"Hmm, I told you to protect the culture, but I don't know what to do."
The problem that was clarified in my conversation with Leon.
It was about an invisible culture that might be rapidly being lost in the Kingdom of Fontana.
We do not know how the culture of the country will change in the future due to the dramatically changing social situation in recent years.
There will also be cultures that will survive in each region.
On the contrary, some of them will disappear unnoticed.
However, I felt that a certain level of protection was needed.
After all, the culture that has disappeared once after all will never return.
So I think I'm going to use my authority as finance minister to turn money around to protect culture as a country.
I think it is difficult to know what to do in practice.
Rather than talking about culture in the first place.
The current kingdom of Fontana was founded by swallowing up several of the former aristocracies, each of which has independently developed culture over a long period of history.
I don't even know what culture existed in the old Fontana territory.
Not to mention what other cultures existed in the former aristocracy.
After all, what we need is a solid investigation. Paine, are you there?
Yes, what is it, Mr. Ars?
"We need a summary of the culture that we need to protect. I want you to find out about cultures everywhere."
"I see. But by what criteria should we look at it?
I see. It has been around for about 100 years. Find it as much as you can. I want to know everything, whether it's form or not. "
"Is it shaped or not?
"Oh, for example, a building built more than 100 years ago may be registered and preserved as a cultural property. However, the craftsmanship of a building built 100 years ago may need to be protected as an intangible cultural asset. It's also important that you actually see things with your eyes, and the techniques and customs that produce them are just as important."
"... I see. Both tangible and intangible. If so, should we understand that classical objects such as buildings, sculptures, crafts, and books are covered?
I see. However, the way festivals are conducted, music and theatre are also culturally valuable. I want to know them too. "
"I see. So is the art. Understood, Mr. Ars. Would you like to take a moment to investigate?
"Of course. Best regards, Paine."
If I don't have the knowledge, I'll use this as an opportunity to thoroughly investigate.
With that in mind, I decided to ask Pane to investigate culture.
Speaking of the protection of culture, I somehow thought of the word "cultural property" that I had heard in my previous life, so I used it.
We decided to create a system to recognize and protect cultural property that the country and other countries "recognize as historically valuable to the country."
Buildings and other things came to mind first, but you can't forget intangible cultural property such as technology and art.
Perhaps it will be difficult to get a complete picture of the cultural heritage in the country during the study in Pane.
No, on the contrary, it could be too many by 100 years.
But if we're going to do it, we'll never get there early.
Because I have my magic.
There is magic such as [leveling] and [wall construction], or [road laying] and [railway laying].
With this magic, the kingdom of Fontana continued to develop on a daily basis.
It will be reused to develop rough land and use it more efficiently than ever before.
But in other words, it meant that it was easy to break something that had existed before and make it different.
Break more and more and make new ones.
Many will be lost as a result.
Perhaps something of historical value has been destroyed in the ongoing system.
In order to prevent that, I felt that the investigation might be incomplete, so I should do it as soon as possible.
"But historical value, huh? You're familiar with that history."
I was thinking about the protection of cultural property, and it was the importance of history that was at the root of it.
Whatever it is, history always exists.
Whether tangible or intangible, cultural property has historical value, so it has meaning for future generations.
But I was ignorant here, too.
Just as I often didn't know anything about culture, I didn't know much about history.
No, generally speaking, I think I know more about history.
Born a never-ending poor farmer, Liina, the married partner, rarely liked books.
I have also received commentary while reading a number of history books with the Liliner.
And since then, I've been collecting books.
We collect books from around the world and make libraries in Vulcania.
Moreover, in the land that was attacked and destroyed, we collected as many books as possible, and copied them as paper books using the magic of the Reed family, such as [memoirs].
But when I learned history from such books, I always wondered if it was really right.
Because there are churches that have long been deeply rooted in the region that have fabricated history.
After all, a system had been built that even used the first king and his wife.
What is the right history?
I don't even know that. It's still going on.
Naturally, the question arises as to what cultural property of historical value can be certified in such a state.
Then it may be necessary to study history as well.
Investigation of history based on objective perspectives and physical evidence, rather than distorted history that has been judged to be correct from each other's perspectives to date.
Would it be okay if there were a department that would compile them and record the history of the Fontana kingdom that would continue in the future?
After thinking about it, I once again felt the need to study not only culture, but also the history of Japan.