I'm calling for names of countries. Whoever has an idea, please raise your hand.

　There are 26 executives in total. If you exclude the created subordinates, there are 12 of them. You'll get some ideas for the quicksilver.

''Yes!''

　The first one to raise her hand - Sarah.

'Say it.'
"Striva Kingdom!

　Striva Kingdom?　Ruminating in my head ... not a bad way to say it?

Where does the word "striva" come from?
It's Stone River!
Stone River?
It's Ishikawa!
...I see. The name of the province.

　I'm going to board the kingdom of Striba on a white boat.

What else?
Then it's my turn. Everything is simple is best--the Kingdom of Theon!　What do you think?

　Takahar makes a good expression and names a candidate.

''The Zion Empire is...''

　My name becomes the name of my country. I sigh at Takahara's idea........

''Master!　I think it's good!
I agree with you!
''Emperor Zion am I a member of the Zion Empire? ''Lord Zion, I agree with you.''

　The trio of fanatics - Chloe, Leila and Izayoi - agree with Takahar's idea.

''Emperor Zion it's your husband's country and it's easy to understand, isn't it?
'Yeah. I'm with you.
'Not bad!　I agree with you.

　Then the single-cell trio - Red, Noir and Rouge - agree.

'So does Euler!'

　As an added bonus, Blue agrees.

'Hahaha!　What do you think?　Have you seen Sara?　That's the difference between me and you in taste!

　Takahar, who felt good about being agreed to by many of his subordinates, decided to make a smug face at Sarah.

'Others!　Is there anything else?

　I put a bit of hope in the other subordinates and ask them.

It's my turn. Excuse me, Sion-sama.

　Sabraw stands up with a determined look on his face and takes a pen and writes on the whiteboard.

'The Abyssal Box Garden (Ruby: Abyss Garden)'

　I look at the name of the country that Sabraw wrote on the board and imagine what it looked like when he declared the founding of the country.

　

　I silently erase the idea that Saburo wrote on the board.

What?　There's more to it, sir!

The Labyrinth of the Void Labyrinth

'The point here is 'V'!　Biting my lower lip--

　It's not a country of labyrinths to begin with. I erase the scribbles on the whiteboard, ignoring Sablow, who starts to explain.

'Then.........Requiem--'

　--Get back!

You got anything else?

　I force Sabraw to step back and ask him for his next idea.

'Master, may I have your permission?'

　Hibiki holds up her hand with a crisp expression.

'Say it.'
'The Duchy of Schweinskrave. It has 'V' in it, as Mr. Sabraw likes to call it?　What do you think?

　Hibiki bows to me and then gives Saburo a soft smile.

'It's not as good as my idea... but it's not bad.

　Sablow gives him a not-so-full expression.

''Oh, um...''

　Canon holds up his hand awkwardly.

'What's up?'
I don't think you should use that name...
Why?
Probably, but the word comes from German. The literal translation of "Schwein" is "pig. The literal translation of "Scrave" is "slave.

　I put my head in the sand when I hear the canon. The point is, it's a pig-slave principality, which translates directly to.

'How do you like it?　I would be an exemplary citizen of the Duchy of Schweinskrave--

　--Shut up!

　For some reason, he forced Hibiki to silence the proud expression on her face.

'The others!　Does Yataro have any ideas?
Me?　Well how about a simple 'Kaga'?
What?　Kaga City is ruled by Demon King Kaoru, and Kaga is impossible!
By the way, the capital of Kaga was located in Komatsu City.

　Yataro's opinion was dismissed by Sarah before I could write it on the whiteboard. Kanon followed suit for some reason.

'The others!　You don't have one!

Master Theon, may I ask you a question?

　Kotetsu raises his hand.

'Say it.'
'Yes. Do you know of a flower called 'Zion', Master Zion?
Flowers?
That's right. If you write the Chinese characters like that....

　Kotetsu writes on the white board - 'Shion' on the board.

''All of my men are advocating for the Kingdom of Theon. However, Lord Theon seems to have some resistance to the name of the country that bears his name. The scientific name of Shion is Aster. Therefore, how about 'Astor Empire'?
'The Astor Empire.... I'll add it to the list.
To my shame, my wife is very interested in vegetable gardens.

　Kotetsu gave an embarrassed smile.

'Is there anything else?'

　The discussion continued for the next three hours.


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　After much discussion we were able to come up with five names for the country.

　Sara's brainchild-- the Kingdom of Striva.

　Takahar's idea-- the Empire of Theon.

　The Emperor of Astor, a Kotez idea.

　It means the Genesis of the canon - the Genesis Empire.

　Sablow's idea of eternity and infinity - the Duchy of Ouroboros.

　The name of the country was to be decided by a vote of the people of the territory.

　It was easy to get them to vote. All they had to do was to telegraph and give the order and the vote would be 100%.

　The troublesome part was the counting.

　A hand count of 27 people, including me and the officers.

　The ballot count was 117,692 votes. That's 4,360 votes per person.

　I wonder how many "right" votes I wrote in the poll. Counting the number of "sansei" (correct) characters written by the voters was a pain in the ass. Looking around, Takahara's frustration was evident. Even though he was forced to do it by order, the sight of him writing the Chinese character for "right" while spreading the killing spirit to that extent was, in a sense, terrifying.

　The plan had been to call some random citizen and leave them in charge of the tally. However, Mrs. Tamura, Yataro and Kotetsu--the three Silver Players--have come up with a plan that will have an important impact on their future. So it was decided that only the executives and I would count the results.

　In the end, it took 3 hours to tally up the results.

　The results of the tally were...

　Striva Kingdom --37,031 votes
　Emperor Zion -- 15,070 votes
　Emperor Astor --48,700 votes
　Genesis Empire--10,061 votes
　Duchy of Ouroboros-- 6,830 votes

"The country shall be called-- the Kingdom of Astor.

　I told the executives the name of the country I had decided on based on the tally.

''Ma?　"My striva lost!
What?　Seriously!
"...not the Kingdom of Theon?

　Upon hearing the name of the country, some were indignant, some were disappointed.......and some smiled.

　And so the name of the country was decided - "Astor Empire".