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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
A week after, Lyril came to see Alec in the executive branch.
The announcement was made that Lyril and the western city would be joining the Amamiya Tower.
The reaction of the Tower community was half surprise, and half ‘I knew it’.
They were astonished because it was the western city that had become a part of Amamiya Tower. After all, the southern city had established a close relationship with the Tower, but the western city, while not hostile, was not as close to the Tower as the southern city.
It was a surprise that the western city announced that it would be joining the Tower first.
Those with good instincts and ears quickly guessed that there were political reasons.
Although many residents of the city might be surprised, it did not mean that they felt a sense of rejection about joining the Tower’s umbrella. In fact, once the announcement was made, it was quickly accepted. In a good way, residents of the city were getting used to the idea of being part of a continental community.
Rather, the residents actually found certain rumors to be more important. It was about the Tower’s Establishment of a unified nation.
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Floria and Sylvia were visiting the administrative office.
From now on, after the establishment of the kingdom, they would be spending more time here than on the Administration Floor.
Since both of them had met the high-ranking officials of the executive branch many times at the Administration Floor, no particular problem had arisen. In fact, many of them were surprised to learn that Floria was Alec’s biological daughter.
Since Alec was originally a prince of a certain kingdom, he did not hide the fact from them, and they naturally knew about Floria’s background as well.
Therefore, there were no particular objections to Floria becoming the queen.
There were some people who felt some discomfort with the idea of Kousuke, a living god, directly governing the country. Nevertheless, most people seemed to agree with most of the choices Kousuke made. Those who felt uncomfortable were all mainly the devout believers of the other Gods.
Currently, Floria was introducing Sylvia as the person to deal with temple-related matters.
Sylvia was accepted more readily than Floria. After all, it was already well known that Sylvia was a Kousuke priestess. Since she had been seen at the temple frequently, she was known not only to the dignitaries but also to the ordinary inhabitants.
If they were to oppose this, they could be said to be opposing Kousuke. Thus, no one would object to her holding such a post.
In this sense, Floria was also recommended by Kousuke. However, there was a difference between the two. Floria, who would be the queen, was not directly related to God, since she was only related to the realm of human politics.
“…Is it alright to be accepted so readily?”
Floria said, puzzled, in a room in the executive branch building.
“Isn’t it okay? You were known as a member of the administration in the first place.”
“That’s right. At least, it’s better than being grandly opposed, right?”
Alec and Sylvia came over, but Floria was still tilting her head as if unconvinced. Having seen many people in power struggles in her home country, she felt that the residents of the Tower were too straightforward.
“Well, yes, but… But if they are too honest, doesn’t it worry you?”
When building a country, power struggles, both internal and external, occur to a greater or lesser degree. It was disconcerting for Floria to be accepted as the Queen of a New Country with little to no power struggles.
“I see. You’ve barely witnessed how the executive branch were handling things first hand. So that may be why you feel that way.”
Alec, who sensed the discomfort, comforted her. After all, he, too, at first felt the same as her.
“…What, was there something different with the executive branch?”
“Mm. Well, this has been how they handle things here even before Kousuke-dono became a living god. It seems that Kousuke-dono, who conquered the Tower, was simply accepted and followed by the people almost unconditionally.”
Of course, they did not just silently accept him as if they were puppets. Nevertheless, the residents of the city simply came to accept things happening as time went on, as long as there were no unreasonable demands. After all, they have witnessed the growth of the city firsthand, and they could see that what Kousuke was doing was for the good of the people.
“That’s…. That’s also a scary thought, though.”
Alec nodded broadly at Floria, who muttered to herself.
“It will be our job to manage it all, to prevent it from going overboard.”
“That sounds… troublesome.”
“What are complaining now? There is no such thing as politics without trouble.”
Alec replied, to which Floria responded with a wry smile.
She couldn’t help but agree.
From now on, Kousuke’s direct opinions about the country would gradually decrease. In fact, Kousuke himself had stated so, and Floria thought it would be better for him to do so.
It was the common understanding of everyone present that Kousuke, who had become a God, should not directly be involved in politics.
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“What will happen to the temple?”
Alec asked, and Sylvia tilted her head.
“What, do you have any concern about the temple?”
“Will it be the same as before, or will it have clergymen like the other towns? Well, if we appoint one, it will definitely be you.”
Sylvia was about to respond immediately to the question, but reflexively stopped herself from answering.
“I suppose…. We don’t have any particular problem with the way things are right now, at least…”
Sylvia looked like she was thinking, and Floria looked at her with an awed expression.
Sylvia would have insisted that it should be left to Kousuke to decide.
“What do you have in mind?”
Sylvia shook her head at Floria’s question.
“Nothing right now, but I thought it would be a good idea to be prepared. But I wanted to make sure that if something happens, I’ll be ready.”
“Hmm. I see.”
Floria nodded in agreement to Sylvia’s words.
Seeing this, Alec interrupted.
“I’m not an expert on temple-related matters myself, but may I ask you something?”
“Yes?”
“Sure, it’s great to be flexible, but remember that it’s also great to keep the original structure the way it was for a while.”
Alec’s point was that many things, especially when God was involved, remained in their original form, in other words, ‘how things are done’.
It was perceived as such structures were sometimes treated as being a step above in importance, even today.
Some things naturally changed with the passage of time, but others have remained unchanged since the age of the Gods.
Alec wanted to say that while Kousuke was the most recent deity, would it not make sense to keep what he arranged in its original form?
“…I see. Thank you very much. I will remember that.”
Sylvia also understands that there were many such examples because she was a priestess.
It would be meaningless if they were to fall into malpractice due to confusion, which reminded her of the importance of preserving the current structure.
“By the way…. is the Tower management going to be alright?”
Alec asked, and they looked at each other and chuckled.
“I don’t see any problems. After all, the golems are there to do the regular work.”
“… Oh.”
Alec thought about those dolls in his head, which he did not know if he could even call those things golems. It seemed to him, those dolls, which he would not be able to recognize as golems if he were not told, could indeed be entrusted to do such work.
“As I said, they can’t do anything new, but I can completely entrust them with repetitive tasks. I’m not particularly worried about that.”
“Besides, we’ll be returning to the Administration Floor regularly, as well.”
“I see. In that case, I will not ask any more questions.”
Alec had no intention of stepping in, as long as there were no problems.
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