495 At the first council meeting of the new year

"Happy New Year, Dear Garrod"

"Yeah, congratulations, Al. Take me to heaven next time."

Soon after floating the Vulcania in the sky, the year dawned.

Now he greets Garrod, the king, at the New Year's celebration in the city of Fontana.

Until now, I have been greeted by my main agent, but from now on, I have decided to have Garrod deal with me.

The land has spread all at once last year, and the number of people who come to greet us with it has grown dramatically, but let's have Garrod do his best.

Garrod is still a single-digit child of his age, by the way, but not many people insult that.

Because it has been enhanced by my magic pass, so Garrod now has a monster level of physical ability to come from the amount of magic.

I had been lightly trained by my part-time brother since I was at Barca Castle, and I also remember how to use my minimal body.

So one or two of the knights in that area have the strength to stand upside down but not win.

Maybe even our main class is in danger.

If you look at the current Garrod from the front and think he's just a kid, that means he's a big hole.

At first these greetings and work in rituals will be the main places of activity for Garrod.

One of these days, I want you to remember your job as king, but if you blame me, I don't know exactly what the king's job is either.

Should I leave the whole thing to Lion?

"Now we shall begin the extraordinary Council. This agenda concerns the way the Kingdom of Fontana moves this year. Lion, please come after me."

"Yes, Master Ars. Let me now explain to you all. At the moment, the situation surrounding the Kingdom of Fontana is moving considerably. One of them was the influence in the annihilation of the Holy City last year, when Pope Paul, who was in the Kingdom of Fontana, became the leader of the Church and made the land the general headquarters of the Church. Pope Paul immediately contacted all over the place and decided to assemble the bishops who were dotted in the land to raise the archbishop's equivalent."

After I say hello to Garrod at the New Year's celebration, the banquet usually awaits.

but only this time we held a Council meeting on an ad hoc basis.

Because it's easy to discuss now that we have a collection of things in that position in the Kingdom of Fontana.

The agenda at that Council is about the future.

There were a few important ones among them.

First is the church move.

Pope Paul, as he had previously spoken, has gathered bishops from all over to reorganize his organization.

The number of people needed from all over the place seems to be gathering quite a bit by the beginning of the year, either because they were in immediate action.

But then it was, a statement from the church called for an argument.

Prohibition of war.

Until now, whenever there was something for it, the knights and nobles immediately started fighting each other, but they made a statement to ban them.

For one reason.

Because of the fact that so many people died in the [light of judgment] that Naja used.

In one big city, there were more than tens of thousands of people living in it.

Many of those cities have been destroyed by Naja.

That damage was enormous, especially south of the Wang metropolitan area.

So the church issued a statement to stop arguing with each other, but apparently most nobles and knights nodded at it once.

But he's likely to fight out as if there wasn't anything like that right away.

Anyway, the battle has never been interrupted anywhere before.

Even though the act of washing blood with blood continued, there's no way you can stop that suddenly.

"Again, the forces of caution will be the Rheinzatz family, the Memento family and, to that, the Kingdom of Risorte. But there are others to watch out for."

"Do you have someone to watch out for besides the factions of the big forces, Lion?

"Yes, Master Ars. Nobles, knights, or the inhabitants of the land who [collected] magic by Naja."

"... well. I see. The Magic Connection is messed up by the influence Naja took in as soon as she could. Is there going to be a lot of people who can use a lot of magic under that influence?"

"Yes, you're right. As things stand, we can't see exactly who can do what magic."

The cautious ones that Lyon says.

Can that also be described as a legacy left by Naja?

Naja [collected] it in order to gain her strength.

The same was true from knights and nobles with magic, but also [collected] from the principals with inheritance rights, or from church priests.

And when I defeated Naja, the first Valkyrie by my side [collected] Naja's power in reverse.

By doing so, I have succeeded in maintaining a high amount of magic even after Naja disappeared.

but there was a big problem with this.

That means that many of the magic gathered by Naja is still available to others.

For example, Naja attacked the church and killed the priest, [collecting] the magic paths of the inhabitants named by that priest.

As a result, Naja's magic rose with magic from the residents, but from the residents' side, Naja's magic became available.

Of course, Naja can use the magic of Barca, such as [tidiness] and [wall architecture], so there must still be people living in the south who can now use them.

Generally speaking, peasants have a lot of low magic power and are less likely to be a threat.

but when we start acting together, the threat will increase.

The same goes for magic for attacks such as [shotgun] and [ice spear], but don't forget that there is something [anti-demonic wall].

Turn your head around so you can use the magic well, it could be quite a force of war.

However, apparently, from what I've looked into, forces like the skills used by Labyrinth Explorers, starting with the [collection] that Naja was using, can't be used even if they were connected by a magic path by name.

Perhaps I can't use my skills because they belong to magicians, not magic.

And thankfully, the magic of Valkyrie, a servant beast, also seemed to be treated more like magic, and there were no reports that anyone using [shared] appeared.

If [shared] could have used [the light of judgment], it could have come out, but apparently you don't have to worry about that.

However, we will have to do something about this problem sooner or later.

Ideally, it would be best if we could increase the number of Valkyries and cut the magic path that connects them to humans, but that's still going to take some time.

In the meantime, it may also be possible for those who have been able to use numerous magic to use their powers to go into action.

And then, well, how do large forces, such as the Rheinzatz family, normally move?

In particular, he seems to be quite complaining about the transfer of the Church's centre from the vanished Sacred Capital to Fontana to gather the bishops.

It would be better to deal with that heap in cooperation with Pope Paul.

Also, other than that, I had a bit of a problem.

A very small number of noblemen wanted to enter Fontana's asylum, but they appeared.

Until now, with all due respect, every nobleman put their independence first.

But he overturned it and said he was going to follow Fontana from the other side.

It's not very nice to say no to that.

If I refuse, there will be fewer aristocrats making similar offers in the future.

but if you say, take in a nobleman at a distance from the kingdom of Fontana, you will need to protect it there.

It would be reprehensible if we did not deal with any problems there when they arose.

Because it is not strange to be told that there is no existential value such as a kingdom that cannot protect its subordination.

Therefore, if we take in the nobility who wants to be in asylum, it will take a great deal of effort to protect it.

It has entered a world of politics where a rather difficult sense of balance is demanded.

"Guys, I want you to listen carefully. I have a proposition for you."

"Is that a suggestion? What is it, Master Ars?

"Oh, that's something I've been thinking about, but I, Ars von Barca, am going to quit my position in the Kingdom of Fontana"

"... Quit your job, is it?

"That's right. So, the successor wants to give way to Lord Lion von Graham, who is here. Those in favor want to be answered with applause."

Only escape from difficult problems.

Thus, I offered to resign in the extraordinary council.