The Commonwealth of Romalia....
　What's up, King Evil?

　King Belvedil asked a distant-eyed King Evil.

　They were now in front of the royal tomb of the previous King Rosais.
　They had bumped into each other when they came to visit the tomb, along with a few guards.

　Both of them were in the middle of offering souvenirs they had brought with them and praying for the repose of the former King Rosais' soul.

　'I'm just wondering where the difference is. 'Of Evil, Belvedil, and Rosais, Rosais has certainly always been head and shoulders above the rest. It's holding the rich plains. But it's a small country compared to Domorgal. If you notice that....
　"The greatest power in Adelunia, and to rule us all,

　They both sighed.
　Both retained their thrones.

　But with the defeat of Almus, their power had been greatly diminished.

　Now they have a hard time uniting the country's great families.

　''He's chosen a good successor. ''He's chosen a good successor...''
　We were going to attack Los Angeles the moment he died of his illness, but...

　King Evil and King Belvedil cowered their shoulders.
　Upon the death of King Rosais, they would attack Rosais and divide the territory into three parts with King Ferrum.

　That had been the plan of the three of them, until a few years ago.

　But then Almus showed up.
　King Ferrum was defeated by Almus, and they were both defeated by Almus.

　'We're both old, aren't we?'
　Totally.

　King Evil and King Belvedil smiled bitterly.
　They split the wine barrel of the offering and poured the wine into a cup.

　Two are themselves.
　One to their dead predecessor, the other to their now deceased co-conspirator.
　A total of four cups are poured into the cup.

　"And a young man with a bright future.
　"For a dead man whose future is in your hands.
　Cheers!

　The two men shared a drink.

　It is somewhat ironic that the liquor they are drinking is a Romalian spirit and the cup is a Cilician import via Rezad.




　'Oh, oh, oh, what are you two old men doing over there?'

　Another old man came to them.
　An old man with sky-blue hair-it was Tetra's grandfather, Abraham.

　'You are....'

　King Belvedil's expression hardens.
　It's not surprising.
　Because of the reinforcements Abraham had sent, King Belvedil's country had been defeated by King Rosais' country.

　'Mix me in,'

　Abraham sat down without a care in the world to interrupt them.
　Then he prepared the food for the king's tomb.

　"This is for you. This is for you.
　Well, you're being very tactful.

　King Evil took the food Abraham offered him, unsuspecting, and brought it to his mouth.
　Abraham smiled.

　'That's poisoned, eh?'
　Bullshit.
　Haha, you got me!

　Abraham and King Evil laughed happily at each other.
　King Belvedil looks at them uncomfortably.

　King Belvedil opens his mouth to say something, or at least one of his sarcastic comments to Abraham.

　'What shall I call you now?　Ex-Controller (....) sir?
　You can call me what you like. Belvedere. If you like, you can call me dead, if you like.

　The irony didn't work, and King Belvedil frowned more and more.
　Seeing King Belvedil like that, Abraham cowered his shoulders.

　I don't know if I'll last another five years. I don't know if I will last another five years. I don't know if I will last another five years.　If I could, I'd like to see how far that young man (Alms) can go and see how far he can go.
　I'll come back to you when I'm dead. I hope you die in peace.

　King Belvedil says.

　'Ho, that's good to hear. 'How far do you think that boy will go, by the way?　I'm thinking ... maybe, just maybe, we'll unify the Adelian peninsula.

　When Abraham said this, King Evil shook his head.

　'That's impossible. Roselle is here. You can't beat Roselle. Well, he might make it to Trisichellia.

　Then King Belvedere objected.

　'That's even more unlikely. Trisichelia is within the sphere of influence of the Pofenia Republic.　

　Looking at them, Abraham laughs.

　''Kuhk........well, you guys think so. Haha, sure, I think so too. There is no way to unify the Adelunian peninsula. Rozelle, of course, could foresee Pofenia's intervention. ... but I guess that's why we lost, because we're thinking like that.

　King Evil and King Belvedil did not refute any of his words.
　They just silently brought the wine to their mouths.




　A few weeks after the founding ceremony........

　You're kidding me!

　King Gilbed yells and hits the desk hard.
　He felt a strong pain in his knuckles and regretted a bit for hitting the desk.

　'What is this Romalia, what is this kingdom, what is this federation!

　King Gilbed's country and King Rosais' country, which means that the Kingdom of the King is a confederation of great families.
　In other words, a king is still a member of a powerful family.

　On the other hand, the country name "Kingdom" means a monolithic state.

　In other words, when Almus calls his country the Kingdom of Romalia (...) and declares himself King of that country, that is, King of Romalia, he is tantamount to claiming that the Kingdom of Romalia is superior to the Kingdom of Gilbed.
　Nothing could be more infuriating to King Gilbed, who thinks that he is the supreme king in Southern Adelnia.

　''I think we need to rethink our alliance with Romalia.

　King Gilbed rubbed his red, swollen hands and muttered sullenly.





　Almost at the same time.........

　"Hmm, you're in trouble, Tonino. What do we do?
　I don't know what to do but I'm a soldier, sir.

　King Carlo Domorgal, King Domorgal's country, asked his aide, Tonino, about how he would treat the Kingdom of Romalia in the future.

　However, Tonino is a military man.
　He is an amateur in politics and diplomacy.

　'First of all, I think we should treat them the way we've always treated them... If we do it poorly, we'll cause the great families in the country to defect.

　One of Carlo's outer relatives opens his mouth.

　''Well, we'll just have to do that, won't we? It can't be helped that the other side has more national power. We'll just have to do what we've been doing as a small resistance. Well, they don't say anything reckless, such as "do the courtesy of a vassal"...

　King Domorgal's Country.
　Decided to maintain the status quo and see what happens.





　At about the same time....

　The Kingdom of Romalia and the Commonwealth you can go back.

　King Fardham finished listening to the diplomat's report on his return from the ceremony and looked up to the heavens.
　He closed his eyes and cleared his mind.

　
　King Almus has been using his country name to implicitly indicate that his country is superior to the country of King Fardham.
　He also took the form of the Commonwealth of Romalia, annexing the lands of King Evil and Belvedere, as well as the Alvas and the Cilician sub-states to the south, whose power was worthy of the title.

　The new capital is a beautiful circular city with water and sewerage systems and numerous facilities, including an arena, arena, public baths and a library.
　The palace is also majestic and splendid, and is on par with the palace in the country of King Gilbed, who was said to have the greatest national power on the South Adelian Peninsula.

　.........
　.........
　.........


　"Hmm, I don't know what to do...

　King Fardham has his servants bring him some wine.
　He looks at the beautiful wine in a glass of wine.

　As I recall, this wine is from Rosais or Romalia. This wine glass was also made of glasswork from Persis that came in via Romalia.

　At present, most of the goods from eastern countries such as Cilicia and Persis are imported to the Adelian peninsula via the Kingdom of Romalia.
　In other words, that's how rich Romalia is.

　"The prohibition of luxury does not mean anything. The big families don't obey. Well, now, do we continue our line of opposition and suppression against Romalia or do we quietly comply with it?

　One thing is for sure, the world is changing now, and if swallowed by the wave, King Fardham's country will fall.






　A few months after the founding ceremony, in the palace of the Roselle Kingdom, in the king's private room.
　There were two people there.
　One is a scrawny man lying on a bed a man who is King Rozelle himself.
　The other is the man who was the architect of the peace with King Rosais's country during the siege war, and the man who was instrumental in establishing friendly relations with King Rosais's country.

　The two men are talking about the newly founded Kingdom of Romalia.

　'I will ask you again. The Kingdom of Romalia has no animosity towards my country, does it?
　"Yes, sir. King Alms is terribly afraid of our country. For at least another ten years, Romalia will not be a threat to our country.

　The man who was in charge of diplomacy with the Kingdom of Romalia and who had attended the founding ceremony reported to King Roselle.

　'But Romalia's national power is now a considerable thing, is it not?
　That's true, sir. That is true, sir, but the expansion of the country has increased the cost of defense. We are also facing the Republic of Pofenia across the sea in Romalia. It goes without saying that it would be impossible to establish a relationship with our country, and further territorial expansion would be impossible.

　Hearing the diplomat's opinion, King Roselle's expression brightens a bit.
　This is because Roselle's kingdom is still not stable.

　Several years have passed since the rebellion of the Adelnian serfs in the north Adelnian peninsula and the rebellion of the great families in the northeast of Gaul was put down, but it can't be said that all the rebellions have been nipped in the bud yet.

　In addition to that, another hostile Gallic nation in northwest Gaul and the Germanis living across the great river from Gaul were looking at the territory of the Roselle Kingdom with an eye on the tiger.

　Now, King Roselle is ill.
　If King Roselle had been examined in a Japanese hospital, he would have been diagnosed with tuberculosis.

　The cause of his illness is that he was busy putting down a rebellion and overworking his body and mind.

　But isn't this exclusively the curse of Marilyn in the palace of the Roselle Kingdom?　That's the rumor.
　She would shake her head wide and deny it, though.

　'Thank goodness my country can't stand five enemies.

　As for King Roselle, he would like the kingdom of Romalia to be quiet, at least until he recovered from his illness.
　That is what he really wanted.


　Furthermore, as the diplomat pointed out, "The territorial expansion of the Kingdom of Romalia will cease.
　It can be said that this is thinking too much from the perspective of the Gauls.

　The Kingdom of Roselle, which is mainly based on mercenary and recruiting systems, and the Kingdom of Romalia, which is mainly based on conscription, have the same number of troops, but their military spending is one order of magnitude different.

　In addition, the Kingdom of Romalia has a more efficient agricultural production and a more developed monetary economy than the Kingdom of Roselle.
　Therefore, it has a higher national power than the Roselle Kingdom has assumed.

　If Mari was there, she would have been able to accurately determine the national power of the Romalia Kingdom with the information network of sorcerers she has spread around the world.
　However, she is not there now.
　Therefore, the Roselle Kingdom had not been able to take advantage of its own excellent spellcasters and information network.



　''And, actually, I received this kind of information from King Romalia...''

　The diplomat tells King Roselle about the information he got from Almus.
　King Roselle's eyes widen as he hears this information.

　''Well if it's true, then it's a big deal. Let's find out the truth.''
　Yes, ma'am, I'm here to see you.





　Then a few more months later....

　So, is the city of Romalia so magnificent?
　''Yes. I was told that while it is far inferior to Jamsheed, His Majesty's capital, it is probably the most advanced of all the Adelian nations.

　Upon his return from the Kingdom of Romalia, the diplomat reported everything he had seen to the Emperor of Persis, Xerxes.
　Xerxes smiled with amusement.

　'You know very well, King Almus, that you have aligned water and sewage systems. Water is the source of life. When the water goes bad, pestilence sets in. ...How was it outside the capital, by the way?

　Even if only the capital city is beautiful, it's not worth talking about if the rest of the city is neglected.
　If a king tries to mend his appearance alone, Emperor Xerxes has seen a mountain of it.

　What's important is his ability to see into the inner workings of the country, into the nooks and crannies.

　'What I find most impressive are the roads. The most wonderful thing I found was the roads. The flood control technology seems to be so good. The flood control technology seems to be decent. However, they are far inferior to our country's.

　The East (Orient) was the first place in the world where agriculture was practiced.
　Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that its agricultural technology and water control and irrigation technology are the best in the world.

　There was no way they were going to be defeated by a small peninsula country in the middle of the countryside.

　'I see. 'So what about the tax policy?　What about the military system?　What about the economy?　What is the political system?　IDs?　What about the people?　Language.　Are you religious?　Where's the s*x life?　Culture?　What do the people of the country think of the king?

　In response to Xerxes' question, the diplomat kept everything he had seen under wraps.

　Xerxes looked satisfied with the diplomat's answer.

　'I see. 'Very well. ...Once again, you are going to Romalia. I have officially appointed you as the diplomat for the Kingdom of Romalia. You know the job, don't you?
　"...yes. I'm going to do a thorough study of Romalia from both sides, front and back.