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"Al, you're the king?"

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"Yes, I see. I wonder if it's possible to be king?"

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　A word from Lambda in the town of Biden.

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　I will be king.

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　I was curious about that word.

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　So I asked Ai about it first, but he told me that the law in the Orient does not specify how to become a king.

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　Well, the Orient is a country where people with first-class citizenship run for the office of senator and elections are held to choose them.

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　Because the country has existed without a king, they did not take the trouble to have a legal system of how to become a king.

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　Then you ignore the law and call yourself a king.

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　If you want to call yourself a king, you can call yourself a king, and maybe you can.

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　But will the people around you accept someone who suddenly says "I am a king"?

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　They would not normally approve of it.

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　A fool who suddenly starts talking nonsense.

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　You will just end up being thought like that.

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　If that happens, no matter how powerful you are, the people around you will not follow you.

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　I don't care what people think of me, but that doesn't mean I'm going to ignore them.

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　I mean, if people think that way about me, I will never be able to rule properly.

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　And if I'm going to be king, I'd like to be recognized as such by at least the Briaria Magical Kingdom.

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　In short, I want endorsement.

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　In other words, I want to have enough proof or evidence to convince people that I am a king.

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　It will be easier for me to rule and to gather soldiers.

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　This is why I asked Elizabeth to be the person who is close to me who might know about such a thing.

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　Elizabeth herself is not royalty, but she is the daughter of an aristocratic family called the Counts, who belong to a large country called Briaria.

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　She is a talented young woman who has a long history in her family and has achieved excellent results at the House of Lords.

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　I thought she might have such information.

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"Yes, I do. If you call yourself a king, the question is whether it will be approved or not, is that right?

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"Yes, that's right. I think it would be better if we could do it in a way that it would be recognized both internally and externally."

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"Certainly, then, it would be better not to have Mr. Al suddenly call himself king. There are many reasons for this, but the short answer is that it is unlikely that he will be recognized by the nations. You may be able to hold off a small country by force, but not a large one. The empire and the Church, including the Bryllian Mage State, would not call you king."

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"I'm sure."

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"However, if certain steps are taken, we may be able to get approval."

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"You mean there's a way?"

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"Yes. Basically, from the point of view of a large country, small countries do not recognize each one of them as a country. Rather, because of their small size, they are more like small fiefdoms in their respective regions than countries. However, this is not the case when we consider the group of small states as a whole.

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"Hmm?　What do you mean?"

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There have been several attempts by large countries in history to incorporate small states into their own countries. However, this has not been done to this day. This is because small countries, which usually fight each other, have resisted each other collectively. In other words, from the outside, small countries are all little more than small noble territories, but as a united group of small countries, they can be seen as a powerful country in their own right.

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"I see. So all the small countries are one country. I'm afraid the people who live in the small countries would be very angry if they heard that.

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"That may be so. But that's how the big countries perceive us.

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"Hmmm. So, what is Liz's point in all this?"

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Let me rephrase it plainly. If you want to be officially crowned king, I think the best way to do it is to bring all the small states together and crown yourself king in one country. As you are from the country beyond the Mt. Therefore, I think it would be the best form to be chosen by each small nation to be the king who unites them.

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　I kind of understand what Elizabeth is trying to say.

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　I can't just call myself king.

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　It is also said that small countries themselves are too weak in the eyes of big countries.

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　In fact, it is said that the Bryllian mage nations do not recognize a small nation with the name of king as being on the same level as their own knights and nobles.

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　However, it is different when we look at the group of small nations as a whole.

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　Although there is a lot of flooding, the land is fertile and provides plenty of food and water.

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　If someone emerges to rule the Kuzuryu Plains, we will have no choice but to recognize him as king.

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　And for that to happen, I would have to be promoted by the smaller nations as the king who would rule them.

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　In other words, if the nations of the smaller nations choose me as their king, then even the major powers will have to accept me as their king.

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"Hmmm. But in this case, it is more like an empire. But in this case, it is more like an empire, because some small states have several kings. If you want them to recognize you as their representative, it would be better for you to stand on top of them as an emperor rather than a king, wouldn't it?

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"Emperor, huh? I see. A king over kings. That's good. Then I'll start working on becoming an emperor.

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　I have no proof of my bloodline and no basis for calling myself a king.

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　In order for me to become king, I must be chosen by the entire small kingdom as their superior.

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　Otherwise, I will not be recognized as king by others.

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　But then, I would have to unite all the small kingdoms that have someone who claims to be a king.

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　A king over kings is, in a sense, similar to an emperor.

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　He becomes an emperor in order to become a king.

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　I don't know, but that is the conclusion I came to in my discussion with Elizabeth.

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　Then let's give it a try.

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　Thus, my future plan was decided.

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