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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
In establishing Razequa Amamiya, discussions were held many times with Kousuke, Floria, and Alec.
The main content of the discussions was Alec’s report on what had been decided by the executive branch.
Kousuke knew it was best not to meddle in matters such as state management, as it was far beyond his expertise.
Instead, Floria, who was standing next to him, usually stepped in.
She had been trained as a princess, and from Kousuke’s point of view, her inquiries always sounded appropriate.
However, unlike Floria, who was a princess, Alec, who had the potential to become a King, received a higher level of education than Floria, as a leader.
If anything, it was more like Floria was checking to see if there were any gaps in what Alec had come up with in the executive branch.
One day, after a few such talks, a public announcement was about to be made.
Finally, just before the announcement to the public, Kousuke asked a question as if it had just occurred to him.
“Speaking of which, what’s going on with the residence?”
Alec’s expression turned sour at the question.
“I guess we should have built it by now. But it’s probably not going to be ready in time.”
Alec said that, but it was obvious that he wanted to build the country after preparing a castle.
In the first place, a castle for a nation was not only a place for the Royal Family to live.
It was an important facility where the bureaucrats who ran the nation worked and where guests from home and abroad stopped by.
There were those who would dismiss castles as “useless,” but Kousuke did not have that kind of thinking process.
“What? Isn’t that rather bad?”
It would be rude to invite even foreign royalty to stay at a hotel, no matter how luxurious, when there might be a chance that they invite royalty from other countries.
Alec probably understood this better than Kousuke.
“I understand. But when it comes to a castle, it’s not so easy to build.”
It was a difficult decision for Alec.
He could have declared the founding of the country after the castle was built, but that would have been several years away at the earliest.
Instead, it was better to declare the founding of the country first.
Kousuke looked at Floria.
There was no way that Floria, who was a princess, was unaware of this.
“Floria, why didn’t you tell me?”
Floria’s expression turned downcast.
“Well, I didn’t want to start bothering you from the start.”
“No, no, no. In this case, I’ll at least help you. I mean, this is the time for me to step in, you know?”
“That’s not exactly what I meant.”
Floria scratched the top of her nose with a finger with an uneasy expression on her face.
Alec, who did not understand the meaning of their conversation, was listening with a vacant look on his face, but then it occurred to him.
“Don’t tell me…you can easily build a Castle?”
Then Alec soon realized.
There was no doubt that this was a function of the Tower.
“We have a wide variety of both Western and Eastern Style Castles.”
In response to Alec’s question, Kousuke, smiling with a grin, answered in a strange dialect.
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Initially, they had planned to build it as a ceremony, as they had done with the temple, but they had no choice but to abandon that plan.
Unlike the temple, it was difficult to ensure safety because of the scale of the project.
As a result, it was decided to construct the castle after the proclamation of the founding of the nation.
A few days after the grand founding ceremony.
The outside dignitaries and others had already returned to their hometowns.
If there were guests of honor, they would have to deal with security and various other formalities, and for the past few days, everyone has been busy dealing with them.
Now that things had been settled, it was finally decided to prepare a residence for the Queen, Floria.
At first, it was considered to be placed on a floor other than the 5th Floor, but it was decided that there was no point in doing so, so it was finally decided to place it on the 5th Floor, where the city was located.
The location will be right next to the city.
It was also planned that the castle would become the center of the metropolis as the city developed further.
Whether the population would grow to reach the planned level remained unknown.
The area where the castle was to be built was heavily guarded.
More than security, it was guarded to prevent anyone from entering.
After all, a large building was suddenly going to be constructed in a place where nothing existed at the moment.
There was no telling what would happen.
The people in charge of security were warned again and again that if they entered the designated area, anything could happen.
If they ignored this advice and an accident occurred, they were responsible for their own actions.
The atmosphere among those in charge of security was tense, as if they fully understood the implications of this.
Of course, the arrival of the new Queen at the site was one of the reasons for the tense atmosphere.
The place where the Queen was present was more tense than other places.
It was natural, since the new Queen was right next to them.
The Queen, Floria, was communicating with Kousuke while surrounded by local officials, including Alec.
Of course, she was communicating with Kousuke using divine power.
“We’re all set here, right? …Oh, okay. Hold on a second.”
Floria, who had once cut off communication with Kousuke, once again checked the state of the site.
“Check again to make sure no one has entered.”
This was where the castle was to be built.
Since the land covered a considerable amount of space, it would take them an extended amount of time to check the site.
Just to be safe, they have secured a larger piece of land where the castle would be built.
“Do it. …ah…three, two, one…!”
As soon as Floria’s countdown was over, a magnificent castle had been built on the planned construction site.
The Castle to be built was the one Floria had chosen from the list of constructions to be installed.
She had already done something similar with the temple, but even so, the scale of the project was far different this time.
“Should I be dismayed, or should I admit that it’s as expected…?”
“It’s okay to take it for granted, but I guess we shouldn’t get used to it.”
Floria replied to Alec, who stood next to her, muttering this.
It was not good to be expected to do the same thing every time.
In fact, if Kouseke suggested it again, she would probably refuse.
“Right.”
Alec nodded in agreement.
If these things were done using only the functions of the Tower, the people would not be able to develop skills among themselves.
If that happened, the country could be finished.
Even the high officials, who did not want such a thing to happen, were convinced that this was the only time it would be possible.
Moreover, since the castle would be maintained and managed by human hands, they would be able to accumulate the know-how in this field.
However, building a new castle from scratch and maintaining an existing one require completely different skills.
In some cases, Alec thought that it would be necessary to build another castle in a different location and train engineers.
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“Ooh… yoshiyoshi. Bleee.”
“Dah!”
“Oooh. I see, then how about this…”
From the side, it was completely unrecognizable, but the person in question was speaking to the baby in a very serious fashion.
The baby in his arms was named Towa, and the man holding him was Filip, his great-grandfather.
Filip, who had quickly handed over the throne to his own son after announcing his retirement, had come to visit Razequa Amamiya as soon as he could.
To be precise, he came to see Towa, but no nation would take that as his actual intention.
Except for the Flores Kingdom and the Razequa Amamiya Kingdom, which were the two countries involved.
Filip, who had cared for his great-grandson until the nanny stopped him, still looked dissatisfied.
“By the way, this castle… what’s the deal with it?”
Alec tilted his head at the sudden question.
“What do you mean?”
“You haven’t noticed? You can’t see any joints or anything resembling seams, so much so that you might think it was carved out of rock.”
Alec noticed this for the first time and looked at Floria.
After that, they both chuckled at the same time.
“Well, you can just assume it’s an act of God.”
In response to the ambiguous reply, Filip urged onward with only a glance.
“I’m not hiding it, okay? It was built using the power of the Tower. The way it was built in that instant, you could say it was an act of God.”
“I see.”
Floria also nodded her head as if to support Alec’s words.
Hearing this, Filip crossed his arms and then groaned.
“Hmmm. I see. I had heard rumors, but it was true.”
“It’s no use lying to you.”
Filip had been aware of the rumors, but he wasn’t sure how much of it was true.
In fact, the rumors were more modest, but that was outside the scope of his expectations.
Alec shrugged his shoulders as Filip gave him a look of exasperation.
