Okitara 20nen Nandesukedo! Akuyaku Reijo no Sono Ato no Sono Ato

Episode 53: Proceeding Reforms and Sneaky Dark Clouds

It is not only the obsolete territorial province that Fioria carried out as Prime Minister.

Codification of civil registries, tax reform, development of transport networks, a clear culture of customary law -.

A number of reforms have been carried out in parallel.

In contrast, many nobles,

"It's too steep. Must fail, what can a woman do politics in the first place?"

and he had a chilling eye.

However, once it was implemented, it all went incredibly smoothly.

"That's a brilliant thing, Fioria."

At noon in the summer, three months after the abandoned territorial province, Vincent said so by visiting Fioria's office.

"You're really good."

"I'm not the only one. Thanks to the staff brought from the Duke of Florence."

Twenty-one years ago, Fioria, a proxy for the Lords, set up an educational institution in the Territory. It is a training school for bureaucrats.

Time flies, now.

Those who grew up in the training school supported the reform of Fioria in various ways.

"I hear that story from Rex.... Since I was a child, you must have been thinking about reforming the Kingdom of Tristan. So everything is on schedule."

"No, I'm not."

At this time Fioria sat on the couch in the office opposite Vincent.

Lift up your golden hair in a relaxed manner.

"If true, this reform was meant to be done sooner"

Needless to say, the cause of that delay is Annelose.

Years of coma due to poison.

That was driving Fioria's plans a lot crazy.

"Nevertheless, thanks to the creation of a twenty year preparatory period, we were able to train bureaucrats enough, and it's not all bad,"

"Sure, it's not all bad."

Vincent nodded with a smile on his neat face.

"You would have stayed married to Oswald if you had."

First Prince Oswald.

He is now deceased, but originally, Fioria was Oswald's fiancée.

If nothing had happened, Oswald would have been king and Fioria would have been on the queen's throne.

But the fact that a girl named Annerose seduced Oswald changed the fate of many people.

"Is it because of Annerose, in a way, that I became king and that you are now in court as prime minister? The only thing you can do is thank that poisonous bitch."

"Right. Your ability as head of the country is much higher than Oswald's. Reform is working because you are the king. It's certainly a feat of Anne Rose."

"No, that's not what I'm trying to say..."

"So what do you want to say?

Knowing or not Vincent's emotions, Fioria narrows her jade eyes and gives a squeaky look.

"Well, let's just say we ask that answer another time. There are more important requirements than that."

Fioria was on her knees with a bunch of paper closed with strings.

Hand that to Vincent.

"It's a dossier from the other day about Count Signe's rebellion. I let Rex wash my back."

"Ho."

Vincent nods intriguingly, turning a bunch of pieces of paper.

"Has there still been interference from other countries?"

"Besides, it's 'outside' the Belgian continent. … do you know what the kingdom of Atra is?"

"It's a western naval state."

"Yeah. That country, I've been expanding my army ever since I became the current king. Apparently, we're going to attack the Belgian continent."

"I'm grabbing that information. I hear you're fanning the people from the king Mizu.

"We, the people of Atra, originally lived in the Belgian continent, but we were to be chased home by the demons of the Black Forest. Being in the current Belgian continent is just a thin, dirty empty nest that came later. Now is the time to hold a jihad to take back my hometown 'or something.

That's bullshit. "

"Well, the king of Atra is right about half the time."

Fioria lay her eyes down and muttered with a mouthful of thoughts as if to a distant past.

"Two thousand years ago, demons overflowed from the Black Forest. Those who fled the Belgian continent at that time created the kingdom of Atra on a far western continent. … By the way, the descendants of those who kept fighting demons without giving up until the end are now from the Belgian continent."

"That's the first time, I'm going to be familiar with history. What book was it in?

"I forgot. Maybe he was there."

"That's an interesting joke, Fioria. Because you'll be over two thousand years old."

"You're right, just think of it as a joke and listen."

Fioria shrugs her shoulders like a blur.

"As far as I'm concerned, I don't like the king of Atra, who calls it a jihad. I wonder if you could even set me up in a war. That way, I'll get a good name for the beating."

"…… that's not the good news for you."

Cohon, and Vincent coughing.

"A diplomatic envoy is due from the kingdom of Atra next month. He wants to establish a national relationship with the Kingdom of Tristan for everything.... Daimyo, it would be a provocation to blow up unscrupulous business. We should try to take it to war eventually."

"Oh, that's exciting."

Fioria smiled limply.