The Low-Ranking Civil Servant Wants to Achieve Success - Chapter 89

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Chapter 89
“Namia! I’ve been waiting for you!”
Jayden clung to Namia’s waist without hesitation.
Then he suddenly startled himself and declared indignantly.
“Don’t get the wrong idea! I’m so brilliant that I have no friends, so I hugged Namia out of necessity! It’s absolutely not because I’m happy to see her!”
Everyone fell silent.
Their expressions screamed: ‘What? Even the Young Prince, notorious for his lack of manners?’
Jayden continued speaking while clinging affectionately to Namia.
“By the way, Namia, where’s that New Intern you’re always dragging around with you? Didn’t you say you’d be partners?”
“Oh, they contacted me just before the banquet saying they were ill.”
“Really? I don’t know which pathogen it was, but I’d like to give that pathogen an award. It’s commendable that they got out of the way, but still—I’ll make sure to discipline them so thoroughly they’ll cry tears of regret later. Physical fitness management is part of their job, after all.”
Meanwhile, Victor had moved to stand directly beside Namia.
He waited for Namia and Jayden’s conversation to end.
Even as the heir to the Marquis Household, he couldn’t interrupt the Imperial Family’s words.
Since Namia had no partner, he intended to request the honor of escorting her.
With Kibon absent, it felt as though a nagging problem had finally been resolved. Of course, even if he had come, Victor would have used his status to push him aside.
But then it happened.
“Would everyone please step aside for a moment?”
All eyes turned to the tall man who suddenly extended his hand to Namia.
“I shall escort the Minister of Scrolls. I too am without a partner.”
Gleaming golden hair, a finely sculpted muscular frame, and piercing crimson eyes.
The man offering his hand to Namia was none other than Crown Prince Kiaros Polariud.
As he naturally extended his hand to Namia, everyone gasped in shock.
“What? What is this? Didn’t he say he was rejected?”
“Yes. That’s why he’s been secluded all this time. And looking at his complexion, it’s clearly terrible, yet he still hasn’t given up.”
“Wow… he really has remarkable perseverance.”
Everyone shook their heads in admiration.
The entire Imperial Palace had been thrown into chaos by his rejection, and yet here he was making another partnership request.
Even Namia looked startled.
Jayden, who had been clinging to Namia and chattering away, suddenly shrieked with delight and quickly stepped aside. Beside him, the Empress produced strange sound effects like “Kyahahaha! Cackle cackle! Kyaaaah!”
“Ah, yes. I-it would be my honor, Your Highness the Crown Prince.”
Namia carefully took Kiaros’s hand.
Who in the Empire could possibly refuse an escort from the Crown Prince?
“Well then.”
Completely ignoring the Empress and Jayden’s “Ehehehe! Cackle cackle!” sounds, Kiaros smiled with elegant grace.
“Shall we head over there? I’m quite looking forward to the Scroll Department’s event as well.”
“Yes, of course…”
As Kiaros led Namia away, he glanced at Victor standing nearby.
Victor was seeing Kiaros for the first time. Their eyes met, and just as Victor was about to bow respectfully, Kiaros spoke.
Looking down at him with an indifferent tone, the Crown Prince said:
“Move aside.”
Victor flinched and stumbled backward. Kiaros chuckled softly and continued walking.
But as Kiaros escorted Namia past, he stepped down hard on Victor’s foot.
‘Ugh!’
For a mere step, the pain was excessive. Yet Kiaros offered no apology, simply brushing past him.
Victor swallowed his groan, biting his lower lip.
‘It… it must have been an accident, right? He doesn’t even know who I am…’
Kiaros’s reputation was impeccable. I’d heard he wasn’t the type to belittle others or oppress them with authority.
Why would the Crown Prince stoop to such childish harassment of someone he hadn’t even properly introduced himself to? Victor forced the discomfort from his mind.
* * *
The opening ceremony unfolded magnificently.
The Empress and Jayden ascended the platform together, beginning to tear through the prepared scrolls in sequence.
“Wow!”
“My goodness… that’s absolutely stunning.”
Each time the Empress and Jayden tore a scroll, brilliant sparks erupted into the air.
The crowd stood mesmerized, watching the fireworks paint the banquet hall in radiant colors.
Specially crafted for safety, the sparks dissipated like smoke the moment they burst forth.
“I’ve never seen scrolls like this before. It’s like another world entirely.”
“Where’s the Minister of Scrolls? I’d like to request cooperation for the next diplomatic event!”
The crowd cheered, entranced by the sight of Jayden and the Empress, surrounded by cascading light.
Fireworks inside a banquet hall—an event no one had imagined possible.
However, since the Scroll Department staff had to continuously activate the scrolls, the massive scroll boxes had to be held by Ministry of Education personnel throughout.
“Huff, gasp. Gasp.”
“I’m going to be bedridden tomorrow…”
Endlessly retrieving scrolls from the enormous boxes and handing them over was grueling labor.
This was the cooperation I’d secured from the Ministry of Education—having them assist the Scroll Department staff through this backbreaking work.
[Are you insane? Why do civil servants from the Ministry of Education like us need to do this kind of manual labor? Use the Imperial Palace attendants.]
[But it’s such an important event, we can’t entrust it to mere attendants. Besides, civil servants help each other out…]
[No, if you need civil servants, just call in new interns—why a five-year veteran…?]
[Oooooh, I just felt like using a five-year veteran, you know? Dragon oppa said I could do whatever I wanted. I’m just following imperial orders, that’s all.]
And so they now labored for the very same Scroll Department civil servants they had once dismissed and driven away.
The Minister of Education watched the scene with an expression of bitter anguish.
Meanwhile, Anastasia’s face—she who directed the event from the field—looked absolutely delighted. It was a relief.
“Truly magnificent.”
As I watched the event with nervous anticipation, Kiaros spoke from beside me.
“All those late nights will have been worth it.”
Kiaros and I stood together in the VIP seating. I was about to nod with pride and respond when—
“It was worth allocating the budget, Minister.”
Marquis Awin, who had appeared at my side—the Minister of Finance—spoke with a knowing smile.
“Now everyone will understand. The old Scroll Management Department and the Scroll Department you lead are entirely different entities. And I was the first to recognize you, not merely as the Magic Tower Master’s young protégé.”
Victor stepped to the side of the Minister of Finance. With a smirk, he tilted the champagne glass he held toward me, attempting a subtle toast.
“Yes, Father. Namia has certainly endured much hardship during this time… Ugh!”
But before his glass could clink against mine, he staggered. Kiaros had kicked his foot hard. He gazed at Victor coldly, curling his lips.
“You’re blocking my view.”
It seemed to be at an angle completely unrelated to Kiaros’s line of sight, yet neither the Minister of Finance nor Victor dared protest the Crown Prince.
Victor swallowed a groan and glanced down at his foot. When I peeked as well, I could see a bruise already forming on his instep.
Kiaros shifted his gaze toward the stage without a care, adding indifferently.
“The climax is coming soon anyway.”
He was right. Soon the Empress and Jayden Young Prince were scheduled to tear apart a massive scroll together to mark the finale.
“Now, like this!”
Watching the audience members with enraptured expressions, the Administrative Support Department staff member overseeing the proceedings called out cheerfully.
“I declare the opening of the Saint Cairo Banquet!”
The Empress and Jayden Young Prince smiled and tore the large scroll apart together as rehearsed. Simultaneously, fine sparks burst upward with a crackling sound.
“Waaaaaah!”
The image of Saint Cairo and his mother who had embraced him with love appeared vividly. Everyone cheered with expressions of disbelief.
And at the same time…
‘If my prediction is correct, it should be now!’
I looked at Jayden Young Prince’s face. Indeed, an expression of astonishment different from joy flashed across his features. The boy’s face, which had been dazed for a moment, flushed crimson.
“Hmm.”
Kiaros murmured beside me.
“It seems Jayden Young Prince has awakened a special ability.”
I nearly dropped the champagne glass I was holding without thinking.
It appeared I wasn’t the only one observing Jayden Young Prince’s expression.
‘No, but even so, how can he mutter something like that loud enough for me to hear!’
Wasn’t the Crown Prince’s special ability a secret he didn’t even share with his family? I looked at him in surprise and whispered.
“Your Highness, were you perhaps observing Young Prince Jayden’s expression?”
He looked down at me quietly, then slowly lowered his head. And he whispered directly into my ear.
“No.”
I nearly jumped in startled surprise.
I was the one who had whispered first, yet I never knew the sensation would feel this ticklish.
“I was watching you watching Jayden Young Prince.”

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