Chapter 117 Dean’s soliloquy

 

“…Rudy, I’m finished.”

 

Watching me put down my quill, Rudy smiled softly.

 

“Thank you for your hard work. I’ll send these to the corresponding departments.”

 

“If it’s not too much work.”

 

After saying that, I couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. We finally finished taking care of all the cases we needed to take care of.

 

Now even if we went to the Armenia territory things would be fine…that’s what I couldn’t help but think.

 

“Finally, we could go and visit there without issue.”

 

I wasn’t supposed to say it, but he saw right through me.

 

“Well, I think we’re just about done here. All the work that is urgent and important is done. Plus, why are these cases under my jurisdiction anyways? What is the financial office doing?”

 

“It’s because there aren’t enough people in the palace.”

 

At the moment, we didn’t just have to arrange for spies to prevent political errors in other nations or various territories, but also within our own palace.

 

It was because all the big players were still duking it out, while underneath them others were trying to gain the upper hand by competing amongst themselves. Of course, if they were using more moral methods of competition then things would be fine. But all of them were cheating, whether through bribing or connections, and anyone who tried to take the high way was treated as an idiot. In this kind of atmosphere, many talented individuals ended up leaving the palace early because they couldn’t see a future there.

 

Although I had hired many of them back to work under me…

 

“We’re also lacking in staff, but the Armenia territory isn’t doing so badly. The truly awful situation is over here, where we have people but are powerless to do anything about anything.”

 

Everyone drags each other down, and no one ends up getting work done. Under these circumstances, just thinking about how many actual capable civil servants remain makes my head hurt.

 

“Let’s take a bit of a break. Wake me up in an hour.”

 

After taking a deep breath, I told Rudy.

 

“Shall I prepare the bedroom for you?”

 

“No need.”

 

“All right.”

 

After Rudy left, I sighed and closed my eyes. Slowly, I relaxed my consciousness.

 

Maybe it was because I was so tired…

 

…I dreamt of some nostalgic memories!

 

Usually I never dreamed about my childhood memories…it was a pity that they weren’t very happy.

 

My earliest memory is being surrounded by adults every unchanging day. Being born as the first prince meant that as soon as I was born I was shuttled off to be taken care by a dedicated wetnurse.

 

…I always felt like I had a rather cool temperament as a child, but that never felt like something bad to me.