The Low-Ranking Civil Servant Wants to Achieve Success - Chapter 159

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Chapter 159
“What? What did you say?”
The Tower Master was throwing a tantrum in the garden after everyone had left.
“Say it again. What did you just say? Huh?”
Cedric stood before him, holding a spade.
“Well, that is… you see. Everyone went down to the underground facility. It seems Aran and Biberus have arrived…”
“Are you insane?!”
The Tower Master leaped to his feet.
“How dare you not tell me something so important? Huh?”
He lunged forward as if to grab Cedric by the collar, then paused, noticing something odd, and tilted his head in confusion.
“But wait, where did the dog go? The dog? Why are you alone in the garden?”
Cedric was always doting on Kibon, constantly calling out “Kibon, Kibon! Come here, boy! Come to me!” and every time he did, Kiaros would flinch from a distance.
In any case, this meant that whenever Cedric tended the garden, Kibon was always by his side.
That massive dog, who should have bounded in with a loud bark whenever the Tower Master rushed forward, was nowhere to be seen.
“The Crown Prince took him with him.”
“What? Those two were actively ignoring each other—why would they suddenly leave together?”
“I’m not entirely sure of the reason either… I was just trembling at the time…”
The Tower Master’s irritation boiled over, and he stomped his feet furiously as he shouted.
“Regardless, my Aran has come, so why didn’t anyone tell me? Huh? You damnable fools!”
“I believe we refrained from telling you precisely because of this reaction.”
“But she’s my own daughter! My precious girl, whom I haven’t seen in so long! How can it be that I don’t get to meet my child? Huh?”
“Hmm…”
Cedric stood lost in thought, still gripping the spade, before he spoke.
“Shall we go then?”
“…Huh?”
“I have a rough idea of where they are. You see, I helped create a passage toward the prison where I was held.”
“Let’s go right now! Right now!”
The Tower Master bounced excitedly. It was then that Cedric gently set the spade down on the ground and spoke.
“However, there is a condition.”
“What is it!”
“You must not interfere when proper legal procedures are being carried out.”
“What?”
“Law is the bare minimum of ethics, and it must be upheld. I love Aran too, but that’s separate from this. However, judging by your nature, Tower Master… well…”
“Wow.”
The Tower Master was astounded.
“This bastard… he’s out of his mind. You watched a woman get saddled with loan shark debt and experimented on for fifteen years, and you say you love her? You’re even crazier than I am.”
“I couldn’t bring myself to tell Namia, fearing she’d call me a mad father.”
Cedric scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
Then he sighed and continued.
“Truth be told, I was too frightened of the Crown Prince earlier to say anything, but I’ve been restless wanting to go myself. I was already wrestling with the decision, so if you wish it, I’ll accompany you.”
“What? Why were you just standing there looking anxious?”
“I was afraid Namia would scold me. But if the Tower Master is here, he’ll probably cause more trouble anyway, so it should be fine.”
“Great! Let’s go! Lead the way!”
“But you have to keep your promise. If you don’t…”
Cedric subtly flexed his muscles.
Thinking he should comply, the Tower Master instead grew irritable.
“We’re already late! Let’s go!”
And so the two men hurried after Namia and the Empress.
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Even as Biberus charged forward, Kiaros didn’t bat an eye.
‘Hmm?’
But something felt off.
He’d expected an attack to come, yet all those Red Knight Order knights simply stared at him blankly.
And the moment Biberus swung his sword toward Kiaros.
“Aaaaahhh!”
His vision crashed downward in an instant.
It happened in a flash.
‘This can’t be real!’
Biberus thrashed about, but he was pinned helplessly under Kiaros’s foot, unable to do anything against that overwhelming strength.
‘What is this! Why isn’t my attack being reflected?’
He could have handled twenty knights, yet he’d been subdued so pathetically, so absurdly.
Of course, this ability had its limits too. The duration was only two or three hours per day. But since he’d activated it upon entering the corridor, time wasn’t the issue.
‘Has the effective time run out? That shouldn’t be possible…?’
Just as his body was being restrained so ridiculously.
A child sheltered among the Red Knight Order knights poked his head out.
It was Jayden. The cute little boy, cradling an adorable white dog, opened his lips slowly as he gazed down at the bound Biberus.
“You kept bragging about how you’re close to being a Dragon-kin, right? So the ending is you can’t even swing a sword once before getting knocked flat by an actual Dragon-kin kick? And the woman who came with you ran away? If you weren’t confident, you should’ve just kept your head down. But you crawled in here anyway and ended up like this. ‘I did my best, so I have no regrets,’ something like that? But that’s the problem—when you have such optimistic thinking, this is how it ends. That’s why understanding your place is important, isn’t it?”
Kiaros and all the Red Knight Order knights fell silent.
* * *
The note Kiaros had sent to the Aide through Namia was simple.
Prepare to send the Empress and Jayden to the Southern Region. When the Emperor arrives, dispatch them simultaneously. There will be a need to use a unique ability.
In truth, that “unique ability” referred to Jayden’s special power.
Since Jayden was still young, the Empress had been designated as his guardian. But she’d misunderstood, thinking he wanted her mercenary skills, and had rushed over with a sword in hand.
‘Well, that’s… not a major problem.’
When Namia handed Kiaros a copy of the conversation between Biberus and Aran.
He read through it and immediately formed a hypothesis.
[I’m an existence that succeeded in the experiment, already half Dragon-kin.]
[With that logic, since all our experiments were based on Dragon-kin research, I’m also half Dragon-kin…]
The Gaejofa Faction’s experimental model was the Dragon-kin.
The Dragon-kin were clearly human, yet possessed superhuman abilities—that much was certain.
[Our philosophy is to become Dragon-kin. We obtain that superhuman power ourselves.]
Now that I think about it, the High Priest had said something similar when he rushed at Kiaros before.
[Why? Surprised that Dragon-kin would die by human hands? Still, don’t be too shocked. I’m almost Dragon-kin myself.]
If that were the case, then all the special abilities created through experimentation would function like the power of Dragon-kin….
[Jayden’s special ability was Dragon-kin healing. I’m not sure of the details, but he said unnatural phenomena appeared in my body. Jayden was able to nullify those unnatural phenomena related to Dragon-kin.]
According to the Emperor, Jayden had healed him by nullifying the unnaturally distorted Dragon-kin power.
‘Then that means Jayden can nullify unnatural Dragon-kin power, doesn’t it?’
That’s why Kiaros had summoned Jayden. Since it was merely a hypothesis, he intended to conduct an experiment first.
By coincidence, Biberus and Aran arrived far too quickly, so there wasn’t time to conduct the experiment leisurely….
“Woof woof woof!”
There was time to experiment on just one subject. That was Kibon in dog form.
After Namia and the Empress departed, Kiaros asked Jayden to use his special ability targeting Kibon in dog form. And Kibon in dog form transformed into an adorably tiny lap dog in an instant.
“Woof woof!”
Kibon in dog form, having returned to his original state before the experiment, was now cradled in Jayden’s arms. After confirming the hypothesis this way, Kiaros immediately sent word to Biberus.
‘I didn’t explain it beforehand, worried that Namia would be too disappointed if it didn’t work….’
If Jayden used his ability on Namia, she could be completely severed from Aran.
‘Then I could seat her as Crown Princess without any problems. Regardless of Aran.’
It was when Kiaros broke into a delighted smile. The Red Knight Commander whispered.
“Your Highness, shall we leave Aran Sertiz as you ordered beforehand?”
Kiaros glanced to the side.
Aran was rushing toward the Experimental Subjects’ Prison, believing that Kiaros had ditched all the Red Knights.

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