The Low-Ranking Civil Servant Wants to Achieve Success - Chapter 140

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Chapter 140
As I blinked slowly, Kiaros gradually withdrew his body.
Then he spoke affectionately.
“You can use a teleportation scroll, right? First, get out of here and go somewhere safe. I’ll retrieve Cedric Loapi and bring him. The Emperor will be arriving soon as well.”
Now that I thought about it, I was curious how Kiaros had arrived here in less than two days, but it seemed he had come with the Emperor.
[Well, I can transform into a form with scales too, but I’m not old enough yet. If I wait a bit longer, it’ll be possible. I could hide it from you forever if you wanted, but I do want to let you ride on it once. On the way here, it didn’t feel bad at all.]
That comment from earlier….
It wasn’t about transforming into a scaled horse—it meant a Dragon.
According to records, it should take four days… but it seems he can do it faster if he tries his best.
‘Since I can manifest as a Dragon once I turn twenty-five… that wasn’t a lie.’
I felt incredibly wronged.
Noticing my thoughts just from my expression, Kiaros chuckled mischievously and spoke.
“You were talking so enthusiastically about scales earlier. Dragons have scales too, after all.”
“Yes… You have no idea how hard I tried not to imagine Kibon transforming into a scaled horse.”
“I’d prefer you didn’t imagine it in the future either.”
Kiaros’s eyes curved playfully.
“Anyway, I’ll take to heart Namia’s opinion that we need to be the same species to express affection. I happen to agree with that too.”
I bit my lower lip reluctantly.
“If you want, I don’t have to show you my Dragon form either. You seem to dislike scales.”
“….”
“Living as Kibon is fine too. Think about it slowly. Do whatever feels comfortable.”
“So would it be possible to have your form during the day and Kibon’s form at night, something like that?”
“It’s possible, but I wouldn’t recommend it.”
“Why not?”
“I think we’d end up jealous of each other.”
“What? We’re the same person though?”
“Still, I think it would happen. You keep using formal speech with me, and right now I’m getting jealous of Kibon.”
“….”
Anyway, I could tell what Kiaros wanted.
In the end, it was a life spent with me.
But I couldn’t bring myself to say, “Yes, abandon the Crown Prince position, and let’s just wander around somewhere nice with someone whose transformations are unpredictable, living leisurely without any authority.” The words simply wouldn’t come out.
“Let’s think about the complicated stuff later.”
Kiaros gently touched the ends of my hair as he spoke.
“For now, just get out of here.”
Well, that was the obvious conclusion for my safety anyway.
And I had already realized it while watching the people guarding the Underground Prison entrance earlier.
No matter how much I became the strongest with scrolls, I wasn’t the type to sweep through and kill people indiscriminately.
So it was better to leave Father to Kiaros and get out quickly.
“Oh, wait a moment.”
Of course my safety was important, but I still wanted to take Kibon with me.
One wrong move and I could have been trapped here and killed as an experimental subject.
But I couldn’t exactly wander around aimlessly asking people to save a “large white dog” either….
“I’ll have a teleportation scroll ready for you to use whenever you need. In exchange, could I possibly take just one animal I met here with me alive?”
“…An animal?”
“Yes. I met one here…. It should be somewhere nearby.”
“I’ve been hearing a dog barking from far off—surely you’re not talking about that dog?”
“Yes!”
I nodded vigorously.
“I need to tell that dog directly to escape on its own. So I’ll meet you outside. Okay?”
“Hmm….”
Kiaros looked slightly troubled. Then he spoke awkwardly.
“To be honest, I was also feeling pretty lost about escaping on my own.”
“What?”
“…It’s the Dark Age….”
“Oh my…. You spoke so confidently that I thought you’d easily manage this much.”
“….”
“I won’t forget that consideration of yours—coming all this way without a plan yourself, and trying to send me out first.”
“You can forget that. Just don’t forget my confession.”
Ah, the confession.
I withdrew my hand from Kiaros and began rummaging through my bag.
At the very bottom, a scroll I’d been thinking about since earlier lay carefully folded.
“What is it?”
“The Tower Master gave it to me, and I just suddenly remembered it.”
“The Tower Master?”
“Yes. She gave it to me when she realized I was her granddaughter.”
Kiaros then asked with a puzzled expression.
“What kind of scroll is it?”
“I don’t know. I couldn’t decipher it no matter how hard I tried.”
I held up the complex scroll and shrugged.
No matter how talented I was in magic, I wasn’t trained at the Magic Tower.
Without ever having done proper scroll research, I couldn’t interpret a scroll I didn’t even understand without testing it first.
“But if you look closely…. I’m not sure exactly, but it seems to be area-of-effect type. There are also formulas related to light….”
“Area-of-effect?”
“Yes. It means it affects this space broadly. Though given the scroll’s nature, the range isn’t incredibly wide….”
But since she said to use it when receiving a confession, it didn’t seem like it would be anything strange or harmful.
Besides, wasn’t this the very first scroll my grandfather ever gave me as a gift?
“But why did I suddenly remember this now?”
“Ah, the Tower Master told me to use this when receiving a confession from a man.”
“What?”
“Who knows? Maybe some miraculous special effect appears? Like, something you’ll remember for the rest of your life.”
While I earnestly reasoned through the problem, Kiaros narrowed his eyes and stared intently at the scroll.
He wore an expression of deep contemplation despite the fact that he wouldn’t be able to decipher it anyway.
Watching his face lost in thought, I added softly.
“Well, I was wondering if perhaps petals or sparkles might scatter nearby….”
But Kiaros merely tilted his head slightly to the side, as if he didn’t quite agree with my suggestion.
His face, seeming so troubled, was suddenly so breathtakingly beautiful that I swallowed hard without thinking.
In the end, I asked uncertainly.
“That wouldn’t be particularly necessary in our current situation, would it?”
“Wait.”
Kiaros, who had been lost in thought, took a deep breath.
Then, with the careful and sharp expression I knew well, he spoke.
“The Tower Master is absolutely not a benevolent grandfather who would warmly support his granddaughter’s successful romance. Rather, he’s an old man who would knock the skull of whoever confessed to his granddaughter with his cane and knock him out cold on the spot.”
“Aw….”
“I’m serious.”
“…Well, actually, it did seem serious.”
An “aw” was at least some acknowledgment of respect toward family, I thought.
I immediately nodded in agreement with Kiaros’s assessment.
“Well, if that’s really the case, then he’s truly acting his age poorly—a real eyesore with his petulant behavior.”
And then I began carefully stuffing the scroll back into my bag.
“If we don’t use it, we’ll at least make it halfway. Should I put it away again?”
“No. Wait.”
Kiaros immediately grabbed my wrist. Then he took a deep breath and spoke.
“Use it.”
“Pardon?”
“I think you should try using it.”
“…Okay.”
“Don’t worry about me. You just exit immediately through the teleportation scroll. Understood?”
Well, if that’s what he’s saying.
At any rate, there shouldn’t be any harmful magic placed on me.
I began calculating the complex formula. The intricate magical circle on the scroll began moving with precision.
“Activate!”
And as I carefully shouted and poured my mana into it, the complex magical circle began floating in mid-air within the narrow space.
I glanced at Kiaros and saw his face was tense with anticipation.
‘Hmm?’
A subtle sound like “gugugugugung” echoed. I instinctively sensed it wasn’t flower pollen or sparkles.
Realizing something was far stranger than expected, I immediately withdrew my mana. But….
“Ah, no…, Grandfather? This, this is….”
At the same moment as my panicked voice, lightning struck toward Kiaros’s head.

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