I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 94

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Chapter 94

After returning to the Lord’s castle with Callix Crowbell, I received treatment from the physician in the same room I had stayed in before.

“You’re in terrible shape.”

The physician examined my body here and there, then clicked his tongue sympathetically.

My shoulders and knees had dark bruises from where the assailant had pressed down on me, and my arms and legs, scraped against the rough ground, were injured everywhere.

The most painful part was my wrists. The area where the metal bracelet had been was burned, and it hurt so much that even the slightest touch of air brought tears to my eyes.

“The bruises and wounds will heal on their own if left alone, but this burn will scar if not properly treated.”

The physician carefully applied burn ointment and wrapped bandages while giving earnest instructions.

“Absolutely don’t let it get wet, and make sure to take the medicine I prescribed without fail.”

Not long after the physician finished treatment and left, Noah Roheim came to visit.

“Miss Eileen, are you alright?”

“I’m fine, as you can see.”

Not wanting to cause unnecessary worry, I spoke with a cheerful smile.

“Thank goodness. When I heard the news from the Lord, I was so shocked.”

“I’m sorry for worrying you. But how did the Lord know I was in danger and come to help?”

When I asked what I had been curious about all along, Noah Roheim thought for a moment before answering.

“I don’t know exactly either, but it seems the bracelet the Lord gave you as a gift had special magic cast on it.”

“Special magic?”

“Yes. It appears the magic was designed not only to protect you when you’re in danger, but also to inform the Lord of that fact and your location.”

I knew it.

I looked down at my bandaged arm.

Was it because I had worn it for months? Or was it because I now knew it was something that had protected me?

The spot where the metal bracelet had disappeared felt unusually empty.

‘But why didn’t that man properly explain that the metal bracelet served this purpose?’

If he had, I would have worn it obediently without resisting.

“What happened to that woman, Anabella Rizeren?”

“She’s been confined in the underground prison.”

Noah Roheim spoke with a slightly angry voice.

“The Lord will absolutely not let this matter slide. He’ll thoroughly investigate whose orders she was following when she did this, so Miss Eileen, don’t worry about anything.”

“Please do.”

Anabella Rizeren said everything was God’s will, but I didn’t think so. There was definitely some other scheme hidden behind it.

“So, it would be best if you stayed here until the mastermind is revealed.”

I thought that would be good too, so I nodded.

“Could you also protect my father? I’m worried that he might be harmed because of me…”

“Don’t worry. The Lord has already sent someone to Miss Eileen’s house to explain the situation, and has assigned knights to thoroughly monitor and protect him.”

That man had already taken care of that much.

Despite appearances, he has thoughtful sides to him.

Noah Roheim smiled warmly and gently patted my shoulder.

“Now get some rest. If you need anything, just call for a servant anytime.”

After he left, I, now alone, stood up from the sofa.

“Ugh.”

Just from moving a little, muscle pain like being beaten all over my body crashed over me like a tidal wave.

My body, which had struggled to get out of the carriage and been crushed by the assailant, was only now screaming in pain.

It was less than ten steps to the bathroom, but it felt as difficult as traveling a thousand miles. I barely made it to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror.

“…I really look terrible.”

My appearance was worse than I had expected, making me click my tongue. At least I had wiped off the blood before the physician came, otherwise he probably would have fainted from shock.

Thinking of blood reminded me of seeing someone’s head explode right before my eyes, making my stomach churn.

“Ugh-.”

I gripped the sink and dry heaved until bile came up.

After vomiting like that for a while, both my body and mind were completely exhausted. I didn’t even have the strength to leave the bathroom, so I sat slumped on the cold tile floor for a long time.

And I stared blankly at the ceiling, thinking back over meeting Anabella Rizeren and everything that had happened until now.

When the image of how she looked when I first saw her and when she attacked me came to mind together, her condition felt even more strange.

‘Is that woman really the original heroine?’

When I first saw her, Anabella was a bit weaker than in the original work, but she still gave off a strong feeling of being the female protagonist.

But the Anabella Rizeren I saw a little while ago was different. She had the twisted madness of a villain.

‘It felt like seeing a different person, as if she were just an empty shell.’

Could it be that, like me, another person’s soul had entered Anabella Rizeren’s body?

It was something that made no sense logically, but since I had directly experienced that nonsensical thing myself, I couldn’t help but suspect it.

“System.”

The system might know something, so I called for it. But as always, there was no response. It was the same no matter how many times I called.

“Really, never there when I need it.”

I grumbled and opened the Quest window.

The 4-1 Main Quest had been marked as complete when Sola said the temple contract was canceled.

But since no Chapter 4 completion notice appeared, there were definitely more quests remaining.

“Surely it won’t give me the ridiculous task of going to the temple to solve problems there?”

Considering the system’s behavior so far, it was quite possible, which made me anxious.

“If it comes out with something like that, I’ll give up even if it costs me a life.”

If I went to the temple, I might suffer worse than now – why would I go there like a crazy person?

Just losing a life would be much safer.

“Why do these things keep happening?”

I just want to live quietly like an extra should, having possessed a character not even mentioned by name in the work – but why!

As my complaints and irritation rose, sighs came out naturally. I was very confused, not knowing what was happening or how things were turning out, but one thing was certain.

‘Right now, it’s safe to be next to Callix Crowbell.’

Even though he works me hard, he doesn’t harm me. Rather, he’s saved me from crises several times.

So until the situation stabilizes, I need to stick close to that man.

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Noah Roheim was in a very confused state.

That day, Callix Crowbell suddenly left the castle with his knights in the middle of dinner.

Noah waited anxiously, wondering if monsters or demons had invaded, and was shocked when he returned with Eileen covered in blood.

Fortunately, it was someone else’s blood that she was covered in, not her own, but Eileen was also injured and needed treatment.

A knight who had gone with them reported that Eileen’s attacker was an intermediate priest, Anabella Rizeren, and the assailant she had hired was killed instantly by Callix at the scene.

Callix ordered them to identify the assailant, but with no clues, tracking him down wasn’t easy.

The only clue was Anabella Rizeren – only her.

It would be simply resolved by interrogating her and making her talk, but for some reason, Callix hadn’t interrogated Anabella even after two days had passed.

“Why aren’t you interrogating that priest?”

Given Callix’s usual temperament, he would have already finished the interrogation and torn that woman’s corpse to pieces to throw to the wild dogs.

Leaving her alone like this was uncharacteristic behavior for him.

“…”

Even to Noah’s question, Callix gave no answer and just smoked his cigar.

Acrid smoke filled the study as much as the cigar butts piled up in the ashtray, and that murky air penetrated the lungs suffocatingly.

“Is it because you can’t carelessly touch her due to the temple?”

It was customary for priests belonging to the temple to be judged according to temple law rather than imperial law, unless it was a serious crime equivalent to treason.

Ignoring this and punishing her privately would invite fierce opposition from the temple, so wondering if that was the reason, Callix let out a scoffing laugh.

“There’s no way I’d be concerned about something like the temple.”

“Then why…”

“That woman is more of a problem than the temple.”

Callix murmured lowly and approached the window. Warm sunlight poured down, but a deep shadow fell across his face instead.

“If that woman dies, everything will end immediately, so I can’t carelessly lay a hand on her.”

He first learned this cursed fact during his second regression.

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