I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 81

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Chapter 81

[Did you meet Arke?]

Not long after Callix Crowbell left, a system window appeared before my eyes.

[What did that woman say?]

“If you’re curious about that, there’s something you need to answer first.”

I widened my eyes and glared at the system window.

“What exactly are you? You don’t seem like an ordinary system. Are you also a god of this world like Arke?”

[ERROR. An unknown error has occurred.]

Oh, so that’s how you’re going to play it.

“If you won’t answer, I won’t talk either.”

Perhaps flustered by my words, the system window shook unsteadily before suddenly shutting off with a pop.

“Excuse me? Hello?”

I called out several times, but there was no response.

“What’s this, did it really malfunction?”

At this point, it would be normal to either threaten me with a Quest or try to coax me by offering points, but the silence was strange.

“It’ll probably show up again later.”

Since there was nothing I could do right now, I went to meet Mireon.

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“Do this like this and…”

He was giving some kind of instructions to the elves in the village square.

“Mireon!”

When I called out energetically, Mireon turned to look at me. He looked quite tired, his complexion paler than usual. His left arm was wrapped in bandages.

“Are you okay? Is your arm broken?”

“No. There’s just a small problem with the tendons, and they said it’s best not to move it as much as possible, so I just wrapped it in bandages. You don’t need to worry.”

Mireon spoke with a gentle smile, as if trying to reassure me.

“But what about you, Eileen? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Yes. I’m fine.”

When I vigorously moved both my arms and legs to show I was okay, he let out a deep sigh of relief.

“That’s truly fortunate. If you had been seriously injured because of me, I wouldn’t have been able to overcome the guilt.”

“I wasn’t hurt, so don’t worry. And even if I had been hurt, why would that be because of Mireon? It was the Tarantula that attacked us.”

Just mentioning the monster’s name brought back memories of its fierce and terrifying appearance, making me shudder.

“Mireon did nothing wrong, so don’t think like that.”

When I spoke firmly, Mireon’s expression became momentarily dazed.

Soon, a much more comfortable and clear smile spread across his lips than before.

“Thank you for saying that, Eileen. Thanks to you, my heart feels much lighter.”

I responded with a smile, then frowned with a worry that suddenly came to mind.

“But what about the lattice bridge? It was completely destroyed by the monsters.”

Knowing how hard everyone had worked to build that bridge, I felt upset. But Mireon nodded with a surprisingly calm expression.

“We can just make it again. We’ve done it once, so why couldn’t we make it a second time? Sola also said he’d make it again.”

He already asked Sola? That was fast.

“However, we need Eileen’s permission to rebuild the lattice bridge.”

“My permission?”

“The lattice bridge was ultimately designed and built by you, Eileen. You probably won’t be in this village when we complete the bridge next time, so I’d like to get your permission in advance.”

Ah, come to think of it, Callix Crowbell’s business is finished, so he’ll probably suggest we head back now.

“Would it be okay to rebuild it when you’re not here, Eileen?”

At Mireon’s cautious question, I burst into laughter.

“Of course! And that bridge wasn’t made by me alone, but by all of us together. You don’t need my permission or anything like that – you can build it whenever you need it.”

I firmly grasped his uninjured hand and added,

“If you ever need my help while building it, contact me anytime. I’ll help you with anything I can.”

At my words, Mireon’s eyes gently rippled.

He looked at me with moved eyes, as if he had received the most precious promise in the world.

“Thank you, Eileen. You really are a kind human.”

Me, kind?

I’d always heard things like “I’ve never seen such a ruthless woman” or “How can a person have no blood or tears,” so hearing such words made me feel a bit embarrassed and I scratched the back of my head.

“Then can I ask just one more curious thing?”

“What is it?”

“That hammer you used when catching the Tarantula. What exactly is it?”

Mireon’s eyes sparkled with curiosity.

“The Tarantula’s shell is incredibly hard and doesn’t break easily, so how does it break so easily when hit with that hammer? Did you make the hammer head from a special mineral?”

Not a mineral, but it was made from special materials.

It’s a hammer made from alloy, the essence of modern engineering.

“Ah, it’s not that special.”

Since I couldn’t tell him the truth, I smiled awkwardly and tried to brush it off.

“Then could you tell me how to make that hammer?”

But Mireon persistently pressed on.

“If we had that hammer, it would be a great help when the Tarantulas attack again later.”

If that was the reason, I wanted to tell him, but I didn’t know how to make the hammer either.

Even if I did know, there was no way to explain it in this world.

“I really want to tell you… but actually, that hammer was a gift I received, so I don’t know the exact manufacturing method. If I ever find out, I’ll definitely tell you first.”

After giving a vague answer, I hastily changed the subject.

“By the way, Mireon, I saw earlier that you’re really good with a bow!”

At my words, Mireon’s eyes widened slightly.

“You could see that?”

Huh, was I not supposed to see it?

“Yes. I could faintly see something like a bow-shaped afterimage from your hands.”

My heart skipped a beat, but I answered as calmly as possible.

“So Eileen can sense mana. I was wondering why you never got mana poisoning on the way here – that might be why.”

Ah… is that so?

“For a human to be able to sense mana is an incredible talent.”

Mireon grabbed my shoulders and spoke with an excited voice.

“Let’s go to Rael right now and see how much Eileen can actually see.”

“No, no!”

I had an ominous feeling that getting tested by Rael would be bad, so I hurriedly shook my head.

“Oh, come to think of it, the Nobleman called for me and I’ve delayed too long.”

I shook off Mireon’s hands and quietly stepped back.

“I’ll get tested separately later. Well then, I’ll be going!”

I could hear Mireon calling me from behind, but I ran away at full speed without looking back.

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“How truly suspicious…”

Mireon muttered while watching Eileen’s rapidly disappearing figure.

Among the elves, some who were recognized as warriors carried weapons made of mana within their bodies.

These were completely personalized weapons created by condensing their own mana, not ordinary metal weapons.

Mireon was the same.

His weapons were a bow and sword.

He could freely change their form whenever needed, and could reabsorb them back into his body at any time if he wished.

These weapons were so special that they couldn’t be seen or detected by beings who couldn’t sense mana.

But the fact that Eileen could see them, even faintly, meant she could sense mana.

If that was the case, there should be mana in her body too.

However, Mireon had made contact with her several times but felt nothing.

That meant there was no mana present in Eileen’s body.

“There’s definitely something there though.”

Since it was possible he hadn’t sensed it himself, he had tried to get confirmation from Rael, but her running away only deepened his suspicions.

“What are you thinking so hard about?”

At the sudden voice, Mireon looked up. Raellion had approached and was standing there with a puzzled expression.

“Is it because of the tarantulas? Or the arachne?”

“…Come to think of it, you said something like that before.”

“Huh? What did I say?”

Instead of answering, Mireon suddenly reached out and grabbed Raellion’s hand.

“Ack! What the hell, why are you being so gross between guys!”

Raellion grimaced and tried to pull his hand away, but Mireon didn’t care and held on with force.

Then he closed his eyes and concentrated, trying to read the mana flowing through his body.

But he felt nothing.

It wasn’t that there was no mana in Raellion’s body, but rather it had special properties that couldn’t be detected through ordinary means.

“So that’s it after all.”

“What’s ‘that’! Explain it so I can understand, and let go of this hand first!”

Raellion scowled deeply and roughly pulled his hand away.

Mireon stared quietly at his own palm before slowly opening his mouth.

“You said it before. That Eileen called Arcana red.”

“That’s right. But why bring that up suddenly?”

Should I tell him or not.

After pondering for a moment, Mireon smiled with interest and shrugged his shoulders.

“Just because. It suddenly came to mind.”

It wasn’t certain yet anyway, and something this interesting should be observed a bit more.

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