I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 82

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Chapter 82

As expected, Callix Crowbell immediately said he wanted to leave.

The business in the sanctuary was already finished, and there was no reason to stay here any longer.

Since I also had a strong desire to return quickly, I didn’t object.

The problem was my body.

“…Ugh.”

The next morning, a groan burst out as soon as I opened my eyes.

My entire body was stiff like a stone. Even moving my arms slightly made my muscles scream, and it wasn’t easy to even sit up.

Until I went to bed yesterday, I felt fine and thought I’d be okay, but it seemed the muscle pain had hit me a day late.

In the end, I had to lie on the bed unable to move at all.

“In that state, you won’t even be able to walk properly.”

Seeing me like that, Callix Crowbell sighed and postponed our departure by a day.

“You’re in pain?”

Sola, who came to visit me, asked while examining my condition. I felt embarrassed that he, who was obviously more severely injured than me, had come to check on me.

“I’m fine.”

“Seeing that stubborn human postponed the schedule by a day, you don’t seem fine at all.”

“It’s just severe muscle pain. It’s the first time I’ve moved so vigorously.”

“Muscle pain from just that? Tsk, humans really are weak.”

Sola clicked his tongue and pulled over a chair to sit in front of the bed.

“You allowed us to build the lattice bridge, right? Thank you.”

“Not at all. And since we all made it together, you don’t need my permission.”

“You speak so nicely, unlike other humans.”

Sola smiled contentedly as if he liked me, then carefully continued speaking.

“So, I was wondering if I could buy those items?”

“Those items?”

“The tool and nails I was supposed to get if I won the match.”

Ah, those.

“I want to research how to make nails like that. Same goes for the tool. So I’ll buy them. How much do you want?”

Sola said he was willing to pay whatever amount I named and told me to speak freely.

“Um, then instead of money, could you give me something else?”

“Something else?”

“Yes. When you can make the plane—the tool I gave you—exactly the same, please send me just 20 of them.”

I was already planning to place a production order at a workshop when I returned to Belheim.

But what the dwarves made would be much more precise and sturdy than what humans could make.

“That’s all? You don’t need anything else?”

“Yes. That’s enough.”

“Good. Let’s do that.”

Sola said this kind of thing should be properly documented in a contract and pulled out old paper and a pen from his bag.

‘A thorough dwarf.’

I like him in many ways.

After signing the contract he offered, I took out the plane and nails from my bag and handed them to him.

“Then I’ll be counting on you.”

“I’m the one who should be saying that. But you know.”

After carefully putting the contract in his bag, Sola leaned toward me and asked in a small voice.

“Would you consider becoming my apprentice and coming to the dwarf village? Though we’re different races, someone skilled like you would always be welcome.”

The dwarf village. There would be many skilled people in construction there, and since I needed a place to stay if I left Belheim, it was quite an appealing proposal.

“Later.”

But right now, Callix Crowbell was watching with sharp eyes, and I couldn’t go because Tabin was in Belheim.

“If I get the chance later, I’ll definitely come to the dwarf village.”

“You promised.”

“Of course.”

Though I don’t know when that opportunity will come.

I swallowed my unspoken words and shook the hand Sola extended.

* * *

After staying one more day in the elf village like that.

“Travel safely.”

“Everyone survived thanks to you.”

“You’re welcome to come back anytime.”

All the elves in the village came out to see us off.

When I first set foot in this place, there were only blatant wariness and hostile looks, but in less than a month, things had changed so much.

I built them a playground, cleared up the misunderstanding about Callix Crowbell, and even built the lattice bridge, so it was natural, but the clearly different temperature made me scratch the back of my head, finding it both amazing and awkward.

After saying goodbye to the dwarves including Sola, Mireon approached and offered his final farewell.

“I’ll guide you to a shortcut. Using that path, you should be able to get out of the mountain range in just one day.”

“Why didn’t you tell us about such a path from the beginning?”

When Callix Crowbell asked irritably, Mireon smiled awkwardly.

“It’s a secret passage used only by elves, so we needed the consent of others. Please understand with a generous heart.”

“How generous.”

Callix snorted briefly without hiding his displeasure.

After leaving the elf village, we headed for the shortcut Mireon had told us about.

Going that way, we really could come down from the Erubrin Mountains in just one day.

Since the sun had already set, we decided to stay in the village for one night and leave early the next morning.

Fortunately, the muscle pain improved much after a day. It was welcome that my aching joints felt lighter, but the real problem was something else.

The fact that I had to ride a horse with Callix Crowbell again all the way to Belheim.

“Sigh…”

Just thinking about it made my future look bleak. On the way here, at least there was Mireon as a buffer, so the atmosphere was less murderous, but now even that was gone.

Worried about how to endure the stiff and awkward air behind me, a deep sigh escaped without me realizing it.

As I left the inn in a gloomy mood, I suddenly saw a strange silhouette in the middle of the village square.

“Huh?”

Raellion was holding something like a tree branch in his hand, busily drawing complex and bizarre patterns on the ground.

“What are you doing?”

“I’m drawing a teleport magic circle.”

Raellion answered.

“Using this, we can move to near Belheim in one go.”

“Teleport?”

I opened my eyes wide.

“That was possible?”

“It’s possible.”

“Then… why didn’t we use this from the beginning?”

At my question, Raellion sighed.

“Teleport isn’t such a simple magic.”

He continued explaining while drawing patterns on the ground.

“You need to know the exact coordinates of the destination as a basic requirement, and a magic circle must be installed in advance. Plus, it consumes an extreme amount of mana and requires a large quantity of Arcana—it’s high-level magic.”

Remembering how a large Arcana was used when creating the portal gate, I immediately understood and nodded.

“Are you done drawing the magic circle?”

Callix Crowbell, who had finished preparing to leave, approached Raellion and asked. Anthony Greg was behind him too.

“It’ll take about 20 more minutes.”

“Slower than I thought.”

“This is actually really fast!”

Raellion shouted indignantly, but Callix Crowbell didn’t even pretend to listen.

Wait a minute. If it’s teleportation, isn’t that similar to a magic portal?

“Um, my lord. I’m not the only one who can’t use teleportation, right?”

Remembering how I couldn’t use the magic portal when we went to Nuviar last time, I carefully asked Callix Crowbell.

He snorted as if I was worrying about something pointless.

“What’s the problem when I’m here.”

* * *

The three people using the magic circle were me, Callix Crowbell, and Anthony Greg.

Raellion said he would return to the Magic Tower after transporting us.

“The coordinates are accurate. I’ve connected it to the outer village closest to Belheim.”

He said this while finally sweeping his hand down over the magic circle.

Red light slowly flowed along the lines.

I bowed my head toward him.

“Thank you so much for everything.”

Raellion shrugged his shoulders.

“You can thank me later. We might see each other again sometime.”

I smiled and nodded at his words.

“I’m in your debt.”

Callix Crowbell just nodded briefly.

“If you know that, make sure to repay me next time.”

Raellion answered curtly and raised his hand. Just as the magic was about to activate, Callix Crowbell firmly grasped my hand without any gap.

At that moment, my previously calm heart suddenly began to race wildly. It felt like the tips of our touching palms were tingling with a sharp ache.

‘Muscle pain… does it affect the heart and palms too?’

Well, there are muscles there too, so there would be pain, right?

Hoping that nothing was wrong with my heart, I was sucked into the red whirlpool that engulfed my vision.

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