Chapter 53
Kibon flinched. I shook my head and added,
“Even if you were royalty, all they’d do is say sorry to your face. Nothing would really change.”
Kibon stopped in his tracks for the moment, but the air around him grew even colder.
This is why it’s so exhausting to teach flowers raised in a greenhouse—kids who’ve never had to deal with real life.
As I led him outside, I said,
“Calm down. From their point of view, it might actually be understandable.”
“What part of that is understandable? Petty bullying between civil servants...?”
“We’re all getting the same salary, but our department looks like a joke. Let’s be honest—it was a joke.”
That’s exactly how it used to be.
Whenever anyone mentioned the Scroll Management Department, the treatment we got was pretty awful.
‘Back during official events, we always stood at the very end of the line...’
Not just during ceremonies. Every day was the same.