman’s Castle meeting room.

The faces of the managers sitting around the long table were filled with worry and concern. Viscount Howell Smith’s expression was no different.

It had been three days since they spent a fortune to bring Eileen to Nubiar.

They had gained no benefit during that time. Though Eileen was moving around diligently, seeing that she said nothing, it seemed she hadn’t found an answer yet.

“Well, we couldn’t figure out the cause even after decades of thinking about it, so there’s no way she could figure it out in just three days.”

One manager spoke carefully while watching Viscount Smith’s expression.

“That’s right. If it really doesn’t work out, we can just ask her to build drainage channels.”

“Didn’t you hear what His Grace the Duke said? Drainage channels can’t prevent the river from flooding.”

“Still, it would be better than having nothing…”

The managers who had been engaged in heated discussion all fell silent at once when Callix, Noah Roheim, and Eileen entered the meeting room.

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