I Became a Scoundrel of a Chaebol Family-Chapter 512

“Hmm.”

Now that I hear it, it’s not exactly wrong.

What the Security Team of the Secretariat actually does is, if we’re honest, almost interchangeable with Protocol.

From the start, I’m a walking nuclear warhead by sheer existence, so even if I sit still, people string along like links of sausage.

If I so much as move, hundreds trail after me. There’s no real need to organize a separate security unit under secretaries.

And Strategy and Execution... when I first made them, I intended to draw a line and run them distinctly, but watching how things actually operate, there are fuzzy edges.

Seunghee, as Chief, would know the fine points better than I do.

“But is this really something that needs a reorg? Is it bothering you?”

“Mm. The rough decision chain in the Group runs: if Master gives me an order, I pass it to the Secretariat; the Secretariat fragments it and processes, then delivers to each corporate entity. So it does look like we should specialize further at the detail level. But if we do that, it becomes a full overhaul—much more radical than the Protocol Chief’s proposal.”

“I see....”

I mulled how to rejigger the Secretariat, then a thought hit.

Why am I thinking about this?

Isn’t it the Chief of the Secretariat—Seunghee—who should be thinking about how to run the Secretariat?

At the very beginning I put my hands on the framework, sure, but the scale’s gotten bigger and the work more complex.

I’m not exactly a specialist to begin with. I’m the type who throws out broad orders; once you drill into specifics, it’s no exaggeration to say I know almost nothing.

“Then let’s do this. Soo-ah will be back soon, so from now on the Secretariat runs at the Chief’s discretion. For now you’re the incumbent, so sketch the broad outline, and when Soo-ah returns, hand it over and toss that along with the handover.”

“Understood.”

“That aside... it’s a bit unexpected that Aram made this proposal. Feels a little out of the blue.”

“She’s ambitious. She likely looked for a route where she can stand out more.”

“Ambition? Aram is ambitious?”

“Yes. Among the team leaders, the most ambitious is Protocol Chief Seo Aram.”

“Yeah?”

Had no idea.

Ambitious?

Well... if I think of her in the original, it wouldn’t be strange—but that was Seo Aram in the branch where her mother died, she survived by prostitution, and turned black inside. The current Seo Aram is someone I rescued long ago; there’s no pretext left for her to turn.

Face-to-face, she’s quiet and calm—easy to leave be.

But to hear she’s the most ambitious of the team leaders—that’s unexpected.

“...How is Aram, in your view?”

“In what aspect do you mean...?”

“You know, various. As a secretary, as an employee, as a subordinate... and so on. Capability, that sort of thing. Is she performing lately?”

“...She carries out her assignments well. She always keeps close at Master’s side, and her protocol work is quite solid.”

“Mm.”

“Beyond that, she’s learning a lot at considerable speed. Tasks that were hard at first, she can perform almost flawlessly in short order. Her talent is exceptional.”

Well, she is the protagonist....

“Ambition, huh... Sounds like she wants to rack up results.”

“That’s how it looks.”

“What’s she trying to do with those results?”

Gunning for Chief?

“Protocol Chief’s foundation is weak by nature. Perhaps she thinks she needs results to cement her position.”

“Hm. Maybe.”

Could be.

“Seo Aram....”

Come to think of it, I’ve left the original protagonist too idle.

If I were going to use her, she’s a walking universal cheat key, usable in every direction, but I’ve basically planted a living real-doll in Protocol....

“Then include that in the package and handle it on your end, Seunghee. Do team-lead counseling, sound out what she’s thinking.”

“Yes.”

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“I want to become Chief of the Secretariat.”

“...”

Team-lead counseling.

Tasked by Go Muyeol, Ra Seunghee conducted the session, and Seo Aram, brazen as ever, put “Chief of the Secretariat” on her tongue.

Chief of the Secretariat is the very post Ra Seunghee currently occupies—and the seat Im Soo-ah is about to return to.

“You... want to become Chief of the Secretariat?”

“Yes.”

Her gaze was not just firm but downright resolute, and Seunghee, a bit taken aback, nodded.

Certainly, as a Secretariat team leader, the seat to aim for is Chief of the Secretariat.

It’s the very next rung—and the core hinge of the organization Go Muyeol leads.

But at the same time, it’s a seat that carries every burden.

Even Seunghee suffers a workload on a different plane than when she was merely a team leader, and on top of that she has to receive all of Go Muyeol’s orders, miscellany, and desires.

Breaks or days off are practically nonexistent: at least 18 hours a day, 7 days a week, dedicating everything to him.

If his mood sours in the middle of that, the gates of hell can open: being taken unusually rough, or being held all day without being let go so work piles up—a [N O V E L I G H T] truly routine extreme-duty post.

You must handle every task perfectly while satisfying all of Go Muyeol’s desires—truly the core cunt.

And she wants... that?

“The Chief’s post—granted, it’s rewarding—but the intensity is beyond whatever you imagine as Protocol Chief. Besides...”

She bit back her words, thinking of Im Soo-ah’s return.

That return is already decided and the rumor’s everywhere, but since Go Muyeol hasn’t proclaimed it, she was cautious to say it herself.

“Wouldn’t it be better to aim for a CEO post or another branch? Master’s Group will keep growing, and there’ll be many new corporations and units. Frankly, that track looks more realistic and more rewarding than Chief.”

“No. I want to become Chief of the Secretariat.”

“...”

“I want to stay at Master’s side even a little closer.”

“Mm.”

Of course she’d say that.

Does she want power?

But taking that at face value is hard when Chief of the Secretariat to the Koryo Group heir is anything but simple.

Go Muyeol jokes with various add-ons like “CEO is a promotion,” but from an operational standpoint, “Chief of the Secretariat” is the real power. Being dispatched as a CEO elsewhere is, strictly, closer to a demotion.

Even with Im Soo-ah: the moment she produced some results as President of Koryo Entertainment, he tried to pull her straight back as Chief, didn’t he?

He knows, deep down, there’s no seat higher than Chief of the Secretariat.

Unless you’re wife or concubine.

“If that’s the reason, staying as Protocol Chief should be enough, no?”

“I want to be the secretary Master calls for the most.”

“Hm....”

Tremendous ambition.

There’s a faint sheen of madness in her eyes.

“I don’t know how much Master has used you, Ms. Aram, but facing Master as Chief—it’s not as easy as you think. There’s a mountain of work... and a mountain of things you have to satisfy....”

With a cautious heart, Seunghee calmly explained what she’d done and what she’d endured as Chief.

Seo Aram wore a slightly arrogant expression, but she missed not a word.

Especially when it came to the services Seunghee primarily provides, she stared so hard her eyes nearly bloodshot, listening intently.

“—Because that’s what he likes....”

Even saying it made Seunghee feel burdened.

Still, she pressed on.

“Do you understand? As Chief, you must also be able to satisfy all of Master’s sexual desires. Compared to Protocol, the intensity will rise far higher.”

“That’s exactly what I want.”

“...That’s what you want?”

“It sounds like you keep describing it as hard work, but when you list it out, it’s simply what a secretary is supposed to do.”

“...”

“Don’t tell me it’s hard for you to serve Master, Chief?”

“...” 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

How am I supposed to answer when you put it like that?

Seunghee felt a flicker of anger, but kept her poker face.

“Anyway... I understand what you want, Ms. Aram. You want to be Chief of the Secretariat. However...”

Can this audacious woman beat Im Soo-ah—Go Muyeol’s cherished doll?

Her talent is outstanding, her looks flawless, and Go Muyeol is interested in her, but as a secretary beating the first secretary, Im Soo-ah, seems doubtful.

Men already tend not to forget their first; in Go Muyeol’s case, it’s even worse. He doesn’t keep Im Soo-ah by his side for nothing.

Unless she has something truly extraordinary, she won’t surpass Im Soo-ah as a secretary.

“Fine, I’ll just say it. You’ve probably guessed: Ms. Soo-ah will be returning as Chief of the Secretariat. I’ll likely move over to President of Muyeol Finance.”

“...”

“And Master... favors Ms. Soo-ah more than anyone. I’m saying that, realistically, breaking through her favor to become Chief will be hard for you. Even I’m being reassigned in just a few months, aren’t I?”

“...”

“He sent her to Koryo Entertainment in the first place to make a pretext to keep her close. He doesn’t even need that anymore. Which means I don’t know how much longer she’ll remain as Chief.”

“That....”

Seo Aram’s once-brimming eyes wavered.

She’d had a rough idea, but hearing it from the Chief herself made it hit harder.

“Well, unless she becomes Master’s concubine outright, that is.”

“...Concubine?”