The policy of King Rosais' kingdom is decided in consultation with the great families.
　The meeting between the king and the big families is called the council of big families.

　There are two types of Australians: the great clans, commonly known as lords, who have fiefdoms of a certain size, and the small clans, commonly known as landlords, who have smaller fiefdoms and are ruled by the great clans.

　Basically, the lords are equal to each other.

　The king rules over the lords, and the lords rule over the landlords. And the landlords rule the people.
　This is the political system of King Rosais' kingdom, except for the lands under his direct control.

　Since the area of land ruled by the lords is larger than the land under King Rosais's direct control, King Rosais is not able to conduct a centralized government.
　This is why King Rosais' country is still a small country.

　'King Rosais. Can we trust the territory of the House of As to such a person who doesn't know which horse's bones he is!''

　Rigal Dibel, the greatest powerhouse in the land of King Rosais, shouted aloud.

　'Which horse's bones?　I've known the man for a few years now. And a nice young man who gives me free honey every time I come to see him?　And rumor has it that Master Gryphon was born of a child who fell in love with someone. It doesn't sound like a problem at all.

　By the way, this rumor is really going around.
　Gryphon-sama is a horrible person and eats and kills people who enter the forest -> But I heard there's a village in the forest -> They're just special, right? →The chief of that village must be the son of Master Gryphon!
　And so on.

　The story has now leaped so far that it has tail fins, dorsal fins, and wings.
　The story is divided into two types: one in which the girl is brought out as a sacrifice and the griffon's real child (again, there are two patterns: either the sacrificed girl was forced to do it, or both fell in love with each other), and the other in which the girl conceived a child of the gods as a virgin, but the girl's parents abandoned her in the forest because they were concerned about publicity, and then The theory is that he was picked up by a gryphon.

　The latter is the most prevalent theory.
　The idea is that they would not be able to have children with a beast.
　We should not get into the question of whether or not it is possible to have a child with a god.

　It's just a rumor, and the only people who believe in it are the people around the forest and the former Ferm King's country-Armus As," he said.

　''From our point of view, they are horse bones. There were others more worthy of it than that little boy.
　Hmm, I don't know. Mister Bartolo's estate has been augmented. Who else is worthy?　I don't understand. Are you asking me to give a tract of land to every officer who fought in this war?　Hmmm, they're uneducated. That Lord Almus seems to be able to write Cilician, and he's also good at arithmetic. I still think we can leave it to him, though.

　Alms can read and write Cilician in everyday conversation as a result of his lessons with Tetra.
　Not to mention math.
　In this part of the world, being able to perform four arithmetic operations is intellectual enough, and if you can read, write and speak Cilician in addition to that, you'll be in great demand at work.
　Even among the more highly educated lords here, only 20% of them can do four arithmetic and speak Cilician?

　Of course, he can't do it, Rigal. They're a country bumpkin after all.

　By the way, except for Tetra, who had already mastered the Cilician language since she was ten years old.
　That is not a normal human being.

　The three men who took part in this war were Lord Almus, Lord Bartolo, and Lord Boros. What's wrong with deciding on matters among those who took part in the war?

　At those words, the great families turned away.
　All of them were afraid of King Ferm, so they didn't send in their troops.

　In the first place, King Ferm was defeated largely because of the black powder, a weapon that is impossible to deal with.
　In fact, I would say that he fought well.

　But that territory must be prepared for the invasion of King Domorgal. Horse bones like that...
　'I'd trust the bones of a horse more than one that King Ferm was so afraid of that he was holed up in.

　Saying that, King Rosais stared at Rigal.
　Under his gaze, Rigal couldn't help but flinch.

　''Does anyone else have any objections?''
　No one answers.

　Then we are dismissed.

　And so the meeting was over.




　"That son of a b*tc*. d*mn it.
　Oh, my goodness, Master Rigal. Relax, my dear. The king won't last another two years. Then the throne will be yours.
　Belmet, Rigal's bellybutton, said.
　Vermette is 60 years old.
　He has no grandchildren. Or rather, he is not married.

　He is a man who has spent his whole life working for the House of Dibel.
　Hence, he is heavily used by Rigal.

　Rigal basically has all of his vassals in his family, but some of them are not his relatives. They are all recommended by Belmet.

　In short, Belmet is Rigal's wise counselor.

　''Well, Princess Yulia's fiancé is going to be me, right?
　Master Rigal. Be careful, my dear.
　Velmet notes to Rigal.

　'Which one are you?'
　Rigal asked belly-heartedly with a dumbfounded look on his face.

　''Master Rigal is the most powerful of the great families. You will almost certainly be the next king. That sick-bed king will not be stopped. Even if he doesn't like you. But you know that boy. If that man ever has the support of more of the great families again...
　Hmm. That kid could've won by accident. I could have done it. That's impossible. He's not that insecure, unprotected. At best, we'll attack and destroy him.
　Rigal said proudly.

　'That's the last thing we need!　You are a slippery bugger. Be careful, my dear. You will be king if you're not...
　Vermette begins his sermon in a mumbling manner.
　Rigal left King Rosyth's palace as he listened to this hungry sermon of the first man.

　'I am the man chosen by the fairies. It is I who shall be king.
　Rigal muttered.





　'Hey, Father. I wonder if my fiancé will be Rigal Dibel?　I don't like that man, he's a violent man.
　That's what I'm thinking. But he'll have to do it. Under the circumstances.

　Rigal Dibel is the most powerful and powerful family in the country.
　Rigal Dibel himself has a small amount of blood from the Royal House of Rosais and many cronies.

　If anyone other than Rigal Dibel were to be king, civil war would surely break out.
　If a civil war occurs, the surrounding countries will also intervene.

　It's doubtful that you will be able to win, and even if you do, you will lose a lot of territory.

　"I knew I'd have to marry that guy...
　Julia's face falls sadly to the ground.
　Her heart is filled with sadness for not being able to be united with the man she loves, jealousy for her best friend who took the man, and disgust at having to bear the child of someone she hates.

　'Actually, when I was ten years old, King Ferrum destroyed this country, and when I fell off into the forest, I met Almus and fantasized about marrying him and taking back my country. It was so much fun. I wish King Ferm had tried a little harder anyway.
　"...In that case, are you sure I'm not dead?
　Your father's in jail. He's not sick and he's pinned down. I rescued him, and I will never allow him to marry you!　And scream.

　Julia happily, but a little sadly, recounts the fantasy.
　By the way, Rigal is the first to die. Killed by King Ferrum.
　She knows very well that it's only a fantasy.

　"The wedding Tetra, that was beautiful. I wish I looked like that but I don't know, my groom's not like that. While I'm at it, I should train myself to think of Rigal as an alms somehow. Hey, do I have to train myself to pretend to feel it when I don't?
　Julia sighs deeply.
　Her eyes are a little moist.

　Anyway, if she doesn't move her mouth, she's going to cry.

　'Wait, wait, wait. I have an idea. What do you think they forced us to give all the old Ferm Royal Domain to Almus for?''
　When King Lossies said that, Julia jumped to her feet.

　As it was, she pushed King Rosais down.

　'Father!　Perhaps you'll let me marry Alms?
　Hey, it's heavy!　Suffering, geez, geez.

　King Rosais coughs violently.
　Julia hurriedly gets off of King Rosais.

　''You stupid girl your life span has been reduced by three months now...''
　I'm sorry.
　Julia apologizes while rubbing King Rosais' back.

　 The achievement of defeating King Ferrum will be offset by this territory. It will take another great achievement to prove he's more than capable. And he doesn't have a single ally.

　The Land of King Rosais.
　There is a good reason for this "N".

　This "no" has a meaning of separating the country from King Rosais.
　In other words, it is not "I am a nation.

　King Rosais' country was made up of an alliance of great families.
　The kingdom of King Loseys was made up of the Loseys family and other great families.
　Therefore, the relationship between King Losais and the great families is close to equality, although there is a master-servant relationship between them.
　The more powerful a family is, the more powerful they are, especially if they have a population of 10,000 or more.

　The right to collect taxes is not a given right, but something that is naturally owned from the start.
　King Loseys can't force the big families to follow him, and the big families don't have to pay any favors to King Loseys.

　Therefore, the support of other wealthy families is essential to the succession of the throne.
　Without it, even if Almus succeeds to the throne, only 30,000 of the As territory and 70,000 of the Lossies territory will be able to rule.
　The rest would be all enemies.

　To put it another way, as long as he could get their support.......

　So it's up to him. It's unlikely, but I'm hopeful. I'll work on it myself so please don't cry.
　King Rosais comforted his daughter.