I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 71

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Chapter 71

 

Who’s going to turn it? I have to turn it myself.

 

I muttered to myself and pushed the wooden handle. The circular platform began to slowly rotate.

 

Carousels are more fun the faster they spin, so I gritted my teeth and put all my strength into it, but it barely picked up speed.

 

With as many as seven young elves riding on it, it was only natural.

 

“What’s this? This is boring.”

 

“I’d be faster running.”

 

The young elves who quickly lost interest grumbled.

 

Just as they were saying that humans couldn’t be trusted after all, Callix Crowbell, who had been quietly watching, stepped forward.

 

“Move aside.”

 

He pushed me to the side and grabbed the wooden handle.

 

The moment the veins bulged on the back of his hand, the carousel began spinning incomparably faster than when I had turned it.

 

With the sound of cutting through the wind, the young elves’ hair whipped around wildly.

 

“Woah!”

 

“Faster!”

 

Finally showing interest, the young elves cheered. One brave child who let go of the handle lost balance and was flung off.

 

Thud, with a loud noise, the child collapsed on the ground.

 

‘This is bad.’

 

No matter how fun a ride was, it was meaningless if it wasn’t safe.

 

I hurriedly tried to approach the fallen child, but the child sprang up.

 

“That was really fun!”

 

Far from bursting into tears, the child shouted with sparkling eyes.

 

“Right. It’s totally fun!”

 

“I wish you’d spin it even faster!”

 

The other children joined in the clamor.

 

‘Elves like intense things, contrary to their appearance.’

 

At this rate, they’d find swings and seesaws too boring to even look at. This is troublesome.

 

I watched the young elves joyfully riding the carousel with concern.

 

* * *

 

“Now it’s my turn to ride!”

 

“I’ve been waiting since earlier too!”

 

Contrary to my worries, the young elves liked the other playground equipment as well. Of course, the most popular was the carousel.

 

Specifically, they loved the carousel when Callix Crowbell turned it.

 

The children would demand he spin the carousel whenever they saw him, and Callix would comply with their requests while clearly showing his displeasure.

 

“Kyaaah!”

 

“Faster!”

 

The quiet elf village was filled with the laughter of young children.

 

‘Now’s the chance to clear the Quest.’

 

Eileen, who had been watching that scene with a pleased smile, casually approached the children waiting to ride the carousel.

 

“You kids, do you know that rumor by any chance?”

 

“Rumor?”

 

“The rumor that Duke Callix Crowbell killed an elf who came asking for help.”

 

At the mention of killing an elf, the young elves flinched and looked at Callix Crowbell, who was taking a brief rest from spinning the carousel.

 

“Come to think of it, Mom said that human is a very bad human, so we should never get close to him.”

 

“Me too. But he doesn’t seem like a bad human.”

 

“Right. If he were a bad human, he wouldn’t play with us.”

 

Good. Things are going well as planned.

 

“All the rumors you’ve heard are lies.”

 

Eileen smiled contentedly to herself and told them the hidden truth.

 

After hearing the whole story, the children were surprised but also seemed strangely relieved as they nodded.

 

And admirably, they went around telling the story they heard to their parents and other elves.

 

Thanks to this, in less than half a day, the story that ‘it was actually a monster, not Callix Crowbell, who killed Erin’ spread throughout the entire elf village.

 

“Is that story true?”

 

That evening, the elder elves came to find Mireon and asked.

 

“Is it true that all the talk about Duke Callix Crowbell killing Erin was just false rumors?”

 

Mireon slowly closed his eyes, opened them, and nodded.

 

“It’s true.”

 

The elder elves were visibly flustered and whispered among themselves.

 

“You’re not covering for that human, are you?”

 

When one elder elf who still couldn’t shake his suspicion asked, Mireon chuckled.

 

“Do you trust mere rumors more than my word?”

 

“…”

 

The elder elf who had asked the question closed his mouth, realizing that wasn’t right.

 

“But why didn’t you say anything and just stay quiet until now?”

 

“Because no one asked.”

 

Mireon answered calmly.

 

“Above all, when Duke Crowbell himself, the person involved, has no intention of explaining, there’s no reason for me to step forward.”

 

“That’s true.”

 

As everyone agreed, Mireon looked out the window. Not far away, he could see the house where Eileen and Callix were staying.

 

‘I didn’t expect the truth to be revealed like this.’

 

The very fact that Callix Crowbell was in this village was surprising to begin with.

 

Is this why they say fate is so interesting?

 

Mireon muttered to himself and gazed at the house where the two were staying for a long time.

 

* * *

 

[3-2 Main Quest Complete.]

 

[100,000 points will be given as a reward.]

 

“Cough-.”

 

When the quest completion window appeared while I was having dinner, I coughed dryly.

 

‘It was resolved this quickly?’

 

It hadn’t even been a few hours since I told the children the truth about the rumors?

 

It was hard to believe, but since the system wouldn’t lie, it must be true.

 

‘Elves. I thought they’d be extremely picky, but I guess not.’

 

Well, I cleared the Quest and can get help with the bridge construction later, so it’s good for me.

 

“Why are you smiling like an idiot?”

 

As I was looking at the Quest window with a pleased smile, Callix Crowbell, who was eating dinner across from me, asked.

 

Anthony Greg and Raellion also looked at me with strange eyes.

 

“I was laughing thinking about the scene of you diligently spinning the carousel for the young elves, my lord.”

 

“Ah, that was pretty funny to me too.”

 

Raellion grinned and looked at Callix Crowbell.

 

“The great Callix Crowbell playing with young elves. Pfft. Even thinking about it now is funny…”

 

Crack, as the sharp fork mercilessly pierced through a fish’s eyeball, Raellion was startled and shut his mouth.

 

Callix Crowbell glared at me with fierce eyes and said.

 

“Playing with those brats ends today. If you make me do this clown act again tomorrow, I won’t let it slide.”

 

“Of course.”

 

I had only been trying to win over the young elves to clear up the misunderstanding, but now that I’d completed the Quest, there was no need to continue doing so.

 

* * *

 

Once the misunderstanding was cleared up, their wariness definitely decreased. There were still some elves who hadn’t completely dropped their suspicious gazes, but compared to the first day, it was nothing.

 

And so, it had already been a week since we arrived at the Elven Village.

 

The situation outside had finally stabilized, and we all headed together to the sanctuary where the Elf God resided.

 

It took just over two hours to get from the Elven Village to the sanctuary. As soon as we arrived, a wind so strong it was hard to keep my eyes open came rushing at us.

 

“Arke is over there.”

 

I blocked the wind with my hand and looked across the chasm that Mireon was pointing to.

 

I had expected it to feel mystical since it was supposed to be where a god lived, but from the outside, it just looked like an ordinary forest.

 

‘It’s quite far, though.’

 

Simply jumping across was obviously impossible, and even if we installed a bridge, the wind seemed too strong to withstand.

 

‘Even if we somehow managed to endure it, it seems like we’d get swept away by the wind and fall while crossing.’

 

I glanced down at the bottom of the chasm and quickly turned my head away in horror. If I fell from here, I’d die instantly.

 

‘No matter how important meeting the god is, do we really have to cross such a dangerous place?’

 

As someone who didn’t believe in gods, I couldn’t understand it at all.

 

[3-3. Create a blueprint for a bridge to cross this place.]

 

[Reward: 100,000p]

 

A main Quest appeared again, as expected.

 

I had anticipated it, so I wasn’t surprised at all.

 

‘But I don’t know how to create bridge blueprints?’

 

It was annoying enough when they made me do things I knew how to do, but constantly making me do things I didn’t know made my irritation spike.

 

‘Don’t tell me the shop is going to sell bridge construction books again this time?’

 

With a faint hope, I entered the System Shop.

 

『Bridge Construction Starting from the Basics』

 

『Bridge Design Introduction for Beginners』

 

Sure enough, I saw books that hadn’t been there until yesterday. The price even matched exactly with the points I’d received from completing Quest 3-2.

 

‘There really was a reason they gave me so many reward points.’

 

I wrinkled my nose in displeasure at being constantly manipulated by the system.

 

“Can’t think of a good method?”

 

Perhaps interpreting my reaction differently, Mireon asked with concern.

 

If it weren’t for this damn Quest, I would have answered that there wasn’t one.

 

I swallowed a sigh internally and replied.

 

“Now that I understand the situation, I think I need to go back and think about it more.”

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