I Became a Civil Servant Who Can Use Magic

“Inspector. The viscount said he has an urgent message and asked you to come to the open space behind the fortress.”
“Is that so? Alright.”

Ria walked towards the open space with leisurely steps.

Tap.

Ria stopped walking as she arrived at the open space.
Viscount my ass.
The elf magician and dozens of elves wearing red bands greeted Ria warmly.

“Quite a gathering~ Are you finally showing your true colors? I was just wondering whether to just overthrow you or not.”
“Sorry for the delay. We had something to confirm.”
The elf magician answered with a smirk.
Ria, who was clicking her tongue inwardly, saw a pile of wooden boxes.

“What’s this now. A gift?”

Crack.
When she kicked and shattered one box, black powder flowed out.
Ria tilted her head.

Black powder?

She frowned and looked down, the open space floor was already full of black powder.
Except where the elves were standing.

If Loen had seen this scene, she would have backed away in shock, but unfortunately, Ria was someone completely ignorant about firearms that elves might use.
She just had a question mark floating in her head.

Isn’t this what Old Man Hans said was needed for that weapon called a musket or something?
What did he call it then? Gun…

“It was quite difficult to obtain this much gunpowder. I hope you like the gift.”
“Gift my ass.”

Elves wearing red bands gathered around the elf magician.
Then the magician wrapped the surroundings with a translucent protective barrier.

Defensive magic? What kind of trick is this now?
Ria narrowed her eyes.

Sizzle.

An irritating sound reached Ria’s ears.
Looking in the direction of the sound, she saw something like a thin rope burning away.

The moment the fire touched the gunpowder.

A powerful explosion occurred, and a dazzling flash swept the surroundings.

Loen turned around at the intense vibration and sound that shook the entire fortress.

An explosion?

“No need to worry. Training is in full swing behind the fortress.”
“What kind of training?”
“There is such a thing. By the way. Lady Loen.”

The knight commander looked directly at Loen with a grin.
In contrast, Loen’s face hardened.

Did I ever reveal my name?
I only said I was Ria’s adjutant.
I’m sure I never mentioned my name.

“Daughter of Duke Franz and a 4-star magician. I’m terribly sorry for not recognizing such an esteemed person until now.”

Loen sensed an ominous atmosphere.
Rolling her eyes to look left and right, she saw the knights’ faces were very tense.
On the castle walls, soldiers were looking this way holding bows and crossbows.

She met eyes with the knight commander again.
The smile had already disappeared from his face.

No wonder there were a lot of unfamiliar knights today instead of the usual soldiers I’ve been seeing.
So it’s today.

Loen slowly began to condense the magical power in her body.
She imbued it with light and dark attributes, and added impact, diffusion, and residual properties.
This process was carried out very slowly so that the opponent in front of her wouldn’t notice.
The knight commander bowed his head and said.

“It’s a shame, by the way. After all your long efforts to join the Inspection Team..”

He left the rest unsaid.
It was out of sympathy for the poor duke’s daughter who would meet her death shortly after entering a core institution of imperial power. Of course, that doesn’t mean he has any intention of messing up the job.

Looking at the motionless Loen, the knight commander inwardly sneered.

Even if she’s a 4-star magician from the Inspection Department with a cold-blooded appearance without blood or tears,
Her essence would be a duke’s daughter who grew up like a flower in a greenhouse in the duke’s family.

It might be natural for her to be scared.

This isn’t the time to be doing this.
I need to quickly deal with the woman in front of me and go help the elf.

Because only after dealing with all the inspectors will the viscount raise the flag of rebellion.

The knight commander decided to end it quickly.

“I bear no ill will, so I’ll send you off cleanly.”
“Shock wave.”

While the knight commander was rambling on.
Loen finished casting magic by drawing magical power into her body.
Then she muttered the activation word for the spell in a low voice.

Immediately after, a gray wave mixed with black and white burst out from Loen’s body.

Wooong-.

The intensely vibrating wave that spread in all directions instantly, sweeping the surroundings relentlessly without sound.

“…”

Numerous knights surrounding Loen and even the soldiers on the castle walls, all collapsed to the ground like dominoes.
As if an invisible grim reaper had taken their lives in an instant.

Only the knight commander, a 4-star swordsman, managed to keep his consciousness.

“Urgh. What, what is this..”

The knight commander retched while lying face down on the ground.
He saved his life, but the aftereffects were far from ordinary.

Wasn’t she said to be a 4-star magician?
But how could she cast such a powerful magic..

The knight commander painfully raised his head to look at Loen.

And seeing her face overflowing with coldness, he realized.

We’ve been deceived!
She really was from the Imperial Guar-.

That was his last memory.
Loen, who knocked out the knight commander with a simple lightning magic, opened her mouth.

“Ugh, I feel like I’m going to throw up.”

To think even the spell caster would feel nauseous.
I should look for a way to remove the side effects when I get back to headquarters.

Loen, who subdued the Felon Knightly Order in an instant.
She moved towards the back of the fortress without delay.

Clang, clang!
The enemies’ sword strikes rain down on the greatsword.
Ria frowned and repelled the attacks of the elven swordsmen coming from all directions.
Her massive greatsword as tall as herself moved here and there following her hand movements as if it were a feather.
The moment the enemies’ offensive stopped.
An opening.
Slash!
Ria, who split an elven swordsman’s body from top to bottom in one go, quickly leaped backward.
A fireball flew to where she had just been standing and exploded.
Despite instantly slaughtering an enemy, her expression was still dark.

Ria bit her lip.
Who would have thought the black powder was a medium for causing explosions.

Ria, who took a world-shaking explosion head-on without any preparation.
She wasn’t injured because she’s a 5-star swordsman.

The problem was that most of her magical power was consumed protecting her body from the explosion.

In fact, even with the remaining magical power, it would be enough to sweep away the elven swordsmen in front of her.

If only it weren’t for the purple-haired elf magician standing behind.
A magician belonging to the top of 5-star rank and a high-ranking official of the Red Band.
Irina Schneitz.

“To think you’d hide your identity with an artifact.”
“It was quite difficult to obtain. But well. Thanks to that, I got the chance to kill a senior member of the Inspection Department.”

The elf magician Irina sneered at Ria.

Ria now understood why Viscount Felon was so confident.

It was because he had a 5-star magician backing him up.
On top of that, there were dozens of elven swordsmen at the 3 or 4-star level.

‘If it weren’t for Loen, this would certainly have become my grave.’

Ria’s thoughts were cut off there.
Because the elven swordsmen resumed their attack.

The battle continued thereafter.

“You damn pointy-eared bastards.”

Despite the little remaining magical power and the check from the 5-star magician.
Ria eventually succeeded in killing all the elven swordsmen.

Ria caught her breath using her greatsword as a cane.

If it weren’t for the explosion.
Ria was sure she would have seizures just seeing black powder from now on.

Irina, who was watching this scene, inwardly admired.
Is this what makes the Inspection Department different?

But that’s as far as it goes.

The reason Irina had only been lightly checking until now.
It was none other than magic that could finish off a 5-star swordsman in one go.

It was for casting ‘Magical Light Cannon’.

The dual casting ability that only a very few magicians are capable of.
With that ability, while throwing checking magic at Ria, she was simultaneously preparing a decisive strike.

Irina raised her staff forward.

Once she utters the activation word, the ominous lump of magical power floating in the air was set to be fired towards Ria.

The moment she was about to open her mouth.
Swoosh.
Irina’s whole body was covered in goosebumps.
This feeling?

Turning her eyes to look behind Ria, someone was standing there.

It was Loen.
The Inspection Department rookie and 4-star magician.

Irina’s eyes caught the sight of Loen casting magic, who had arrived at some unknown time.
Eventually, Loen stretched her hand towards Irina.

Irina inwardly sneered at the sight.
Ha, a mere 4-star magician dares!

However.

While it would clearly be the right decision to ignore the mere 4-star magician and kill Ria first.
The moment she met Loen’s bright red eyes as red as blood.
Irina’s instincts screamed that she must counter Loen’s magic.
“Magical Light Cannon.”
“Magical Light Cannon!”

The moment Loen uttered the activation word.
Irina also hurriedly uttered the activation word while adjusting the direction of her staff.

Boom.
A beam emitting a mysterious light mixed with light and darkness and a jet-black beam collided in mid-air.
A powerful shockwave occurred.
It was at an incredible level, incomparable to the previous explosion.
Ria, who happened to be positioned between Loen and Irina, was caught in the aftermath and shot into the air.

“Aagh!”

Ria flew up as high as the castle wall and then crashed into the ground with a thud.
Of course, being a 5-star swordsman, she’s only slightly sore.

When the beams subsided and the world became quiet, Ria sprang to her feet.
It was to confirm the result.

The only person standing in the open space was Loen.
Just her.

The 5-star elf magician Irina was nowhere to be seen.

Ria smiled contentedly.
As expected of our maknae.
I knew it from the moment she pushed the department head to the edge of the wall.

As Ria approached Loen’s side, Loen muttered.

“The department head said to capture her alive if possible..”

Ria, who wrapped her arm around Loen’s shoulder, eased the maknae’s worry.
“It’s okay. When we were about to die, is that important~ Accurately, not we but I. Anyway, it’s about time for the adjutant to bring the kids, so let’s go greet them.”

Some time passed after that.
The adjutant who left the fortress a few days ago to request support.
He rushed into the fortress gates with reinforcements.
While lying in wait near the fortress waiting for the right moment.
They hurriedly came running after feeling the powerful shockwave even from afar.
“Senior Ria! Inspector Loen! We’ve come to he… lp..”

Given the suspicious movement of troops, they thought fierce fighting would be happening inside the fortress and entered, but.

The scene that met their eyes was…

Two inspectors standing blankly amidst fallen knights and soldiers everywhere.

The reinforcements just stared at each other blankly.

“..?”
Ria nodded her head towards them.

“Viscount Felon should be holed up in the castle. Drag that bastard out first.”
“…Yes sir!”

Somewhere in the southern part of the empire.

“Here’s the report on the Viscount Felon rebellion incident.”
“Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.”

Rustle, rustle-

The woman who received the report was quickly skimming through the contents when she stopped at a certain part.

==
Suppressor (Imperial Inspection Team, Inspection Department)
…

Loen Franz
==

The woman immediately raised her head.

“Aide, change the schedule.”

The aide momentarily hesitated at those words.
The woman closed the report and said firmly.

“To Viscount Felon’s territory.”