I Became a Civil Servant Who Can Use Magic

Around the time when the sun rose high in the sky.

Loen stood on the mansion terrace, overlooking the entire city vista.

The cityscape filled with stone buildings looked peaceful as usual.

As the purpose was eradication, not occupation, there was no damage from looting and arson.

At that moment, she sensed a presence behind her.
Even without turning around, she could tell it was Seraphine.

“Haah. I feel grimy…”

Grumbling, Seraphine approached from the side and leaned her arms on the terrace railing. Loen glanced at her indifferently.

Contrary to her words, her uniform was spotless.
What’s grimy about it?

“Isn’t it fine since you used cleansing magic?”
“That’s different.”

Her eyes, which had been reflecting the scenery, turned towards Loen.
Seraphine added with a sigh.

“You know there’s such a thing as mental fatigue, right? That’s something even cleansing magic can’t do anything about.”

Although they had agreed to speak informally, having lived her entire life as a ducal lady, Seraphine’s speech naturally carried noble habits.

Unlike Loen, who was comfortable with informal speech, her manner of speaking fluctuated.

Loen casually threw out.

“If it’s difficult, use your original way of speaking. You don’t have to force yourself to speak informally.”

At Loen’s consideration that wasn’t really consideration, Seraphine flared up.

“That won’t do! Friends shouldn’t use formalities and such… I must use informal speech no matter what!”

Seraphine seemed to have an excessive fantasy about the relationship called friendship.

Is it because she’s a noble lady?
Loen decided to turn off her attention to speech patterns.

“By the way, Loen. When are you thinking of advancing to the next city?”
“Right tomorrow.”
“What!? Isn’t that rushing too much? Since we’re in a big city, we could have a refined meal, and also take a bath together to celebrate becoming friends, couldn’t we have such a brief rest?”

Seeing her blurting out such childish words, Seraphine must have been quite dissatisfied too.

However, the moment Loen heard her last words, she became even less inclined to rest.

“We can do those things later. Above all, we shouldn’t give the enemy time to prepare.”
“Hmm~”

Seraphine tilted her head.

Although the Southern Alliance’s influence is powerful, their military strength itself isn’t very high.
All they can do is gather mercenaries scattered everywhere.
I wonder why she’s in such a hurry.

“What’s the reason for rushing? Is it because of the demon hidden in the alliance?”

Just as Loen nodded,
Another presence was felt outside the terrace.

“I’ve been looking for you~ What are you two doing here?”

The identity of the presence was Psyche, who seemed to be in a particularly good mood today.
She was smiling brightly like a dog out for a walk.

“I wonder what conversation you were having without me~”
“I was having various talks with Loen.”

Seraphine answered Psyche’s question in her original manner of speaking.

“Aha.”

Psyche, who approached Loen’s side, hopped up and sat on the terrace railing.
Then, wagging her tail, she opened her mouth.

“More importantly, Loen! They say the execution preparations are done!”

Psyche was excited as always.

The commotion that had covered the city gradually subsided.
The sounds of shouting and clashing swords and spears were now heard only sporadically.

The windows of city buildings that had been tightly closed began to open cautiously one by one.
Through those gaps, citizens poked out their faces and surveyed the streets.

“……Is it all over?”
“The imperial army attacking the city. I’ve never seen such a sight in my life.”
“Honey, we don’t know what might happen, so don’t go out and let’s wait until tomorrow.”
“Seeing that there’s no looting or arson, it doesn’t seem to be a simple invasion.”

As people were whispering anxiously among themselves,
Mounted knights appeared and began riding through the streets, shouting.

“The eradication of traitors is complete, so return to your daily lives without worry!”
“A public execution will soon be held in the city square! Those who want to see the moment imperial justice is realized, gather at the square!”

At the knights’ shouts, the murmuring of citizens grew louder.
Excitement and curiosity were contained within.

“No wonder! There was a reason the imperial army rushed in!”
“Traitors, you say? And a public execution at that?”
“We can’t miss such a spectacle! Let’s hurry and go see!”

With their anxious appearances nowhere to be seen, people rushed to open their doors and poured out onto the streets.
They couldn’t miss the sensational spectacle of a public execution.

Moreover, there was also the belief that surely the imperial army wouldn’t harm innocent imperial citizens.

In no time, the central city square was packed with people without room to step.

In the middle of the square, a temporary execution platform was placed,
And on it, more than ten men were kneeling in miserable appearances.

They were the confidants of Count Rofen, who once ruled the city, and nobles designated as traitors.
They had their hands tied behind their backs and their heads bowed low.

“The atmosphere is quite bloody.”
“Indeed.”

Through the murmuring crowd, finally, three figures in black uniforms appeared.
Loen, Psyche, Seraphine.

They were the ones taking on the role of executioners.

The square fell silent.
The crowd unconsciously held their breath at the pressure emanating from them.

Thud, thud.

‘Why do I keep having to do execution ceremonies so often lately…. From now on, I should just do it summarily unless it’s really important.’

As Loen stepped onto the execution platform, all eyes focused on her.

Loen, who coldly scanned the prisoners, turned towards the crowd.

A low and resolute voice echoed throughout the square.

“These kneeling here are traitors who have betrayed the empire, His Majesty the Emperor, and all citizens.”

Loen deliberately chose the word ‘traitors’ instead of ‘turncoats’ for them to understand more easily.
It would hit more directly that way.

Soon, a stir arose among the crowd.
Real traitors?

“These people colluded with Count Rofen to fill their own pockets and disrupt the southern economy. They also made contracts with demons to seek unholy power. With that power, they monopolized trade rights, took excessive profits, oppressed legitimate merchants, and sucked the blood of citizens.”

The crowd was stimulated by words like monopoly, excessive profits, oppression, and blood-sucking.
Cries of anger erupted from among them.

“They sold their souls to demons?!”
“No wonder taxes were rising insanely!”
“Kill them all! Those bastards must not be left alive!”

To begin with, public sentiment towards Count Rofen and the Southern Alliance had long since hit rock bottom.
Their greed and tyranny made the lives of imperial citizens difficult.
Therefore, their discontent and anger were natural.

When the crowd’s shouts reached their peak.

“For traitors, there is only death.”

Loen declared.

Soon after, the three women moved simultaneously.

Crack—! Thud! Crunch!

With chilling sounds, the lives of those kneeling were cut off.
Blood spurting like a fountain dyed the execution platform red.

The square was wrapped in an eerie silence for a moment,
Then exploded into even louder cheers.

Amidst the citizens’ cheers, the traitors of Rofenberg met their miserable end.

Grand Duchy of White.
Another axis of the imperial south and the grand duchy ruled by the grand duke whose hand was cut off by Loen.

Here too, a bloody wind of purge was blowing fiercely.

Team Leader Ead and Senior Gilbert.
Chief Babil and Senior Ria.

The Inspection Department, divided like this into two, swept through all the major cities of the grand duchy,

And finally rendezvoused in the capital of the grand duchy.

“Team Leader! It’s been a while~”
“Ria, Babil. You’ve come.”
“Hey, Gilbert. Aren’t you going to greet?”
“Good to see you.”

While Ria was exchanging greetings, Chief Babil approached from the side.
With short blond hair and an oily impression, he greeted the team leader with exaggerated gestures.

“Team Leader Ead. Have you been well? Seeing your beautiful face after so long, it feels like my eyes, stained with blood, are being washed clean.”
“Sigh.”

Ria sighed involuntarily at the chief’s pathetic behavior of losing his mind whenever he saw a woman.
When will this bastard ever come to his senses.

‘Seeing that even the team leader now just lets it be, maybe he’ll never come to his senses for his entire life.’

The fact that he acted like this even towards the team leader, who was often mistaken for a child, made her think he was truly a severe case.

Then suddenly, Ria became curious about what would happen when the chief and Loen met.

She heard they only exchanged eye greetings at the last big meeting.
If they actually have a conversation, how would Loen react?

‘Will she just consistently ignore him? No, she might suddenly propose a duel..’

Interrupting the chief’s fawning words, Ria asked the team leader.

“Chief, please shut up for a bit. Ahem, Team Leader. Come to think of it, what’s Loen up to these days? Have you heard any news? I wonder if the three inspectors are carrying out their mission well~”
“I received a letter from Loen a few days ago.”

At the team leader’s words, Ria and Chief Babil’s gazes focused.
Ooh!

“What did she say? It’s not a request for support, is it?”
“I’m curious too.”

Ead, who exchanged glances with Gilbert for a moment, opened her mouth.

“Eradication of Duke Donnelly complete.”

“Appointed as Southern Corps Commander by His Majesty.”

“Discovered that demons are hiding in the Southern Alliance, immediately led the corps to eradicate the Southern Alliance.”

“Currently dealt with the traitors of Rofenberg, and will soon head to the next city.”

Finally, Ead closed her mouth.
A satisfied smile lingered on her lips.
She seemed quite pleased with Loen’s handling of affairs.

At the same time, Ria and Chief Babil’s mouths fell open.

What did we just hear?
It was their common thought.

“Eh?”

Ria’s mind went blank with shock.
What on earth happened in the meantime.

‘Even though she was promoted early, she was… a newbie who hadn’t even been in the corps for a year, right?’

No, what…
Is she some imperial guard who joined while hiding her identity or something?

At that moment, Chief Babil, who quickly recovered from the shock, opened his mouth.

“Indeed, her work processing ability is as outstanding as her outstanding appearance. But, if His Majesty the Emperor personally appointed her as corps commander, I guess the rumors circulating within the Inspection Corps are true?”

That rumor, which was hard to dismiss as entirely false for some reason, that the Emperor was directly pushing Loen.

Ead silently nodded.

Then she suddenly revealed the Inspection Department’s future plans.

“After dealing with the traitors in the grand duchy’s capital, the entire Inspection Department will go to support Loen. Make sure you know this.”

Ria, who belatedly came to her senses, was startled.
The entire department? Is it because of the demon? Even so….

“From the news we’re hearing, it seems like the situation will be over before we even arrive, Team Leader?”

Ead, who seemed to know something, shook her head firmly.

“No. Loen will certainly need our help.”
“..?”

Ead turned her body sharply without hesitation towards the inner part of the grand duchy’s capital.

At her sudden movement, the rest of the team members followed behind with perplexed expressions.

Shortly after, dozens of flaming swords appeared along with explosive mana.

Whoosh.

The swords that appeared behind Ead were immediately launched into the air and shot somewhere.

That night.

The grand duchy’s capital was dyed red with desperate screams and burning flames.

Having finished their work in the grand duchy like that, the Inspection Department personnel, under Team Leader Ead’s command,

Moved their steps towards the south.