I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 84

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Chapter 84

In the original story, the Temple held a position close to that of the good side.

When the corrupted Callix Crowbell imprisoned the female protagonist and turned the people of Belheim into monsters, driving them to ruin, it was the Temple that helped the original male protagonist calm that madness and execute Callix Crowbell.

But now, something felt subtly off track.

Callix Crowbell’s terrible discord, the sudden appearance of the female protagonist, and even the priest’s letter.

An inexplicable chill crept over me.

It felt like foreshadowing that would shake up my peaceful life.

For now, it seemed best not to reveal that I was Eileen until we reached the office, so I kept my mouth shut.

If possible, I wanted to pretend to be someone else and run away even after arriving.

But as always, what I desperately wished for didn’t come true.

“Ah, Miss Eileen! You’re back now?”

As soon as I opened the office door, an employee called out to me loudly with delight, as if they had been waiting.

“Did your business trip go well? Everyone has been waiting so much!”

Anabella looked at me with surprised eyes. Even that face was pretty. The female protagonist buff really was overpowered.

“By any chance, are you Miss Eileen?”

“Ah… Yes, that’s right. I’m Eileen.”

Since everything was already exposed, I had no choice but to admit it as I couldn’t make excuses.

“Wow, really?”

Then Anabella’s eyes sparkled. She could have been disappointed or questioned why I didn’t say so earlier, but she showed a completely different reaction.

“I’m so glad to meet you in person like this!”

She grasped both my hands tightly, handed me a letter, and smiled brightly. That smile was so dazzling that I unconsciously squinted my eyes.

“The priest told me to make sure to bring back a reply. You must be busy, but could you spare just a moment to write one?”

Those innocent eyes that blocked the words of refusal before I could even speak them.

Her ability to make the other person unable to help but grant her request was truly exceptional.

Thinking that she really wasn’t the original story’s female protagonist for nothing, I shook my head and unfolded the letter.

[Today at 5 PM, let’s meet briefly in the garden behind the castle.]

What was this suspicious letter?

What reason could a Temple priest possibly have for secretly meeting someone like me, an ordinary administrative worker?

No matter how much I racked my brain and retraced the novel’s content, I didn’t get a good feeling.

Above all, the relationship between Callix Crowbell and the Temple wasn’t good.

But if that man caught me secretly meeting behind his back… just imagining it sent chills down my spine.

‘No way. Extending an extra’s life means staying away from dangerous elements.’

I took out a sheet of paper from the desk and resolutely wrote down my reply.

[I’m sorry. I have too much work piled up, so I don’t think I’ll be able to make time.]

A polite but firm refusal. I folded the paper neatly and handed it to Anabella.

“Here’s the reply.”

“Thank you.”

Anabella, who didn’t know the letter’s contents, bowed her head in greeting and left.

‘I don’t know which priest sent the letter, but they probably won’t give up like this.’

This type of person was generally persistent.

If they send another strange letter like that, then I’ll have to tell Callix Crowbell.

Thinking this, I approached Anton Brown, who had just entered the office.

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Priest Silas’s complexion turned ugly as he received Eileen’s rejection letter.

He crumpled the paper in his hand and glared fiercely at Anabella standing before him.

“This is all? You think I sent you to bring back such a pathetic reply!”

Silas’s angry roar echoed loudly throughout the room. Anabella shrank her shoulders but carefully opened her mouth.

“You asked me to deliver a letter, so I delivered it, and I brought back the reply I received as is. I feel wronged…”

Before her words could finish, a thick scripture from the desk cut through the air.

Thwack!

The sharp corner struck Anabella’s head directly and fell to the floor.

“Ah!”

Anabella let out a short scream and clutched her head, but Silas didn’t bat an eye and shouted.

“How dare a mere apprentice priest talk back to me! It’s because you couldn’t properly handle that lowly commoner that we got this result!”

Anabella immediately knelt on the floor and prostrated herself.

A humiliation worse than the throbbing pain washed over her, but all she could do now was apologize.

“I’m sorry, Priest. It’s my fault. Please withdraw your anger.”

“If I brought a worthless apprentice priest this far, you should at least listen well! This is why you’re still an apprentice priest!”

Silas’s cold threats poured down over her head. Anabella clenched her hands pressed against the floor and bit her lips.

In fact, Anabella’s name was added to the Belheim diplomatic mission roster just one day before departure.

The High Priest had suddenly claimed to receive ‘divine revelation’ and ordered them to show the young lambs the wide world and give them learning opportunities.

When the name ‘Anabella Rizeren’ was drawn in the lottery that followed, other apprentice priests looked at her with envious eyes, but she herself despaired.

It was obvious she would serve the high-ranking priests and become a target for all kinds of venting.

What was even more ridiculous was the Temple’s atmosphere.

Even such unfair treatment was considered ‘trials to become a true priest,’ and the evil custom of regarding enduring superiors’ bullying as a virtue was deeply rooted.

‘When I become High Priest, I will definitely uproot this rotten evil custom.’

Anabella made a firm resolution while prostrated on the floor.

* * *

Being busy wasn’t an empty word. My mind was already on the verge of departing for Andromeda due to the drainage expansion construction project for Districts 2 and 3.

“We need to start construction in our district first, don’t we? If the record archives flood, Belheim’s history will disappear!”

“No, our district should be first! If the commercial district is paralyzed, the territory’s tax revenue will be cut in half. Will you take responsibility?”

To be precise, it wasn’t the construction itself that was difficult, but the two administrative officers fighting a mud-slinging battle over whose district should be done first that was driving me crazy.

District 2 was Belheim’s ‘brain,’ densely packed with administrative institutions, academic areas, and record archives, while District 3 was the ‘heart’ where wealthy nobles and merchants gathered.

Each had clear justification, so there was no yielding an inch.

“Eileen, you tell us! Which is more urgent?”

Eventually, both managers’ arrows turned toward me.

I pressed my throbbing temples and answered.

“Regardless of where we start first, the completion time for the entire project will be the same. The result of reducing flood damage will be identical too. So the order isn’t really important…”

“It is important!”

The two people, who didn’t even listen with one ear, started pointing fingers at each other again.

Thinking it would never end if left alone, I finally showed them the blueprints and made a conclusion.

“Let’s start with District 3.”

There was no other grand reason.

Simply, considering the connection point with District 4’s existing drainage system, starting with District 3 rather than District 2 was much more efficient from an engineering perspective.

“Ha! Look at this! Even the expert acknowledges that our district is more important!”

The District 3 administrative officer straightened his shoulders triumphantly like a general announcing victory.

Meanwhile, the District 2 administrative officer’s face turned red and blue as he ground his teeth and retreated.

“Just you wait, District 3! I won’t forget this humiliation!”

“Hmph! Do you think anyone will be scared if you say that?”

Watching their retreating figures, I clicked my tongue in dismay.

Sighing involuntarily, thinking this was an elementary school fight, not a conversation between managers leading the territory.

Then, I felt a strange gaze.

“…”

When I turned my head, I saw Anabella Rizeren hiding half her body behind a large stone pillar, staring intently at me.

‘What is she doing over there?’

Does she have something to say to me?

It wasn’t that I couldn’t guess what it might be, but I didn’t bother to act like I knew first. I figured if someone was in a hurry, they’d approach on their own, so I calmly examined the blueprints and looked around the construction site.

But Anabella persistently followed me everywhere I went, yet didn’t actually approach me.

“Do you have something to say to me?”

Finally unable to bear it any longer, I strode over first and called out to her as she hid in the alley.

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