Civil Servant in a Romance Fantasy

945 – Guarantee the freedom of creators – 1

The Ministry of Culture’s top brass, including the Minister of Culture, returned to the system. It was a return that was quicker than I expected.

To be honest, I assumed that the Ministry of Culture’s leadership would be in Wiridia throughout the excavation. I thought that since the Ministry of Culture was crazy about excavation, they would naturally become one with the ruins. That’s why I was prepared to stay as a Wiridia local spirit until the excavation was finished.

However, even if you know the location of the ruins, excavation is not easy. It is a task that requires careful work to protect the ruins and relics, so it inevitably takes a considerable amount of time.

That is why the Ministry of Culture’s leadership returned to the system, leaving behind the excavation director and restoration director who had played the role of the vanguard. It is important to direct the excavation site of the relics, but it is also important to work in the system. What if the Ministry of Culture’s excavation department focused only on excavation work?

“The head of the restoration department and I will not be leaving the excavation site. If we need to contact Wiridia officials, we will send a section chief-level official or someone from the Ministry of Culture to you. So, Your Excellency, please stay at home.”

Anyway, thanks to the return of the Cultural Ministry’s leadership, I no longer have a reason to stay in Wiridia. I’m really happy about that.

‘I was nervous because I thought I’d be in Wiridia until next year.’

I sighed in relief as I looked at the excavation site in the distance. I could finally get away from the sound of digging and the dust storm.

And our children, who had to live without their father due to his long-term, indefinite business trips, were able to smile. Of course, thanks to the communication device and teleportation, we were not separated from our children, but isn’t it different to meet while on a business trip and be together 24 hours a day?

Now, you can meet your children comfortably without any hassle. It is the moment to break away from being a goose dad and a weekend couple and become a real family.

“Then guard it well. I plan to erect something important there.”

– Yes! Don’t worry, I’ll consider this place my nest for the time being!

I looked at the excavation site with a pleased heart and turned my head to Jiji.

Originally, Jis lived quietly in the northernmost part of the North. Jis was temporarily relocated to Wiridia. To be exact, to the place where the Big Gilbert statue was planned to be erected.

‘You can’t erect an image of the majestic emperor anywhere.’

The site currently being excavated was the residence of a community that served the Eternal Blue Sky. Then, wouldn’t it be possible to say that Jiz, the younger brother and divine beast of the Eternal Blue Sky, also has a stake in this site?

Also, it is a place where the god of the god worshipped by the natives of the time stayed throughout the excavation. If a statue of the emperor were to be erected in that place, wouldn’t it be a sacred and meaningful construction above all else?

I believe so. It would be more meaningful to build it on a land with its own history rather than a land without any story. Just as the eternal blue sky guardian deity guarded the excavation site, it could be argued that the emperor will look down on it after the excavation.

‘I’m scared, this brain.’

Before I knew it, the corners of my mouth were twitching like crazy. This twitching hasn’t stopped since my historic victory over the Emperor.

Yes, I am not a person who lacks wisdom despite my lack of education. I am a wise animal who overcomes crises on my own without learning.

No. Since my highest level of education is an honorary professor, it’s actually longer than most people’s.

– But it’s boring to just stay here. Can I come by sometimes?

“If you’re a bird, you should fly. All you have to do is come back here.”

– Then I’ll go right away!

As soon as I finished speaking, Jiji flew west.

I never thought you would leave Wiridia before me.

‘hmm.’

By the way, I felt a little sorry when I saw Jiji disappearing into the distance.

Even without that, Jiji is moving things back and forth between the ends of the continent. Even though he likes it and is willing to do it, it is by no means an easy schedule.

A situation where he asked Jiji to wait indefinitely in a temporary nest instead of his original nest. If Jiji had not had a gentle personality, or if he had not established discipline with Sky Cut from the first meeting, there could have been a backlash.

‘Should we also erect a statue of Jizu nearby?’

It’s not a bad idea. Wouldn’t it be better to erect the Big Gilbert statue near the entrance to the cultural district, and the Ziz statue, smaller in size, at the entrance to each historical site?

Let’s just erect the Eternal Blue Sky Statue inside the ruins. Since these ruins were meant to worship the Eternal Blue Sky, that level of decoration would be fine.

‘I guess I’ll have to ask my brother to lend me his craftsmanship.’

The Dukedom of Wolken is a territory specialized in military affairs, but it is also a territory of craftsmen who are good at manufacturing things other than military affairs. So if you ask your brother, the Duke of Wolken, all kinds of veteran craftsmen will flock to you.

I don’t know about the Big Gilbert statue, but I believe that the Eternal Blue Sky and Gizz statues will be built soon.

***

The last spark of my life as a writer. The best work that must be mentioned when mentioning Allen, the author of Balcross.

In order to create such works, I spent each day like I was in my 20s. To be exact, I burned brilliant flames by embracing the physical strength of a 20-year-old, the experience of a 30-year-old, and the sophistication of a 40-year-old.

‘Whoever wrote it, it’s absolutely wonderful.’

Maybe that’s why I ended up harboring the kind of mindset that a writer should never have: the horrible, poisonous mindset of self-praise.

The current work is at a level where it is at least 20% complete, and even at a more generous level, it is at a level where it is at least 30% complete. Even if it is polished again, there is a high possibility that it will drop to the 10% range.

To that extent, the life of the Count, the greatest swordsman on the continent, was so splendid and magnificent. Although he tried to build the frame first and then add flesh to it, he couldn’t even complete the frame.

‘Still, it’s like this.’

But even considering that, I couldn’t help but smile. Even though I knew that I still had a long way to go, I still thought, ‘This is pretty good.’

At first, I was worried about whether I should publish the count’s biography as a single volume like an encyclopedia or as several volumes, and if there were several volumes, whether I should publish them simultaneously or sequentially.

As I was writing, I realized that it was definitely too much to fit into one volume, so I divided it into several volumes. Since it was the last spark in my life, I decided to publish them all at once─ but I really want to release this novel to the world as soon as possible.

‘Let’s be patient.’

Of course, it is just a passing desire.

If you are bothered by readers’ urging and urging, you cannot write leisurely and meticulously. Perhaps, because of readers’ demands, you may end up going in a different direction from the original plan.

That’s a tough one. I can’t ruin my last spark like that.

‘If we publish it without consulting Miss Rhodessa, she might make a fuss.’

Soon, I couldn’t help but laugh as I thought of Miss Rhodessa, who was burning her body and mind like me.

Miss Rhodessa is also in a situation where she has received valuable experience from the Countess. If I am writing a novel based on the Count’s life, Miss Rhodessa is writing a novel based on the Countess’s life.

Even with appropriate changes to the characters and places. I am so enthusiastic about it and am looking forward to a perfect publication, but I am unilaterally pushing for publication to attract attention? I might see Miss Rhodessa’s subversion.

‘The reader base is different in the first place.’

But aren’t the readers who enjoy my novels and the readers who enjoy Ms. Rhodessa’s novels different? Even if I get the attention first, if Ms. Rhodessa publishes a novel next, there’s a high probability that she’ll get her own attention.

In fact, it was unusual for the Countess to like both my novel and Miss Rhodessa’s. Usually, people only like one of the two.

‘I am able to enjoy this luxury thanks to the love I have for both of them.’

But, because of that uniqueness, I am enjoying the greatest honor and joy as a writer, so what do you think─

“Brother. Are you there?”

‘ah.’

I put my hand on my forehead at the quiet, huge voice I heard outside the window.

They’re here again. I begged them to stop, but they still keep coming.

I know very well that those who walk the path of the priesthood are stubborn and stubborn. If they were not like that in the first place, how could they give up the secular world and devote themselves to the church?

But this is not it. There is no need to show off your tenacity and determination like this.

“I have come to tell you some good news. Please open the door.”

‘Nice words, my ass.’

In contrast to the burning inside, the priest’s voice outside the window was extremely calm and gentle.

It feels so unfair. The victim is dying, but the perpetrator is indifferent. Is this right?

‘Is it necessary to overcome such hardships to complete the hero’s story?’

I let out a sigh without realizing it.

Priests of the Dawn Church. I have no reason to see them unless I go to church first, and even if I do meet them in passing, I just say hello and pass by.

Priests are gentle towards the common people as long as they do not openly deny God or distort doctrines, so I should not have any conflicts with them until I die.

But I started having strange conflicts with those people. Ever since the Count became a living adult.

“Wasn’t this old man canonized after he died?”

It was such a strange and coincidental thing that I muttered bitterly. It was a wonderful and monumental thing that the protagonist of my novel was a living saint, but I wish he had become a saint after I died.

Or maybe after it was published. Then the church would have just watched blankly.

‘I never knew censorship of adults could be so crippling.’

But unfortunately, while I was writing a novel, I was canonized. If so, I am ‘writing about the saints of the church’ and cannot avoid the approval and censorship of the church. No matter how merciful the church is, it is strict about this censorship because of the honor of the saints and the interpretation of doctrine.

Fortunately, I have been able to defeat the priests by claiming that I started writing first, and the priests are convinced by what I say. From the perspective of the church, it seems that they are in a state of confusion because there are no standards for living adults. It is clear that they have rushed forward because of the few standards that exist.

But that should only happen once or twice. Why do you come every week like that?

“Go back right now─!”

“I also brought holy water for you, brother. You are the one who writes such precious works, so you should take care of your health as well.”

Just as I was about to open the window and shout to chase them away, I flinched and shook my shoulders at the sound of the priest’s voice.

Holy water, holy water. Holy water brought by the Dawn Church.

…

“…Come in.”

It’s been a long time since I’ve had priests in the house.

If it’s Seongsu, it’s something that can instantly relieve all the fatigue that has built up over time.