The Low-Ranking Civil Servant Wants to Achieve Success - Chapter 150

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Chapter 150
“…Very well.”
Kiaros finally nodded in agreement.
“Then I have one condition and one request.”
“Yes.”
Namia picked up a red pen and nodded as she wrote ‘Additional Approval Ver. 2’ at the end of the report.
“My request is that I’ll be writing a letter shortly, and I need you to deliver it to my Aide.”
“Understood.”
“And my condition is.”
“Ah, yes.”
“Once you’re finished with Victor, come straight back here. I’ll be waiting anxiously for you, Namia.”
“Ah, yes.”
At Namia’s response, Kiaros let out a soft laugh and asked in return.
“Aren’t you going to ask why I’m anxious?”
“Because the woman you care for is about to meet alone with an old connection from the past—a wonderful senior who nearly became your first love—and simultaneously someone harboring dark feelings toward her. How could you not be uneasy?”
“…You understand far too well. That’s the problem.”
“And even without physical contact, there will be considerable closeness, and in a sense, you’ll need to persuade him skillfully. Just imagining it must be incredibly frustrating for you.”
“….”
“I won’t forget that anxiety, that unease, that frustration. I’ll return as quickly as possible.”
“But how do you usually arrive? What preparations should I make?”
“Ah. Usually I drop from a not-too-great height.”
Namia glanced around the room once before speaking matter-of-factly.
“I know this room’s location precisely. I’ll return here. If all goes according to plan, it shouldn’t take more than an hour.”
“Understood.”
As Kiaros answered slowly, Namia activated a Teleportation Scroll. Her form vanished instantly.
Left alone, emptiness descended upon him in an instant. Gazing out the window, the sun was gradually setting. It was nearly six o’clock—quitting time.
‘…Now that I think about it, her time calculation was perfect too.’
The Scroll Department staff would leave on schedule, so if she went just before quitting time, she could be alone with Victor.
Despite sending her off with apparent composure, his stomach slowly began to churn.
The report Namia had submitted even contained the exact lines she would say to Victor.
‘The opening line…damn it.’
Just thinking about it made his stomach twist.
He threw himself onto the sofa in the room without care.
Until Namia returned, nothing would hold his attention anyway.
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The peaceful Scroll Department Office.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent an official document. They want to use Scrolls for a friendship event with the Imoat Kingdom. What should we do?”
After the Saint Cairo Banquet ended, cooperation requests were pouring in. But there was nothing the staff could handle.
Because in truth, even the Scrolls used at the Saint Cairo Banquet had been created entirely by Namia alone.
Victor, the Scroll Department’s only Team Leader and current acting final approver, spoke with ease.
“They’re all just proposals anyway, and there’s no time pressure, right? Let’s put it off until the Minister of Education arrives.”
Anastasia was caught in a life-or-death struggle with an unknown assailant, and after the Saint Cairo Banquet, Namia had taken medical leave and remained in the Imperial Palace.
Among the rumors circulating through the palace was one that Kiaros had seized Namia when she fled without dancing the opening dance, ultimately confining her.
“The Minister of Education will be able to come, won’t he?”
An employee asked Victor with a shrug.
“The Emperor is absent right now anyway. And the Crown Prince hasn’t been known to disappear at times like this.”
The Scroll Department employees found Namia and Anastasia somewhat difficult to approach, but Victor was not one of them.
Victor was simply a kind superior to everyone. That’s why the employees felt comfortable sharing all sorts of rumors with him.
“Do you think the Minister of Education is really being confined… and doing all sorts of things like that?”
“Hmm. All sorts of things… I hope that’s not the case.”
“I heard from some White Knight Order members that the Crown Prince has less self-control than he appears.”
“Really?”
“He looks incredibly gentle, but once he starts, he doesn’t stop until the end, no matter how much his opponent begs and pleads they can’t go on. They say he doesn’t let up until their entire body is limp like rags.”
“Hmm.”
Victor crossed his arms with a composed expression.
“Namia’s medical leave ends today, right?”
“Oh, that’s right.”
“She absolutely hates seeing an unexcused absence marked on her attendance record, so if there’s really no word by tomorrow, we can safely say she’s been confined.”
“Ahahaha.”
The employee who had been conversing with Victor laughed heartily while preparing to leave.
“Team Leader, you seem really close with the Minister of Education. You’re still calling him by his name!”
“Ah… did I? Oh no. We’ve been close since our Academy days, so if I’m not careful, this happens. I need to fix that soon. Anyway, you all head out now.”
“Yes, understood!”
The employees all stood and left the office.
Left alone, the smile vanished from Victor’s face as he organized the documents. A Raven Servant was always perched like a shadow near the office.
‘The surveillance is… truly impressive. Not once has it let its guard down.’
By now, it was likely lurking in the tree near the office window, hearing every word of Victor’s conversations with the others.
That’s when it happened.
‘Huh?’
Light footsteps entered the office.
Victor slowly lifted his head. He could identify the person just from the sound of their footsteps.
‘…These footsteps are…’
In the office where the sunset was fading.
That’s when Victor and Namia’s eyes met.
“I stopped by to submit my vacation request starting tomorrow. The attendance-related documents are on your side, right?”
Namia approached Victor’s side and rifled through the documents he had been reviewing.
As if nothing had happened at all, completely composed.
The attendance-related documents weren’t on this side. Namia knew that better than anyone.
So Victor, conscious of the Raven Servant’s surveillance, answered with a friendly smile.
“Yeah, it’s over here.”
Merely standing close to him was enough to make Victor’s heart pound fiercely.
Anger and hatred surged through him simultaneously, yet alongside them came an irresistible thrill and excitement that overwhelmed his senses.
And Namia, standing right beside him….
“Please, could you help me?”
She whispered in a lowered voice.
“Senior.”
Victor’s body went rigid in an instant.
“Ah… was this the leave request form? Just a moment. Since I’m here anyway, I’ll sign this too before I go.”
Namia pretended to shuffle through the documents while moving her quill rapidly across the paper.
I’m being watched by the Raven Servant, aren’t I? They can eavesdrop on conversation, but they won’t be able to see these documents right now, so written communication should work.
Victor took a moment to catch his breath, then picked up another document and spoke.
“I’d appreciate your help with this as well, Minister. Oh, and I need to sign this one too.”
Are you actually being held captive? But why are you asking me for help?
Namia moved her quill without hesitation.
I’m not being held captive. The Crown Prince has been very kind to me. I said I was taking leave and came here.
But?
It turns out my mother was a leader of the Gaejo Faction. And when I was young, I underwent experiments. I only just found out myself.
Victor’s gaze flickered slightly. Namia deliberately picked up one of the luminescent scrolls scattered across the desk.
“It’s a bit dark in here. Should I activate this?”
Simultaneously, brilliant light poured forth like sunlight. Victor, who worked in the Scroll Department and thus possessed more knowledge of scrolls than most, was startled.
Certainly, her control far exceeded the bounds of what an ordinary person could achieve with a scroll.
Namia immediately ceased the activation and moved her quill.
If the Crown Prince learns of this, he will kill me.
Namia’s blue eyes gazed up at him with desperate longing.
To survive, I have no choice but to go to the Gaejo Faction and join their side. After all, I’m a successful experimental subject.
Victor looked down at her silently. Her trembling pupils, her flushed cheeks, her slightly quivering lips.
She was exactly as he had long imagined, desperately yearned for—broken and clinging to him.
As if he were her only irreplaceable savior….
I know I’m shameless. But please, I’m begging you, Senior.
The woman he had so wanted to destroy.
You’re the only one I have.
And ultimately, the woman who had ruined his life.
Only now did I understand. Since the Academy days, you were the only one I could ever truly depend on.
The woman he had long desired stood before him in that very form, like a beautiful lie.

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