When I was working as a civil servant, I was found out to be a muscle-brained knight by the princess knight and got sent to the front lines - Episode 63

Episode 63

Unfortunately, all of Cynthia-sama’s actions so far have been fake.

Do you all remember Chapter 1 of Part 2? It’s about Cynthia Clark’s lovely first appearance scene, where she read the Zwey documents and banged on the documents while expressing frustration to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Eva Robbins.

I’m sure all of you readers must have thought, “Oh, I see, she’s the sensible junior colleague. Got it.” … Let me tell you about Cynthia-sama’s inner thoughts during that adorable document-banging moment.

“Ugh, so dull. Is this the reaction I should give if I were a clueless junior who doesn’t know anything about the muscle-head senpai? I mean, I think this whole pretending-to-be-clueless-and-cute junior move every time is seriously annoying.”

This completely indifferent inner monologue was completely hidden behind her behavior so far. It was definitely a professional job.

“Seriously, I can’t stand those cute and annoying junior types. That muscle-head senpai of mine, can’t he stop piling on work without realizing it?”

Yes, Cynthia-sama continued to play the role of a naive but endearing and sensible junior colleague, fully aware of everything. The stress from this is beyond imagination.

In fact, Cynthia-sama’s assignment to the Ministry of Internal Affairs was also for the surveillance and protection of Jez Norman.

Five years ago, the “Northern War Devil,” and then three years ago, the “Agitator of the Saint,” Jez Norman, who has been called by outrageous names from some quarters, couldn’t be left alone by the intelligence agency, the 0th Legion.

When Jez returned from his long business trip from the Holy Empire, the upper echelons of the 0th Legion designated him as a target for special surveillance and protection.

Originally designated as a person of concern within the 0th Legion due to his activities on the northern front and his nickname “Northern War Devil,” the connection he made with the Saint, which was no longer confined to the Tashman Kingdom, led to the civil servant (self-proclaimed) being classified as a special target who was unaware of being designated as such in an unknown location.

And Cynthia Clark, who was a student at the time, was chosen. Since the Clark family has been involved in intelligence work for generations, Cynthia herself planned to pursue that path in the future and was thinking of joining the police organization for employment.

Thus, from Cynthia’s student days, scenarios were devised by the 0th Legion to bring her closer to the target. After profiling Jez Norman’s personality, it was decided to initially interact with him as an arrogant junior and gradually become friends, and Cynthia successfully carried it out.

In other words, her standoffish attitude when she joined the Ministry of Internal Affairs and later becoming fond of Jez were all fake.

Even her occasional visits to his house were for the purpose of periodically and safely checking for bugs or poisoned items. Jez knew nothing about these things. If he were to find out, it would reach a level of distrust in humanity. Truly frightening, Cynthia-sama.

By the way, recently, when Cynthia was teased by a senior from the 0th Legion who knew the situation, “You seem to be getting along well with the surveillance target Jez Norman, huh? Are you in love?” her reaction was,

“Huh? It’s just work. What are you talking about? Besides, he’s not my type.”

She answered with a completely serious expression, and the person who asked the question thought, “Oh, okay. Sorry about that, Jez Norman,” to that extent. Truly, Cynthia-sama doesn’t waver.

The true affiliation of Cynthia Clark is the Tashman Kingdom’s clandestine organization, the 0th Legion. This organization is shrouded in mystery.

In the Tashman Kingdom, there are the 1st Legion to the 10th Legion, as well as the Royal Guard directly under the king. However, that’s just the official story.

The 12th Division is the 0th Legion to which Cynthia belongs. The existence of this legion itself is kept secret, and even the legion commanders are not officially informed of its existence.

Operated as a direct information agency under the king, the Tashman Kingdom’s king directly commands both the Royal Guard and the 0th Legion.

These two legions govern both the surface and the underground of the country. Of course, even those who have been in leadership positions in the legions or ministries for a long time vaguely understand the existence of the 0th Legion, but they don’t know the full extent of it.

Therefore, even in the Tashman Kingdom, where the authority of the legion commanders is relatively strong, the existence of the 0th Legion also served as a deterrent against each other.

Furthermore, only a very limited number of people among the royal family knew about it, and in the current era, only the king himself and the first queen officially knew about its existence.

The first time the legion commanders vaguely recognized the existence of the 0th Legion was when they were orally instructed by the king about the forbidden magic spell “Dedication of the End.”

In the Southern Great Uprising, the 9th Legion Commander, Elliot Crane, used the forbidden magic spell “Dedication of the End.” Its incantation and mechanism are kept secret by the royal family and are directly transmitted by the king upon appointment as a legion commander.

Furthermore, disclosing its details by contract magic is prohibited, and if information were to leak through any means, all those suspected by the kingdom’s clandestine organization would be purged.

As mentioned in Chapter 33 of Part 1, this clandestine organization of the kingdom is none other than the 0th Legion. Therefore, the 0th Legion is considered to have the power to fight and defeat even legion commanders.

Although the clandestine organization is not very active among kingdom officials in Tashman, it is known that spies from various foreign countries abound in the Tashman Kingdom.

There are quite a few factions in foreign countries that are not fond of the Tashman Kingdom, a frontline state and a major exporting country.

Especially in countries far from the frontline, where the threat of monsters cannot be recognized as a real threat, they do not welcome the excessive military buildup and trade surplus used for military expenditure in the Tashman Kingdom.

In this world, surprisingly, there are many people who have never encountered monsters since birth, especially in rear-guard countries.

Furthermore, the Tashman Kingdom is currently harboring a saint with a questionable reputation, which has attracted the attention of some church factions.

Therefore, surprisingly, the 0th Legion has been frequently deployed for national defense and counterintelligence in the Tashman Kingdom.

In his younger days, King Ramses once seriously considered launching an attack on the coalition of human nations with the members of the 0th Legion when he was about to lose his temper due to repeated covert harassment from foreign countries.

However, realizing the seriousness of the situation, he cooled his head and decided to further strengthen counterintelligence measures.

In any case, the 0th Legion is known only to a very limited number of people in the Tashman Kingdom. Cynthia Clark, at the age of 20, serves as a centurion among such hardcore clandestine forces.

Cynthia-sama was indeed on a fast track to success.