"Lion, Fontana became independent as a kingdom, but what about the movements of the Doren royal family and other nobles?
"You seem pretty confused. but it still seems that the Doren royal family is sending a letter to each aristocrat stating that they will not recognize Fontana as royal"
"I guess. Do you find it disrespectful to name the royal family after the Doren royal family, which makes a great history? So, what am I supposed to do with Fontana?
"Be constrained," he said. I gave my royal life to attack Fontana by issuing a decree to the surrounding nobles. "
"... well. This is where it's supposed to be. Are we going to fight a coalition of nobles?"
"Yes. The Memento family in particular seems to be moving fast. Looks like he's already in the process of convocating to move the army."
"I guess so. He originally wanted to be a hegemonic nobleman, so naturally. Well, what do we do?"
I came to Fontana. Immediately after I defeated the royal messenger, I moved for the founding of the kingdom.
After being able to make salt by magic, he even attached it to the promise to speak to Archbishop Paul to perform the ceremony of crowning instead of dealing with salt in the church.
The result is that once Fontana has put in place the minimum conditions for naming the kingdom.
but again, the Doren royal family, which is obvious but the original royal family, is not convinced or anything like that.
They say it's impossible for anyone but their own house to name the royal family, and they're moving to succeed or defeat Fontana doing that.
There came the Memento family, the corner of the three great aristocracies.
The Memento family is an aristocrat who originally wanted to be a hegemonic nobleman even by holding back the king's figure.
Even if the royal family mobilized and the various aristocrats sent out troops to discuss Fontana, those in command of that army would need them.
If you can be its commander-in-chief, this means that you will essentially have an advantage over other nobles.
This means that it will stand in the same position as a hegemonic nobleman.
There is no way the Memento family would miss such an opportunity.
If other than the royal family were to be responsible for the supply of salt, the royal family's position would decline in relative terms and its prestige would diminish.
Apparently this method I took to make Fontana a kingdom was half correct and half incorrect.
Until now, in a long history, an unconscious common perception had emerged that "royalty is a special being" for many.
To that end, in a situation where only the royal family could make salt, the royal family could remain a certain respected being, even though it had reduced its power in previous years.
But Barca isn't.
Although he is a newcomer who has suddenly emerged in recent years and has won battles, he is only a force inferior in number compared to the great nobility.
What would you think if such a place could now create the salt that only the royal family could make?
Because Barca grabbed me a necessity called salt, so I followed you quietly?
The answer would be NO.
This world is a turmoil.
If you want something, you can take it away.
It's a terrible time for people to think like that.
As we punish the undead, who have named themselves the Kingdom of Fontana, we will take Barca from them.
Maybe that's what you're thinking.
If we put Barca under control and monopolize him, like the Tiers family in the past, which has been slaughtered by various nobles, that's all we get.
At least you won't feel hesitant to attack and rob Barca or anything compared to a royal family that can make the same salt.
In other words, the barca that created the salt is a delicious prey like a duck carrying an onion compared to a hard-to-reach royal family.
"I wonder how many would it be if the nobles who heard of the royal life sent out coalitions, Lion?
"Now, how many? 40, or maybe 500,000."
"Seriously? Fontana could use some reserves, like, 40,000 at most, right? Tough."
"But you should have known this would happen. What are you going to do?
"No, it's an amateur idea. Well, if you've been hiding trees for a long time, I'll say forest. I figured it would be best if you could be king here, besides the Fontana family."
"... Yes? Become king, besides the Fontana family? Are you serious?
"That's right, Lion. As I've said before, I haven't decided that there's only one royal family. If the Fontana family can be royal, other aristocrats should also be able to be kings. Especially if there's a lot of royal blood left over from a long time ago."
"But what do you do with salt? Didn't Fontana talk about getting to the throne because it could stabilize the supply of salt?
"That's not true. It's not a condition for me to be king whether I can make salt or not. In fact, Master Garrod can't make salt when he's king. At last, other aristocrats can be kings if they want to be. In that case, the Doren royal family can't just lay on Fontana."
"... but will it work so well? Not many people have bold thoughts like Master Ars. whether there are aristocrats who consider themselves to be kings, etc."
"I'm fine. I already wrote the letter of recommendation and sent it. To the church."
"What? Is that a letter of recommendation? Oh, did you send that to church?
"That's right. When I was negotiating for the crowning ritual to go to church, I told him that other nobles wanted to be kings the same way. Splashing out the reward."
"... did you tell the Church that you claimed on your own that other nobles also wanted to be kings? You're impotent."
"But it looks like it's working out pretty well. The Reinzatz and Risorte families reacted when the church went to confirm the story. That's enough."
"That's good news. If it is possible that the great aristocracy of the south and west is moving to become royal, coalitions targeting Fontana, whether that is a lie or a truth, will find it harder to move. Even if you don't actually have to be royal, you can only trace that information."
"That's the thing. So circulate this information to other aristocrats, mainly the royal family and the Memento family. Can you do that, Lion?
"Yes, of course, Master Ars. Tell your men to move immediately."
Might fight a mighty group.
The winning eye is thin if fought properly, both militarily and properly.
Instead of seriously figuring out how to fight hundreds of thousands of troops at that time, I first became aware of whether there was any way to reduce that number.
And a way to reduce the number.
That's Operation Forest if you're hiding a tree.
If only Fontana is to become king and be bewitched by the Doren royal family, you can create others who will be king in the same way.
To that end, I took the liberty of taking the story to the church.
but the church doesn't exactly believe in stories like that either.
I don't believe you, but it seemed good to let you grip that much money.
The fact that a lot of money rolled in made it more authentic, and I decided to make sure of it.
The confirmation process was sufficient.
Generally speaking, it is a common perception that no one but the royal family will be king.
Even so, it can be said that he acted disrespectfully towards the royal family solely on the fact that the Church confirmed, albeit confidentially, whether he had the will to be king.
Smoke doesn't stand where there's no fire.
Thus, the information that the Risorte and Reinzatz families were also willing to become royal was secretly, but surely spread to each faction.