I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 83

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Chapter 83

Thanks to Callix Crowbell once again, we safely arrived at a village near Belheim.

On the ground was the exact same magic circle that Raellion had drawn.

“Who drew this?”

“Rael’s disciple.”

Callix Crowbell answered indifferently, then received a glass bottle containing an unidentifiable purple liquid from Anthony Greg. When he sprinkled it over the magic circle, the circle disappeared without a trace.

“But why didn’t we go straight to Belheim and came to a nearby village instead?”

When I asked out of curiosity, Callix Crowbell frowned and looked back at me.

“Are you seriously asking because you don’t know?”

“…I don’t know.”

“You know nothing except architecture.”

Callix Crowbell clicked his tongue as if pathetic and handed the empty glass bottle to Anthony Greg.

“If we allowed such magic circles to be drawn inside the city, it could cause security problems, so we deliberately drew it outside.”

It was funny how he kindly explained it despite everything.

“Let’s go then.”

From this village to Belheim took about six hours on horseback.

Callix Crowbell had prepared not only the magic circle but also horses in advance, and we rode them toward Belheim.

Thanks to moving diligently without stopping in between, we arrived at Belheim before sunset.

“My Lord!”

“You’ve returned safely!”

As soon as we passed through the Lord’s gate, managers swarmed out like clouds to welcome us. It was the atmosphere of greeting heroes returning from a perilous journey, but among them, only Noah Roheim’s expression, who had been waiting for us, was strangely hardened.

When Callix Crowbell asked, Noah Roheim bit his lips as if troubled, then carefully opened his mouth.

“Well… a temple delegation has come.”

As soon as those words fell, Callix Crowbell’s expression turned ice cold. In the murderous aura that seemed to freeze even the surrounding air, I shivered.

‘Come to think of it, in the original work, Callix had the worst relationship with the temple.’

That’s why he treated the female protagonist badly when he first met her.

But the heroine didn’t care and treated him warmly. When Callix Crowbell was injured, she stayed by his side day and night, caring for him wholeheartedly.

‘Even I would fall for the heroine.’

The heroine’s warm, sunlight-like heart melted even the cold-blooded Northern Duke’s heart, but the problem was that the Northern Duke was a sub-male lead who couldn’t be with the heroine.

As I recalled the terrible incidents that the corrupted Callix Crowbell caused because of this, my body trembled even more.

“I’ll be going now.”

“Where are you going.”

My role was finished, so I tried to go home and rest well, but Callix Crowbell stopped me.

“You need to write a report before you go.”

“A report…?”

“Right. If you’ve been on a business trip, writing a report is natural, isn’t it?”

Since when was this a business trip.

And I could write the report after coming to work the next day!

“I understand.”

…There was no point in arguing since I’d only lose, so I held it in.

While reluctantly following behind him, I saw an extraordinary group walking toward us from afar.

Holy knights dressed in dazzling silver armor and clerics wearing pure white priestly robes.

‘Those people must be the temple delegation.’

As soon as Callix Crowbell spotted them, he stopped. His face, which had been nearly expressionless until just now, was colored with blatant hostility.

The other side also spotted us and stopped, then one of the clerics stepped forward.

“It’s been a long time, Your Grace.”

Though his tone was polite, his eyes were scrutinizing Callix Crowbell.

Perhaps sensing that gaze, Callix Crowbell twisted his lips cynically.

“Indeed. It would have been so nice if we never had to see each other again, yet here we meet again.”

The surrounding air grew taut with his blatant cold treatment.

The holy knights frowned, and while the clerics managed their expressions relatively well, they were somewhat stiffer than before.

“Your Grace is still as rude as ever.”

“Of course. People die if they change overnight. That’s why you all keep acting hypocritical, isn’t it?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. When have we ever acted hypocritical?”

“Even when people’s lives hang in the balance, you don’t even glance at them if they have no money.”

Callix Crowbell crossed his arms and tilted his head crookedly.

“Ah, perhaps the god you worship so much taught you not to show mercy to those without money?”

It was clear blasphemy. The clerics’ faces instantly hardened to an ashen color.

“Watch your words, Your Grace! Are you insulting the authority of god right now?”

“If you don’t like me babbling whatever I want in my own castle, how about you just get lost?”

Heh, there’s more blood flying here than when fighting tarantulas.

I was watching from a distance since it wouldn’t be good to stand out, when a woman who seemed to be receiving light from a different world all by herself caught my eye among the delegation.

Golden hair that glowed softly as if holding sunlight, and clear, merciful eyes.

Her white, neat face contained gentle warmth instead of intimidation.

Though she wore the same temple uniform, her atmosphere was different from the other clerics. Even in the space that was noisy with heated arguments, she alone stood like a quiet center.

‘That’s her.’

The heroine of the novel 『The Light that Consumed the Imperial Palace』.

It was Anabella Rizeren.

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If my memory is correct, in the novel, the first meeting between the original heroine and Callix Crowbell wasn’t here.

They were supposed to first encounter each other at a monster extermination site reeking of blood.

‘It’s my first time meeting you, Your Grace. I’m Anabella, here to care for the wounded.’

Her line, greeting him carefully but boldly, came back vividly.

Callix Crowbell had curtly replied, asking if she could properly care for the wounded with that body of hers, and telling her to take care of herself since he had no leisure to protect her.

‘But why is the heroine here?’

Could it be that they met before, but Callix Crowbell didn’t pay attention, so they saw each other for the first time at the monster extermination?

Or did the original flow change for some reason.

I wanted to ask the system, but the damn system hadn’t shown its face since that day.

Seeing that rewards came in when I completed sub-quests, it didn’t seem like there was an error.

‘Is it avoiding me because it thinks I’ll interrogate it again.’

While having various thoughts, I had already arrived in front of the annex building.

On the day I returned from the Elven Forest, I briefly stopped by the castle to write a report, but I didn’t go to the office. It was obvious I’d get caught if I went.

And the next day was the weekend, so I rested well for two days, and this was my first time going to work in a while.

Still, I hadn’t completely let things go.

I had already received reports from Noah Roheim that we safely got through the autumn rains, and that the drainage construction in Districts 2 and 3 was progressing smoothly.

More detailed status updates could be confirmed by going to the office and checking directly.

‘Right, let me just do my work.’

Anyway, I’m just an extra who doesn’t even get a single line in the novel. It’s none of my business how those two’s fate gets twisted.

I shook my head vigorously as if shaking off complicated thoughts.

What was important to me now wasn’t whether the original work was really twisted or why the heroine was here, but handling the backlogged work.

‘I need to do quests and find out the system’s identity too.’

It was when I was steeling my resolve and turning the corner of the corridor toward the office.

“Ah, excuse me!”

A clear, pure voice shook the air in the corridor.

I stopped in place and turned my head, only to freeze completely.

Anabella Rizeren, who had just been rummaging through my mind moments ago, was approaching me.

Her appearance up close was far more surreal than when seen from a distance. Translucent skin and mystical blonde hair.

‘She’s not the original female protagonist for nothing.’

Her beauty was beyond what the word ‘pretty’ could describe, and I found myself unconsciously mesmerized in admiration.

“Do you happen to know where the City Planning Department office is?”

She asked cautiously, blinking her clear eyes. Since I was just about to head to the office myself, I nodded somewhat bewildered.

“Oh, if it’s that way, I’m heading there too. Shall we go together?”

“Really? That’s fortunate. Thank you!”

Anabella smiled brightly and stood beside me. A subtle floral fragrance seemed to drift from her fluttering dress hem.

“But what business do you have at the City Planning Department?”

While walking down the corridor, I asked out of sudden curiosity.

“Oh, it’s an errand for the priest.”

Anabella showed me a white envelope.

“He asked me to deliver this letter to someone named ‘Eileen.'”

Huh? If it’s Eileen, that’s me, isn’t it?

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