After spending his past life studying grueling civil service exam textbooks in modern South Korea, an exhausted applicant reincarnates into the turbulent martial world of the Central Plains. Having zero desire to join bloodthirsty demonic cults or ascetic mountain sects where disciples routinely perish in violent duels, he applies for the safest, most stable employment in the empire: an administrative junior official in the imperial magistrate office. All he desires is punching his timecard at nine, enjoying a quiet lunch, and collecting his pension without getting drawn into martial arts disputes. Unfortunately, the imperial county he oversees is perpetually plagued by rowdy sect masters, unhinged swordsmen, and covert assassins who treat local public property like a combat arena. Armed with bureaucratic obstinacy, clever legal loopholes, and surprisingly terrifying hidden martial abilities, the overworked clerk restores order with iron discipline....more