"How's it going, Loukanos? How's Nia?
　"Well, I can say that ...... she's remarkably good.

　The next day after Nia's physical check, Hercule called Lucanos and asked him about the progress of Nia's education.
　The next day, Hercule called Lucanos and asked him about Nia's progress in her education.

　He said, "You know, ......, I've always had the impression that you scolded Nia a lot.
　I've always thought of you as a scold. She's a good girl who can honestly correct her mistakes.

　By the way, Loukanos was in charge of Hercule's education. ......
　At that time, he raised her by praising her a lot.

　He knew that scolding would hurt Hercule's self-esteem and make her sulk and stop taking things seriously.
　

　Lucanos believed that the way of teaching should be adapted to each person.

　Lukanos took a sip of coffee and continued.

　I've made a lot of progress in correcting my Cyrillic. You are now able to read and write in Cyrillic reasonably well. You can also speak some simple Lemurian.
　That's pretty good for just a few months. Apart from your studies?
　Yes. ...... You're a surprisingly good dancer. Your reflexes and dynamic vision are remarkable. But more than that, your ...... movements are precise and accurate. My martial arts instructor told me that your ability to keep hitting the same spot is ...... amazing.
　"Hmm ......, I see. You might want to show this to Karolina next time.

　Anyway, it is necessary to dance to live as a nobleman and ......
　It seems that you have a talent for dancing, which is necessary to live as a nobleman, and for martial arts, which is necessary to live as a warrior.

　But we don't teach her history, politics, military, or oratory, so we don't know how good she'll grow up to be. For now, she's just a good kid .......
　I know that.

　For Hercule, as long as he knows that Nia is not incompetent, he is happy.
　It's not that I'm going to throw him away just because he's incompetent, but I'm not going to ...... lose my temper.

　If possible, you want to be glad you picked it up.

　Are there any signs of a nightmare?
　Not really. She looks like just a girl to me. ...... I don't know what's going to happen now.

　I'm not saying that nightmares are dangerous in the dark.
　But they are certainly unknown and not entirely without danger.

　Even chimpanzees, which are cute and docile when they are young, become violent as if they have changed into adults.
　There is no denying the possibility that Nia is one of those .......

　In any case, we should check the progress.

　By the way, Lucanos, you seem to be suffering from something lately,......, are you okay?
　Yeah, ...... well, do you know ......?
　Yeah, yeah, yeah. How long do you think we've known each other?

　Lucanos had been by Hercule's side ever since he could remember.
　To Hercule, he was like a parent.
　Of course, if Lucanos had any problems, he would have known about it ...... immediately.

　...... Wasn't there a battle with the Foulds recently?
　Yes, there was.
　And those who were taken by the ...... Phallus were returned or temporarily returned, right?　At that time, I checked to see if there were any ...... acquaintances, but there weren't any, so I decided to ...... a little... ...
　I'm sure you've heard of it." "Oh, by the way, ...... you served in a battle thirty years ago, didn't you?

　It's a good idea to have a good idea of what you're doing.
　The first time was eighty years ago. ......
　The first time was eighty years ago when he attacked the Kingdom of Phars, taking advantage of the civil war that broke out there.

　At first, this surprise attack was a great success and they gained a lot of territory. ......
　He was defeated by the newly enthroned King Sasan VIII, who was 20 years old at the time, ending the civil war in the Kingdom of Fars.

　He was deprived of all the territories he had acquired and had to pay reparations.

　Fifty years later, or thirty years ago.
　The Kingdom of Bulgaron and the Kingdom of Phars jointly invaded the Lemurian Empire.

　At that time, Hadrian III was also defeated and ......
　Thereafter, he had to pay a large amount of tribute to the Kingdom of Phars every year.

　In these two battles, many elves were taken to the Kingdom of Phallus.

　Two thirds of them were released after paying ransom. ......
　One-third were not released. One-third of them were not released and were detained in the Kingdom of Foulth.

　Incidentally, Loukanos was captured by the Pharisees at this time.
　He was tortured and asked to tell all about the Messianic Church's intelligence activities. ......

　He was tortured and had his crotch broken.

　Who's this ...... guy you know?
　"My name is Helena, the second daughter of Uarelius Cog. She was my ...... fiancée.

　In the Messianic religion, priests are allowed to have wives.
　In the Messianic religion, priests are allowed to marry, because the highest authority in the Messianic religion, the medium, is the bloodline successor.

　The idea is that if it's okay for the mediums, it's okay for the other clergy .......

　s*xual intercourse is considered evil, but marriage and procreation is encouraged by Messianism.

　The House of Cog, a branch of the House of Uarius, one of the seventy-seven houses of the Holy Ghost, is pureblood ...... and female. So pureblood ...... and female.

　Both Lemuria and Fahls have a small population of elves.


　Especially if they're purebloods.

　And ...... both have a particular desire for women.

　If you think of s*x as the production of children, ......
　Men and women do not have to be one-on-one.

　A man can impregnate any number of women at the same time. ......
　As a rule, a woman can have only one womb per baby. (Twins and triplets are exceptions. ......)

　In short, the government wants fewer testicles, but more wombs.

　If you have taken a female elf, a pureblood, as a prisoner of war, ......
　If you've got a pureblood captive, don't give her back, take her home.

　However, it is impossible for a pureblood to be turned into a s*x slave. ......
　If you are a pureblood, whether you are a Lemurian or a Foulds, you will be treated appropriately because you are a nobleman.

　In Lemuria and Phallus, if you are a pureblood, you are a nobleman and you will be treated as such. You will be assigned to a pureblood, single, long-eared male elf.


　By the way, ......
　In the Lemurian Empire, women are allowed to fight only in the Long Ears (Elves).
　The elves have high physical abilities, and there is no gender difference in the techniques of necromancy, so both men and women can fight well.

　Warbeasts are also very physically strong, so warbeast women can also be active on the battlefield. ......
　In the Lemurian Empire, warbeast women are not allowed to fight because fighting on the battlefield is an honor and a job for the ruling class.

　In the western warbeast nations, there are some female knights.
　But still, the battlefield is a man's world.

　I'm sure you've heard of them. ...... But in the last war, we made a treaty with the Elves to allow them to temporarily return to Lemuria if they had already started a family and could not return. ......

　It's only recently that Lemurian elves, who were captured by the Foulth and forced to marry Foulth nobles, have come to greet their parents and siblings in Lemuria with their husbands and children.


　There's a good chance they're ...... dead.
　Yes,......, well,...... I've given up,...... I'm depressed, but not so much that I'm sad. It's not so much sadness as it is ...... disappointment. If you're still alive, you can expect to receive a letter or two.

　The correspondence between the families of the Long-Eared Elves trapped in Foulds and the Long-Eared Elves in Lemuria is not that unusual.
　If you don't receive a letter, there is a good chance that they have already left for the Kingdom of God.

　Well, ......, I'll have to do some searching on my end. You want to know for sure if she's alive or dead, right?　What kind of woman are you and her family ...... talking about?
　She was gray-haired and strangely large-breasted for a ...... long-eared elf. She was devout, kind, and strong with a good sword.
　"Large breasts." ......

　I don't trust what the elves say about large breasts.
　The reason is that all women with breasts above C are considered to have large breasts.
　Some elves claim that even a B has big breasts.

　The default size for Elves is small breasts.

　But, Your Majesty. I am a woman of the past. I've decided to live in a world of faith. I'm really glad you're looking for Helena, but ...... please put your affairs first.
　I know, I know. ......By the way, while we're on the subject, are you okay with the design I gave you for the ...... cathedral?　I'd appreciate a response soon.

　The cathedral ...... is the Nova Lemuria Cathedral that Hercule commissioned Titus to rebuild, the building that houses the seat of the Archbishop of Nova Lemuria.

　It was to be rebuilt because it had deteriorated rapidly.

　The budget and design have already been reviewed and approved by Hercule.
　All that was left was for Loukanos to say yes.

　"That's fine. I was going to tell you today, but I should have told you at the beginning of ....... I apologize.
　"No, that's fine. It's nothing urgent. ...... And what was that again?　There's something I need to tell you. ...... Oh!　I just remembered. King Edelna has fallen.
　"King Edelna?
　Yeah, I've only just heard about this.


　The Kingdom of Edelna.
　It's a messianic kingdom west of the Lemurian Empire on the Aperia Peninsula.
　The main race is the warbeasts, and the sovereign is a high ranking warbeast, a leopard.

　Do you know who the new king will be?
　"Well, it looks like the pro-Lemurian Tiudimil will take the throne. ......, but he's still young. There is a possibility that the anti-Lemurians will grow in power. We'll just have to wait and see.
　...... It seems safe to assume that the alliance will be maintained for the time being.

　The Kingdom of Edelna and the Lemurian Empire are in an alliance.
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　The historical relationship between the Kingdom of Edelna and the Lemurian Empire is a bit complicated.

　It goes back two hundred years.
　The West Lemurian Empire was still in existence in the Aperian Peninsula.

　However, the House of Julianos in West Lemuria had almost died out, and the last remaining member was Lemuros - ironically, the same name as the founder of Lemuria - a child of a half-elf race.

　The throne of the Lemurian Empire had been passed down from generation to generation to a boy of the pure-blooded High Elves of the House of Julianos.
　Therefore, there was little legal basis for a half-breed emperor to ascend to the throne.

　In addition, ...... the young Lemuros was being manipulated from behind by nobles, and the politics of the West Lemurian Empire was in a state of confusion.
　The East Lemurian Empire was not happy about this.

　So ......
　The East Lemurian Empire forced Lemuros of the West Lemurian Empire to abdicate.



　But he will not agree to abdicate quietly. (Or rather, the nobles who control Lemuros behind the scenes won't allow it.

　However, the East Lemurian Empire had its hands full with the Kingdom of Phallus and could not afford to go to war.
　So the East Lemurian Empire thought.

　Let the barbarians do it.

　At the time, the East Lemurian Empire had an alliance with a powerful race of warbeasts.
　The name of the chief of that clan was Dietrich, and Dietrich had spent his childhood in Nova Lemuria, so ...... the East Lemurian Empire had some confidence in him.

　In addition,......, the family's military power was becoming impossible to ignore, and the East Lemurian Empire was thinking of moving as far away as possible.

　So the East Lemurian Empire said to Dietrich, "The Aperian Peninsula is yours. Go and destroy the West Lemurian Empire. Oh, and make sure you return the crown. If you do so, we will give you the throne of the Aperian Peninsula and the position of Consul and Protector of the West Lemurian Empire.

　Dietrich would be fortunate if he could get the Aperian Peninsula. ......
　Therefore, he invaded the Aperian Peninsula.
　The West Lemurian Empire was destroyed, and the Kingdom of Edelna was established, with Edelna as its capital.

　Incidentally, the imperial crown of the West Lemurian Empire was properly delivered to the East Lemurian Empire at this time. ......
　Legally, the East and West Lemurian Empires were united.
　Therefore, the destruction of the West Lemurian Empire is a mistake from the point of view of the Lemurian Empire, and it is the unification of the East and West that is correct.

　In reality, it was the end of the Lemurian Empire.

　Therefore, the Lemurian Empire and the Kingdom of Edelna have been allied ever since.

　There's going to be a coronation in Edelna soon. Naturally, I'll be invited, so ...... is the time to play. Also, I'm thinking of asking the Lemurian medium to convert Lunalie.

　The Aperian Peninsula is, after all, the birthplace of the Lemurian Empire: ......
　Lemuria is the birthplace of the Lemurian Empire and home to the Patriarchate of Lemuria.

　If you want to convert them, you should go to ......
　I've been trying to convert her to a medium.

　The Patriarch of Lemuria will be there, too. That bald man. ......
　"...... and I are getting along on the surface. You guys should get along, too.

　Hercule smiled bitterly.

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Supplement

　Hercule: "By the way, the author explained that the Kingdom of Edelna is under the sovereignty of the Lemurian Empire, but that's a lie.


　Nia: "Heh. ...... Why is that?

　I'm not sure what to make of that. To be more precise, there is no "state". In other words, a nation is a territory surrounded by lines, within which sovereignty is exercised, and within which the people who obey that sovereignty live.

　I'm not sure what to make of this.　Isn't that right?

　Hercule: "Mm. To begin with, the Lemurian Empire is the only empire that controls the Messianic World. By definition, its territory is the entire Messianic world. The territory of the so-called Lemurian Empire is naturally the Messianic world, and West Lemuria is also the Messianic world, and since there are Messianics in the Kingdom of Fars, where Scheherazade lived, it can also be said to be the Messianic world. In other words, the Lemurian Empire is not separated by a line, but rather by a soft light that radiates out, and the range of that light is the Lemurian Empire. And there is a center where the light is strong, and a frontier where the light is weak.

　Nia: "I see. So Scheherazade is .......

　Hercule: "As long as she is a Messianic, she belongs under my control. Of course, her father is King Sasan VIII, and patriarchally, she would also be under his control. And don't forget, the supreme leader of the Messiahs is the medium, so she is also under the control of the medium.

　Nia: "So there is no clearly colored 'sovereignty', and since there is no 'sovereignty' and 'territory', there is no 'nation'. I'm convinced that's ...... just a play on words, isn't it?

　Hercule: "Not really. For example, in the Kingdom of Edelna,......, the Emperor of Lemuria told King Edelna, "We are the only people in the Aperian peninsula who have the right to vote.
I'm sure you'll be able to figure out what's going on. But think about it, okay?　Don't you think that "the throne of the Aperian Peninsula" is enough?　You're a king.

　Nia: "Indeed ......, that's true. Why do you need those two things?

　Hercule "It's simple. The West Lemurian Empire is technically my territory, and the former Lemurian Empire citizens who live there, or Lemurians, are my subjects. The throne of the Aperian Peninsula guarantees me control over the land of the Aperian Peninsula and my position as the king of the warbeasts that migrated from outside, not the Lemurians living in the Aperian Peninsula. That's why he had to get the position of Consul and Protector to borrow the right to rule over the Lemurians. In fact, in the Kingdom of Edelna, King Edelna's Edelna Law is applied to the Warbeasts and the Western School Messianists, but the Lemurian Law, including my edict, is applied to the orthodox Lemurians.

　Nia: "It's complicated. My head is going to hurt.

　Hercule: "It's still easier to understand. Originally, it also includes the Church and the power of the Lords. Incidentally, the church is not monolithic either, and the power of the mediums and the power of the local church sometimes clash. At least, the local church is not the hands and feet of the medium. In the case of lords, depending on the region, they are not necessarily subject to the power of the king, and the minor lords who serve them are not necessarily subject to that power either.

　Nia: "It's true that there was also the ...... one-tenth tax. In the Lemurian Empire, it is free will. I've learned that it's compulsory in the West.

　Hercule: "The one-tenth tax, yes, that's a good example. There are various kinds of power. Judicial power, legislative power, and executive power are all different kinds of power. And within the executive power, there is the right to collect taxes, the right to police, and so on. There is usually more than one kind of power, such as the right of inadmissibility, the right of lordship, and the one-tenth tax. Even in the Lemurian Empire, ...... as long as I am a Messianic, I am subject to some restrictions of the church laws established by the medium. The reverse is true as well.



　Nia: "But the Lemurian Empire is rather monolithic, isn't it?

　Hercule: "Well, yes. As I said before, power in this world is like a light that radiates out. If that light is very strong, there will be only that light. On the other hand, if the light is weak, it can overlap with other lights. At least my power is absolute in the so-called 'territory' of the Lemurian Empire.

　Nia: "What's your secret?

　Hercule: "Violence. Light doesn't make people obedient. I can hit anyone within the reach of my limbs and make them do what I say.

　Near: "That's what I thought. Also, I'm soberly wondering, ...... what's the difference between a 'kingdom' and an 'empire'?

　Hercule: "It will be interpreted differently depending on the person, but ...... at least in the work, "the existence that rules the universal world" is the empire. I'm the ruler of the Messianic world, so I guess I'm the 'Empire'. The Kingdom of Phallus is originally an empire because it is the "King of Kings," but since this novel is written from the perspective of the Lemurian Empire, I will refer to it as a "kingdom" rather than an "empire. But in this novel, it is written from the perspective of the Lemurian Empire, so it is called a "kingdom" rather than an "empire. The Kingdom of Bulgaron is also a self-proclaimed "empire". I don't accept it, though.

　Nia: "Speaking of which, King Foulds is also the High Priest of the Church of the Holy Fire, isn't he? In other words, since he is the ruler of the world of the Torch Sect, he can be called the "Empire" that rules the universal world. Since the Lemurian Empire also has Torchists, ...... does that mean that the Lemurian Empire will be within the scope of King Farrus' power?

　Hercule: "That's what I'm saying. So if our country persecutes the Torchbearers, it will be a troublesome diplomatic issue. The reverse is also true.

　Nia: "By the way, what is the purpose of this long explanation?

　Hercule: "It's necessary because it will be important in the next episode.

　Nia: "Wow, didn't you have the option of explaining it well in the story?

　Hercule: "If this long explanation is interrupted in the middle of the story, you won't understand the flow of the story.