The ordeal of being holed up in the minister’s office for days on end, having to meet head-to-head with the minister, finally came to an end.

It was awful. The departments, who had meticulously filled out documents so densely that it hurt their eyes to avoid any mistakes, and the minister, who, in the midst of it all, somehow found something to reject and returned them—both were completely out of their minds. The departments, whose documents had been rejected, resubmitted new ones in under three hours. It was honestly insane.

"Well, I’ll be leaving now..."

Even with my announcement of …