The Annals of the Flame Kingdom (WN)

Even with the assassination of the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Flame, Lotte Baumgarden, and the series of 'incidents' or 'events' that accompany it, Larchia does not change anything dramatically in Rondo de Terra, a regional city anyway. This territory, which takes three days by carriage from Wang Du, and to some extent has developed, is still extra in this terra of rural territory.

"How's it going?

"Ah, sister. Welcome home."

On the continent of Orkena, where there is no television, no radio, no Internet, that is where the owners of the eight hundred houses and fishmongers do not even understand that there has been a disturbing incident called the 'assassination of the Prime Minister'. In the first place, it's possible that you don't even know who the current Chancellor was. The only change after the assassination of the Chancellor in such a terra is about the size of an excavated hut built on a steep pitch next to the Duke's Mansion. And the lord of that digging cabin.

"I'm home now, Aria." Director. "

Aria Baumgarden, a fellow at the Academy who became the real sister of Theon Baumgarden and was called 'Genius'. Such aria smiles a little reluctantly at the word 'director', staring at her real sister, Theon.

"Please stop, it. In the first place, the director should have had your sister! of this' Institute of Integrated General Forces'! The originator is your sister!

That's what Aria looks around the room. Only the land is wasted. In the territory of Rondo de Terra, in this building of such elegant wood that it is said to be 'only the roof and the wall', next to the Duke's mansion, dozens of human beings hissed together and still hang on their desks. He nodded contentedly in the space where he could hear the sound of running a brush there, rolling paper, and Theon gave him a niggling grin.

"I'm sorry. Don't wear it. It's annoying."

"... ha. Well, that's your sister, isn't it? I have no choice."

Aria drops her shoulder with a slightly tired look on Zion who smiles and says so. but also for a moment, I gave Scion the material at hand to show him.

"I received a letter the other day from Erica and the others. The Lyme City National Alliance is settled by being on the 'Empire' side. This brings us to the Kingdom of Larchia and the Kingdom of Solvania, followed by the third country."

"Hmm...... hmm? Here in this dossier, in the Kingdom of Laurent..."

"Yes, there's been a coup. Alexis, the first prince, has been abolished, and His Royal Highness Christoph, the second prince, has officially become heir to the throne. His Highness Alexis is locked up inside the royal castle, but I thought the execution was a matter of time."

"What's the source?

"I'm Mr. Niza's merchant buddy. The Laurentian Chamber of Commerce is one of the top secrets in Laurento… well, I was wondering if there was a mistake."

"What's the move in Westria by that?

"It's in the form of sending my wife to the next king, but no apparent movement so far, is it? Well, intelligence over there is excellent, so I'm probably catching some information, too. And this is a separate case, but there's a war going on in Westria."

"The sauce... oh, that's Niza"

"Yes, this one also has some credibility"

"It's the usual thing. Leave me alone."

"No, he said leave him alone."

"We have no military power in the Flame Empire. I hope the flame kingdom does the jetty around here."

It's like throwing in some sort of irresponsible word, and Theon grabs a cup of tea on Aria's desk and pours in the contents. "Ah! That's expensive tea leaves, but no! 'And what a breeze to blow Aria to raise her voice of condemnation, keep the words going toward Aria, who looks resentful when she completely drinks up and puts the cup down.

"I understand diplomatic relations. How's home affairs?

"... no apology or gratitude, is it... ha. You're 'stagnant' when it comes to home affairs. It's not a city where industry originally exists, is it, Terra? It's a lot of crap because of" that, "so there are still some things you can't do."

"... Hmm"

"However, we have been told by the Becker Chamber of Trade that we can provide assistance to the Flame Empire internally. In some cases, we will even consider transferring HQ functions to Terra."

".................. ho"

"Master Bianca said, 'That sounds more interesting! You're not gonna be the second Yumerian! Something like..."

"Come on. Is that the blood muscle of the boulder" Commercial Saint "? Well, if Aloys works hard over there, we'll figure it out. I don't care if Miss Bianca is playing with Terra."

"No, sister? I don't think Bianca's playing either."

"It would be like playing, she is. Well, her 'play' goes straight to work. Anyway, the purpose of the capital flow is likely to arrive?

"I don't know how much aid it will be, but to some extent. Later, in terms of assistance, there is another offer of assistance from the Notesfilt family."

"Is this Miss Emily's home? Thank you, but was there enough room there to help?

The Notesfilt family is a Viscount family with territory along the sea. Compared to other temporary terras, for example, it is wealthy, but it is not natural that there is enough wealth to assist. One nod at Scion's question like that and Aria opens her mouth.

- It's military.

"Huh!"

"... to lend you three sailboats and a thousand soldiers,"

"... well. But a thousand is another rigid story."

"It's subtle whether Emily's human virtue...... but well thanks to Emily. It's just that we want to avoid actual combat behavior."

"... right"

"It's not like there's no city between Larchia and Terra, and advancing the army without the permission of the lord who rules there."

"How does it feel? But let's be deterrent, shall we?

"Let's see. Three sailboats in particular are large. Terra's on the coast, and you can send soldiers by sea."

"Right."

That's what I say. Lifting my eyes from the material at hand, Scion. And I had eyes with Aria that sparkled my eyes.

"... what?

"No... I'm not as good as your sister either, but I'm still a fellow at the Academy. There's more to knowing than just people in Shirai."

"... is that it?

"That's amazing, this"

That's what I said. I sent him indoors with my gaze around.

"" Institute of Integrated Warfare ""

"Really?

"Yes! There's a lot of information gathered here that we couldn't get from the Academy alone, right? While I'm just sitting here, I can learn everything about this continent of Orkena. As a researcher, you wouldn't be able to tell me not to get excited! You're a boulder sister to devise such an organization!

Innocent, Aria smiles year-to-year. With a bitter smile on its face, Theon shook his head small.

"It's not my fault. It's simply an organization created because the Terra leadership, starting with Erica, found it necessary. I gave you some advice."

"No! This is definitely your sister's feat!

Theon deepens the colour of bitter laughter to Aria, who says so and shows her with a thin chest.

New Terra Territory - In other words, there were naturally things left to do while the leaders of the Empire of Flame were making their way to other countries. A job I told you would compile, analyze, and execute information sent to me by faculties scattered across other countries.

"Right. Then I guess I'll stick my chest out and be proud."

It was naturally Scion who became the head of this job.

Though often forgotten, Scion is the chief researcher at the Academy, one of the best research institutes in the continent of Orkena as a scientist, and his relatives even have a figure like who made him a rare statesman named Lotte Baumgarden and put together a bureaucracy called Wang Fu. The analysis was carried out by the former staff of the Academy, and the practice was that Sion was an easy person to take charge of "divinity" in the good sense of the word in the flame "empire", a gathering of bureaucrats from the former royal palace. Especially since "Practical relationships are troublesome" pushes most of its chores on Aria, and the reason for taking the position of a parade is Zion's circumstance.

"That's right! Especially this" centralization of information "can't be done without your sister's help!

Although not limited to Wang Fu and the Academy, information is easy to reach in vertical sections, but difficult to reach in horizontal sections, as is often the case in every world and every company. Theon put a bold scalpel in this issue.

That is, the sharing and centralization of information.

Mixing the Wang Dynasty with the Academy, this "Integrated Forces Institute" is an organization that takes away the hedges of the Academy and the Wang Dynasty, letting them share information with each other and manage it centrally. It is an organization where every fellow at the end of the spectrum thinks and acts on who and what problems they have today and how they approach it. They smashed the so-called "vertical administration".

"The East Street fire caused a lot of damage by taking a very fragmented action. Authority should naturally come with power, but otherwise the person responsible may not be alone. Let's all think about it and take responsibility."

hate enemies, it is difficult to say that the relationship between the Academy and the King's Palace is inherently good, even if we do not say so. It's synonymous with bureaucracy and academia not getting along. Even from Aria, who knows so much about the past, there is something slightly strange about the fact that people in this royal palace and in the academy are working side by side at their desks today. Although it is a nostalgic story.

"Well, I don't care what my accomplishments are. More than that, Aria? This Institute of Integrated Warfare is not the only place to do research into warfare, but it is not the only place to do research into warfare."

"I know, sister. With the information we gather - the" power of war "that we derive from it - we think about which path the Flame Empire is going to take, and that's our job, and our duty."

"Superior. So, Aria? Aria Baumgarden, director of the Institute of Integrated Combat Power? From the information gathered, what kind of answers do you think the Institute of Integrated Warfare will come up with? We, the Flame Empire, will make a great deal of trouble in the future."

- To destroy Flame's kingdom.

"There are no more ways you can take it. No, this way of saying it has a narrative. There are countless ways we can take it, but there is only one way we can be realistic and make the most profit."

That's what I say. Aria turns her gaze to Scion. This one also returns to Zion, who urged him to continue in the dark by returning his first resort to that gaze.

"Stop the flow of the economy with food, preferences, gold and everything that flows to the Wang capital of Larchia. I was wondering if it would be best to seal off the King's capital Lalkia economically and dry up some land."