I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 57

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Chapter 57

To think he beheaded the elf representative who came asking for help.

It was shocking, yet it felt so very like Callix Crowbell.

“I told you when we first met, didn’t I? That you should be careful because your head could fly off if you provoke the Lord’s temper. You could consider this a prime example of that.”

Callix Crowbell’s story was chilling, but Noah Roheim telling such a story with a smile was even more frightening.

Like lord, like aide, I suppose.

“It’s not particularly frightening.”

When that elf’s voice suddenly rang out, Noah Roheim and I startled and looked around.

But no one was visible.

‘What?’

I definitely heard a voice though?

“Over here.”

The voice came again, and then that elf jumped down from the large tree right next to the terrace.

“What were you doing up there?”

Noah Roheim asked with slight wariness.

“I think you’re misunderstanding – I was here first.”

The elf said while picking leaves off his clothes.

“I was taking a nap in that tree when you two arrived.”

“Then you could have made some noise to let us know.”

“As I said, I was in the middle of a nap.”

He approached the table, picked up the teapot, opened the lid, and drank the tea.

It was behavior completely devoid of any refinement, but perhaps because he was handsome, he didn’t look disagreeable at all.

“And we don’t fear Belheim’s lord – we just think of him as a somewhat troublesome opponent.”

Isn’t that the same thing?

“It’s not even because of what happened ten years ago.”

This elf was exceptionally skilled at reproaching others with his gentle tone.

“It seems I was misunderstanding. I apologize.”

Noah Roheim stood up from his seat and bowed his head in apology.

“It’s fine. Anyone can make mistakes, regardless of race.”

The elf said with a faint smile as if he understood everything.

“Ah, my introduction is late. I am Eirenos Mirion.”

Goodness, what a difficult name to both remember and pronounce.

“I’m Noah Roheim. Nice to meet you, Eirenos Mirion.”

I was impressed that Noah Roheim could pronounce that name so clearly.

I’ll just remember him as Mireon.

Since people here only use surnames unless they’re close, I probably won’t have occasion to call that elf’s name anyway.

“But I also have something I’m curious about.”

Mireon tilted his head and looked at me.

“The magical tool on Miss Eileen’s arm.”

He knows my name. He called me ‘human woman’ during the meeting, so I thought he didn’t know.

Ah, maybe it was a different elf who called me that.

More importantly, if he means the magical tool on my arm… is he talking about this metal ring?

When I pulled out the metal ring I had hidden inside my sleeve, Mireon examined it from various angles and let out a short exclamation.

“I thought I was seeing things, but it really is identical to the one Love was wearing.”

Love? Is that a person’s name?

“So is Miss Eileen Raellion’s new pet?”

Pet… animal?

“After a monster, now even a fellow human as a pet. I knew Raellion was eccentric, but I didn’t know it was to this extent.”

It was a series of bewildering and incomprehensible words.

“Mi, Mireon!”

Noah Roheim called out to him in great confusion.

“A pet, you say. It’s nothing like that.”

“But that collar is the same as the one Love, whom Raellion was keeping, wore.”

“Only the object is the same, the purpose is completely different.”

Noah Roheim glanced at me, then continued.

“Above all, this was made at the Lord’s request to the Tower Master.”

“Ah, so it was Grand Duke Crowbell’s pet, not Raellion’s?”

“I told you it’s not a pet…”

Noah Roheim let out a sigh deep enough to make the ground cave in.

“Let me say this again – Miss Eileen is not a pet but a manager of Belheim. The very idea of keeping a human as a pet is absurd to begin with.”

“You readily make monsters and other races into slaves or pets, but humans are absurd? What an interesting statement.”

“That’s…”

“No need for excuses. I already knew humans are a selfish race.”

Mireon chuckled and leaped over the terrace railing.

‘This is the third floor though?’

I reflexively looked down below the railing. Making my surprise seem foolish, he was walking away leisurely as if nothing had happened.

‘He’s perfectly fine even after jumping from such a height.’

I thought his movements seemed unusual even when he jumped down from that tree, but this is impressive.

I suppose it’s possible because he’s an elf?

“Um, Miss Eileen.”

As I was watching Mireon walking away with fascination, Noah Roheim called me cautiously.

“You don’t need to worry about the strange things that elf said.”

“Which strange things? That the Lord put a collar used for pets on me?”

When I asked pointedly, Noah Roheim made a groaning sound.

“The original purpose of what the Tower Master made is indeed a collar to protect pets.”

So that fraudulent man was the Tower Master.

I knew he was a mage, but I didn’t know he was such an important figure.

“But the Lord’s reason for giving it to Miss Eileen is completely different. So please don’t misunderstand.”

“I wasn’t thinking much about it, but now that you’re saying this, I feel like I might actually misunderstand.”

“What? Ah, that’s…”

“I’m joking.”

Even without such explanations, I already knew that Callix Crowbell didn’t put the metal ring on me to make me his pet.

‘It’s just that I don’t like that he happened to use a collar meant for pets.’

And he didn’t even ask for my permission.

The more I thought about it, the more things I disliked about it.

Not wanting to just smile and let it pass as if nothing had happened, I left that place without even saying goodbye.

* * *

Thinking of it as a vacation and having fun is fine for a day or two, but by the fourth day, I was terribly bored. There wasn’t much to do either.

So today I came outside to sightsee around Nuviar.

Noah Roheim said he’d come along too, but when I brought up yesterday’s incident and said I wanted to go alone, he let me go without protest.

Since I visited around the Raed River and Craftsman’s Street last time, I should look around other places today.

First, I headed to the museum and exhibition hall that the Nuviar managers had recommended.

They said it was essential for tourists, so I had expectations, but when I actually came, it wasn’t interesting.

Well, I didn’t particularly like these kinds of places even when I was in reality.

After roughly looking at just a few works and coming outside, I headed toward the residential area where Nuviar’s commoners lived.

Nuviar’s houses were built in a form that spread wide horizontally, and the eaves were long too.

‘I suppose that’s to block the sunlight.’

The walls were as thin as paper, and there were many windows to allow good ventilation.

The exterior walls were also mostly bright colors, which must have been to reflect sunlight.

“It’s definitely different from Belheim.”

Well, it makes sense to build houses differently according to the climate.

Personally, I preferred Nuviar’s open structure over Belheim’s closed house design.

“Phew, at least it’s cool outside.”

As I was slowly walking along the alley looking at the houses, I heard voices.

“That’s right. Even with all the windows in the house open, no wind comes in, so it feels suffocating.”

“If it’s already this hot, what will we do in summer?”

In front of an old multi-family house, people were gathered closely together under a large tree.

“At least during the day we can come outside and get some air, but I don’t know what to do at night.”

“Exactly. The children can’t sleep because of the heat.”

“It wasn’t like this last year, but I don’t know why it’s happening this year.”

With all this wind blowing, how could no air be getting into the house?

[A new Sub Quest has been created.]

While examining the multi-family house where the residents lived and its surroundings because something seemed strange, a system window appeared before my eyes.

Now it even tells me when a Sub Quest is created. This was convenient.

I immediately checked the Sub Quest. The newly created ones were marked with [NEW], so I could recognize them right away.

All the newly created Sub Quests were related to Nuviar.

[Q. Identify the cause of why the residents of Nuviar 6-2 Multi-family House are suffering from the heat.]

[Reward: 20,000p]

The 6-2 Multi-family House – that’s right here, isn’t it?

It wasn’t about solving the problem, just finding the cause, so it wouldn’t be difficult.

Since I had just figured out why the wind wasn’t coming in, I immediately approached the residents.

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