chapter 28
28 – Two stars rise over the kingdom.
“Did you enjoy your vacation?”
Returning to Hiran, I first looked for Serena in the Governor’s House. To receive a report while I was on my way to the Empire.
Serena’s face, which she hadn’t seen in a while, was a bit haggard.
“.. I was very busy.”
“No. The work I usually do overlaps with the things that seniors have to do, so I’m just a little tired.”
“I see. I seem to have taken care of most of the things I had to do.”
Of course, before heading to the empire, I finished all the things I had to do here and headed to the empire. That’s why, there shouldn’t have been much I had to do.
After hearing my words, Serena’s eyes narrowed. Right. It must have been a lot of what you usually do.
However, this is unavoidable. It is most effective to lead an organization by transferring some of the authority to someone who can use it more efficiently.
“For now, I want to receive a report while I was in the empire.”
Originally, I didn’t intend to come to the Governor General today, but I stopped by this place because I felt like I was in a strange mood. And, that choice is probably the best choice.
If I hadn’t done that, I would have had to go to work tomorrow and get those eyes narrower than now.
After hearing my words, Serena sighed and slowly walked this way. Before long, she began to open her mouth, along with a note that she did not know where it came from.
“While Her Excellency was away in the Empire, the Queen elected new officials of the Kingdom.”
“How?”
“It is said that the Queen, together with Home Secretary Alfred, selected the talent herself.”
Before she went to the Empire, she felt that the Queen’s condition had changed somewhere, and indeed it seemed to have changed. The kingdom’s bureaucrat selection system has always been a recommendation system.
“Has the list of successful applicants come out?”
“Yes. Here..”
Serena held out a piece of paper to me. About 10 or more people. The Queen seems to be thinking of doing something with the new talents she picked up.
And then, the names of the two most prominent people caught my eye.
“The two names at the top. A star is drawn next to the names of these two people. What does this mean?”
“He is a talented person who was directly nurtured by the Prime Minister.”
“Did those two come on the recommendation of the Prime Minister?”
“No. These two, too, passed the exam fairly with others. The test is also said to have been improvised by the Queen on the same day.”
It’s not going to happen, but I thought of the possibility that the two were hired as bureaucrats on Alfred’s recommendation. However, Alfred was not the kind of person who would hire his own person as a bureaucrat that way.
“These are said to be present whenever the Queen is discussing her policies, and she is said to have various discussions with the Queen about her policies.”
Before I left for the empire, I didn’t inform the kingdom of my absence, but it’s not that they truly didn’t notice my absence. While I was away for a while, she was showing a movement to change this country.
“Is there anything else?”
“Recently, there are reports that the movement of the resistance has become active.”
“I see.”
This was the case even when I was in the Empire. Even when I went to the Empire, the Resistance’s movements were often caught even in the Empire.
“The Viceroy of the Kingdom of Hailan, for the time being, spare yourself as much as possible.”
“Okay.”
These days, when the atmosphere in the imperial family is not good, it is better to be as self-respecting as possible no matter what you do. If the imperial family, like a time bomb, explodes, it is unknown where the aftermath will spread.
Smart-
Soon, someone knocked on the door of the office.
“Your Excellency, the kingdom’s official, Flos von Impelo, asks to see you.”
A soldier’s voice came from outside. Hearing that voice, I turned my gaze to the paper Serena handed to me.
Of the new talents Serena handed over and selected by the Queen, the names of the two people at the top, Flos von Impello and Quies von Kelebro. One of those two people came to see me.
‘Is it too late? Is it courage?’
The Queen’s person came to find me, the Queen’s greatest enemy, on her own feet. Isn’t that really fun?
I still don’t know why that person came to me. But one thing is for sure, I became curious about that person.
As I shifted her gaze to the new Lena, she nodded her head low. Perhaps, a sign that it would be okay to meet.
“Stop by.”
I was of the same opinion as Serena, so she told him to come in.
Usually, I would have ignored the request for a meeting from a low-ranking official like that. However, in order to check the level of the newly selected talents by the Queen, I decided to meet him.
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[Two stars have risen in the Kingdom of Hiran.]
Two stars that will shine brightly, assisting the Queen, Flos von Impello and Quies von Kelebro.
‘Hmm.’
Poulos von Impelo is my name, but I don’t know where the word that I will assist the queen came from.
As for the role of assisting the queen, Quies would do a better job than me. Perhaps, what I am thinking might be contrary to the thoughts of Master and Her Highness the Queen.
“Whoa! Whoa!”
Anyway, in front of the governor general. I relieved the tension by doing Sim Ho-Hum. The governor who reigns over the queen in the kingdom. Because he is the person I came to meet today.
Seeing me breathing deeply, the soldier guarding the Governor General looked at me like some crazy b*tch, but I didn’t really care.
My stride toward him. It was then that the face of the soldier guarding the Governor-General started to turn blue as my footsteps got closer and closer.
“Stop! In front of this is the Governor-General, where His Excellency the Governor-General conducts business! Identify yourself!”
“Wow!”
Because of that soldier screaming at me, I was so startled that I screamed. If you don’t want to shout, turn on the flasher and come in!
“It’s big.. I’m called Flos von Impello, an official from the kingdom.”
To him who still looked at me like a crazy b*tch, I respectfully introduced myself.
Introducing myself, the kingdom’s bureaucracy handed out to him. After slowly reading my bureaucracy and verifying my identity, he asked me.
“What are you doing?”
“Have you come to see your Excellency?”
What is your business? If you ask me, I’m here to terrorize you! Did you know you could say
If the reason you came to the Governor-General is not the reason you came to see the Governor-General, but the reason you dealt with, then that’s probably the only reason. Apparently, this soldier is an idiot.
“Have you made a separate appointment with His Excellency?”
“No..”
“I’m sorry, but if I didn’t make an appointment with your Excellency in advance, I won’t be able to meet you.”
“Let me go!!”
“No. Please come back later.”
“Ah! Please! How not? Word! Please tell me at least!!”
If someone else or Qies saw this situation where the kingdom’s bureaucrats were stumped by the empire’s soldiers, they might call it a crazy b*tch, but they couldn’t help it. Because now I’m a person who is in a higher position than this person.
“Yes? Just once! Yes? Yes?”
Ha. I didn’t know I’d be writing this. My special move, aegyo. Whenever I acted cute like this, Quiesce and my teacher, Sir Alfred, would fall for it.
“Kuhm. Well then, I’ll tell you at least.”
Look! Because my aegyo works too. Before long, another soldier from the Empire began to climb into the Governor-General.
“Your Excellency has allowed it.”
How much time has passed like that? The soldier who went up to the Governor-General came down and said to me and the soldier standing in front of me. Did you see I am such a person
The road to the Governor General’s House opened just like that. I patted the soldier who was blocking me on the shoulder and went inside.
“Oh..”
After many twists and turns, the interior of the Governor General was strange. I also go in and out of the palace often, but the interior of the Governor-General was more splendid than the interior of the palace.
The size may be small compared to the palace, but the beauty inside was more than that of the palace, by no means less.
‘This is the Empire.’
The only imperial realm of the Kingdom of Hailan. Everything within this is the Empire.
‘There are many interesting things.’
The Empire is far superior to the Kingdom in many aspects, including magic skills. Even if I just passed by, it was because various tools made of magic were in place.
“Your Excellency is in the office.”
“Oh, yes.”
The governor of the kingdom of Hailan. And, the office where the man standing at the apex resides. Was it because he realized that fact? The shoulder, which had been strengthened earlier, sat down again, and my gait continued to slow down.
“Whoa! Whoa!”
Nevertheless, there is no hesitation in moving forward. Governor of the kingdom. Because he is what I need the most.
“Your Excellency. I have brought Flos von Impelo, an official from the Kingdom of High Iran.”
“Please drop in.”
That’s how we arrived in front of the governor’s office. The door to the office slowly opened, and the inside slowly began to emerge.
[In the kingdom of Hailan, two stars have risen.]
One of the two stars that will assist the Queen and brighten the kingdom, Flos von Impelo.
However, I don’t like this sentence very much. In order to make the kingdom shine, it is impossible in the current way.
Kies and his teacher, Sir Alfred, insist that the present system should be maintained and slowly lead the reform together with the Queen, but I think differently.
Reform by borrowing the power of the empire. Borrowing the power of the empire, completely cutting out the rotten parts and rebuilding the kingdom anew. That’s what I think, a reform different from them.
“Your Excellency Governor. The official of the kingdom, Flos von Impelo.”
A greeting to the man sitting in front of me, bowing my head as much as possible. I can be sure that this greeting is more polite than the greeting I gave to the Queen.
“Raise your head.”
After confirming my greeting, His Excellency said. My head slowly rises along with it.
‘I am not a star who assists the queen.’
After seeing the governor’s face looking at me like that, I was able to be sure again.
The sentence that should refer to me is that I am not the star that assists the queen.
The sentence that should refer to me is the sunset that will change night into morning.