"I'm going to reduce my forces by a little over a thousand days.
'What?　That's not the way things are going...
What is a disruption to the status quo?
I'm going to defeat Demon King Kaoru and unify Ishikawa Prefecture.

　The canon argues against my answer.

'I see. What's my point, canon?
'What?　Is this the purpose of the Astor Empire?
No. It's not the Astor Empire, it's my goal.

　The reason I founded the Astor Empire was, shall we say, to fulfill my purpose.

''Theon-san's purpose...?　Unification of Ishikawa Prefecture?　Unification of Japan?　--!　World Unity!

　It just hit canon!　'No,' he replied with a smile, 'the world is unified.

'No. When did I say I wanted to unify the world?
Mm......　World domination?
It's not about how you say it.
''Ugh ... Zion-san's purpose ... Zion-san's purpose ...''

　The canon starts to worry in his head.

'My purpose--to live.'
You're going to live?
Yeah. The best way to add to it is to live gracefully.
"Elegant?
It's a messed up world we live in now. One mistake can easily lead to death.
''Well........if Zion-san hadn't accepted me too.......''
'The results of my aptitude test - chaos. Everything but my own people are the enemy.
When you put it that way, it's chaos.
"Therefore, I desire to live and resist.
That's kind of a subversive thing to say...

　--Roll up your skirt.

"What the hell?　I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

　Kanon realizes his mistake and apologizes as he rolls up his skirt.

'Kanon, you sound a lot like Saburo, don't you?　How would you feel if someone said, "I'm not going to be able to do that?
I'm going to die.
Right?　Now, that's what you meant when you said that to me.
I'm sorry...
I know.

　I'm an open-minded guy, and I accept Kanon's apology.

'Back to the point, what's the point of breaking the status quo that Kanon was talking about - unifying Ishikawa Prefecture?
'What?　
'If it's a game, there might be a regional domination bonus or something. Or it could be a flag for some event. But what about in the real world?
Maybe it's nothing.
In other words, the unification of Ishikawa Prefecture would be complacent.
That's a stupid thing to say...
Therefore, Ishikawa unification will be a lower priority.
But what are you going to do about it?　You're moving into Toyama Prefecture?
Did you listen to me?　I told you at the beginning - chipping away at the Demon King Kaoru's strength for a thousand days. This is our strategy going forward.

　I tell the canon again about my original strategy.

'That won't change anything!　In the meantime, the other demon kings and the forces of humanity will grow stronger!　You said that a long time ago, Zion-san!
'No change?　Are you sure about that?
'Because Theon-san said a thousand days ago!　Isn't that what you mean by a thousand days and the situation hasn't changed even after a thousand days.......!
Things may not change but things do change.
What is it?
Experience. Didn't I tell you to whittle away at your strength?　When you say you're going to cut your forces, you're saying you're going to defeat the enemy.

''Besides gaining experience, the number of lords and ladies has also swelled, so we need to strengthen our internal affairs at the same time.


　Kanon, who understood all my thoughts, finally smiled.


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　Six months after the annihilation of the Kanazawa Liberation Army.

　As a result of chipping away at Demon King Kaoru's forces, the entire area of Demon King Kaoru's control that existed in Hakusan City, except for the area facing Fukui Prefecture, was taken over with a lot of momentum.

　The hostile forces facing the Astor Empire were Demon King Kaoru, the Demon King of Toyama Prefecture, the humans in Toyama Prefecture, and the humans in Gifu Prefecture. The humans in Gifu Prefecture had their hands full with countermeasures against one of the thirteen deadly stars rampaging around Aichi Prefecture - the Demon King Hayate, and they didn't seem to be invading us.

　The eastern part of the Astor Empire - the part of the dominion area that borders the Toyama Prefecture has been liberated as a 'breadwinner', and the humanity of the Toyama Prefecture and the forces of the demon king who got carried away have come to invade every day.

　The southern part of Astor's empire - the dominion area facing Demon King Kaol - had been repeatedly invaded by each other, and battles were being fought every day and night. At one point, Demon King Kaol realized our intentions and reduced the number of subordinates defending it to zero, but since we took over the dominion territory, we have been defending it diligently.

　Internal affairs were delegated to Ms. Tamura and Mr. Hasebe, and the rest to Yataro, who was in charge of defense. The fusion of [Control Area Creation] + 'Science' was tremendous, and sometimes when I went to check on the territory's residents' living quarters, they would ask, 'Is it really my control area?' It was an amazing development.

　If I looked at the executives, they were all gaining experience and leveling up as expected, and the glow series they were distributing was evolving steadily.

　There were many other things that had changed and grown in the last six months.......but the most important achievement was - the growth of canon knowledge into an A.