I answered as if I was asking something obvious.
“Isn’t this the imperial family’s business?”
"they?"
“I decided that the confidentiality had to be maintained, so I handled the rest of the matters myself.”
"when?"
“After I sent the secretary and worked overtime.”
Of course, after I sent Kibune, I worked on my own.
I considered Kibon a person I could trust, but even so, I did not intend to share matters related to the imperial family with him.
“More than anything, the safety of the imperial family was my priority.”
When I answered, the Empress laughed loudly.
“Awesome!
Namiya Rawabi, your loyalty is truly amazing!”
“This is more praise than I deserve.
I have only followed principles, Your Majesty.”
“Haha!
So, what is that method?
Since it’s not in the report, I’ll hear it directly from you!”
“This...”
I smiled cautiously and opened my mouth to speak.
* * *
The next morning.
“Ha.”
Lydon and the Minister of Education laughed ironically when they saw the document they received in the morning.
“It seems that the Minister of Manuscripts has finally gone mad.”
The content of the general announcement that Namiya sent to all departments was as follows.
She wanted to use scrolls with special effects at Saint Cairo's upcoming party.
But the problem was after that.
Saint Cairo is a saint who blesses the relationship between parents and their children.
Therefore, a ceremony is being planned in which Her Majesty the Empress and His Highness the Prince will use the manuscripts themselves.
Later time will be allocated to training the Manuscripts Department on this.
Training was scheduled for tomorrow.
Since St.
Cairo's party was not long away, this was to be expected.
“Or maybe her mind has become a garden of flowers.”
But if the Manuscript Department planned such an event, there was no way to prevent it.
The Minister of Education laughed sarcastically and hummed.
“Who does she think she is to act like this at her first party?”
The Manuscript Management Department has never made its presence felt like this before.
“But this is a good thing.”
Lydon smiled and said:
“This is the first event organized by the Manuscript Department, so if we spoil it well, it will calm down in the future.
That’s better.”
“Hmm.”
“I intended to crush them in the first place, but it seems that I will have to break their morale first.”
He took a few books and stood up.
Then he greeted the Minister of Education.
“I'll go then.”
Lydon was more confident than ever.
The Minister of Education buried himself in his chair and nodded vaguely.
"Go."
This was similar to what he was used to.
The Minister of Education was naturally cautious.
He never participated in conversations that might get him into trouble later, nor did he give any direct instructions.
Lydon was “handling matters” himself, and the Education Secretary was “giving” him a good rating himself.
'No matter what happens, I will not get involved.
'I just think Lydon does his job well, so I give him a good rating.'
The Minister of Education truly believed that lowly people should not hold important positions.
He noticed Lydon's actions, but never commented on them.
Because he liked Lydon's way of differentiating between the prince and the empress very much.
‘His Highness Prince Jaden must be raised as a true dragon.
But because of his lowly mother, bad people constantly attach themselves to him.'
Scrutinizing one's lineage and the environment in which a person was raised was not in vain.
The Empress's chaotic manner of speech and behavior only diminished the prestige of the Imperial Family.
The manuscripts department was also like that.
Namiya, who grew up in a bad family, could never achieve anything right.
'So, this is all for the sake of the empire.'
Each person has his own level.
Those who don't fit in only mess things up.
‘The country is really in chaos.
There are a lot of people who don't know their limits.'
The Minister of Education believed this and tightened his lips.
These department head values were affecting the members without them realizing it.
“The manuscript department staff became arrogant in the restaurant after they got some budget, isn’t that funny?”
“The number of members of the entire department does not reach ten...
Doesn’t this mean that they have no work?”
"But their office space is still the same.
It's really a waste of space.
A bunch of crap."
A group of Ministry of Education employees who had previously mocked Anastasia laughed as they spoke.
The Minister of Education did not comment on this, but rather turned his attention to the papers.
* * *
“Lydon?”
When Lydon appeared at the Detached Palace, Jayden quickly got up from his chair while reading a book.
“What's the matter?
Today I don't have classes, right?”
There was joy mixed with astonishment in his voice.
It was natural, Jayden followed Lydon a lot.
Lydon has been teaching Jayden since his childhood.
Lydon was so proficient in all fields that he could deal with a genius prince who understood ten things from one lesson.
“One more lesson, Your Highness.”
Lydon raised his monocle and said gently:
“I was going to schedule an additional lesson tomorrow, but I saw in the announcement that there was an appointment for the Manuscripts Department.”
“Oh, right.
I got the news too.”
Jayden nodded, then laughed lightly and hummed:
“Ha, really.
The Minister of Manuscripts doesn’t seem to understand things.
Asking my mother and me for something like that!”
However, he couldn't look Lydon directly in the eyes.
He tried to sound sarcastic, but he couldn't quite hide his feelings.
Lydon quickly noticed that there was a bit of expectation on the child's face.
He stood quietly with his hands behind his back and said:
“Do you know who the Minister of the Manuscripts Department is?”
“Ah… Namiya Rawabi?”
Jayden blinked and replied.
"I don't know her well.
I heard she's the girl who rejected my brother.
Does she have a boyfriend?"
“It doesn't seem to be true, but one thing is for sure.”
Lydon extended his hand and stroked Jayden's head and said:
“To reject His Highness the Crown Prince?
She is a shameless woman who knows no bounds and has no shame.
She has brought down the prestige of dragons to the bottom.”
“...Ah, but...”
“‘But’ what...”
Lydon sighed and said:
“I hope you will listen carefully to what I have to say now, Your Highness.”
Then he took out a sound isolation manuscript from a drawer in the separate palace and activated it.
Lydon's use of sound insulation scripts was usual, so Jayden said nothing.
After he had fully activated the manuscript, Lydon returned and continued his speech.
“Dragons are the most precious beings in the world.
For someone to reject their existence?
This is truly unthinkable.
Remember this, Your Highness.
Ordinary humans must obey dragons.”
“Eh, that's true, but...”
“So.”
Lydon rubbed Jayden's head with a look of pity and added:
“Even your mother couldn't refuse the dragons' orders, so she had to become empress and give birth to you against her will, right?”
“…”
“And because of your presence, even after she lost everyone’s love, she remained stuck in this palace like a prison, unable to do anything.
Poor thing.”
Jayden's face froze in an instant.
“But this is human nature.”
Lydon began to select a book from Jayden's shelf and continued talking.
“They must obey what the dragons command them to do.
Even if their lives are miserable, even if the son they have given birth to causes them pain just by seeing it.”
Jayden slowly lowered his eyes.
He was smart, but still an eight-year-old boy.
His relationship with his father, the Emperor, was good.
"Jayden?
My dear, beautiful son.
Every time I see you you grow more, how wonderful you are!"
But the Emperor has not visited the palace much for years.
He also had a good relationship with Kiaros, but...
“I also enjoyed reading this book when I was young.
Especially the third part, I read it so many times...
Ah, it's getting late.
I'll come back later.”
He was very busy.
Even while spending time with him, his assistants would quickly bring various papers and documents.
Therefore, it was natural for him to want to pamper his mother, Fron, but...
From a certain point, their relationship became distant.
'I'm sure my mother loved me very much when I was little...'
Since he was five or six years old?
Some time ago, Fron started to feel very embarrassed when talking to Jayden.
“Mom, today I read the book ‘Understanding the History of the Eastern Empire’.
I found the origin of an ancient word called Otracitus, that was interesting.
What do you think of that story...”
“Oh, is that so?
Hmm.
Okay.
I’ll go now.”
When Jayden noticed that the conversation was becoming superficial, he consulted his teacher Lydon about his problem.
Then Lydon told him something no one had said before.
“No way.
I will teach you the truth.”