The Demon King Seems to Conquer the World

Episode 259: The Dragon Emperor See You *

Fritz Ronnie was somewhere else altogether when successive reinforcements were arriving from the Crusaders.

Ashleya, the imperial capital of the Qur 'an dragon empire, is situated in the interior, a short distance from the Mediterranean Sea.

Almost in the middle of it, there was a royal palace called the Dragon Palace.

The Dragon Palace is a wonderful building, even described in some travels as ”the most beautiful building in the world”.

The whole thing is colored with fantastic geometry by combining glazed and baked bricks on one side.

Colored with deep, dark blue, light and light blue, and a slight contrast of gold and white, the Royal Palace offers an atmosphere like that of a sea god's habitat in the land of hot sand but beneath the sea, which at first glance does not look like an ordinary building. It was not a height or sculpture, but a beauty of itself that expressed it as the dwelling house of the Dragon Emperor.

The guide sent by the Dragon Emperor and Fritz Ronnie, walking with a few escorts, had been fascinated by the beauty of the Dragon Palace for the first time in a long time and for the second time in his life.

Here Ashleya is a righteous and thoughtful city for the Quranians, created by the country's ancestor Ananta I.

So although it is considered the only empire, it is often informally referred to as the ”capital of the east”.

It is the ”capital of the west" that exchanges the pair, which refers to the Tellum wool, at the exit of the Black Sea facing Galilee Yanin.

It is naturally more geographically involved terrum wool that Fritz interacts well with. There are few high-ranking officials in Ashleya who can be considered acquaintances.

Fritz, however, had accumulated a good knowledge of the Dragon Emperor's clan living in Ashleya, and those involved in politics, as well as the great merchants entering and leaving the Dragon Palace.

Encouraged by the conductor, Fritz walks through the area where the general public enters and further into the back.

When I came here before, my vision was only fulfilled as a promising politician in the future.

But not this time. I'm here to do my job as president.

"We were out of time. His Majesty Acnal III. And Master Halifah."

Fritz, passed into the Garden of the Dragon Palace (Paradise), greeted him in Arn, while first kneeling and thanking him.

Originally, it is problematic for only one of us to thank each other in the dialogue between the Heads of State, but things are slightly different in the case of the Qur 'an Dragon Empire.

The Dragon Empire is a historic country, and it has a different economic size. The throne of the Dragon Emperor also has the meaning of being an emperor, as well as a guardian of the Kokolu religion, so if I may say so, I must offer my thanks to the Emperor and to his opponents as if he had added the Pope.

Exactly in a position that carries the country, I don't give a thank-you way to put my head on the ground, but if I don't kneel enough, I don't have the face of the other guy.

"This is polite. Please lift your head and sit here."

It was Khalifa, the Chancellor, who said so.

Aknar III is fortunately not incompetent, but the monarch is not always competent in a nation where positions are inherited by these hereditary attacks.

The position of Chancellor over there has always played a heavy role in the mechanisms of the state.

If the emperor is all-food, if the prime minister is good, the country will most likely remain unshakeable, and vice versa, if both the emperor and the prime minister are incompetent, or if the incompetent emperor is so foolish as to keep the prime minister away, the country will soon perish.

In fact, that has happened twice in the Qur 'an dragon empire.

The name of the Dragon Empire and the name Dragon Emperor have not changed, but Acnal III does not mean that the Emperor Xuan (like this) continues from Ananta I.

"Now if you'll excuse me..."

Fritz stood up, fixed his hat and sat in a chair. In the Kokolu community, there is a culture of wearing hats or turbans all the time because there are many desert areas, although not in doctrine.

The chairs were the same for Acnal III, Halifah and Fritz. Sit on a slightly larger round table facing the garden in a chair placed opposite Aknal III. Khalifa was sitting right next to Acnal III.

"Hmm... it's a beautiful garden whenever you look at it. I feel comfortable."

Fritz praised the garden first. There is no Lord who does not rejoice in praise of the garden.

"would be so"

and Acnal III still seemed less than full.

It's not a lie that the garden is good. The gardens of the Dragon Palace are particularly abundant in water fields, but it is precious to find them in harsh dusty and dusty lands where you can feel the green-distributed water.

Anyway, I'm glad you don't feel dusty, and it's fun to look at with lots of trees I've only seen here.

The gardens also have the Frussian and Peninsula styles, but compared to the Frussian styles, which best create gardens with neatly pruned trees lined up like shapes, the gardens of the Dragon Palace are planted in pieces and feel humane. Other times, the Frussian ceremony is a good idea to keep the gardener away when you arrive, but the gardener who normally looks after him was seen in this garden.

"Because I usually live in a city by the sea, or I feel relieved to have water"

"Really? Congratulations on your assumption of the presidency."

Halifah said.

"Thank you"

"It's an eye-catching thing. That Orasem is the talent I found, so it's obvious."

This is not only a word, Orasem has seen it conveniently three times with Acnal III. You can't even call me a friend, but you can call me an acquaintance.

Acnal III turns seventy-four this year. Much older than Khalifa, thirty-two years old.

His predecessor, the Prime Minister, served two generations of emperors and left the world five years ago. Khalifa is a man who was found by him and educated to support the next generation of emperors.

"So, to greet you on your inauguration today?

Khalifa says,

"Don't give a shit"

Acnal III scolded Halifah.

Coming from Galileanin to Ashleya takes time there, even using a fast ship.

Before that, the Galilean Union did not belong to the Dragon Empire, even if it was deeply related. Nor is it a country regarded as a parent, son or brother, like the kingdom of the Entark Dragon King.

There is no way that a being, even if it were to be a head of state, would come as much as a greeting to his inauguration.

"It will be about the army of dragon hunting kings."

and Acnal III suddenly stepped in.

"That's right, Your Majesty. As you can guess."

Fritz barely talked to Acnal III when he saw it before, but he has heard more about it from Orasem.

He would be upset, on the contrary, if he used a conjecture such as your wisdom to perceive stories even in Mogadishu.

"What you want is reinforcements? Or did you come here to wish me to raise the chain of terrum wool because I fell asleep to the king of dragon hunting?

The latter was a cut back that Fritz didn't envisage, so Fritz had to consciously hide it so that the surprise that happened inside him wasn't on his face.

It's an unlikely story from Fritz's point of view, but from the standpoint of the Dragon Empire, I guess it's not an unlikely story.

"I'm with reinforcements."

"Hmm... so what good does my dragon empire have?

The Dragon Empire does not have a defense agreement with the Galilee coalition, so no matter how much the Galilee coalition can be attacked, there is no obligation to send out troops.

"Allow an unlimited number of looting in urban state zones. We are not aware of the act."

……

Acnal III told Halifah something in his ear with a face with a question mark on his face.

"You mean the Crusader colony."

Halifah supplemented. Fritz's translation of the urban state zone did not appear to be common in Arn.

"Isn't it after the army of dragon hunting kings plundered and burned wilderness?

Khalifa goes on to make a statement.

"They don't plunder. Shans breed slowly. Like humans, they are not a race that gives birth to seven or eight people. So rather than plundering and letting people leave, they're trying to feed people and keep them farming their land the way they've always been."

"That's clever. There's no point in taking the land without the cultivators."

"Exactly. Thanks to that, there will be enough left to take away"

And Fritz said, looking like a merchant selling merchandise.

But Acnal III's face was not as if he had shown an interest in it.

"Hmmm... I can't believe that's worth the price of reinforcements. It would be similar to a small village in the desert, such as the wealth of a cold village in the north. I know how much you plunder. I don't care how many people hunt."

"Phew, with that said, I know His Majesty is attracted to my proposal."

"... about what?

Acnal III looked stubborn.

"I am referring to the next emperor, His Highness Ardil. I'm going to be a dragon emperor, but I'm afraid I don't have a history of war."

The people of the Qur 'an dragon empire are in a tide of hope to be the king as a qualification for the dragon emperor.

Being an emperor good at war does not necessarily lead to his subjects being able to live a happy life, but in this country such a tide was created because of the deification of Ananta I, the first dragon emperor.

And among the dragon emperors of history, Acnal III has a slightly special sexual history.

Normally, the Dragon Emperor surrounds a large number of women in the Back Palace (Halem), but when he was in the middle of forty, he was fascinated by a single female slave.

The female slave was a slave woman sold from the periphery of the Tirrerme god empire and given to the emperor, but she naturally appeared to have an extremely good terrain, and was then a highly power-craving woman. You could call it a kind of female jewel.

When she kicks her peers down in various ways, she opens up from slavery and now behaves like an empress.

One of its sons is Ardil.

Normally, the Dragon Emperor surrounds a number of women in the rear palace (Harem), giving birth to many sons to the women, placing their sons in various posts in the Dragon Empire, competing for the promising children as the next Dragon Emperor.

In fact, many dragon emperors do not make many children even if there is a mechanism called the Back Palace, because not everyone is energetic and stunning.

But nevertheless, in the case of Acnal III, it was special, because one woman had power in the rear palace, but her son was to become dragon emperor.

Acnal III has six sons, but three of the five, other than Ardil, are already dead and both are in exile.

Since Acnal III is old, it is impossible to raise a new child from now on until he has identified his qualities. Accumulating Ardil with a background worthy of being a dragon emperor can be considered a serious matter for the Dragon Empire in the matter of death and survival.

"Your Majesty will of course intend to make the General His Highness Ardil, assisted by a competent general. If you were born at the end of the west and defeated the army of the dragon hunting king whose name rang all the way to the end of the east, His Highness Ardil's reign would be a stone."

"... Hmm"

Acnal III stroked his jawbeard without changing his expression.

"At the dawn of victory, of course, we will spare no cooperation. Let me hustle and tell you that His Highness Ardil took the lead and had a hectic effect. For Your Majesty, is that more a consideration than anything?

"That would be natural."

Halifah pinched his mouth.

"If we were to send reinforcements, it would cost money and the lives of soldiers would be lost. The honor of kings is what is gained by defending subjects and territories. I am afraid your country is not subordinate to our country. I just bled and protected it, and it's not much of an honor."

After I said that,

"... naturally, helping an ancient friendly country would be acceptable in itself as a proud act... but, well, that would be worth considering if it was about two thousand soldiers at best,"

He added. To that extent, it is probably a painless or nothing number that is neither a burden nor a burden for the Dragon Empire.

But two thousand soldiers is not enough.

"I see... then I hope there is material consideration"

"It should not be an instant gold coin. Unless it's the heaviest thing you can put out as a nation."

"Then let's get the Neukiroot out"

Fritz said. Neukirut is the name of an urban state.

It is a fortified city on the border between the Qur 'an dragon empire and the Galilean Union, built in the form of feeding into the territory of the Qur 'an dragon empire.

When Fritz came up with the name of the city, Halifah opened her eyes wide.

You didn't think I'd give you a city that's a major shock to the border.

"However, let me make the condition that the reinforcements have 20,000 elite men, and ten or more dragon cavalry. Nor can you give Neukiloot if the enemy forces were under 60,000."

"It's..."

"If we don't make terms for the number of enemy troops, if the dragon hunting king's army is as small as 5,000, even if he looks at us and runs back, he'll have to give us the Neukiroot."

The proposal to give Neukirut was put out at the Mayors' Council. Agreements are also attached.

"Then the mayors of the Union City can't be convinced either."

and Fritz was about to say that Acnal III controlled his remarks in the palm of his hand.

"I don't like being dared to put into words a reason that anyone can understand. Only in the event of a great battle, and if the great armies of our country struggle, will we cede Neukirut. So that's it."

said Acnal III.

"... you're right"

Fritz saw no expectation of reinforcements from Muslim countries.

First of all, not a single soldier naturally comes out of the Tirrerme Divine Empire, which has by far served the most troops in the Crusades.

The Euphos Confederation is economically exhausted with the destruction of major port cities on the coastline. The healthiest is the kingdom of Frusha, which has vast agricultural aptitudes and a strong army, but this is also true of wanting to keep the army warm in self-defense, and would not want to actively send out soldiers.

The only people who are serious about this war are the Galilean coalition of the parties and the Pope's territory.

They are only trying to use the Galilee coalition as a jetty, a fence, but only with the sense of purpose that they must at least aggressively confront Yuri Howe's army.

But in reinforcements that come out solely on papal territory, I don't allow anything.

"If you don't meet the conditions, do you mean reinforcements lose money?"

"Of course, in that case, we will compensate you for the cost of war. Never let it be a loss to the Dragon Empire."

"Well, let's just think of it as a military exercise then..."

With that said, Acnal III let the lid take his gaze off the fritz and bring his back deep into the back of the chair.

Put your elbows on your elbows and nod your hands to your beard.

He was thinking deeply about something.

Khalifa is silent without saying anything and without consulting. You seem to be thinking, so maybe if you disrupt that, you buy anger.

Fritz didn't rush the answer either, he just sat there.

Let's get the Dragon Men out of here.

Dragonut is the most elite infantry army of the Dragon Empire under the direct command of the Royal Family. They are all armed with long guns.

"Dragon Emperor, may I have your word?"

"I know."

and Acnal III controlled Halifah's prophecy.

I wonder how far you're reading it. Fritz could not see through the thoughts of the old emperor hidden in his beard.

Does it also discern that the proposal to sell Neukiroot, if I say so, is an empty bill and that I am not really willing to give it to you?

It's possible.

"I'll talk to Halifa here, so you can stay in the room I made you have today. Let's have a formal talk tomorrow."

It would mean I want to talk to Halifah inside more than this.

"Okay. I expect a good reply."

When I finished putting out the cards I had assumed from the beginning, I was able to pull out the necessary concessions.

It would have been best if they could have mounted the Great Army's promises without the transfer of Neukirut, but I hadn't thought it would work that far from the beginning.

Considering that he has given himself a card called Dragon Man Squad, maybe Acnal III attaches more importance to his stepson, Ardil, than he could have imagined.

With that in mind, Fritz took a seat.