Becoming the Guide of the Mysophobic Villain? Absolutely Not! - Chapter 219

As I reluctantly took a seat, Demona grumbled while explaining the tasks I needed to do.

“Well, a high-ranking official came down from the top. Thanks to that, we were on emergency duty all weekend. It’s tough being a low-level office worker—we were so short-handed that we had to use our feet too. I’m relieved you’re here to help.”

The work wasn’t difficult. It was just a lot of simple, menial tasks.

It was time-consuming, but not bad for passing the time without thinking too much. Even though it had been a while since I became a Guide, I was used to this kind of work from my days as an office worker.

As the work quickly diminished, Demona expressed her amazement.

“Wow, you’re really fast, Rose. How are you so good at this?”

“It’s nothing.”

“Now that I think about it, you were known for finishing your work the fastest and then lounging around when you were still working at the office. Your skills are still top-notch.”

“…”

Even lazy people have their advantages. In my case, it was that I had developed a knack for extreme efficiency to finish tasks I didn’t want to do as quickly as possible.

As a result, I became one of the fastest workers among the non-ability office workers.

…But I always pretended to be busy so it wouldn’t look like I was slacking off. Did everyone know I was actually lounging around?

I was momentarily shocked by this revelation.

“At this rate, we’ll finish in a third of the time. You’re really amazing, Rose.”

“Oh, it’s nothing.”

“It’s not nothing. You’re more than enough. I think I’d just be in the way.”

“…?”

“If I did this alone, it would take me three hours. How long would it take you alone? I’m really curious. Should we time it and see?”

Demona pushed her work towards me, sticking her tongue out playfully. It was as if she genuinely wanted to see how fast I could finish everything on my own.

I realized too late that I had been tricked. No wonder Demona was nicknamed the next Center Director.

Praising me while giving me more work was exactly like my direct supervisor when I was an office worker.

“…”

I had nothing else to do anyway, but I felt strange as I looked reluctantly at Demona.

“…You can’t hide your office worker roots. Who would believe you’re a Guide?”

Someone said this loudly enough for me to hear.

There’s an old saying that when the tiger is away, the fox becomes the king.

Old sayings never lie.

In the Guide Division, the tiger had always been the A-Class Guide Shana. Although Oscar was also an A-Class Guide, unlike Oscar who was obsessed with wooing Espers, Shana enjoyed being revered by both Espers and Guides. Naturally, Shana became the tiger and the king.

But now Shana was away from the Center, and her absence seemed indefinite.

It was the perfect condition for a fox aiming for the throne to emerge.

“…What did you just say, Miss Razne?”

“Oh my, did it bother you? Are you upset? What’s so upsetting about a former office worker acting like an office worker?”

“…”

“Pfft!”

The fox in question was Razne. With her slyly slanted eyes and a sprinkling of freckles across her nose, she was quite a cute-looking B-Class Guide.

I knew well enough that Razne had been trying to stir up political drama among the Guides lately.

But I didn’t care. After all, she would be put in her place as soon as Shana returned, and I believed whatever she did wouldn’t affect me.

However… it seemed like she was starting to seriously target me.

While Shana was undoubtedly the tiger of the Guide Division, Razne faced one major obstacle in taking her place: me, a wildcard who wasn’t a tiger or a fox, but someone with influence among the Guides.

Razne couldn’t stand someone like me.

I wasn’t naive enough to think all the Guides liked me, given my own antics. But considering the payoff of 1.3 million Berks, I thought it was worth it.

Moreover, I never imagined she’d openly pick a fight with me, Claude’s Guide.

“What are you saying? Razne, are you crazy?”

That’s when Epine stepped in.