The Low-Ranking Civil Servant Wants to Achieve Success - Chapter 126

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Chapter 126
1. Background and Purpose
Namia Loapi has long felt something special toward Kibon Altes, yet she could never express it honestly due to the burden of their superior-subordinate relationship and workplace romance complications.
Therefore, this report aims to convey the emotions that have been ambiguously communicated until now with clarity and precision, eliminating any room for misunderstanding and paving the way for a better future through accurate situational awareness.
With each character I read, my breath caught in my throat.
This was the format most familiar to him.
2. Content and Theoretical Background
1) Affection typically begins with the question, “Why do I think about this person so much?” (Anastasia Kayen, 546). As feelings deepen, physical attraction and bodily responses accompany the desire for closer contact when they meet (Luca Class, 543). However, even with mutual interest, timing issues can prevent things from working out (Victor Awin, 546).
2) Criminal organizations must have even the smallest roots torn out (Fedwin Polariud, 531). Furthermore, experimental subjects created through modification must be eliminated for the sake of the Empire (Kiaros Polariud, 546).
In Imperial report format, citations are simply marked as (speaker, year) when referencing statements.
As always, Namia’s memory was precise.
3. Results and Analysis
According to 1), Namia Loapi is in love with Kibon Altes. However, before they could even go on their first date, she discovered he was an experimental subject, and timing prevented her from confessing in any other way.
According to 2), she wanted to see other loved ones before being killed by the Dragon-kin.
Kiaros collapsed onto the bench. Suddenly, tears welled up in his eyes.
For someone who had never cried even as a child, these were tears formed for the first time.
‘Timing’….
We never even went on our first date. It was merely a promise made on this close, worn bench—somewhere we could have gone anytime.
If Kiaros had confessed that he was Kibon and somehow seduced her, could Namia have felt differently?
If he hadn’t been the Crown Prince who had to be cautious in everything, if he had been in a position to express himself freely from the moment he harbored feelings for her—would things have been different?
[Victor Awin was blaming Namia for it, though.]
[It’s just typical male behavior, really. Regardless of what background or circumstances someone has, there’s no reason I should accommodate all of that.]
But regardless of what background or circumstances he had, there was no reason Namia should have accommodated all of that either.
[The timing not working out… well, I suppose that can happen. But still, love isn’t about nitpicking everything and leading things only in the direction you want, is it?]
I inwardly scoffed at Victor Awin.
His pathetic figure—waiting only when he wanted to, hovering nervously by her side with all his tension—was contemptible.
But now that I thought about it, I was no different.
4. Conclusion
Kibon Altes should cherish Namia Loapi, who loved him sincerely, only as a memory, forget her as quickly as possible, and live a happy life going forward.
My heart burned with pain, and my head spun as though my heart would stop.
‘This isn’t the time for this. Hurry… I need to reach Namia….’
Kiaros staggered to his feet.
From the line in Namia’s confession report that read “because I want to see other loved ones,” it was certain she had gone to the Gaejo Faction Headquarters.
The priority was to interrogate the High Priest and find that headquarters by any means necessary.
That was when it happened.
“Kiaros.”
The Emperor approached with hurried steps. He seemed to have learned Kiaros’s location from the attendants.
He quickly grasped both of Kiaros’s hands and asked with tender eyes.
“Do you know where Namia is?”
“Pardon?”
“I’ll take you there myself. I’ve been meaning to step away from the Imperial Palace for a few days anyway.”
The Emperor continued speaking calmly, observing Kiaros, who still hadn’t fully grasped the situation.
“So the High Priest has been captured? Then the Dragon-kin way is to demolish the Grand Temple first. You’ve never manifested as a dragon before, so you wouldn’t understand, but… if the Temple Forces are backing the Gaejo Faction, we need to incinerate that place from the ground up. We’ve even shown restraint in investigating the Dragon-kin themselves all this time, so that’s likely their headquarters.”
Kiaros’s eyes widened.
He hadn’t considered such an approach. He hadn’t known the Emperor’s body had recovered.
“It will take a few days, but I think I can entrust those few days to Jayden and the Empress. Though young, Jayden is clever enough to maintain the status quo, and if anyone dares underestimate him for his age, the Empress will handle them herself.”
This new option had become possible precisely because Jayden and the Empress’s relationship had improved.
The Emperor’s gentle voice continued.
“I can travel long distances with my special ability, but I can also manifest as a dragon and fly to deliver you to Namia’s side. It would be difficult for Namia to outrun a dragon, no matter where she flees.”
It was considerable consideration on his part. The Emperor sighed and gently stroked Kiaros’s golden hair.
“However, the fact that you’re in a dark period troubles me… with such a strikingly handsome appearance, it will be difficult to hide your identity, and I worry that the Gaejo Faction’s minions might target you.”
Kiaros shot to his feet.
His body reacted instinctively to the Emperor’s words about “demolishing the Grand Temple first” and “incinerating that place.”
His mind, which had been in chaos from Namia’s sudden disappearance and the confession report, began to clear.
Come to think of it, Namia would have no choice but to reach the same conclusion as the Emperor.
“No, that won’t do.”
Kiaros spoke to the Emperor.
“Incinerating the Grand Temple… that won’t do.”
The Grand Temple, which would require days of wandering through the Garden Maze just to enter.
Namia, now incredibly powerful, would have charged in without hesitation.
But if a dragon were to destroy that place entirely…
“Namia will be there. Probably with her biological father… and possibly even the Tower Master.”
Namia had a special bond with the Tower Master. From what he knew, the Tower Master was a bloodline purist who cared only for his own flesh and blood.
The way Namia had called herself an “experimental subject she didn’t even know about,” and the fact that a pregnant monster’s special traits had manifested in her offspring—it all pointed to this.
‘The Tower Master’s Daughter, Aran, seems to be Namia’s biological mother. The results of the experiments conducted on Aran are now manifesting in Namia.’
Having quickly reached his conclusion, Kiaros spoke to the Emperor.
“But if you would take me there, I would be grateful.”
If he rode a dragon to the Southern Region, it would certainly be faster than any other method.
The love expert of the Scroll Department, Anastasia Kayen, had been right.
[‘I actually liked you a lot. But I’m trying to forget now. I just wanted to express my feelings one last time, so don’t worry about it and just live well.’ After saying that and leaving coolly, it’s supposed to work.]
[What? Leave?]
[Yes. So it would be the last resort, wouldn’t it? If it was someone you had even a little affection for, they say you’d go almost mad?]
She had confessed and left. Leaving only the words for him to forget her and live happily.
He wasn’t almost going mad—he felt like he truly was going mad.
The fact that he might never see her again burned his heart pitch black.
“Right now. As fast as possible.”
Kiaros’s crimson eyes gleamed with madness as he clutched the confession report.
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Since Parens wasn’t far away, they traveled by carriage.
‘I know very little about the Temple.’
Unauthorized intruders couldn’t simply wander in—the outer garden was designed as an intricate maze for that very reason.
Yet somehow, my entire family had ended up here: my Father, the Tower Master, and my Mother.
‘I’ll deal with Mother later.’
Regardless, the person I could meet most easily was already decided.
‘The Tower Master must have entered fully prepared as well.’
I’d spent a night in Parens, bathing thoroughly and stockpiling dried rations and water. The daily infusions of holy power had left me in exceptional condition.
‘If I die, I die.’
The Grand Temple was encircled by massive, towering walls.
But as the strongest experimental subject, such obstacles meant nothing to me.
I couldn’t travel far without precise coordinates, yet a wall of this caliber was child’s play to breach in an instant.
“Activate.”
The moment I triggered the teleportation scroll, I was already inside the walls.

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