Ten days after my level grew to 19.

　Since that day, I've spent my fulfilling days growing divine artifacts to deal with affordable humanity and demons invading from the Toyama area, verifying newly smelted items, and smelting unique items to be awarded to executives.

　He still needed more time to award new items to his subordinates other than the executives......................but he couldn't be taking forever to prepare.

　It's time to set it up........

　The first thing we need to do is--.

　I called Yataro, Ms. Tamura, Sousuke and Kanon into my room.

'We'd like to hold a ceremony, how long will it take to prepare?'
Ceremony?
I'd like to hold a founding ceremony, or a celebration of the unification of the north of the prefecture, or a launching ceremony for the upcoming invasion of humanity in the city of Kanazawa, or whatever the name of the ceremony may be.
'What?　Do you like to party, Master Zion?

　After hearing my answer to Yataro's question, Ms. Tamura throws a question at me.

'I don't like it,'

　I didn't need to eat or sleep, and as an attribute: solitary (solitary), I was rather bad at the party kind of thing.

''Sion-san is rather uncomfortable with that kind of thing, right?

　Canon nods his head.

'I don't like it, but if it's meant to be--you should do it, right?
You mean?
''This ceremony also has three purposes. One is to increase the motivation of the subordinates, one is to increase the sense of unity among the lords of the Astor Empire, and the last one - to award unique items to the executives.

　In the past, when we conducted the awarding ceremony for unique items, we had a hangover that derailed our plans, but the motivation of my subordinates was definitely increased.

　The next enemy - the humans who ruled the southern part of Kanazawa City and Hakusan City. When it comes to humanity, the battle will naturally develop into an all-out war.

　Therefore, I decided to award the unique item in some form, rather than just giving it to them.

"And why have you called us here?
'I'm going to ask the four of you here to get ready. What I specifically want to know is how long it takes to get ready.

　For matters within the dominion territory, Yataro and Kanon if they are under your control. The most efficient way to do this is to ask Miss Tamura and Sousuke if they are territorial residents.

''Are the demons joining us?''
I'll talk to Yataro, and I'll put everyone else on the defensive, except for my men.
That means that the entire population of the territory will be present?
You will.

　After answering Sousuke's question, I nodded my head in agreement with Ms. Tamura's words as she asked for confirmation.

'What's the budget?'
Let me know if you have any supplies you need. Specifically, I'll give you up to 10,000 in terms of CP, so ask canon for the amount of supplies in terms of CP.

　With the myriad of items I want to smelt, the expense of 1000 CP is quite painful, but I decided to divide it as a necessary expense.

''Wow!　You're so fat!

　Canon's eyes light up when he hears the budget.

'So how long will it take you to prepare?'

　I ask the same question again and the four of us begin to discuss it.

''The rise of the Astor Empire will be delayed, but if you give me three days ... three days, I'll be ready.

　Ms. Tamura answers my questions on behalf of the others.

Three days..... I'll be fine. I'll take care of it.

　I left the preparations for the ceremony to the four of them.


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　Three days later.

'Master Theon, we are ready to go.

　Ms. Tamura, who was preparing for the ceremony, came to my room to report to me.

Good work. Let's get started.

　I moved with Ms. Tamura to the seventy-seventh dominion area where the ceremony was to take place.

　The seventy-seventh dominion realm where the ceremony was held was the dominion realm that was created just for the ceremony. Because it was the dominion realm acquired through the 《Ruling》, each level of the dominion realm had an area of 5km2. It is a venue that makes full use of that area.

　At present, there are 111,692 territorial residents belonging to the Astor Empire. There are also hundreds of other humans who have surrendered but are not part of the realm, but for safety reasons, they will be viewed on large monitors prepared by Tusk on a different level from the venue.

　In addition, about 50,000 other subordinates participated in the ceremony, not including those who did not participate in the ceremony due to defensive reasons and an ever-increasing number of rats.

　I walked up to the stage prepared in the hall and looked around at the assembled subordinates and their territories.

　Hmm...... There are a lot of them.

　A different kind of tension than when I'm facing off against the enemy runs through my entire body.

　I'm not the man who loved isolation before I became a demon king now, I'm a king with over 100,000 people to follow. I ruminate in my head over the contents of The Speech Know-How for Leaders, which I had been browsing the internet just before.

'Ko, ko, ko, from this!　We're having a celebration of the founding of Astor's kingdom... what?　It will be held!

　I left the progression to him, and the canon, which has a high solitary (bozo) attribute like me, bites down in a grand manner. The reason why I left the progress to Kanon is not because I'm the only one embarrassed to appear in front of people.......but because I can handle the language of all my subordinates and lords.

The best thing about it is that it's not just a matter of time before you'll be able to get your hands on it.
What?

　You're early.　According to the plan, my turn should be a little later, but.......

　Kanon flies to me as if escaping and hands me the [loudspeaker]. I make up my mind and step to the center of the platform.

''This is Zion of the Astor Empire. It is my heartfelt pleasure to be able to hold the founding ceremony tonight with such a large number of people......together with our friends. It's been about a month since we unified the northern part of the county and welcomed many humans into our territory. Let me ask everyone who is a lord - how is life in the Astor Empire?

　My question - my question came back as an applause that made the air shake.

'Thank you ... thank you!

　I desperately raise my hand to stop the incessant applause.

　I didn't order them to applaud this time. Looking at the expressions on the lords' faces it doesn't look like someone is forcing them to applaud.

　In other words, are the lordsfolk satisfied with life in the Astor Imperial State?

　I'm puzzled by the unexpected applause, but I'm relieved to see the joyful expressions on the faces of my fellow citizens.

I'm relieved to see that they are satisfied with life in the Astor Empire. Now, I want to tell all the territories' citizens something important. Who is responsible for the fact that everyone is currently living a fulfilling life?　For one thing, the work of your lordship's citizens. Those who work hard in agriculture, those who work hard in industry the hard work of many of your lordships has enriched the life of Emperor Astor. Keep up the good work to make the Astor Empire ... and our own lives more prosperous!

""Oh!"

　The lords responded to my words with shouts that made the earth shake.