Chapter 93: Officially the Interstellar Aristocrat

This was the problematic thing for several species, when they had lower numbers, because it was making any possible expansion of the nation, or whatever, much harder.

Due to that, the population of the Votanns was the same, or approximately the same as the one of the Asuryani within the Empire. However, compared to the Asuryani, the Votans lived only in certain areas of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya.

Most of the Votanni were living in the Forge Worlds of the Eternal Empire or some other location where they could pursue their craft. For that reason, those planets were the most suitable ones and it was relatively rare to see the Votanni outside these areas.

Arcturus looked around the most buildings within the Imperial Docks that were near the Imperial Citadel of the Celestara in mild wonder because everything around here was very beautiful, certainly aesthetic in some sense, and at the same time, the entire place was very clean.

"The planet is very clean... not like I would have expected, most of the captials or even bigger cities in alômasot every civiliztion are far from this level of cleaniness."

He could see that this was just natural to the citizens of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya, something like second nature to them. He could see that everyone around him was taking it as something that was certain.

When he thought it over it, even the Starfort Lycurgos was very clean, despite being military facility and everything was rather cramped in one place. When he was there, everything was clean like a state of art cleanliness, and they were making sure that there was no trash around.

"Of couárse it is... every single palce within the Eternal Empire muist be perfect in every single sense. Not to mention, the Empire has long ago mastered the technology for perfect recyclation of the materials, so we are producing literally zero waste. Every piece of trash and garbage is recycled in some way, either to be reused once again, or another purpose is found for the materials."

Star Knight Neros Thoran of the Imperial Knight Order stated as they strode towards the headquarters of the Imperial Administration, which was located in the area close to the Imperial Docks.

"We would be soon arriving at the Headquarters of the Administratum, that's the one huge pyramid-shaped building attached to the Imperial Citades, right to the main Citadel."

The middle-aged Imperial Knight motioned for Arcturus to follow after him, as they arrived at the entrance to the Imperial Administratum as they were walking for around half an hour or so.

During the past half an hour, he managed to find many new things about the Empire, its culture, and the peoples living in it.

At the same time, he also learned that the Neros Thoran was a Phoenix Prime native, actually one that was born in the Imperial Capital City of Celestara, but his parents moved out to the nearby small community.

It was rather interesting to learn that the urbanization wasn't really a thing for the people of the Empire, as they were one of the few species and star nations that didn't do it that way, but instead, people lived mostly in the smaller enclaved around the planet they were inhabiting.

Only approximately 25% of the planet's population, sometimes an even lower numbers, lived in the capital cities or so because mostly only those who needed to live in the world.

Apparently they were returning back to their roots which were rather an interesting concept.

The bureaucratic center of an interstellar empire such as the Eternal Empire of the Ausurya was a sprawling complex that reflected both the grandeur and the intricacies of governance on a galactic scale.

The bureaucracy apparate of the High-Level Civilisation was an enormous structure that employed several tens of thousands of employees and an untold number of droids for various purposes and many Artificial Intelligence.

Even from a distance, Arcturus could see a vast structure, towering above most buildings in the bustling capital planet, its architecture a blend of sleek, modern lines and ornate elements of the Empire. It was shaped like a pyramid, which was most curious, in his opinion, but he wasn't one to judge.

"So we get into the line or whatever?"

He asked when he noticed many people waiting in line, some of them were wearing even more luxurious clothes and it seemed that they had been waiting there for some time already.

In the end, the administration and bureaucracy were the same everywhere; it was a total pain in the ass. However, it seemed that Lady Luck had smiled on the poor him when Star Knight Thoran shook his head and led him to enter the building.

Unbeknownst to Arcturus, the arrival of the Imperial Knights at the Headquarters of the Imperial Administration created smaller common as many citizens were looking at the Imperial Knights with a mixture of respect, admiration and reverence as it seemed that they were escorting someone to the Administratum.

Nothing more and nothing less, they took his DNA and confirmed his identity as Highborne Asurynai and also assigned this DNA, Energy Signautre, Metal Waves, and even Soul Imperint to his Identification Card.

Everything was done with the most advanced technology and even with the Psyker Abilities and Psionics of the Beoynders because the Surgeon-General of the Office of the Surgeon-General was Beyonder, who specialized in these matters.

When they were done at the Office of the Surgeon-General, the entire entourage of the Imperial Knights returned back to the Office of the General Registration with the papers and then got to the Office of Titles and Aristocracy, where Artcurus filled out more paperwork.

He got here several deeds that he then submitted to the Generation Registration Office, and when everything was approved, approximately seven hours later, he was finally standing in front of the Bureau of Imperial Citizenship: Department of the Imperial Aristocrats.

Contrary to everything within the headquarters of the Imperial Administration that was pristine clear and so on, the Bureau of Imperial Citizenship: Department of the Imperial Aristocrats was located in the depths of the pyramid-shaped complex, deep under the ground and protected by several soldiers.

-official

Within a small office that looked rather dark, overcrowded by books and some old-looking machinery that looked far more exotic than anything that he had seen in the Eternal Empire of the Asurya.

"Hmm... newborn Highborne? Yes, yes... what a rare occasion... hmm... it seems that everything is set..."

Arcturus sat alone with the office of the Head Archivist of the Department of the Imperial Aristocrats under the Bureau of Imperial Citizenship. He was accompanied only by the Star Knight Thoran as they looked at the eccentric-looking older man, who looked like he could die at any moment.

He wore something that Arcturus would classify as a "Steampunk" three-piece tailored suit with a monocle over his right eye, as he was tapping something into an archaic-looking machine that had a certain weird feeling to it.

"Seems that everything is set. Please enter your right hand into the Engraver."

The Head Archivist, whose name remained unknown, motioned him to put his hand into a really creepy-looking machine, but nevertheless, Arcturus did what was needed and entered his right hand into the machine.

"Now it will sting a bit."

Suddenly, he heard some "clicking" sounds and stinging pain on the back side of his right hand, beneath his hand, as the machine was engraving a tattoo into his flesh.

Soon enough, an engraved tattoo was formed beneath his right hand, showing the Imperial Phoenix, the symbol of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya, together with the word "Astra Dominus Princeps".

The free translation would be the "Lord of Stars - First", the first stood for the generation of the Highborne Asurynai. The ones who belonged to the 1st Generation of the Highborne were even further distinguished from the other generations.

"And now we are done. You are officially the Aristocracy of the Eternal Empire of the Asurya. Now, here is the Codex of Imperial Conduct, Codex of Duties and Privileges of the Imperial Aristocrat, and some other things. Also, this is your Deed of Nobility and Token."

The elderly man, who was clearly Highborne Asuryani as he, then politely told them to get out and leave him alone. When the entire process was completed, Arcturus sighed in relief because he was finally officially a Citizen of the Eternal Empire and also the Interstellar Aristocrat.

It was almost a surreal feeling that he was a Noble.

Even though he didn't really feel much nobler?

Though that would most probably came with time.

Contrary to the Nobles of his old life, the Interstellar Aristocrats usually derived their Nobility from their Bloodlines that were used to transfer powerful Psyker Abilities, Affinities for the Psionic Arts, or Attunement for the Psionic Energy down to their descendants.

One can say that there was a reason why "Nobles" were distinguished from the common men.