"Will you be king?　Lord Nito.

Mr. William's eyes were serious.
He didn't look like he was teasing me.

'Yes.........Heh?

I understood, one tempo too late.
I had misspoken and unconsciously agreed with him.

'Actually, Roberts is involved in this story. And he's thinking of making Lord Nito king and founding a nation on this continent.

I see........country, I see.......

A vague word escaped me. After the great mage, the king..............................It's a mess.
So this person came to see me to talk about this? I'm a country now, but when it comes to building a country, it's not only difficult for me to judge, it's simply too big a scale for me to scale, isn't it?

'There, sir, I need you to provide the funds necessary for the founding of the country. Roberts and I will take care of the rest. Of course, you can come with me if you don't deserve the credit.

I knew that's what it meant, in other words. We need money for everything we do.
But I don't sense any ill will from Mr. William at all. I can clearly sense negative emotions for the hard to detect positive ones. If this man had bad intentions, my senses would detect them. But I don't feel it at all.

'Well, how long did it take you to found the country?'

'If you can give us some of the rest of the Old Gelt, that will help us fund it. That will depend on it again, but I think it will probably be possible within the next 10 years.

Ten years?

Yes, that's the plan.

Ten years - I don't know, but is that what a country can do in that amount of time?

A king is an important part of the founding of our nation. Would you want to live in a country where a man who doesn't know who or where he is reigns, Lord Nito?

Well, I don't think I'd want to live there.

'If Lord Nito is the king, we can definitely establish the country within ten years first. A small country could do it even earlier.

If I were king, well, I suppose I'd have a certain charm. I'm not trying to be overconfident. According to Vell, my presence is growing in power. And it is said that existence influences the people around it.

Then, for some reason, Francesca got up from her seat with great vigor.

'That story!　You must!　Would you mind including me in the mix?!

Huh? .....

All of a sudden?

Mr. Nito!　Would you be willing to hire me as your secretary when you become king!

What?

Francesca, who suddenly moved her face closer to mine, as if to ask me a question.
I couldn't help but pull myself away.

'If you want, I'll even serve as your publicist!　I have the experience that I have cultivated in magical communications. I'm sure I can help you with this plan!

Then Dolly tsked at that point.

'Oh, come on, Francesca!　What about the demonic communications business?　There's going to be more interviews in the future, okay?

'What are you talking about, Dolly?　How long do you plan to stay at that low-paying company!　It's all about discernment, okay?　Nito will be king!　If we decide to do that, we're going to have to ride it!　On this big wave!

Apparently, Francesca is quitting demonic communications.

'I'm going to take advantage of the demonic communication one last time!

No, they say they use it.
By the way, on a personal note, it was about time I ran out of money to spend.
Basically, I just wanted adventure, not luxury, and I just wanted to not be worried about money. Wouldn't it be better to get on this story?
If I build a country, it will give Sufilia and Nem a place to stay.
Although I'm a princess of the Demon Kingdom, it could also be a place for Toa... what should I do?

"Nito, when you ascend the throne, will you make me your queen?

Suddenly, Sufiria said such a thing without any embarrassment.

"For 'Your Highness'!　Munching on ... Nem!　

Nem, do me a favor and talk or eat.

I can't understand more than half of what he's saying because he's covered in meat, but he even started talking like that to Nem.

I made eye contact and asked for a decision, but Toa's head was tilted. Well........what is to be done?
But I have a feeling that this is a better decision now. Mr. William says to leave it to him, and I'm just going to pay for it. Let Francesca do the publicity, and word will get around, and people will come around.
I just have to keep doing what I've always done, and that's it. We don't have to do anything. We'll only have to check in on them occasionally. Before we know it, we will have a country on our hands.

...I need to get over my indecision.
So I took out three black rings from the inter-space storage.

'Mr. William, I'll give you these. Or you can give the other one to Mr. Roberts.

I understand.

Then William's expression had already changed to a smile.

'I'll give the other one to Miss Francesca.

Oh, thank you.

Then the two men seemed to already know what the ring was.
The quintessential reporter and merchant.

It's a telepathic ring. It's a high quality piece of jewelry that allows you to know your partner's current location and transfer to each other's location as long as you wear it.

This was a custom-made product that the three dwarf brothers had made.
However, when transferring, they have to pass through each other's magic power.
The two seemed to understand when I said that.

''William-san. Francesca-san. That's right........''

What can I say?　But while I'm thinking about it, I'm going to turn back.
I'll give you a simple answer.

'Well I'll ask you to do it.

Let's keep our heads down for the first time.

"Let me be the king of my kingdom...

Then William's face cleared up.
Francesca was full of motivation for some reason.

'Then let's get on with it and send a request to the Society of Architects.

Okay, that's where you start.

It's going to be busy.

Francesca's eyes were more glazed than ever.

'Then I'll get in touch with Roberts and we'll get right to it.

Adventurer to Hero. Hero to S-rank adventurer.
S-rank was unknown to me.
And then he became a great mage, and now a king....

If we're going to make something that can't be found anywhere else. Let's make it fancy, starting with the exterior of the castle. A bottle of wine sells for 100 billion rions, and there's a lot more to it. And we can generate as much money as we want.

"Any amount of money?"

Then William-san had a question mark on his face.

'Can you get a mage who can handle restoration magic or something along with an architect?

I don't mind, but...

I take out 'Old Gelt' for clarity there.

'First of all, let me tell you, I want to build a winery and vineyard for Old Gelt.

I see.

The wine is stored in a barrel in a different space, so there's plenty more to go, but if you sell it, it will be gone sooner or later, so you can produce it. Then we can produce it, but I learned about the 'restoration magic' that restores matter to its previous state. I can't use it, but if you have that magic, I think you can restore this wine to the state it was in before it became liquid.

Then William was thinking seriously about my story.

'I see,' he said, 'it's worth a try. I'm not familiar with those things and I don't have any knowledge of them, but I'll try to find someone I know. Then maybe we can hire a wine sommelier.

The Founding of the Nation and The Old Gelt Mass Production Plan progressed as we talked about these things.
As we bring our respective knowledge to each other, my half-baked ideas take shape.
Francesca is also going to spread the word through publicity.

But let's just say that Old Gelt doesn't exist anymore. We want to develop the wine industry as a national asset in the future, so please tell Mr Roberts that we want it to be a phantom wine that is no longer being produced. And then I ask that the sales price for a bottle of wine be at least 100 billion riots.

Suddenly I'm worried about the money. I was worried about what I would do if it ran out.
At that moment, I had a flurry of ideas, albeit shallowly conceived. But I'm going to be king. I will always say what I have to say. It's important to keep in touch and consult. What you need to know is that William is smart enough to fill in the gaps, and you can leave the rest to him.

"Well, that's that, please.

Have I told you too much?
They were looking at me in amazement.

'I see...I understand. We'll tell Roberts.

'A millionaire in wine........you're the man, Nito!

Eventually we will develop a magical tool and... well, let's not talk about that now.

'Nito, where are you going to build your country?'

Where is...

Come to think of it, where do I make it?　Like the one next to Devil's Land?

'Let's talk about those things. We need to talk to Roberts first.

Okay. Do you want me to drive you to the week in transition then?

No, no problem. I can use the transfer, too.

He's a jack-of-all-trades.

And for the first time, the conversation was over.
Mr. William said that he and Francesca were going to the merchant town of Week.
When we parted, Francesca and Dolly were in some kind of dispute. They want her to remain in the demonic communication.

''Come on, let's go make an alliance at the royal castle?''

Well, let's make this quick, shall we?　I'm kind of tired today.

'Yes. I just heard about the founding of the country, and I'm a little tired of hearing about it.

Nem seemed fine, but they both looked tired.
Did I keep them company a little too long?　Schneizel has prepared lodging for us.
The four of us left the place and headed for the royal castle where Schneizel was waiting for us.
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　On this day, I meet William again, and then, unexpectedly, my account of the founding of the country begins.