Now, I will guide you to the examination venue.
After a while, the order is resounded by the guards.
I felt like I was being taken by the guards, but I was walking slowly. With the future Chancellor and many others still involved as assistants to the nobility and elite, the guards continue to act with the utmost respect for all of us. I also kept up around the latter so as not to be late for the line. Selection of the Prime Minister to be involved in the heart of the country. I never thought I'd be able to decide on a single test. It was the first stage, wasn't it?
The candidates who walked ahead were all nervous and kept walking without saying a word. Some of them knew each other and related to each other in their duties and positions, but no one slapped a single word in vain. After all, it seems that I am not the only one who thinks that "it has already started".
As everyone once looked back small, I also checked with just my eyes.... the man in the hood is walking at the end. Rather than showing us a single hair rather than a face, he tends to duck down and follow us as a [candidate]. The pressure from a man taller than me at the age of eighteen was heavy and creepy for everyone.
The first test was the intelligence test.
It is easy to understand that each person is seated in a separate seat and answers the questions written on several test papers in time.
The contents of the examination were clearly determined from the existence of answers to solve one's own thoughts and judgments, how to solve organized crime and civil unrest in Japan if one were to do so, and how to return to the country and serve as a guide after becoming a prime minister. Most of the respondents will be able to answer this question except me.
The content would have been quite difficult, but all the answers were read and learned in the previous mansion. It was worth spending all my salary on books in the near future.
It is not difficult to know the "ideal answer" for the reader when it comes to handling the case and the prospect of being the prime minister. The Prime Minister, who is looking for young and brilliant people, can think of a hundred things just by thinking lightly, such as an optimal solution that looks like a young man who sees hope and reality. There is absolutely no problem if you move your hand in time.
If the time limit was set and the test paper and pen were collected, only 10% of the students were graded and dropped from there, as expected.
After that, the room, which was normally used only for special congresses, was much more spacious than the written examination venue, even though the candidates were called one by one.
There were a number of interviewer-like men lining up in the front row of the superior chairs that surrounded the half-circle. As a servant in the castle, I don't know if they are in the upper echelons. At least he didn't recommend me.... but that doesn't change my behavior.
In the spacious room, one of us stands briskly and treads on the value from the front. The first time I was asked was whether I had [special abilities], not my name and age.
“My name is Jill Vail Butler. Special abilities are operated by the same age."
While talking like that, he uses his special ability with a gracious smile.
To assert the amplitude of the age fluctuation, at first they are as old as the old. Next, change to the figure of the child, and finally stop at the figure of eighteen to emphasize this as the original figure. This was the first time I had used my Special Ability in public. Neither the previous owner of the Mansion, nor the current master who knows that I am a Special Ability, nor even the Count of Arlingham knows what my abilities are. I don't care if you want me to keep my squire at hand. They must have been particularly impressed by the rejuvenating appearance of the old man to the young man.
Whoaaaa...... I calm down to them as I get a matching exclamation. If I put my hand on my chest and gave a humble and profound courtesy, everyone stared at me, not at the paperwork.
What an age manipulation. In the literature, I think that I am closer to being a chicken that lays golden eggs than a leading candidate.
It is not family status that is important to become the upper echelon in our country, but [special ability]...... the only biggest trump card God has given to save her.
It is a testament to being a people of the Kingdom of Freesia, a testament to God's choice.
Many people think that those who are blessed with rare special abilities and excellent special abilities are synonymous with those who have been entrusted by God to do so much important things. Interviews in closed spaces while interviewing one person at a time will be more about this consideration than about how other candidates will appear. Due to its rarity, it seems that there are a number of superiors who hide their special abilities to the minimum they need.
Although it is said that special abilities are only "important" for the upper level, in fact, almost all of the current upper level have special abilities. There are also a number of superiors who handle it and make effective use of it for the duties given to royalty. I was able to do it myself, including my special abilities.
Particularly in this Chancellor Selection, not only excellent, but also rare special abilities will be essential.... the Chancellor has to be directly assisted by a foreigner who doesn't even have a Special Ability.
"I was given a long time, and I took part in this in order to dedicate myself to this honorable country."
At the end of the day, one clapped his hand out loud, “Wonderful!”
Make your eyes shine and ask for my background. Unlike the other candidates, I must have caught a lot of interest because I'm not a superior, an aide, or a squire. When I was asked, "Is it Count Arlingham's recommendation?", my heart pulsed a little, but that's all. A squire in the castle? While being praised as a waste, most of the details of special abilities were asked one after another.
When you wake up, how far you can go, whether you can manipulate the age of others, and how long you live. As it is said, I only answer with words that sound convenient and feel good. Honestly, there's no need to tell the truth.
"I've never tried it," "according to the survey," "but there's a possibility." If we continued, everyone would look at each other and make their faces shine. Even if you say you can't do it later, if you're even prime minister, it's ours. "If you need me, I won't spare you this ability except for the royalty." Naturally, even a prime minister who is above them would not have to keep such a promise.
Along the way, some people thought about my age, "Are you really an old man?", but I was able to parry lightly. Whether I am old or a child, I have the impression that I am not old.
Other interviewers said with a smile, "Well, isn't that a good idea?" "It doesn't change that he can work as young as Prime Minister Nicholas wants."... but.
"Gilbert, you are indeed wonderful." At this stage, it far outstrips any other candidate. But what do you do with all your brains until you work in a castle? "
He is only eighteen years old. Even though I talked about it as a castle servant apprentice a year ago, one of the interviewers asked me about it, and it was definitely a search. After all, it is only the interviewer who selects the Prime Minister, and his special ability alone does not extend his hand to everyone.
With a natural smile in mind, I turn my thoughts. In the castle, it is not uncommon for minors to work if they work as nobles or servants of the mansion. However, the question becomes deeper, whether it was why he was reluctant to work while possessing such a privileged special ability, or why he wanted to be Prime Minister until he revealed it even more if he was hiding it. And the real background is...... I can't even tell you.
"At the recommendation of my father, a junior nobleman from the province, I served as an apprentice to a former servant of a certain nobleman. I am used to being an assistant to a certain extent, even though I am young. This special ability was not revealed to my previous husband.... I was so proud that I should be used even more."
Let's cover it all up with a clean lie to reveal that you were born into a filthy, poor underclass, immersed in a day of lowly stealing and pleading.
I threw everything away for her. And I was reborn to get her back.
Falsehood and other light things. No one knew all the family names of the lower nobles. No one in the world knows my living proof. The birth of a junior is a shame, but this is convenient for falsifying.
My family and friends have nothing. I only have Maria.
"I am quite confident in my defense technique." I will definitely protect myself and my loved ones with this hand. "
If necessary, let's present it here and change the story to flow.
Self-protection technology is only one of the minimum items required, but it is also one of the strengths to be able to protect yourself. Another person waved that it would be interesting if I suggested it to him before he could probe any further. I will call in the guards, the indoor guards, and have them fight against me immediately.
I was asked if I wanted to prepare a simulated sword, and I refused. Bare hands are more convenient for me.... having spent all my money on books, I could only borrow them from the Mansion, such as swords.
However, although it is a necessary knowledge, there are not many candidates among them, such as those who can cross the guard of the castle without weapons. Even though they were good at defense, they were all thoughtful people who sat in their chairs and judged them.
Appreciate the guards that were sent out before, and destroy and disable the spears that were erected along with the signals. That's all, no one cared about my birth anymore.