There Is No Need To Be Obsessed

Geren, who huffed discontentedly, screamed at the group of people still looking at him, whispering.

“What are you looking at!”

“To wear fake Frea clothes and pretend they’re real, he had quite the gut.”

“Serves him right.”

Hearing ridicule from all over the place, Geren’s eyes blazed. However, there were so many people there that he did not know who said it.

Damn it, damn it!

Geren clenched his fists and quickly walked away.

He felt ashamed and his face was about to burst.

It’s all because of her!

Eureia Craycia, a parachuted who joined by using connections!

That arrogant parachuted!

If it wasn’t for that bitch, he wouldn’t have suffered like this…!

How do I get my revenge?

Inside Geren, his vengeful spirit began to burn strongly.

She must be damned as much as he was, or even worse than himself, he had to watch her fall along with him.

What should I do….?

While he was immersed in his thoughts, he saw Eureia entering the elevator with Annie.

Geren remembered Karance asking Eureia to help Annie with her work.

Wait, Annie, what is that thing supposed to do today?

Geren, who immediately came up with the answer, had a sinister smile on his face.

He then grabbed one of the passing members and said.

“Karance, the team leader, is looking for Annine in a hurry.”

“…?”

The person gave him a questioning look in return. However, it was not as cold as the look from the 4th team.

There were quite a few people in the guild who still acted friendly around him to mooch off him.

Geren’s brows twitched and he spoke again in a friendly tone.

“I am in a hurry right now, so call Annie for me. It seemed to be quite urgent.”

“Now……?”

The member looked puzzled. He also seemed to be in the middle of something.

“You know there’s a promotion review soon, right?”

“…!”

The member’s eyes widened with a slight glint of light at the word ‘promotion review’. Immediately, his attitude changed dramatically.

“Alright then. Where should I go to find her?”

Geren replied with a smile.

“Underground Frozen Storage.”

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The underground area was larger than that from above. Therefore, many facilities that were not on the surface were available here.

Typically, there were sleeping quarters, a cafeteria, a storage and a research lab.

The place Annie headed to was the frozen storage among the supple storages.

It was a place where ice magic spell was recorded on magic stones so that the temperature was always below zero.

“It’s called a frozen storage. It’s amazing, right?”

Annie said in a voice full of pride.

Of course I wasn’t surprised, because frozen storages were very common in Korea.

However, in this world, there was no concept of refrigerated storage, so no wonder people thought it was amazing.

“It was developed by the guild’s owner.”

Annie said, holding her hands together as if dreaming of the said person.

At the word ‘owner’, I pricked my ears up.

At this point, I decided to sneak a peek at the thought of the guild’s workers on the owner.

“Come to think of it, what kind of person is the owner anyway?”

“You don’t know about this merchant’s founder?”

Annie asked in surprise.

I shuddered at her bulldozer-like momentum and nodded.

“Yea…I don’t know.”

“Is that so. I can’t believe you don’t know of the chairman. That won’t do, so listen carefully. The owner is a living legend!”

She continued with a serious face, waving her index finger.

“First of all, to briefly introduce the owner, she is a great person who founded the Cheshire Merchant at the young age of 19!”

“Aha…”

“After establishing the Cheshire Merchant with her blood sweat and tears, she started to grow it. She was a genius who recognised the true value of magic stones at one glance and developed a groundbreaking invention called magic tools! You think that’s all? Not only that, she also had great eyes and judgement for talented people. She raised Leone Finisis, who was pushed out of the power struggle, to the ducal throne, and kept him by her side. Additionally, she sent Heckard, who was fluent in foreign languages, to the Nephrin Kingdom to create a spectacular expansion. You know, the branch in the Nephrin Kingdom is the second largest after the headquarters.”

“Hmm…”

“That’s not all! This frozen storage and all kinds of amazing inventions that people could never imagine were all come up by the owner! Did you see the ‘automatic door’ at the guild entrance? The vice chairman said that was also the founder’s idea.”

“Wow…such a great person.”

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, I responded roughly while staring into the void.

So far, all the listed things were right, but I didn’t think I would be praised that much.

“That’s not the end. I also heard that the owner’s beauty is quite remarkable.”

“…? I don’t think so though.”

It was nonsense to say that my appearance was outstanding.

Of course, there were often people who were amazed at my oriental appearance, which was never seen in this world.

Still, it would be hard to say that I was beautiful even with empty words.

“I wonder how such false rumour came about…”

I muttered to myself, but when Annie heard it, she jumped.

“It’s no false rumour, it’s true! It is even said that Lord Finisis and Lord Heckard fell in love with that beauty and thus became her limbs! Of course, I think they were attracted not only by the beauty but also by the power of the owner.”

Leone was someone I saved and Heckard was also picked up.

There used to be rumours that Leone was my lover, but…

Did it change like that?

Seeing Annie’s twinkling eyes made me feel apologetic as if I had unintentionally scammed her.

“Anyway, she’s such a great person.”

Suddenly, Annie’s expression turned bitter.

“Actually, the reason I joined the Cheshire Merchant Guild was that I respected the headmaster so much and wanted to see her at least once. But I didn’t get to see her after all…”

I knew the reason, but I couldn’t act apathetic at the look on her face.

“Why?”

“Because the owner has disappeared.”

It’s such a strange feeling to hear my story from someone else’s point of view.

“There are rumours that she passed away, but I don’t believe it. The headmaster will definitely come back.”

It was even stranger to see the faith of someone waiting for me without knowing my death.

I felt like committing a sin.

I felt sorry for her, but the beloved headmaster that she had been waiting for wouldn’t come back.

She’s dead.

… but I couldn’t bring myself to say that. All I could do was nod along.

“Right. She’ll be back,”

“Anyway, the owner is such a brilliant person. You know that now, right?”

“Yes.”

For some reason, I had the feeling that if I answered that I still didn’t get it, she would only continue to praise me for the rest of the day. Thus, I nodded quickly.

Annie, who succeeded in spreading the fact ‘the headmacter is amazing’, opened the door to the frozen storage by pressing the button with a proud expression.

The door opened with a loud heavy sound, and cold air rushed out.

“Eureia, tell me if it’s cold.”

“I’m okay. But if we stay for a long time, it might get a little chilly.”

“It won’t be long. But you have to be careful. In the past, there was a person who died in this freezer once.”

“Really?”

Accidents of being locked in a cold storage and freezing to death were common in Korea as well.

It was a familiar thing, but I pretended to be surprised and asked back.

At that, Annie nodded gravely.

“Yes. So you can’t stay in it for more than an hour. You have to come out once in a while to raise your body’s temperature. But don’t worry, today’s task is simple and will take less than 20 minutes.”

“Then I’m glad.”

Still, isn’t this pretty dangerous? Shouldn’t something be done to prevent such an accident?

While thinking about this, I went inside with Annie.