King Domorgal's Country



　It was decided to strip Carlo Domorgal of his position as Dauphin in the country of King Domorgal.
　With this, the leftward shift of the Carlo faction, led by Tonino, is decided.

　The Braus family was also one of the factors in the defeat of this war.
　First of all, the execution of the patriarch Braus was decided.

　The Braus family's inheritance is decided by the eldest son.
　The treatment of René Braus and Prince Carlo, who opened the city of Braus without a fight, is yet to be determined.


　King Domorgal's kingdom has lost much of its power in this war.
　It lost its territory to the kingdom of Roselle and the country of King Rosais, and its population, which had been over forty-five thousand, fell to thirty-five thousand.
　The only fortunate thing is that the only ones that were cut down were all the fiefdoms of the great bordering families?
　The Domorgal family itself did not lose much.

　However, its centripetal force is rapidly declining due to its failure to defend its territory.


　However, a major incident was about to take place in King Domorgal's country.
　That is, the question of succession to the throne.

　Normally, the succession to the throne would have been settled with the crown prince, Carlo, but with Carlo's downfall, it has begun to flare up again.

　The battle was between Pax Domorgal, the second prince, and Aldo Domorgal, the third prince.
　With a large and powerful family behind both of them, the conflict was a must.


　The Land of King Fardham.


　Wa-ha-ha, Domorgal is gone!　Celebrate!
　Don't smile. O king. This makes the kingdom of Roselle strong again.

　His entourage complained to the drunkard King Fardham.

　Ha, you are a hard man. Look, all things considered, you have to think positive. And there is one good thing about it. King Gilbed's country.
　''........It is true that with this expansion of the Roselle Kingdom, King Gilbed's country and the Roselle Kingdom will be in contact with each other, but.......''

　That means that the contradiction of the Roselle Kingdom, which was only two countries, Fardham and Domorgal, has increased to three countries, including Gilbed.
　That's how much of a deterrent it was, and it made it harder for the Roselle Kingdom to take military action.

　''And Gilbed's policy of moving south will stop now. Well, it looks like it was going to fail originally due to interference from Zordias. Hmph, that's what happens when you run out of steam.
　But there's no way to fundamentally stop the invasion of Roselle's kingdom, is there?

　When his entourage heard that, King Fardham sneered.

　''Hmm........''
　Well, you're not gonna...
　Celebrate!
　I knew it....

　Originally, King Fardham's country was blocked to the south by King Gilbed's country.
　There is no way to expand the territory.

　We have to make do with what we have now.
　He has to focus on internal politics, enrich the country, train his troops, strengthen his cooperation with the great families, and build a fort.
　That is the only best strategy that King Fardham's country can currently adopt.

　But this strategy seems to have been the right one, and it will continue to hold the kingdom of Roselle back for a while...



　The Land of King Gilbed



　"Yea, Zordias...
　King Gilbed slammed his fist on the chair in frustration.

　The southward policy of King Gilbed's country was progressing well.
　The reason why King Gilbed's country was attacking was because it was a small group of states, commonly known as the united territory.

　At most, the population was around 10,000.
　The countries with an average of a few thousand were unable to resist King Gilbed's country and were conquered.

　However, King Zoldiers' country intervened.
　They made an alliance with the countries of the united territory.

　This halted the southward march of Gilbed's kingdom.
　To make matters worse, it would end up sharing a border with the kingdom of Roselle.

　Gilbed's kingdom had to hurry up and fortify its borders.

　"Giving up and bearing it. "Gather more troops. "Gather more troops! We must increase our strength before the kingdom of Roselle can mount a full-scale invasion.

　King Gilbed's ambitions continue.



　The Land of King Zoldias.


　This country is one of the seven kingdoms with a history of five hundred years since its founding.
　Its territory is large, but its land is mountainous and its population is not that large.

　We must prevent Gilbed from moving south at all costs. "We must prevent the Gilbeds from advancing southward at all costs," he said, "If the united world is invaded by that country, we will be next. Our country is a natural fortress, but if they fill up our outer moat, we will not escape the fall.

　King Zordias was actively supporting the countries of the united territories and protecting them from King Gilbed's country.
　Of course, he doesn't support them for free.

　He buys grain from the countries of the Ununited Realm at a low price.
　King Zoldiers' country is very helpful because it doesn't have a lot of grain.

　'O king! There is an envoy from King Carnu's country.
　Hmm?　What the hell is going on?



　The Land of the Carne King


　This country is not the so-called Seven Kingdoms.
　It is an emerging country that grew from a small state to a large one about two hundred years ago.

　It has a large number of Pofenian and Cilician immigrants, and its technology is very high among the countries of the Adelian Peninsula.

　The current goal of King Carnu's country is the unification of the united territory.

　This means that both direct armed incursions like King Gilbed's country and alliances like King Zordias's country are very distracting.

　'I've told Zordias to stay out of the south. Now the southern part of the united territory will not be affected by Zordias' influence. Well, that is, if he protects it.

　King Carnu sits on a Cilicia chair in a Persis wine glass, eating Pofenia figs and drinking Adelunian wine.

　'And how is the arrangement going?'
　'Yes, sir. Three nations have agreed to join forces with our country.
　Good. Then you can have my daughter in the Three Kingdoms. Didn't you recently have three or four daughters who were fourteen years old?

　King Carnu has dozens of entourage and concubines, so he doesn't know how many children he has as far as he can go.

　''I understand. I'll make preparations for the marriage.''
　You're on it.

　King Karne doesn't know. That a troublesome thing is waking up in the underground of his country.



　King Evil's country.


　King Evil's country is located between King Zoldias' and King Rosais' country.
　The so-called Seven Kingdoms.

　Hey, what do you think?
　What do you mean...?

　King Evil frowns uncomfortably.

　'It's the new King of Rosais.'
　'Oh, um ... well ... yes, I thought you were a fearless young man.
　Are you nuts?　That's not what I'm talking about. We're talking about whether that little boy is harmful or harmless to our country.

　King Evil says grimly.
　Since King Evil is basically always in a bad mood, his entourage is not particularly nervous.

　'If you're worried about it, why don't you marry him in marriage?
　Marriage...

　King Evil pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

　'Don't do it. He'll refuse. You will crush my face if you do.
　Is that right?
　'Of course. That man has no royal blood in Lossies. Try to be a princess of my country in that state. The possibility of meddling in our country's internal affairs, the suspicious royalty, and the deterioration of relations with your wife... well, I suppose it would be a mixed blessing. What good does it do the country to have a partnership with our country?

　The country of King Rosais is relatively rich.
　King Evil's country is not as rich as King Zoldias' country, but it is mountainous and has few plains.
　That means there is less grain to be had.

　I think we should be friendly to them. "Well, we'll just have to be friendly to him. Does he want to expand his horizons, or is he more interested in domestic politics?



　The Land of the Belvedere Kings


　Very problematic.
　'You mean King Rosyth's country?'

　King Belvedil nodded at the words of his entourage.

　''Ah. At last, King Rosais' country has achieved centralization. That is to say, the country is now a monolith. Moreover, it is actively trading with Cilicia in industries such as paper. It's really a problem...

　The growing strength of our neighbors.
　That's a concern that must be stopped.

　Undoubtedly, King Rosais' country will try to expand its territory.
　It is very likely that they will gain confidence in one of King Domorgal's countries and take up a military challenge.

　The first thing that would be attacked would be King Belvedil's country.
　King Belvedere's country had many plains and was rich in grain.

　The country is rich in grain, which means that it is also very tasty.

　''Can't we weaken it somehow...''
　I have a suggestion for you...

　King Belvedil listens to his entourage's words.

　'What?'
　It's just that...




　lazad

　Rezad is a colony of Clarice, one of the Cilician city-states.
　But it is not ruled directly by Clarice.

　It is a vassal state.

　Rezad is self-governed by leading merchants.
　Today's topic of discussion is the new king born in the land of King Loseys.


　"Mr. Ains," he said, "we have a new king. "Mr. Ains, we would like you to introduce King Loseys to us. Everyone should have the right to do business with him. I know you have the right of priority, of course, but...
　'Yes. It would be bad to have a monopoly on me. Besides, I can't prepare the goods on my own. So I have a suggestion for you....

　Ains grins and then says.

　'I thought we should form an alliance with King Rosais' country.
　'Alliance.........'

　Until now, no Cilician city-state, including Rezad, has ever allied itself with a different race.
　That's because they feel that they are a superior race and because they are strong enough without the help of other races.

　''Of course, I can understand your reluctance to join forces with barbarians. But recently I heard that there is a big movement in the Persis Empire. If the home country and Persis are at war with each other, of course they won't have the luxury of supporting us. And what if we were to be attacked by Pofenia and other Adelnian countries in such a situation?　It will be dangerous. I think we need to get some supporters.

　Ains has a good point.
　However, Cilician people have an aversion to the idea of monarchy.

　Cilician people are republican, and they are allergic to absolute kings and dictators.
　And it doesn't change the fact that King Rosais' country is a different race.

　'As a matter of fact, you see, one of King Rosais's wives is half Cilician.
　Ains cuts his card.
　A groan goes through the council.

　'There, sir ... what do you think?　It is in our power to make his - the son of Lord Tetra - the Dauphin. And to that crown prince we will marry the daughter of one of the most powerful men in Clarice.

　The councillors' eyes focused on Ains.

　'And the new king wants someone who can speak Cilician. Hmm, we can fill that need. As a merchant. That way, in a few decades...''

　Ains grins.

　'The land of King Rosais will become the land of us Cilicians.





　It was a very positive experience.
　Ains enters the house and pushes his coat to the slave.
　It didn't pass, but it's more responsive than I thought it would be.

　All the senators in Rezad, Clarice's colony, are defenders of the city.
　As soon as they know they're going to make a profit, they'll agree to it.

　Then he sits down in his chair and takes out a piece of paper.
　It's the findings of Helen, Tetra's mother.


　There's a Cilician colony on the Adelian peninsula called Gehenna.
　Gehenna is a colony of the city-state of Alto.

　The ruler of Gehenna is Abraham, a pretender from the noble family of Alto.
　Gehenna is completely independent of Alto's rule and has effectively become the kingdom of Abraham.

　One of Abraham's daughters was a woman named Helen.
　She had been missing since she ran away from home about twenty years ago in rebellion against Abraham's becoming a pretender.　

　When he looked into it, it seemed that Helen and Lado had met twenty years ago.

　With the help of a spell, it is possible to find out if Tetra and Abraham are related or not.
　If Tetra was Abraham's grandson, then it would be easy to make Tetra's son the crown prince.

　But.....

　'Huh ... the problem is that I'm from Gehenna.

　Ains is originally a resident of Alto, but is now a councilman of Clarisse-Rezad.
　If the blood relationship with Abraham is revealed, King Rosais's country will naturally have a stronger connection to Gehenna.

　That makes no sense.

　''For now, let's keep this for now.
　Ains tucked the papers away in a drawer as if they were important.


　'Hey, Ains!　I'm home.
　The gates open.
　It's my brother Nikolaos.

　"Oh, brother. Welcome home.
　Hey, Ains. Do you know of any job openings?

　He said that at the opening.
　Nikolaos had sold all his slaves and land when he moved to Rezad, so he had plenty of property.
　But he was worried about being unemployed in the quicksand.

　''Well your brother won't be able to do business...''
　Ains thinks for a moment before saying.

　'So why don't you go to King Rosyth's then?　Perhaps your brother's wealth of knowledge will come in handy.