Chapter 122.
Having run away from Fiona, I entered the office for the civil servants behind the counter through the back door.
"Huh? You weren"t working at the counter with Fiona?” seeing me come through the back door, Demuir looked at me and the door alternately and asked.
I grabbed Demuir by the shoulder and shook him.
"Why didn"t anyone tell us not to talk about Miss Rosellis with Miss Fiona!"
Demuir and Organ, who was working on doc.u.ments next to him, were silent with mouths agape.
"I"m not in charge of the newcomers."
I moved my gaze away and let go of Demuir’s shoulder as he s.h.i.+fted the responsibility onto Organ.
"That is certainly my mistake. I apologize. I forgot to explain the precautions because I was scolding Demuir."
Organ acknowledged his mistake outrightly and bowed his head. Demuir, on the other hand, looked at me with wonder.
"Wow, but how did you get out of there? Once Fiona starts talking, it’s no different from an antlion’s pit.”
I sold Flam to get out.
"Ah, seeing that you’re here alone, you must have pa.s.sed it on to Flam and left!" Demuir said, elated by his reasoning. He had a needless good hunch.
"That"s not the important thing, is it? Please just tell me how to stop Miss Fiona."
I didn"t know if there was a way to stop her, but if there was, I would go rescue Flam right away. Otherwise, there would be no way to calm the sulky guy later.
At my request, Organ hesitatingly opened his mouth.
"There is a way, but…"
“What is it?"
At my urging, Organ told me the method as if it couldn’t be helped.
"It is to put Miss Rosellis herself in front of Miss Fiona. Because she doesn"t like anyone talking about her so much, Fiona will be quiet."
I could now see why he hesitated. Rosellis was a platinum plate adventurer. To compare her relations.h.i.+p with me, it was like a major league opening player and a supporter a.s.sociated with the club.
On top of that, I was also a new supporter. The other difference was that there was only one club and other civil servants and I were at no risk of being fired.
If you had a bad relations.h.i.+p with a platinum plate adventurer, from the civil servant"s point of view, you could be transferred to another branch, or, in severe cases, to a department other than the Adventurers’ Guild.
"Is there any other way?"
Organ and Demuir shook their heads at the same time.
"When will Miss Fiona stop?”
"Who knows. Probably the longest was when it was accidentally brought up during lunchtime and she continued until we got off work?”
If it was as Demuir said, it would be a little less than five hours. Then, Organ pulled down on his haggard face and denied it.
"No. I listened to Rosellis’s saga past work hours and through the night during night duty."
"What? Wasn’t Fiona very lively the next day?”
"Wasn’t I more dead than alive during work at that time?"
Oh, it must have been from his own experience! I did think Organ"s face seemed a decade older. Was it that traumatic?
"Hmm, then, at least until the end of work today, she’ll be a fanatic and be attached to Flam.”
"Yes, I think so."
Demuir and Organ’s words poked at my conscience. I was even more guilt-stricken because I gave Flam an armful of bombs so I could escape.
"Shouldn’t we make a simple counter or something? If Fiona is in that situation, adventurers won"t be able to accept requests."
"I think we will have to do that. Is Mr. Dano currently free?” Organ asked.
Dano shook his head in response. “I have to go on a business trip in a little bit. There"s a report that ruins were found in Lotten City, so I have to go check.”
After saying that, he went away with some doc.u.ments.
Occasionally, ruins were discovered or excavated in the empire. Ancient ruins were often dangerous because of the presence of necromancers, the undead that haunted it, or monsters such as goblins and ogres that built their nests there.
However, magical relics from the era of the Holy Kingdom were sometimes found in ruins. Sometimes they possessed magic unique to the now extinct Holy Tribe, so they could be sold at a very high price as soon as they were excavated.
The ruins were like a lottery for adventurers who dreamed of becoming a big hit. As such, because they flocked to the ruins, there had to be civil servants to control them.
Listening to their conversation, I sighed.
"I"ll try visiting Miss Rosellis."
Organ and Demur looked at me again with astonishment.
"What? Why? Are you perhaps going to tell her about Miss Fiona"s fanaticism?"
"You should stop. The adventurers won"t let you go."
"That"s right. Miss Fiona is the idol of every adventurer in the capital!"
"If you make Miss Fiona cry, you will become the common enemy of all the adventurers of the capital."
Organ and Demuir spoke so naturally and without a pause as if it was one person speaking and not two, and tried to stop me.
According to the duo, Fiona was the mascot of the Adventurers’ Guild. There were many male adventurers who adored Fiona. Thanks to her amiable personality and patience at lending an ear to their husband-woes, it was said that the female adventurers considered her a haven of solace.
Indeed, there was a reason why no one complained even though she was talking about Miss Rosellis and abandoned her counter work for a day. It was the result of all the benevolence she had bestowed.
I smiled and said to the two people who were stopping me, "Isn"t it all right to bring Miss Rosellis to the first floor without mentioning Miss Fiona?"
"Hmm, I guess so."
"I won’t mind if that’s even possible."
Demuir and Organ looked at me with doubtful eyes.
Well, it wouldn’t be difficult. All it would take was a proper excuse to bring her down to the first floor. I"ve never lost in terms of speaking skills except to my big sister. Well, if it doesn"t work out, I can just give her a little hint so that she’ll want to go down to the first floor.
"Don"t you think you should not do it?"
"Demuir is right. Miss Rosellis is easygoing, so she"ll let slide most rudenesses, but it could become a problem."
I told the worrying pair that it would be fine and confidently headed to the fifth floor where Rosellis"s lodging was. Then, I knocked in front of the room with her nameplate.
"Miss Rosellis?"
There was no response. It seemed like an ordinary empty room. I strained my senses and examined the surroundings for any presence.
Currently, on the fifth floor, I could only feel the presence of one person in Guild Director Glont’s room. I reckoned that maybe Rosellis was out, but the presence I felt was too weak compared to Guild Director Glont.
Come to think of it, I couldn"t feel the mana I felt during the interview at all right now.
So then who was in Guild Director Glont"s room?
Perhaps a petty thief?
It must be an incomparably daring thief to rob an Adventurers’ Guild full of adventurers in broad daylight, not to mention it was also the Adventurers’ Guild Director"s room.
I completely killed my presence and approached the door of the Guild Director’s room without a sound. I touched the handle, the door was unlocked. What a careless thief to not lock the door.
The thief was moving quite briskly based on the sound.
I opened the door in one go. And I couldn"t keep my mouth shut at the sight of what was happening.
On a large bed in the middle of the room, Rosellis was rolling around, hugging a giant teddy bear with her happy face planted into it.
"Heehee, Angelica! I got a compliment!"
Rosellis, who was giggling, was surprised by the opening of the door and made eye contact with me. She was frozen for a moment and couldn"t budge.
"Excuse me."
When I tried to close the door, Rosellis ran quickly with a bright red face and stopped me from closing it.
"Hold, hold on! It"s a misunderstanding!"
Rosellis tried to open the door with an urgent voice, and I wanted to close it quickly and escape this situation.
Between me trying to close the door and her trying to open it, the door made of high-quality wood seemed to be screaming.
Rosellis shouted in a perplexed voice as the door did not open easily.
"What? Why are you so strong?!"
I wasn’t even putting in any strength because the door might break.
"Ahaha, I didn"t see anything."
"Don"t lie!" Rosellis shouted and pulled harder on the door.
"It was all done by the house cat, Judge-nim!"
I also pulled harder to prevent the door from opening.
"Don"t be ridiculous! What cat! You made eye contact with me!”
“That did not happen.”
Kwajik!
An ominous sound came from the door.
"Wait a moment, Miss Rosellis."
"Open up!"
“Wasn’t there a strange noise coming from the door?”
“Don"t change the subject!”
Rosellis pulled the door harder. Ah, no!
Kwajijik!
The tug-of-war between me and Rosellis ended with a victory for her as the door handle, which had barely been hanging on, was broken. She was fl.u.s.tered to see the lump of a door handle in her hand.
"What? Why did this break?"
"Didn’t I tell you! I heard something strange from the door!" I cried.
Rosellis’s red face got even hotter and she got angry. "Shut up! You’re saying it’s my fault?”
"Then is it my fault as a weak civil servant?"
Rosellis was speechless at my reb.u.t.tal.
If anyone saw a weak civil servant and an adventurer of a platinum plate in a tug-of-war with a door handle, they would say that the platinum plate adventurer was in the wrong. In fact, I was controlling my strength because I was afraid it would break, but it broke anyway from Rosellis adding more strength.
After being briefly fl.u.s.tered, Rosellis suddenly grabbed my wrist. "Caught you."
Oh jeez, I got caught!
"Please let go, Angelica."
Rosellis blushed and stuttered. "What... What are you talking about!? Who’s An-Angelica!
I turned my gaze to the doll she had just been hugging on the bed.
"No, I’m telling you it’s a misunderstanding!" Rosellis said as she avoided her gaze and blushed with a face that was saying it’s unfair.
"Misunderstanding… Yes, that"s right. I believe you. It"s a misunderstanding. I didn"t see anything."
"You aren’t believing me!” Rosellis pulled my arm, sat me on a chair, and grabbed my shoulders.
"You. How much do you know about the Guild Director?”
“You mean the Guild Director?”
“Yes.”
I obediently answered Rosellis"s question.
"It was my first time meeting him today, so I only know his name and face."
"Yes, you know him as a great general... What?"
Rosellis, who was nodding at my answer, looked at me with surprise.
"Really? You don"t know anything even after hearing the director of the Adventurers’ Guild, no, the name Glont von Asilante?"
"Do I need to know more than the fact that he is my direct boss?"
Rosellis glanced at me as if I were a spy.
"Are you really a citizen of the empire?"
I nodded nonchalantly, although I felt a little warm at her question. "Do you want me to show you my ID?"
Look at my ID card that was able to trick the bank and Prime Minister right now!
"No, it’s fine. How old are you?
I couldn"t figure out why she asked me about my age all of the sudden.
"I"m sixteen."
Rosellis sighed as if lamenting.
"Ha-ah- I guess you might not know at that age? No, but how could you not recognize the name of the greatest war hero after hearing it?
At those words, I could only tilt my head.