I thought I would be dealing with introductory ancient language courses, but deciphering the most difficult ancient documents?

“Um, then… could I perhaps know the level of difficulty of the documents I’ll be looking at?”

“Of course.”

“I’d like to see them right now. That way, I can know if I’m capable of handling the work here. And… I would like you to make a precise judgement about assigning the work to me.”

Calon found Aelfrie’s words surprising.

Aelfrie had talked about needing money, and her tone was calm but couldn’t hide the desperation. So, he thought she would be willing to do whatever it takes.

But contrary to his expectations, Aelfrie said she wanted them to accurately assess whether her skills were needed or not.

Some might find such a personality frustrating. There would also be people who dislike the fact that she maintains her dignity even in urgent situations.

But Calon liked this aspect of Aelfrie’s personality.

Despite being desperate and struggling, she neither inflated her own skills nor sought sympathy or favor from others.

She just wanted a fair evaluation of her abilities and a corresponding compensation.

Calon rose from his seat, walked over to Nisha’s desk, and pulled out a document that they had once been scammed with. He presented it to Aelfrie along with a pen and paper.

“We honestly need someone capable of deciphering documents of this level. Would that be possible for you?”

Aelfrie looked at the document he held out. A very elaborate script. A typical ancient document.

“Wait, this is…”

“Be quiet.”

Calon had presented a document that was one of the highly confidential files of the Ash Trading Company, and Ino, realizing it was the land document they were scammed with, was about to reach out for it with surprised eyes.

It was one of the documents that they deliberately kept more hidden. It was not only a document they had been scammed with, but it also indicated a weakness that the Ash Trading Company wouldn’t notice due to its level of difficulty.

But now, he had brazenly shown it to Aelfrie, who hadn’t even decided to work there yet.

‘Of course, Miss Aelfrie doesn’t seem like someone who would talk…’

Calon found his own unconditional trust surprising.

Calon, Nisha, and Ino’s gazes were focused on Aelfrie, who was scanning the ancient document.

Just moments ago, Aelfrie was uncomfortable with the attention she was receiving. But the moment she held the ancient document, she focused entirely on it.
Her eyes quickly scanned the ancient document. Moments later, Aelfrie picked up a pen and began transcribing the contents onto the prepared sheet of paper.

The imperial common language was written in an exceptionally neat and pleasing script.

Aelfrie’s hand moved without hesitation. Though it paused very occasionally, it promptly resumed its movement.

The once empty paper filled up quickly with writing. Astonishment spread across the faces of the three people who read it.

Previously, ancient language experts they had employed took tens of minutes just to decipher and transcribe a single sentence.

It was considered fortunate to complete a page even if they worked on it all day long.

“Finished. Would you like to check?”

Upon hearing Aelfrie’s words, Ino looked at the clock. Aelfrie had started working at minute 15. Now it was minute 23.

‘Eight minutes for a page?’

Is this even possible?

Ino examined the contents that Aelfrie had deciphered, standing behind Nisha who had taken the paper.

‘Even… accurate?’

All three of them were familiar with the document, as it had previously caused a ruckus. Therefore, it had been used for Aelfrie’s test.

Aelfrie had translated the contents of the ancient document accurately.

Moreover, she had made it very easy to read, unlike previous translators who had directly translated archaic expressions, filling the document with words and metaphors that were difficult to understand now.

Yet, nothing in the content was changed.

Ino had painfully realized over the past few months just how difficult it was to make a document easy to read without simply deciphering it.

Rushing over to Nisha’s desk, Ino searched for another document.

It was a copy of an ancient document that the headquarters had sent to use for interviews when hiring new ancient language decipherers.

“Th-this one too, please!”

Aelfrie nodded and took the new document. And seven minutes later.

“We’re saved!”

Ino shouted in jubilation while checking the clock. In his hand was a perfectly translated piece of paper.

“We found it! Finally, we’ve found the talent we were looking for! The angel of ancient language who came to save me!”

Immersed in emotion, Ino hugged the paper that Aelfrie had translated.

Even at headquarters, the translation time for one page was set for over an hour.

Yet, Aelfrie dispatched it as if it was not particularly challenging.

Ino’s gaze moved towards the mountain-like pile of documents behind Nisha’s desk.

From among them, Ino found the copies of the ancient documents and brought them all over, piling them up next to Aelfrie.