chapter 3
I’m a civil servant – 3
Thrilling interview with the Golden Ball I went to the brink of the first step, but I managed to get it right and a week passed. Until about three days ago, she had even dreamed that section 3 exploded splendidly and the golden ball finally came to the inspection department.
In her dream, she was helpless at the words that thrashed her soul with that empty smile, and belatedly, ‘I should have refuted like this!’ I don’t know how many times she’s just hit the desk. It’s so detailed that it pisses me off even more. Who controls my dreams? How could I have had the same dream for 4 days in a row?
“Did you sleep enough to dream?”
“You slept for 4 days in a row…?”
“Sleep… You say…?”
“The work environment of the Inspection Department has fallen to the ground…”
What is the last one? What did you do without sleeping for a week?
“Didn’t the date appointment be delayed because the manager rushed to take care of it?
“Isn’t it for the sake of the girls of the system that I don’t let you go?”
Damn it. A person who will become a person can be in a relationship even in this environment. Section 3 looked at Section 2 with sad eyes at Section 2’s wide-area provocation towards Solo. That guy was the typical no-nonsense guy.
Of course I am too. My eyes met by chance, and Section 3 and I exchanged camaraderie for a while before looking at each other. I don’t want to get used to this camaraderie.
Manager 1, who was watching the scene, scratched his head before opening his mouth.
“Manager, I have something to tell you.”
“Huh? Isn’t the report from Lesson 1 over?”
“Yes, I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“The minister found it. He said to come after the meeting?”
My body stiffened when the minister said he was looking for it, but then I loosened up again. Considering the grace period after the meeting was over, it wouldn’t be a matter of shouting and shouting again.
As soon as he heard the word minister, he instinctively shrank and felt sad. There are few bosses, but none of them are ordinary people. Rather… Wouldn’t it be good for your mental health to have a normal boss fever?
“No, why do you use a person as a messenger while leaving the old communication tool intact? You made it to the conductor last time.”
At those words, the red eyes of section 1 chief stared at me without saying a word. As if asking because you don’t know. What, what, what, what.
“Chief. You said you didn’t get in touch with the minister? You said you were angry that you only got three or four out of ten calls.”
“If a guy is in big trouble, he can’t be reached.”
A public official may not be able to get in touch while doing a big job. The Inspection Department is not a branch of the guards in a village, but one of the core departments of the empire. If the manager receives all calls, wouldn’t that be proof of negligence? If the subordinate manager is working hard, it is clear that the minister should be rather happy.
Chief 2 burst into laughter at my rather brazen answer. It was as if he was saying, “That’s why I’m a regular customer in the minister’s office.”
“If I were the minister, I would have put a pen in your head right away.”
“Somehow, every time I saw it, I took it down.”
A homework question has been solved. Indeed, so it was…
“Kuh… Anyway, shouldn’t we go now? I didn’t call you out of anger, but if I’m late, I’ll see the angry minister.”
“I’ve always seen it, so it doesn’t really matter.”
Either that said, I got up quietly. I don’t want to see it even more because I’ve always seen it. Every time I see it, I get angry with a new and different pattern, so it’s crazy for the victim. My eyes went blank for a moment.
“If you act like that, I know I’ll nominate you as the next minister when I retire!”
I still can’t forget that scream from a year ago. Touching what people fear most is too much…
“Anyway, there’s nothing more to say, so let’s break up.”
“Yes”
“Please come back safely.”
– Smart
“Your Excellency, this is me. Director of the Inspection Department.”
“Come in.”
I seriously contemplated whether to close the door as soon as I opened it. The minister, who was holding dumbbells in both hands and showing off his muscles, was full of eyes. Ugh, my eyes.
“…What are you doing?”
“Has the young guy already had presbyopia? He’s working out.”
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No, I’m not asking because I don’t know you’re exercising. Where is the minister who works in the office during business hours?
“Ah, yes, I understand.”
Of course, I couldn’t bear to open my mouth because the spectacle was in front of my eyes.
‘It’s better to be in an athletic state than in a rage…’
In a state of rage, how can I hold on when those gnawing muscles fly toward me? I had a small wish that I would rather train alone for a hundred days and a thousand days.
Watching me carefully as I entered, the minister threw a dumbbell into a corner, and at that moment, the whole floor shook violently with a thud. Crazy… Crazy…
“Why are you so surprised? You can’t even hear that much?”
“Yes? Why do you think you can lift it?”
As if to ask me to look at him, a minister with muscles flaunting his presence splendidly walked towards me. It looks like a giant bear standing up on two legs and approaching.
At that wonderful sight, I almost fell to my knees and begged for my mistake. I don’t know what I did wrong, but I did it anyway… The minister, who came closer, furrowed his brow and gave me a slap on the back.
“Evil!”
“You bastard, why do you look so skinny now? You’ve lost all your muscles after being stuck in the office.”
“No, I’ve never heard of such a thing…!”
Is anyone dry in your eyes?
When I protested like a fit of pain from the back, the minister just laughed at me instead of listening.
“I don’t go out, so of course I can’t hear it.”
“No sh*t, that’s right, so it pisses me off even more.”
“Okay, sit down. I called because I had something to say.”
Since the Minister relentlessly turned his back to sit in the seat of honor, I couldn’t protest any longer and had no choice but to sit down.
‘How come it seems to have gotten bigger in a few weeks?’
When I quickly scanned up and down, my muscles definitely grew more subtly than last time. Muscles with infinite growth potential, who in the world unleashed such a crazy creature? No matter where you look at it, it’s a human, maybe a half-ogre. What is certain is that he is not a talented person who will stay as the Minister of Finance.
Every time the Ministry of Finance welcomes new officials, the pupils of the newcomers watching the minister shake like crazy, which is evidence that the opinions of all people are not individual opinions. Even if that is well done, he is too big a person to be included in the bowl of the Minister of War, the enemy, or the Minister of Finance. In many ways.
“What do you think?”
“It’s just that you’re amazing.”
If I told you that I worked for someone like that, how would people see me?
At the words of the minister, who seemed to be not interested, leaned back in his chair and touched his chin. Wow, even the chair looks small now.
“You, haven’t you been given any work lately?”
“Well, that’s right. If I’m clinging to something, it’s something thrown by His Excellency, don’t you know?”
There were a lot of reports coming in from each department and things to be dealt with, but there was nothing for the manager to directly hold on to. Regarding the golden ball, I almost played on the field during the manager’s break, but fortunately I finished in the 3rd line.
“Hmm…”
“Why are you doing this? Are you sure you want to take a break? But aren’t there any jobs for me or His Excellency these days?”
“No, there wasn’t.”
“Why does it end with nothing. Uneasy.”
Then it means there is now. Instinctively, I saw the future beaten by me, and I frowned. But whether I gave a disloyal look to his face or not, the Minister didn’t care.
‘What is it? Is it really a big deal?’
He openly showed dissatisfaction with his expression, but he was not a minister who would sit still. It’s not strange even if they immediately shout and punch, but they keep silent. No news is the scariest thing, but it certainly doesn’t seem like an ordinary thing. Damn, it’s been a week since I’ve been working on the golden ball, but it’s happened again?
***
Meanwhile, just as Karl was troubled, so was the minister. There was one thing to take care of, but the matter was a bit big for a manager level to go to, but it was small to go directly. Of course, even if the manager is forcibly sent, it can be dealt with, but if things go wrong, a situation may arise in which the minister has to run directly.
The problem is that it is difficult for even the minister to move his body carelessly these days. If it was possible, I would have moved on without worrying about this.
‘Should I leave it to him?’
Organization Chart Sang Caldo was one of the department heads of the Ministry of Finance. However, considering the status of the inspection department and the status of Carl himself, he cannot be thought of as a simple general manager. He’s not to the point of being a minister, but he’s definitely above the other directors.
“Hey.”
“Yes?”
“You said you wanted to go to the academy, right?”
At those words, Carl’s distorted expression straightened.
***
My eyes widened at the minister’s words, and my body began to come alive. Yes, he did say that often. I said that I wanted to enjoy a simple academy life, not this sh*tty civil servant life. Every time that happened, it was a daily routine to be slapped in the back of the head and told not to f*ck with the minister.
‘Could it be, Gak? Is it retirement time?’
In that case, it is understandable that the minister was worried like that. I have to free a talented person like me, but of course I have no choice but to worry until the very end. However, the minister nevertheless decided to accept his resignation.
Actually, I trusted the minister. I had no doubts that a serious and caring mind had settled in that rugged body and vicious tone. That’s why he didn’t turn away from his subordinate’s pitiful plea and eventually accepted it! Although the time we spent together was about 4 years, those 4 years were more meaningful than 40 years. Ahem, then. By the way
“Your Excellency! I have admired you from the bottom of my heart since time immemorial!”
At those words, the minister said, ‘This bastard is sick again.’ I looked at him with that expression, but I didn’t care. Already in my mind, the minister has risen to the position of hero for granting his lifelong wish.
“It’s unfortunate to have to leave your Excellency’s side and live as a mere academy student, but I will never forget the 4 years I spent with you, like 40 years. From the moment I first met you, my time has been different from others. So it’s not just 4 years, but 4 years like 400 years…”
The minister, who had been watching meekly, handed me the documents he had written while letting his retirement declaration slip through one ear.
“Don’t say sh*t, read this.”
“—So, 4 years like 4,000 years together with His Excellency… What is this? Retirement pay documents?”
It was only then that I, who had stopped 95 resignations, received the documents presented by the minister. Normally, I would have been frightened and received it as if I was dealing with radioactive waste, but in my mind, the minister has already risen to the position of a reigning god for the order of the world.
“…Huh?”
And the position of the god began to shake due to a sentence that caught his gaze.
[ … The head of the Ministry of Finance’s Inspection Department, Karl Krasius, is dispatched to the Imperial Academy as an emergency inspector. – Chancellor of the Treasury of the Kfellofen Empire, Count Deber Briard of Blochen]
My trembling pupils turned to the minister.
The minister nodded calmly.
“You wanted to go to the academy, right? I paid special attention to it.”
“You crazy! You want to go to the academy, what kind of crazy guy says he wants to go to the academy to work!”
But the order has already been written. The Minister of Finance, who was in charge of the Treasury at the order of the emperor, gave direct instructions. If you refuse without a reasonable reason, it is a challenge to the emperor, a challenge to the empire.
If it’s black, you have to. If you screw up, go to another department. The karma I usually cast on the chiefs has now returned to me. Although he learned all of his karma from the minister in the first place. In the end, I had no choice but to leave the minister’s office with a certificate of slavery called an order.
“Real bastard…”
The minister’s position has been changed from god to bastard.