Im a Civil Servant (1)

It happened 5 years ago.

Who are you?

KYAA! YOUNG MASTER!

A doctor, call a doctor right now!

Young Master, are you okay? Can you see how many fingers I have extended?

In five minutes, I was shocked three times in total. The first time was when I found myself in the center of an unfamiliar room. The second time, I found myself surrounded by people I didnt know. Lastly, the third time was from the reaction of the person I asked the identity for. That was the first memory of my possession life.

I could feel my eardrums ringing when I remembered that tune. But thinking back, they had a reason to react in such a way, so I felt sorry. The first thing the eldest son of the family collapsed, and the first thing he said after waking up was something that made everyone think he might have amnesia. If I had maintained that attitude, a few servants would have been made responsible, and their necks wouldve been cut.

Are you really okay?

Yes. I just felt dizzy for a moment. Thats all.

Thankfully, the memories of the original owner of the body came back to me, and that incident was considered solved. Thanks to that, I was able to kick everyone out of the room. Im not sure if it was because of the desire of the original owner to protect the attendants that had served him. Or it was because of the generosity of the one whod put me here. The second one probably wasnt the case. After all, if that were the case, that being wouldnt have put me here.

Why me?

Returning in time, possession, reincarnation. All of these tropes used to be new and fresh, but as time passed, they became so clich that it was hard to find a novel without them. And among all of these, I became in charge of possession. Woah! How fun!

The problem was that I didnt know why I was chosen for this. I had never finished reading a novel, I hadnt written a draft of 5,700 characters, the monitor didnt suddenly shine, and I wasnt hit by a truck. After I went to sleep, I suddenly woke up in this world.

Lets say that up to this point, it was understandable. Possession was always something unreasonable and sudden. So trying to guess a reason made no sense. It wasnt that other possession protagonists did so because they wanted to.

You should have picked up an avid reader, at least.

The biggest problem was that I had reincarnated in a novel I knew nothing about. No, to be more precise, I knew it. But I hadnt taken my time to go through it properly.

The title was The Esteemed Daughter is in Love or something like that. After reading the news that a popular novel had been made into a webtoon, I read the free chapters. But that was it.

It didnt suit my tastes. I quickly forgot about it since I found other more interesting novels.

Although I felt bothered by the fact that I had woken up in a novel I knew nothing about, I realized it wasnt that bad once I thought about it. It wasnt that a Demon King trying to destroy the world would appear. There was also no risk of plague appearing because the characters of a romance fantasy novel would probably be busy by showing a sweet romance.

Huh? Didnt I wake up in a world where the author made sure it was easy to profit from? Not only that, but the body I possessed belonged to the eldest son of the Empires Earl. He was a noble with blue blood. Im not sure who you are, but thank you for waking me up in such a body!

I unlocked an easy-mode life.

As I organized the memories that came back to me, I couldnt help but laugh. The original owner of the body, Carl Krasius, was a 16-year-old boy. He was the eldest son of the Krasius family. He wasnt a genius or someone crazy out of control. He was just a normal noble boy.

This meant I didnt need to act in a certain way or show how I changed positively. I could just live a happy life as a noble.

The only thing that bothered me was what had happened to the bodys original owner. But I decided to think that he died. Because, after all, I had no way to return it to him. So from now on, I was Carl.

That was how I began enjoying my life in another world.

Our familys riches came from the grace received from the Imperial Family.

Just for a year.

On the second day of the year I would become 17 years old, the Patriarch summoned me. I subconsciously nodded to everything he said.

In reality, our familys blood used to be red instead of blue.1Blue blood refers to nobility while red refers to commoners But 300 years ago, our ancestor made a huge contribution to the Apels Invasion.

Thats why Emperor Amanka offered our family a territory and a title. Thats how we were able to become nobles. The one who followed him, Amnaka 2nd, made the Krasius family Earls of the Empire. The Krasius familys descendants have never forgotten that.

Yes, so you remember it well.

Someone who cant remember something he hears every week isnt worthy of being called a person.

I brushed past it while looking at the Patriarchs satisfied expression. He was probably going to say something like, work hard for the Imperial Family from now on, and then hed probably send me back. It was obvious.

An opportunity to answer to that grace has come.

Yes?

This was an unexpected development.

Regardless of my inquiry in surprise, the Patriarch took out a document.

An incident has happened in the North. Naive people that dont know how scary the Empire can be have been causing a stir. The size of that stir isnt one that can be ignored. So the Emperor has called us.

Thats too bad.

Yes. Thats why the Krasius family, as vassals of the Emperor, have decided to contribute to rooting out the troublemakers that have been bothering him.

Are you moving?

The Patriarch nodded. The Krasius family members were direct vassals of the Emperor. They had the title of Earl of Tileglehen.

If the Patriarch took the soldiers of Tileglehen and decided to contribute to calming down the situation in the North, the Emperor would accept. He was probably going to ask him to administrate the Earls territory while he was away.

Well, its nothing important. The butler is going to do most of the work, after all.

Successor, Earls representative. The only thing he had to do was to stamp documents. Even the Earl left most of the work to the butler. Because the topic of the conversation changed suddenly, he became worried. But it wasnt a necessary one in the end.

As if the patriarch had read such thoughts of his, he changed the topic once again.

Its about time you become a government official.

Huh? Me?

Yes. You know that at 17 years old, one can choose to attend the Academy or become a government official, right?

If Im not here, whos going to deal with the Earls work?

Most of the work is done by the butler, so it doesnt matter.

You low-ranking lord, how can you say something like that with your mouth?

I already found a position. You just have to go there, and theyll teach you.

You bone marrow Emperors follower

It was possible to become a government officer at 17 years old. But it was preferred for someone to go to the Academy.

What would a 17 years old whod just become an adult do even after becoming a government officer?

It would be better for me to go to the Academy to learn about numerous things, become friends with other noble familys sons and daughters, and build relations with capable normal people.

But the Patriarch was trying to ignore that and send him to the government. Why? Because the Emperor had a headache. So he had to use the familys workforce to help him.

And then he would confidently say, Our familys heir, who just became an adult, already became a government officer to serve the Imperial Family and the Empire! It was obvious how the Emperor would receive that news.

I guess it might not be that bad?

Maybe it wasnt as bad as he thought. Academy? In his previous life, hed gone through primary school to the university without taking a break. Thinking about how he lived before being taken by the postgraduate school made him not want to go there. Even without going to the Academy, most important nobles receive private tutoring. Not only that, but they also have the opportunity to build connections before and after the 3 years that the Academy lasts.

On the other hand, this was a job given to him by the patriarch of the Krasius family. There was no way the Patriarch of Earls family, that served the Emperor of the Kefellofen Empire directly, was waiting for a 17 year old to achieve many things.

Because of my background, I am probably going to be able to work comfortably It sounds good.

Im going to work with everything I have for the Emperor.

The Patriarch smiled upon hearing my words, and I too smiled in response. However, the reason each had was very different.

The Patriarch joined the forces that were in the North. And I went to warm up the comfortable place the Patriarch had found for me.

4 years had passed.

Fuck, I shouldve gone to the Academy.

The job the patriarch had found for me wasnt a comfortable one. It was a position where you couldnt help but shed tears and blood. A place where you could hear people agonizing.

These past 4 years had been enough to turn a naive and innocent 17 year old into a 21 years old adult that already dreamed of retiring. For example, I had just spent two hours listening to the Minister scream at me for two hours.

This damn civil servant life.

Will the Academy Accept someone whos 21 years old?

Footnotes:1Blue blood refers to nobility while red refers to commoners