The Low-Ranking Civil Servant Wants to Achieve Success - Chapter 33

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Chapter 33
At my signal, the Empress sprang to her feet and cried out.
“Silence! My plan to capture the culprit succeeded! I’ve finally brought that wretch before the courtroom!”
“Your Majesty, the person currently accused of being the culprit is… Your Majesty the Empress herself.”
The Empress, wild with excitement, flailed about spraying spittle everywhere.
The knights guarding her broke into cold sweat as they struggled to restrain her.
It was absolute chaos.
In the midst of it all, Kiaros tilted his head and made a heart shape with his hands, exactly as I had done.
The earnest expression on his face was truly breathtaking.
“We must seize that scoundrel and force the mastermind’s name out of him, even if we have to pour water up his nose!”
The Empress shrieked at the top of her lungs while occasionally glancing in my direction.
She was aware that she was being rather unreasonable.
‘I can’t stop here either.’
But the fact that Oson wanted a teleportation scroll drove me forward to the end.
I grew confident in the direction I had deduced.
I raised my hands above my head and formed a large heart shape.
It meant ‘sell anything and push through to the very end.’
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The Imperial Palace Courtroom Plaza.
Beneath a towering old tree, a middle-aged man landed with nimble grace.
“…Huff.”
The man who rose to his feet brushed back his graying blonde hair.
His handsome face was flushed as he struggled to steady his ragged breathing.
He was none other than Fedwin Polariud, Emperor of the Polariud Empire.
“I’m growing old and frail now… it’s not like it used to be. This is exhausting.”
The Emperor had just used his special ability—long-distance teleportation.
The older one becomes, the more difficult it is to use special abilities.
No matter how exceptional a person is, aging cannot be escaped.
Moreover, the Emperor’s body was currently weakened, making it even more arduous.
“Still… I must overcome this through the power of love and hurry.”
The Emperor took a deep breath, steadying his trembling legs.
The moment word reached the Western Region that Fron had been caught purchasing poison, he came immediately.
Even with his special ability, teleportation didn’t take no time at all.
So inevitably, it took a full day.
“I mustn’t be late. Is the trial still ongoing?”
If he appeared like this, everyone would now know of his special ability.
That would create an enormous number of troublesome situations.
‘Now, if anything even slightly strange happens, everyone will whisper that the Emperor did it.’
Possessing an ability different from others.
It was simultaneously an object of awe and fear, yet it also made others uneasy.
‘Still, there’s no helping it. For the sake of my beloved family….’
If I made a mistake, Fron might voluntarily withdraw.
She was entirely capable of making such a choice, insisting she wouldn’t be a burden to anyone.
The Emperor trusted Fron. He could roughly guess why she had collected poisons.
Kiaros likely felt the same way. No wonder he must be in quite a predicament.
‘I don’t want to burden Kiaros with anything heavier than he already carries.’
How troubled must Kiaros be right now in the courtroom?
I could picture it vividly without even seeing it.
To protect Fron, who kept her lips sealed, Kiaros would face considerable opposition.
I could only hope that in the process, Fron wouldn’t seize someone’s sword and do something fatal.
‘Perhaps it would be better if I revealed my weakened condition and passed the throne to Kiaros instead….’
There was no precedent of a dragon-kin unable to manifest as a dragon receiving the imperial throne.
But given how dire the current situation was, I had to consider even that possibility.
‘Kiaros is an excellent ruler, by my assessment.’
A bittersweet smile crossed the Emperor’s face as he hurried toward the courtroom.
‘My only concern is that having to govern everything from such a young age would burden him greatly, and that pains me.’
His sculpted features and commanding bearing suited rulership perfectly.
An intimidating presence and a stern voice that made others tremble.
He never gave anyone grounds to criticize him, meticulous in every matter to the point where not even a needle could slip through.
‘As a counterbalance to that, he seems excessively fixated on some girl whose face he doesn’t even know….’
The Emperor quickened his pace toward the courtroom.
“Your Majesty!”
“Emperor Your Majesty!”
“When did you arrive at the Imperial Palace….”
The Imperial Palace servants who spotted him greeted him with startled expressions.
The Emperor passed by all of it dismissively.
‘Still, our son possesses such gravity and weight for his age.’
A son who had carried far too much on his shoulders.
‘And Fron… sitting in the Empress’s seat, striving in every way not to be a burden to me.’
A wife whose loyalty to the dragon-kin was excessive.
‘How fortunate I am to have such a family.’
Thinking of his family, whose very memory made his heart ache, the Emperor pushed open the courtroom door with a bang.
And at last, he could see the family he had always longed for.
“The Emperor Your Majesty will soon prove my innocence! Though I cannot reveal everything, the Emperor Your Majesty also found that fellow suspicious!”
His wife, who was selling him out….
‘Hmm?’
And his son, drawing a large heart above his head in the solemn courtroom.
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‘Well, there’s no helping it….’
I quickly rationalized as I surveyed the chaotic courtroom.
‘This is the best I can do….’
At my signal to sell anything and push forward, the Empress sold the Emperor.
Because he was the most magnificent thing she could possibly sell.
And following my signal, Kiaros, who seemed to have misunderstood something, also drew a large heart.
‘It’s fine, it’s not my problem….’
If I had one strength, it was my ability to remain indifferent to others’ affairs.
So I decided to become indifferent to Kiaros’s dignity.
In any case, everyone had now noticed the Crown Prince’s eccentricity.
“Look at the Crown Prince.”
“My goodness. Are you making a heart right now?”
“Surely not in this atmosphere?”
“…Am I not seeing this correctly?”
The crowd murmured, unsure where to look.
Both the Empress and the Crown Prince were far too fascinating.
That was when it happened.
Suddenly, the Minister of Justice cried out, looking at the courtroom entrance behind me.
“Your Majesty the Emperor! No, how did you….”
Everyone’s gaze shifted miraculously toward the back.
“What? His Majesty the Emperor?”
“Wasn’t he supposed to be in the Western Region?”
I quickly lowered the arm that had been making a heart.
Fortunately, it seemed no one had seen me.
And with that, I also confirmed what was behind me and released a sigh of relief.
‘Perfect!’
A beautiful middle-aged man appeared, his silvery-blonde hair flowing.
Just as in the original story, and just as I had anticipated, the Emperor had arrived.
He must have used his special ability upon hearing the Empress’s news.
‘He had to come. I knew he’d arrive by now.’
I smiled inwardly and my eyes gleamed.
Of course, Kiaros was also a dragon, but the Emperor’s aura of intimidation was tremendous.
Wasn’t he the only being capable of manifesting as a dragon?
‘Now Oson won’t be able to endure this.’
Indeed, Oson was now trembling even in his torso.
And hadn’t the Empress just sold the Emperor as well?
Since the Emperor was said to be suspicious of something, his reasoning would be paralyzed.
‘He certainly won’t think his appearance here was due to a special ability, and will instead believe that all of this was truly a sophisticated trap just as the Empress claimed.’
The shadowy mastermind, still veiled in mystery, would believe he was toying with the Imperial Family.
But if the Emperor appeared now, when the Empress was claiming it was all a trap investigation….
“I, I, I, I will tell you everything!”
That’s right. You should.
I laughed with ease. With this, the Empress’s claim that this man was suspicious had now become public fact.
‘Perfect!’
Then I bowed politely to Kiaros with a slight nod of my head.
‘I did well, didn’t I? I’m grateful you let me take the lead despite how suspicious it must have seemed.’
“….”
Kiaros lowered his arm slowly, his expression tinged with a hint of grievance.

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