The wedding and coronation ceremony was about to take place in a hurry.

　I received the crown from King Loseys, but I was not officially made king.
　I have not received permission from the gods to be king.

　That's why the wedding was held first.
　But the point is, we have to do it first. Otherwise, I have no claim to the throne.

　All the great families and foreign dignitaries from all over the country came to congratulate me.

　A second prince from King Domorgal's country came to congratulate me and bring me congratulations.
　After the coronation ceremony, I had to negotiate with them as well.

　King Equus, with his three energized queens, also brought me congratulations and gifts.

　To my surprise, people came from Adelunia and the Cilician colonies to congratulate me.
　I thought King Rosais' country wasn't that big.　That's what I thought, but....

　'Not really. King Rosais' country has the largest population in southern Adelnia. Until now, we just couldn't get the power out of it because we had big problems like succession problems and the powerful and powerful families. Now the succession problem has been solved and they are rapidly becoming more centralized. And I'm interested in you having achieved that. That's what you say.

　So Tetra explained.
　It's true that the balance of power in the Adelunian peninsula was greatly upset. In the battle against King Domorgal's country.

　As for me, I was most surprised by the messengers from the Kingdom of Roselle.
　The Kingdom of Rozelle is a great power that controls southern Gaul and the northern part of the Adelunian Peninsula, with a population of over three million.

　The population is said to be over three million. I didn't expect a messenger to come all the way from such a country.

　The messenger was a dark-haired woman.
　From the color of her skin and the shape of her face, I could tell that she was an Eastern person.

　If you go east from Gaul, where the Roselle Kingdom is located, you will find Germanis.
　Since Germanis is a region that has had exchanges with the horse people, it's not surprising that Easterners would come here.

　It left a strange impression on me.




　The wedding ceremony was held in a simple manner.
　Julia was wearing a pure white dress.

　I was expecting her to wear a purple dress to match her hair.
　But the white dress looks good on her, too.

　It's beautiful, like a work of art. I'd like to keep it on display.

　This time it's Tetra who will be congratulating me. The last time it was Julia, so this time it's in return for that.

　Do you two promise to help and trust each other forever and in every situation?
　"I swear,
　O gods of the heavens, the earth, and the sky, who have watched over us and helped us and guided us since the time when the world was in chaos. Blessed be the gods of heaven, earth and sky, who have watched over us and helped us and guided us since the time when the world was in chaos. Bless the marriage of these men.

　Tetra breaks off the words once and says, with her usual blank expression, but happily.

　'Fairy blessings on the love you two have for each other.

　I pull Yulia to me and press my lips to hers, raising the veil and pressing my lips to hers.
　Yulia smiles happily as I let go of her lips.

　'I won't let go of you forever,'
　Me too.

　I kiss him again.
　The crowd cheered.





　The wedding will be immediately followed by the coronation ceremony.
　I'll be using the crown and staff that I inherited from King Lossies, but I had a new cape made for me.

　The cloth is different from the crown and staff in that it deteriorates more quickly, so it is customary to change it each time the king changes.

　I was wondering who would make the cloak, but Ains came forward.
　The finished product is a purple cloak. The color is called shell purple, and I was paid a tremendous amount of money for it.

　But I like it a lot because it's made of silk and it's comfortable to wear.

　The coronation ceremony has a very tedious arrangement.
　First, King Rosais is cut down and killed. (Acting implications.)

　I'm going to slay the flat-faced, masked monster - or rather, the flat-faced tribe - that killed King Rosais. (Acting implications.)

　And I will get King Loseys' crown and staff back.
　I give the crown and staff to the Goddess.

　I kneel to the goddess and she puts the crown on my head and gives me the staff.
　Then she puts the cloak she was holding in her hand on me.

　And I shout.
　'I, Almus as Rosais, do hereby declare to the gods that I, Almus as Rosais, am enthroned as the twentieth king!


　Now my accession to the throne is complete.

　Incidentally, the play originated five hundred years ago, when the first King Loseys and his friends drove away the flat-faced people, the avengers of his father, and created the Loseys royal family.

　Incidentally, his companions included the first kings of six countries, including the first King Domorgal, the first King Fardham, the first King Gilbed, and the first King Berdibel.
　Including the Royal House of Rosais, there are seven kingdoms.

　When you think of it this way, the history is quite old. The House of Lossies.

　As for the cast of the play, the first king is me, his father is a former King of Rosais, the goddess is Julia, and the flat-faced tribe is some of the flippantly wealthy families such as the Kingsguard and Bartolo.

　At any rate, I'm glad it's all over.

　That's when I thought that.
　I felt the wind pressure. The wind rose.

　People look up and scream and run away.
　What the hell was that?

　I look up. There's nothing there.
　Did we see a UFO?　I wanted to see that.

　...Armes. Back.
　Tetra pointed behind me.
　I turned around.

　In front of me was the face of a hawk.
　It had a lion's body, with large wings on its back.

　His body hair is a beautiful golden color Master Gryphon!

　I'm here to celebrate. Here's a present for you. And bring me more booze.
　The griffon drops the large deer he was adding to his mouth and points his bloody beak at me.

　'Why on earth...'
　I'm the one who got your back on this. I've come to you at your own risk. I've been upstairs for a while, and I just don't understand the human nature of the vow. I'm sure you'd be happy if you could just copulate with her right in front of me.

　It's too wild. It's too wild.
　But I'm sure Master Gryphon must be bored to death.

　Well, it's nice to meet you Master Gryphon.
　Yeah. Take care of that guy. He's an a**h*le. And he's an indecisive, indecisive, annoying guy who is forever worrying about what he's supposed to do in a dumb way. But if you give him a push, he'll move quickly. Get on with it.

　

　''Gryphon-sama!
　Ron and the others gather around the gryphon.
　They all look happy to see each other for the first time in a long time.

　'Hey, you guys. You are the direct subordinates of the pack boss. You are the direct subordinates of the flock's boss, which means that your share of the flock's earnings has grown that much. You can repay the debt you owe to me with drinks and offerings.
　I raised him, though.

　Finally, Master Gryphon turns to me.
　"You are the leader of the pack now. "You are now the leader of the pack. And don't be so stingy with your "once a month" policy. And don't be so stingy with "once a month". And don't be stingy with your once a month.

　How could I disobey you?
　In your case, it's written as a request, and you read it as an order, right?

　Well, is that what you're here for this time?
　Hmm?　Well, that's one third of it. Another third is to fulfill my responsibility for pushing back. And the other third is....

　Master Gryphon puts his beak close to my ear.

　'Wouldn't it be more convenient this way?'

　I look at my guests who look at us playing with Master Gryphon and are amazed, whispering and looking frightened.
　It's not just the greats that are here. Royals and their emissaries from all over the world.

　Enough to confirm rumors that I'm Master Gryphon's son or something like that.
　Maybe it'll spread throughout Adelunia and the entire peninsula.

　"Then I'll be right up there under that tree, waiting for a drink.

　Master Gryphon walked sluggishly and fell asleep under a tree.
　The guests moved away from the Gryphon master to avoid him.

　I'm sure there is one person who approaches the Gryphon master.　
　It's a dark-haired woman from the Kingdom of Roselle.

　Hello. I'm not a fan of this. It's been a long time.''
　Hmm?　Ah ... you are ... ah, the wife of a little boy from Ezer, five hundred years ago ...
　Yes. It's good to see you again.

　There's something about this conversation that's terribly disturbing. One of them and one of them.

　Hey Julia. Who was that woman, anyway?　You know what?　You're talking about five hundred years ago or something great.
　Oh you're that guy. You must remember him because he's famous. His name is Merlin. He is the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Roselle and the first spellcaster. He's over 500 years old, the oldest wizard in the world, and the father of witchcraft. And the chief of the flat-faced tribe, the former s*x slave of King Etzel the Great, who created an unprecedentedly great empire, and the witch who murdered him.

　Wow, you're a great guy...
　

　I'd love to join in on the conversation, but....
　Merlin leaves Master Gryphon as soon as he's done greeting me.

　Then he headed straight for me.

　''I'm sorry. I'll have to leave soon.''

　After bowing gracefully, Merlin left.





　The coronation ceremony was over and the guests left.
　The slaves cleaned up the garbage generated by the banquet.

　As they watched, King Rosais the former King Rosais said.
　'Do you regret it?'
　''I didn't. I did it because I had to.

　If left unchecked, there will always be a disturbance. Just as with the Tetra.
　More casualties of war.

　...which makes you the equal of King Ferm. That man was just trying to rule his country, just like me.

　"The blood that flows through the Adelian peninsula will end in my stead.
　Don't take on too much. You have a vassal and a wife. Don't forget that.

　I know. Stepfather. You're here.

　It's over. I'm done...
　I don't know what you're talking about. I want him to live on. As my successor........stepfather?　

　Your father-in-law is frozen, not moving.
　He fell down with a bang.

　'Who's there!　The First King has fallen!　Come on!
　The sorcerers, led by Julia, quickly rush in and carry the first king.

　''Father!　Don't die!
　Julia screams as she cries.
　There's nothing I can do about it...




　What's keeping you alive?
　'Why shouldn't I be alive? Did you want me to die?

　The former king replied in a cheerful tone.
　He was able to save his life with the help of intensive medical treatment, and he is still alive and well.

　And now he's alive and well.
　In fact, he seems to be more healthy than ever before.

　I found myself in a field of flowers. There was a river flowing, and my father was on the other side. I was about to cross it, but he said. 'You haven't seen your grandson's face yet! No, hah. Yeah.

　That's why you turned back from the Sanzu River.

　And now that the succession problem is solved, we can enjoy the rest of our lives while looking forward to our grandchildren. From now on, let's enjoy the rest of our short life while looking forward to our grandchildren. Well, that's three years at the most, isn't it?

　I mean, you've got three years to show me your grandchildren. Huh.....
　Wait, what?　If I showed you my grandchildren, you'd die.

　Oh, but he might come back and say he hasn't seen his great-grandchildren yet.

　'Already dad...'
　Ha, sorry, sorry.

　Julia looks happy about what she's doing.
　Well, let's just say it's a good thing.







　Hey, Julia. What do you think of Rigal Dibel's strange death?
　What does that mean... it's called a blessing inversion.

　Inversions.
　I see, blessings are reversible.

　Rigal had the same blessing as me, which means I'll be like that if I'm not good at it....

　Didn't you see it in 'Blessing of the Guards'?
　Well that was the first time. I can see it now. I can see it clearly. I don't know why but it's probably not a good time.　So I tried to stay out of sight.
　Convenient.

　It's for your own good. I don't know what kind of convenience it is.
　At least we know it's not a pleasant convenience.

　'So what effect does the reversal have?　What are the conditions for triggering it?
　''Well the effect is to put as much strain on the body as the number of people who have accepted themselves as kings. The condition is when you lose many of your family members, admit defeat, and are no longer fit to be a great king.......
　Not worthy I suppose, so it's up to you to decide.

　That's scary. The same thing could happen to me.

　'Hey, Julia. Are there any other effects that you don't see?
　"...I don't know.　There might be. If there are more inconveniences.
　Well then....

　I cut off my words once and then look at Yuria.

　'Can you rewrite your thoughts to act the way your subordinate wants you to act.......is that effective?
　I can see it now. Yeah, I guess it's there. Apparently, if I sense its effects or something, the seal will be broken. It's like hiding it any longer would be useless and reopen it...

　........I knew it was there.

　The first time I thought it was strange was after the fight with King Ferrum was over and my marriage to Tetra was over.
　At the time, I thought for sure I didn't have to fight.
　But the next moment, I was driven by a sense of duty to fight.

　It must have been rewritten by the headache I had at the time.

　This is the main reason I didn't talk to Ron and the others about marrying Yulia.
　Even if I wanted to, I couldn't. If I did, my blessing might have been activated and I might have been coaxed into becoming a king.

　But now I'm the king by choice.
　Definitely, certainly, maybe...

　'It's scary ... not being yourself ...'
　I'm going to give Julia the benefit of the doubt.
　As far as I'm concerned, this isn't going to do much good.

　"I'm here for you. And Tetra. She's not part of the Military anymore, is she?
　'Yeah, I'm not in it. Because these days I'm starting to see who owes me how much loyalty. Tetra's feelings are about love between a man and a woman or a couple, not loyalty.

　Recently, I can feel my physical abilities improving day by day, perhaps because I've been gradually being recognized as a ruler.
　Unfortunately, the number of my "family members" whose physical abilities have been affected by my blessings has not increased.
　Well, it seems that the requirement for being a military family member is to be loyal enough to be willing to die for your master.
　It's probably a very small number of people who can hold such heavy loyalty.

　Boros, Bartolo and Raimondo seem to have a certain amount of loyalty to me, contributing to my increased physical abilities.
　But they don't seem to be as loyal to me as their own abilities have increased.

　I mean, most of them do.
　But I can't talk to them about it.

　It's the position.

　'I'm friends with Muzio but I can't be with him either. Well I guess I'll be relying on Julia and Tetra quite a bit from now on.

　But we need to be prepared.
　What my supporters want isn't always a good thing.

　They can get radicalized by the people I follow.

　A side effect of the Lord's blessing could be to push us into a really bad war.
　I'm going to need some kind of agency, some kind of person to stop me.

　Would Bartolo and Raimondo be willing to do that?

　
　'Well, we'll take our time with that. We have a lot of work to do to reform.
　The power in this country has shifted from the great families to me, the king.
　Administrative and legal reforms are necessary to further centralize power, and to achieve a balance of power.

　But before we do that, what do we need to do?
　'Right. We need to build the next successor first.

　I push Julia down.

　'Isn't that nice?'
　Yeah, don't worry. I'm pretty confident.