23: The Truth Untold

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After the press conference, it was business as usual in the Eri Central Office except with a little bit more bounce in their step as the result of the wonderful announcement.

"Gyoman-ssi, I've found the original blueprint of the Exploration Convention Hall. Can you bring it to His Excellence as the lead architect of the renovation planning?" Jennie handed the intern a large roll of vellum paper.

"That's great! I already have a lot of ideas to present to His Excellence about the room addition. I'm sure he'll like all my ideas that he will have a difficult time selecting what to approve," Gyoman haughtily stood up and went to the legend of the sky's office through the hallway.

"She does know there is such thing as too much confidence, right?" Lisa side-commented.

When Gyoman entered the office of the Department of Diplomatic and Foreign Affairs, he saw Shotaro and Sungchan inside answering a call.

"No problem, Princess Sofia of Enchancia, Protector of the EverRealm. We understand the situation. We're looking forward to seeing you here during the incoming meeting. Have a good day," Shotaro ended the call.

"In that case, on behalf of the guardian legends of Exoplanet, we are looking forward to officially meeting you, Marinette Dupain-Cheng-nim, the new Guardian of the Miraculous," Sungchan also dropped the call.

Seeing Gyoman, Shotaro immediately greeted, "Good morning, Gyoman-ssi. How can we help you today?"

"Excuse me? I will only talk to Their Excellences," Gyoman raised her eyebrows and walked nonstop until she reached the office of the legend of the sky.

Seeing that Shotaro was affected by the rude intern, Sungchan kissed him on the nose, "Ignore her. It was not your fault at all."

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Kris was carefully wiping some ornate mother-of-pearl boxes when he heard a knock on his door, "Come in."

"Good morning, Your Excellence. I am Ya Gyoman, the best intern from the Department of Infrastructure. I am here to deliver the original blueprint of the Exploration Convention Hall and also provide my wonderful ideas for the room ideas which I'm sure you'll approve."

"We shall see about that," Kris took the blueprint and sat on his chair.

As soon as Kris took a seat, Gyoman immediately blabbered, "So, I was assigned by Jennie-ssi to lead the renovation planning. So, here are my ideas and you can just select any of them to approve since I know my designs are the best..."

Gyoman's nonstop half-ideas and half-bragging bored Kris to a high degree. In fact, he did not like any of Gyoman's ideas as they did not fit the concept of the original building. Out of boredom, Kris opened the blueprint of the Exploration Convention Hall and one small detail caught his attention.

"So, overall, I was thinking. Why don't we take this opportunity to renovate the overall look of the—" Gyoman was cut off when Kris raised a finger. "Anything wrong, Your Excellence?"

"Huang Zitao... isn't he the new employee of your department?" Kris squinted at the blueprint.

"Yes, Your Excellence. What about him?"

"Can you please call for him here? It's rather important," Kris requested.

"Of course," Gyoman was confused but complied anyway.

As she was passing through the office of the legend of time, she stopped in the middle, looked around, took a deep breath, and whispered to herself, "I am the only person fit to sit in this office, to be the chief executive for the Department of Infrastructure. Who cares about the legend anyway? Even they wouldn't be able to surpass my skills and talents."

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