Civil Servant in a Romance Fantasy

282 – Fiery Tobacco – 3

As the days passed, more and more looters invaded the minister’s office. Civil servants who would normally have the minimum of dignity and politeness seemed to have returned to the era of barbarism and violence. To the point where he would look like a Viking who had just landed if he held a sword rather than papers.

I was a little scared. Are those the words of pitiful public servants blinded by the budget? That’s not Dark Evolution, but Dark Revolution.

“How much is left?”

The looting from the Ministry of Land, no, as soon as the civil servants left, the minister quietly opened his mouth. The question mixed with despair, how many more times will we have to go through this crazy wave.

“Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Special Affairs, and Ministry of Education remain.”

“Only the big ones remain.”

A smile came out at the sight of the minister muttering as if he was dizzy. As the minister said, only the departments with high difficulty remained.

As the only empire, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which must dominate the continental diplomatic world, the Ministry of Home Affairs, which is in charge of the internal affairs of the empire, the Ministry of Special Affairs, whose existence itself is a violation, and the Ministry of Education, which nurtures future talent. Each one is a money-sucking machine, and a special-list who is good at extorting money. They are difficult to deal with for a minister who has not been a minister of finance for several years.

“Damn it, I didn’t leave any money there.”

Seeing the spectacle washing his face roughly, a feeling of happiness welled up in the depths of his heart. A subordinate’s pain is a subordinate’s pleasure.

“It’s not something that’s left to you, so it’s more like this.”

That’s why I naturally tackled the minister’s complaint.

To be honest, if I had the money I entrusted to me, I would have made such a fuss. I would have just come and taken it for granted. Originally, the process of taking other people’s money is a noisy law.

“Don’t talk nonsense, check this.”

“Yes.”

As if the minister had nothing to say at that extremely common sense remark, he tried to cover his mouth with a sense of work.

It looks like they’re suppressing it with power, but the feeling of happiness wriggling in their hearts has doubled. Because the fact that he spoke like this meant that the minister was in an extreme situation.

“Come to think of it, isn’t it the first time the Sorcerer has come?”

Anyway, as soon as he saw the pile of documents the minister handed him, he opened his mouth. Because the documents I just received were submitted by the Sorcerer.

It’s a strange thing. Even during the additional budget planning period when all departments’ eyes were turned, the sorceress was on the side of staying still as if it were alone in another world. Last year and the year before last, as well as before the current minister came to power. Apparently, since the Mage Castle had a golden rope called the Mage Tower, he didn’t have to complain to the Treasury.

Due to Ma Jong-gong’s firm philosophy that those who walk the path of magic should not be poor and hungry, the Sorcery Castle was a department that was really full. She is also the mother of Majonggong.

…And Madoseong, who made Majonggong a sponsor, applied for an additional budget for the first time this year.

“Did the Mage Tower go bankrupt?”

Of course that’s not going to happen, but it’s such an unexpected situation. If I add a little exaggeration, I feel like I found Bill Gates in a soup kitchen.

“They said they haven’t received the money yet as the Mage Tower meeting at the beginning of the year has been getting longer. The person who will give it to you is stuck in the meeting room, so is there any way?”

“Ah.”

“Oh, this baby. You heard it together.”

Certainly, when someone came from the Sorcerer’s Castle, he tried hard to explain this and that. The problem is that I didn’t really hear it.

I really need time to open my ears to check the documents sent by other departments. To be honest, I belatedly found out that a person came from the Madoseong, but I guess you heard it as an explanation.

“That’s also unexpected. Meetings at the Mage Tower get longer.”

“It’s rare.”

The minister nodded lightly as if he agreed with what I was saying. The meeting couldn’t be prolonged because the Demon King, who is the number 1 overwhelming authority, is holding out in the Magic Tower.

Age, experience, position, title, ability as a wizard, etc., All have an overwhelming advantage, but I raise an objection? Isn’t that enough courage, but courage? Therefore, there is no reason for it to be long as most of them are processed according to custom or custom.

Besides, when I saw Ma Jong-gong recently, it didn’t seem like he was particularly busy or anything happened.

‘…It won’t be a big deal.’

After thinking about it for a while, I came to an appropriate conclusion. Yeah, he didn’t have a dark complexion, and he didn’t even ask for help. At least it’s not like there were any negative incidents.

So let’s think positively. It was just that wizards full of enthusiasm for exploration gathered and the discussion of making a new magic tool caught fire. If something had really happened, all sorts of magic would have been rampant in the middle of the Mage Tower by now.

***

The sub-top master of the Magic Tower. Excluding His Excellency Majonggong, who is no different from the permanent Mage Tower lord, he is the apex of the Empire’s magicians, the object of respect, and an elder in the magic world who is recognized throughout the entire continent, not just the Empire.

Considering that even the Minister of Magic and the head of the Imperial Family Magician are merely passing positions from the point of view of the sub-tab owner, they can be said to be magicians of all people, no matter how they dress up.

‘A façade that is only nice to look at.’

However, from the point of view of living as the deputy head of the pagoda, he is not particularly like an elder, nor is he the best of all. The important thing is that he is the second person who changes many times under the permanent tower.

The second-in-command in charge of chores on behalf of the first-in-command; Due to that bizarre perception, the position of the owner of the sub-tap was a place of pain and suffering. It’s to the point that I wonder if it’s not the second-in-command, but it’s the vice-top owner who has highlighted the shortcomings of the middle manager to the extreme.

Right now, the outsiders of the Mage Tower cannot talk to the duke and the continent’s best mage, the tower lord, so they try all kinds of favors and deals with me. I’m busy with the manager’s work, but it’s annoying.

Is the inside of the tower peaceful? That’s not it either You must coordinate and manage the White, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Black Towers that make up the Magic Tower. Rather, it is more troublesome and annoying than dealing with outsiders.

‘Anyway, these days.’

A wizard is a being who has built his own mental world. It was only natural that such mages had strong egos.

Though the older wizards realize the world, and come to their senses thanks to seeing the tower wall up close, but not the young ones. And unfortunately, most of the mage towers are those young ones.

The position of controlling and managing young people who live for their pride. I don’t know how many times I’ve had a desire to get rid of everything and go into hiding during the 10 years I’ve been a sub-top owner.

‘Shall we go to sleep?’

Unfortunately, that desire is still rising.

A mage tower meeting held at the beginning of the year. A place where the main mages of the Mage Tower gather to discuss all activities, such as establishing a one-year plan for the Mage Tower and sharing opinions on new magic tools.

“Hasn’t Noktap been in charge of the academy instructor? Of course, Noktap should be in charge this time too!”

“It should be said that it is a monopoly, not a charge. Isn’t it time to make concessions?”

So, at this meeting, the instructors who will inevitably be dispatched to the academy to teach magic are also selected.

“Huh, what’s the point of making concessions to the important responsibility of informing students of magic?

“That’s why no green tower should be in charge!”

“What? Can I consider that statement as the official position of the Red Tower?”

And to be sure, there has never been such a fierce confrontation over the academy instructor issue. At least during the time when I was the sub-top owner, as well as in the previous era and the previous era.

‘Damn things.’

My head is pounding. Normally, he treated the academy instructor as a burdensome and forced task, but when the situation changed, he turned into a very berserker.

Still, as a mage, I can understand this madness. If I went to the academy now as an instructor, wouldn’t I be teaching the only disciple of the top lord? Actually, it was not to teach, but to learn a little bit of the tower lord’s magic through that disciple.

However, the heart of the subtop master, not a wizard, cannot tolerate this ugliness. This is what happens when you have to quickly end a meeting and return to your original work.

“Stop.”

In the end, I couldn’t stand it and intervened in the argument. If this chaos is neglected, it seems likely that it will lead to a duel, so we have to deal with it.

“This academy dispatched instructors will be selected regardless of their affiliation. Candidates apply individually and are voted on from among the candidates.”

As I looked at it with the intention of persuading them with Thunderbolt if they objected, the noisy young things finally calmed down.

Yes, this is the best. It’s a problem if you leave it to the green tower, and it’s a problem if you leave it to another tower other than the green tower. Even if a specific tower is selected, they will fight over who goes inside it again. In that case, voting is better, even if it takes time. At least it gives me the perception that it was fair.

“Candidates are limited to meeting attendees.”

“Lord of the Tower, that limits the chances of the mages who couldn’t participate in the meeting—”

He quietly raised his staff.

“You can’t send kids who are too busy to miss the meeting.”

I got off again.

“I’m going fast. Raise your hand if you want to be a lecturer. Don’t worry, the voting itself will be kept strictly confidential.”

As the selection of candidates began with a small sigh, the participants in the meeting began to raise their hands, noticing. At a quick glance, it was about one-third of the attendees. There are many of them, and it would be nice if they showed such enthusiasm on a regular basis.

While checking faces to identify candidates like that─

“I will give up.”

Something happened.

One candidate who suddenly declared giving up. I just thought that another job came up late, so I moved on.

“…I’m giving up too.”

“Yes, me too.”

“Anyway, this is an undeserved mission for me.”

Not just a few people gave up, but all the candidates gave up. No these are jokes After talking so loudly until now.

But something was strange. The eyes of the former candidates who had declared their resignation, and the meeting attendees who had not even applied for candidacy, looked behind me.

“…….”

When I followed that gaze and looked back, I doubted my eyes.

A person who voluntarily resigned from all candidates and succeeded in registering as the only candidate. A teacher who should lead the students as a lecturer dispatched to the academy this year.

“…Since there is only one candidate, we will decide that the academy dispatched instructor this year will be Topju.”

I felt miserable when I saw the tower lord nodding his head in satisfaction.

“hahahaha, the top lord loves his disciples the most.”

“I envy the students. If possible, I would also like to enter the academy.”

As an awkward silence spread over this unexpected development, they began to open their mouths one by one.

That’s right. At the academy, there is the Tower Lord’s only disciple. He may think that the student is cute and go personally. It is indeed a reasonable inference.

……

‘Chief of the Inspection Department.’

No, I won’t lie to myself.

No matter how you think about it, it’s because of the director of the inspection department.