The Low-Ranking Civil Servant Wants to Achieve Success

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One day when I was working as a low-ranking civil servant in a hopeless imperial palace department, I realized that I had reincarnated in a novel.

“Oh my god, the villain is about to start a war, right? If a war breaks out, people like me will be the first to die!”

An imminent war as per the original setting.

If I want to live, I must first save the crown prince!

To save the crown prince who dies first in the original story, I leaked the original’s information to catch the villains.

Suddenly, I became the youngest minister.

I didn’t really mean to get ahead, but there’s nothing wrong with that!

Let’s just catch the villain.

* * *

It’s a lot of fun to ab*se the villains, and the taste of power is also very sweet.

However…

“His Highness the Crown Prince has a great sense of responsibility, but since he has nowhere to focus, he may want to run away sometimes.”

The strange new intern is talking nonsense.

No, how did I save the prince!

“What? Run awaaaay?”

With a glint in my eyes, I said grimly.

“If His Highness runs away… I will personally chase him to the end of the continent. I will somehow drag him by the collar, stick tight next to him, and keep an eye on him.”

Hmm?

But intern, why are you shaking? Why are your ears red?

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The Low-Level Civil Servant Wants To Get Ahead
말단 공무원은 출세가 하고 싶어서
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3 Reviews


xelixette
xelixette
Feb 14, 2024
Status: --
Usually, I will wait till the novel is completed before I write a review. But the low rating (1/5 stars as of 10 Feb) is just ridiculous. Here is a rundown on what I've enjoyed so far and it's potential.

  • A FL who has gotten a taste of power and wants more, and will "be even more of a villain to the villains"
  • Hidden identity ML who is slightly blush-y
  • Funny and warm supporting cast
  • Office romance x romance fantasy
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Bluebells in Bloom
Bluebells in
Jul 12, 2024
Status: Completed
Ah, yes... Of course I (the translator) have to write a review for this!

Frankly, I wasn't charmed by this novel until episode 30ish. After that I just can't put it down ;-; goodbye, my money!

These days, I keep imagining our innocent but soulless looking Namia going *cues instrumentals of Taylor Swift's sl*t!* "And if I'm gonna be drunk, I might as well be drunk in love over power"

In the probable planning stages, this is an absolutely cliche and standard novel, like the characters and general plot is nice, but not... more>> something we have never seen before.

In the execution, it's just flat out hilarious and unhinged. Filled with the usual yunajin goodness of taglines, puns, first love, sad background, fleshed out main and side characters, relationship development that progresses with the plot... this baby is an entire circus. CIRCUS. Lemme just emphasise it once more for good measure.

My only complaint will be that one of the main villains is just not as memorable as everyone else. He is supposed to be this big bad sneaky mastermind who has evaded the imperial family (who are dragon descendants by the way) for yearsssss, maybe that's why he didn't get much screentime? Well, doesn't matter, the leads relationship develops and deepens and solidifies even during whatever mess is going on!

Some of my ramblings:

Spoiler

Oh gosh, Namia (FL) is an experiment. Her mother wants power so much that she experimented on herself but the powers ended up with Namia. Did those experiments give Namia similar desires for power? Lol

Love how Kiaros and Namia are both each other's first chosen family! There are more and more families who have adopted children or step siblings, there are also more and more children who are emotionally abandoned by their parents. I think the author did a great job at highlighting some of the feelings of such kids without flat-out telling the readers.

Especially love the part where Namia assures Kiaros/Kibon that she loves him no matter if he is an experiment or horse... I know I sound unhinged but that's what it is ;-;

I can't believe Cedric (FL's father) can still love Aran (FL's mother) after all these years and what she did to him/everyone else... Love how she is not immediately "redeemed", she still has ways to go for personality rehabilitation.

Anastasia x the knight is something I never knew I needed. Our fellow rofan enthusiast is dating in real life! Someone call the press cause we have a winner!

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EDIT: side stories are out!!!!!! love the throwback to the last two works of the author!!!! wished there's more though... I'm as greedy as always...

Spoiler

the strongest dragon lost his memory

the normal but effective life of the crown princess

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selprenal
selprenal
May 16, 2024
Status: c29
The cast of this novel is really unique and crazy, but not in an annoying way. The FL's thought process is just really wacky and her interactions with the other characters are all refreshing. Everyone is also a little... weird? But in an endearing way.

... more>>
Spoiler

The ML decides to marry FL because she saved him when he was young and the reward she wanted was to marry a rich man, and he realized he was the richest man her age (how thoughtful lol). The empress decides to attempt su*cide when she was falsely accused of assassinating the ML to prove her innocence ?! Also the empress is not your typical evil stepmother, she used to be an imperial knight and her mannerisms are more crass and uncouth, but really funny. She also genuinely cares about the ML since she used to be his personal guard and even nearly sacrificed herself to save him.

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There is also an intriguing underlying plot and the quality of translation is great. The translator is friendly as well! I highly recommend reading this.

Edit: I just read the most hilarious line EVER LMAO

Spoiler

The ML is disguised as another person and wants to dig around to find out if the FL likes him (he is the crown prince). So while disguised as this dubious stranger (he's currently an intern from a foreign country), he goes up to her, saves her from a lecherous person and asks her what she thinks about marrying the crown prince. When she's like ??, his defense is: questions like 'What if you marry the Crown Prince?' are asked as ordinary greetings in his country 😂

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