I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 51

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Chapter 51

 

The man looked back and forth between me and the metal ring in disbelief, then put the ring back on my arm.

 

“Try taking it off again.”

 

This isn’t training a mutt, so what’s he trying to do?

 

I frowned and pulled off the metal ring, throwing it with all my strength.

 

The metal ring cut through the air and flew toward Callix Crowbell. He leisurely caught the metal ring.

 

“…This is impossible.”

 

The man who saw this muttered as if talking to himself.

 

“This can’t be happening.”

 

The man’s eyes sparkled like a child who had discovered an interesting toy when he looked at me again.

 

‘Dangerous.’

 

Red warning signals rang loudly in my head. I felt like I needed to leave here immediately and turned around, but my wrist was grabbed.

 

It was Callix Crowbell.

 

“This is all for you, so stay still.”

 

He said something strange, then put the metal ring back on my wrist.

 

I wasn’t sure if I really needed it, but wearing something that had absorbed my blood was quite creepy.

 

So I tried to take it off again.

 

“…?”

 

But this time it wouldn’t come off. Even when I swung my arm hard, it was the same.

 

‘What? Why won’t it come off?’

 

I was flustered and kept swinging my arm, when the man also seemed to sense something strange and approached.

 

He grabbed and pulled the metal ring, but it didn’t budge.

 

“What’s this? Why won’t it come off this time?”

 

“The magic must have finally activated properly.”

 

Callix Crowbell said in a bored voice.

 

“You didn’t even know the magic hadn’t activated. I guess you’re past your prime too?”

 

“The magic was activated from the beginning!”

 

The man shouted indignantly. His face looked quite hurt in his pride.

 

“I would never make this kind of mistake, of all things!”

 

Callix Crowbell snorted, then looked at me.

 

“Go ahead and leave now.”

 

I left the study as if being kicked out and stood blankly in the corridor, looking down at the metal ring on my wrist.

 

It seemed like he had called me because of this thing, which made it even more absurd.

 

The person who used to throw random tasks at me and make me work overtime and even weekends, suddenly giving me something like this saying he was looking out for me, didn’t make sense no matter how I thought about it.

 

‘But how does he know about Fabian Noguen’s matter?’

 

I hadn’t told anyone about it…

 

Everything was full of questions, and the forceful measure that didn’t reflect my opinion at all was very unpleasant.

 

“Miss Eileen?”

 

So I was frowning and glaring at the metal ring when the lord’s butler called out in confusion.

 

“The stagecoach service will end soon, shouldn’t you hurry and get off work?”

 

“Ah, yes. I should, get off work.”

 

Right, let’s go home first.

 

I thought that, but the metal ring hitting my wrist every time I moved was so annoying that I stopped again before going far.

 

Standing in the corridor connecting the main building and the annex building, I pulled the metal ring with all my strength again.

 

But the metal ring didn’t budge as if it had become part of me.

 

* * *

 

“That woman, there’s something about her.”

 

Rael said, striking the desk where Callix was sitting.

 

“The magic not working immediately, and saying the Arcana was red when she saw it. She’s not an ordinary woman.”

 

“You said the magic seemed to activate late.”

 

Callix said in an irritated voice.

 

“And she answered that the Arcana was blue too.”

 

“But she had said it was red before.”

 

“She said she seemed to have seen it wrong because of the sunlight.”

 

Callix, who was already busy to death and found it annoying to continue this unproductive conversation, waved his hand dismissively.

 

“If you’re done with your business, go ahead and leave. You don’t need me to open a portal separately, right?”

 

“When you asked me to make a collar, that was one thing, but now that you’re done you’re telling me to get lost?”

 

Rael didn’t back down obediently.

 

“If it were Leon, he wouldn’t have stayed quiet.”

 

“But you’re Rael.”

 

Callix said mockingly.

 

“And if it were Leon, he probably wouldn’t have come here in the first place.”

 

“…That’s true.”

 

Rael, who immediately agreed, let out a deep sigh and crouched down in front of the desk.

 

“No matter how I think about it, there’s something about that woman…”

 

“Should I call Zephyr?”

 

“I’m going, I’m going.”

 

Rael grumbled and left the study.

 

Left alone, Callix picked up some documents but couldn’t concentrate and put them down again.

 

Instead of the documents, he put a cigar in his mouth and looked out the window.

 

From the study, he could see the corridor connecting the main building and the annex building, and Eileen was standing in the middle of that corridor.

 

She was leaning her body and twisting her wrist, struggling desperately as if trying to remove the metal ring somehow.

 

‘She’s doing something useless.’

 

Since it had special magic cast on it, no matter how strong a person came, they could never remove it.

 

Even Love, a wolf monster known to be 10 times stronger than humans, struggled desperately to remove its collar, but ultimately couldn’t escape until it died.

 

But why did it come off easily at first?

 

“…”

 

Callix’s eyes narrowed at the sudden question that came to mind.

 

He had dismissed it as the magic not being activated, but he also thought that might not be the case.

 

Because Raellion Silvert, the highest authority in the field of magic, had said it wasn’t.

 

Of course, he was human too so he would make mistakes, but it didn’t make sense that he made a mistake at this particular time.

 

‘Come to think of it, she couldn’t pass through the magic portal immediately either.’

 

Like Rael said, could there be something about that woman?

 

While his doubts deepened, Eileen disappeared leisurely beyond the corridor. The cigar he had been smoking had also burned down to just the stub.

 

“My Lord.”

 

When Callix took out a new cigar and put it in his mouth, Noah Roheim entered.

 

“Nuviar just sent documents via magic communication.”

 

Using magic communication instead of mail meant it was that urgent.

 

Callix checked the documents with the cigar still in his mouth.

 

The content was that they had thoroughly searched around the construction area but found no trace of tarantula habitats, let alone any signs of them having stayed there.

 

They were asking for his advice as an expert in this field about whether it was possible for monsters that live in groups to move independently, and whether there was something they had missed.

 

Belheim was originally land teeming with monsters and demons because of the Arcana.

 

But two hundred years ago, the first Duke Crowbell drove them out and built a city here.

 

Even after that, they had fought continuously through generations, and as a result, the Crowbell ducal family naturally became experts on monsters and demons.

 

The person at the pinnacle of that expertise was Callix.

 

He launched a large-scale subjugation as soon as he became duke.

 

His age at that time was merely fifteen.

 

Everyone expected that not all would return alive, but he came back triumphantly.

 

Thanks to driving away most of the monsters and magical beasts, Belheim had been incredibly peaceful for the past 10 years.

 

Until the Worm appeared during the drainage construction.

 

‘Even then, there was no habitat.’

 

Worms don’t venture far from their habitat, and they don’t attack unless provoked first.

 

But there was no habitat, and the fact that the Worm attacked first was somewhat troubling.

 

However, I had dismissed it, thinking that just as humans evolve, monsters evolve too.

 

‘What if that wasn’t the case?’

 

If there was another reason, it would probably be….

 

“Eileen.”

 

“Yes?”

 

When Callix suddenly mentioned Eileen’s name while looking at documents, Noah Roheim asked back in confusion.

 

“Should I call Miss Eileen? Oh, but it’s already past her work hours.”

 

Instead of answering, Callix looked out the window again.

 

Though Eileen had already left, he stared at the spot for a long time as if she were still there.

 

* * *

 

Desperate to get rid of the metal ring, I steeled myself and bought wire cutters from the System Shop.

 

I bought quite an expensive one, thinking it would be able to cut through the metal ring, but surprisingly, it didn’t even leave a scratch.

 

Hammering it and sawing at it were useless too.

 

Instead, when the tools slipped, I got scratched and cut, leaving only my arm in a mess.

 

“Sigh, let me just go to work first.”

 

I wrapped bandages around my arm to hide the wounds and secure the dangling metal ring. I pulled down my long sleeves to hide it from view.

 

“I’m heading out.”

 

“Eileen, wait a moment.”

 

Tabin stopped me as I was about to leave for work.

 

“It’s gotten much colder.”

 

He silently wrapped a scarf around my neck.

 

The wool scarf didn’t look like something that had been bought at all.

 

He seemed to have been frequently visiting Aunt Margret’s house lately—could he have made it himself?

 

“Take care and be safe.”

 

His tenderness made my nose tingle with emotion.

 

“Yes. I’ll be back, F….”

 

The word “Father” rose to my throat, but I turned away without being able to say it in the end.

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