I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 98

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Chapter 98

He looked and acted like a nobleman with a screw loose, but when riding a horse, he was nothing short of a tyrant.

The rising dust clouds and wind whipping harshly against my cheeks made me feel dizzy, but thanks to that, we were able to catch up to the temple escort without losing them.

The problem was that there were far more priests and holy knights escorting Anabella Rizeren than I had expected.

I thought there would be at most three or four people, but there appeared to be easily a dozen or more.

‘What should I do?’

I pondered while observing their movements from a reasonable distance.

It didn’t seem like they would simply make way if I politely asked to meet with Anabella Rizeren for a moment.

“Don’t you need to get close to deliver the box?”

Raellion asked with confusion.

“…The client is inside that carriage, but since it was a secret commission, the delivery also needs to be done without anyone knowing.”

I came up with another hastily made excuse. Unlike before, Raellion looked at me with suspicious eyes.

At times like this, one must be shameless.

“Why? Do you have something to say to me?”

When I asked back without batting an eye, he shrugged his shoulders.

“So, what are you going to do now? Secret delivery seems impossible.”

“You’re right.”

If it were just two or three people, I could either force my way through or bribe them, but such a large number was too much.

“But wouldn’t it be possible if Rael helped me?”

When I casually shortened his name to ‘Rael,’ Raellion looked back at me as if dumbfounded.

“Are you only acting friendly when you need something?”

“Of course not. We can become friends starting now.”

“…As expected of Callix’s subordinate, you act exactly like that guy.”

“I don’t think I deserve such harsh words.”

I replied sulkily, annoyed that he kept associating me with that man since last time.

Then Raellion’s eyes widened for a moment before he burst into refreshing laughter.

“Haha, you really are interesting. Alright, I’ll help you.”

I didn’t understand what was so funny, but since he said he’d help, I decided not to complain.

“How long do you need me to stall them?”

“How long can you stall them?”

“Well.”

Raellion looked over the temple escort thoroughly before answering.

“About 10 minutes should be possible.”

“That’s enough.”

“Good. Then we need to get ahead of them first.”

As Raellion adjusted his grip on the reins, I hastily wrapped my arms tightly around his waist.

“Aaah!”

He rode the horse roughly again. The wind shrieked sharply as if tearing my eardrums, and the scenery rushed backward too fast to make out any shapes.

Even though we took a wide detour to avoid being detected, we were able to overtake the temple escort in an instant.

“This place should be good enough to hide and wait.”

Raellion pulled the reins to stop the horse. He dismounted lightly onto the ground as if the rough ride was nothing to him, but I was different.

I felt like I had just been through a storm, and my knees were trembling.

Instead of taking his offered hand, I moved my stiff legs and barely managed to get down to the ground.

“…I thought I was going to die.”

When I muttered quietly, Raellion chuckled.

“Now, I’ll draw their attention, so run to the carriage as soon as I give the signal.”

“What are you going to do?”

“You’ll see.”

His grinning face looked ominously suspicious. I felt a chill down my spine with the premonition that he was about to cause some major trouble I couldn’t handle.

I was about to tell him to be moderate and not go overboard when the temple escort appeared in the distance.

As soon as Raellion spotted them, he snapped his fingers. Red energy surged from his body and flew toward the escort.

The red energy was absorbed into the ground they were walking on, and soon the earth shook violently as if an earthquake had occurred, then shot up spewing dust.

“What, what is this?”

“Aaah, be careful!”

Screams erupted and chaos unfolded. Earth walls taller than a person mercilessly blocked between the priests and holy knights, completely obstructing their vision.

‘So this is magic.’

Seeing scenes I’d only witnessed in comics and movies unfold before my eyes was both fascinating and surprising. It made me realize more that I had entered a fantasy world.

“Now!”

While I was staring in a daze, Raellion shouted.

Finally snapping back to my senses, I clutched the box containing the temple miniature to my chest and ran toward the escort carriage.

Thick dust clouds obscured my vision, but thanks to that, I could move forward without hesitation.

Everyone was in chaos, and the rising earth pillars cleverly blocked their view, so no one noticed me approaching the escort carriage.

I hastily threw open the carriage door and first checked Anabella’s condition.

Despite the chaos outside with the world turned upside down, she sat without the slightest movement.

Like a marionette with severed strings, she felt eerily unsettling.

“Anabella Rizeren.”

I called her name, but she didn’t respond. As if completely unaware of my arrival, her unfocused eyes stared into empty space.

‘It doesn’t seem like simple brainwashing,’

I thought her consciousness itself might have been consumed.

Who on earth would do such a thing to the original novel’s female protagonist?

I was curious about that person, but the identity of the system trying to save her was also suspicious.

“Who’s there!”

Just then, someone noticed my presence and shouted.

I hurriedly climbed into the carriage, took out the temple miniature from the box in my arms, and forcibly placed it in Anabella’s embrace.

“Please come to your senses, Anabella!”

As soon as I shouted, the strange pattern carved on the bottom of the miniature blazed red.

Then all senses except sight were cut off. While I floundered in an unreal world where sound, wind, and even body temperature had disappeared, the miniature rapidly expanded and swallowed us both whole.

‘What is this now?’

I looked around in a dumbfounded state. Anabella, who had been motionless until just moments ago, also trembled slightly and looked toward the altar in front of the temple.

Someone was standing there. Due to the red light emanating from their entire body, only their outline was faintly visible, and their face was unrecognizable.

That being slowly approached Anabella and then embraced her tightly.

“It’s okay now.”

A warm, androgynous voice like spring sunlight echoed widely throughout the sacred temple.

“I finally found you… you don’t need to worry anymore.”

With those words, the figure scattered like a mirage, but the red light remained like an afterimage, gently enveloping Anabella.

Life finally began to spread drop by drop into her eyes, which had been cloudy and unfocused.

When even the red light surrounding her completely faded, Anabella blinked slowly like a child awakening from a long sleep.

She looked around with a dazed expression as if still wandering in a dream, then spotted me and tilted her head.

“Why is Miss Eileen here? And where is this place? Why am I in such a place?”

The villainous appearance of glaring at me as if to devour me and making bizarre sounds had completely disappeared, and she had returned to the innocent original heroine I first saw.

The brainwashing was really lifted, right?

[4-3. Quest Success! 300,000 points awarded as reward.]

While I was watching Anabella carefully just in case, a Quest notification appeared.

“It really was lifted.”

Just as I was relieved and patting my chest, a brilliant flash that seemed like it would blind me struck us.

I reflexively closed my eyes and when I opened them again, we were back inside the carriage.

The miniature I had worked hard to make for four days with the dwarves’ help was broken beyond recognition, scattered on the floor.

The strange pattern that had been carved on the floor had also disappeared without a trace.

It was a shame, but since it had fulfilled its purpose, I felt no regret.

Now I just needed to safely escape from here…

Bang-

“What the hell are you doing!”

…it would work, but that seems difficult.

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