Alien world

Chapter 1080 2. Ongoing

The Free City that fell back into the Gem Bay filled the hole left by the initial launch, but it would not be long before a larger pit appeared.

In addition to wealth such as population and trade that takes time to accumulate, the money collected from the new capital is enough for them to purchase another medium-sized arcane energy core.

"So we can double the area of ​​Liberty City? Now it's 1250 meters, double it... that's 2500 meters!"

No one will ever say that Liberty City is just a floating castle again!

Annan, who was already imagining how to make use of the extra space, discovered that Olmedo was looking at him.

"what happened?"

Olmedo sighed and closed his notes. "My Honorary Principal, what is the range of a small arcane energy core?"

"Five hundred meters."

"The five small arcane energy cores must be 2,500 meters long, right?"

"Uh... okay." Annan felt his scalp itchy, as if he was about to get a bruise. "How many meters is that?"

"Probably..." Olmer did a quick mental calculation, "1750 meters."

"Only 500 meters more in diameter?"

"It's quite a bit. The third Arcane Energy Core will add even less."

Five hundred meters, the cost is 250 million gold coins, which means that ten thousand gold coins only increase the circumference of Liberty City by two meters... It doesn't seem too expensive when you think about it this way.

Olmedo looked out the window. Countless ships were drifting in the bay in the distance. Deep in the white clouds, Wilhelm's floating city loomed: "With two arcane energy cores, Free City can be transformed from a small village into a small town..."

"What if there's a third one?"

“It’s still a small town.”

Annan looked at the place where Olmedo was looking. Even though it was countless miles away, the floating city was still clearly visible. At this moment, the Free City might be only as big as one of its streets.

Olmedo retracted his gaze and pushed a pile of documents in front of Annan that could completely block him: "This is the legacy of our affairs with the Kingdom of Rekanel-"

"I remember that I haven't fed Lily yet..."

Annan walked out very naturally.

boom!
When I reached the door, it suddenly closed without any wind.

"What's going on?" Annan was panicked.

Being locked up in an office full of official documents... This is so horrible that it's hard to describe!

Behind Annan, a cold voice sounded: "I asked Young Master Dumbledore to help install the Annan trap."

"Annan what?"

"The door opens when you pass by, and closes when you come in out of curiosity."

Annan loudly accused: "It is because they always make these useless things that the Mushroom House is so slow in improving gunpowder!"

Olmedo stood up, walked to Annan, held his shoulders, and pushed him towards the desk: "Get down to business, Annan, City Lord."

She pushed Annan into the still warm seat. Annan wanted to struggle: "Where's Idyllia? It's just right for her to take care of these household chores..."

"Your eldest sister has to handle government affairs for more than twelve hours a day. She hasn't slept for three days."

Idilia was Annan's Achilles' heel. He had no excuses left and just sat there quietly, picking up the top layer of the endless files and opening it.

[Multiple research proposals and related reports on improving Liberty City's administrative efficiency and optimizing departmental duties]

"Olmedo, Olmedo! Why can't I understand the words all of a sudden! This is not a common language, and it's not even any language I know!" Annan shouted.

Olmedo glanced over Annan's shoulder at the title: "What do you want to say?"

"A free soul should not be bound."

"You want freedom? Well, give me Liberty City and I'll give you freedom."

"Really?" Annan said in surprise. Realizing that Annan really wanted to agree, Olmedo held his forehead and said, "It's fake... Forget it, try this."

She pulled out dozens of pages of documents in the middle and placed them in front of Annan.

Annan opened the first page. There were still a lot of words, but at least he could understand them together.

The first one said that the Free City was filled with refugees from the Kingdom of Rekanel and could no longer accommodate them.

"I remember there are still many empty mansions?"

"We are bringing back hundreds of thousands of people, and no matter how many houses we have, it won't be enough."

"What do you think?"

"My previous idea was to limit the number of citizens so that only outstanding people could become citizens of Liberty City, but you didn't like it very much."

"Yes. Some people are citizens, and some are not. As more and more policies are only enjoyed by citizens, citizenship will become another privilege. Everyone is building the Free City, so why should some people get more without doing anything?"

"Then we have the meritocracy. Wilhelm's ancient floating city used this system."

“What is meritocracy?”

“Everyone is a citizen, but only the outstanding, gifted, talented, and contributive people can live in Liberty City. There are no privileges, it all depends on ability, and it can select talents to the greatest extent possible.”

"Until you come up with a better solution, let's do this first."

After wiping the sweat off his forehead, Annan turned to the second page: the resettlement of the kingdom's nobles.

Annan looked up, and Olmedo, knowing that he was going to make another excuse, answered, "Has anyone ever told you that you look charming when you handle official business?"

“I’m charming even when I’m not handling official business.”

Olmedo opened his mouth slightly, unable to refute.

Annan, who had left her speechless, continued, "I think it's too slow to handle them one by one."

"Oh?"

"It's easy to break a single branch, but it's hard to break ten branches. Why don't we gather all the city officials together to discuss the issue, so as to improve efficiency and develop their capabilities at the same time."

Olmedo groaned, "That's a good suggestion... I'll talk to them sometime."

Annan stood up suddenly, almost hitting Olmedo's chin: "No need to find time, I will have them arrested now... No, invite them to suffer... No, invite them to be trained!"

……

In the evening, Annan carried Lily to the parliament hall.

There were footsteps and voices, and other people arrived one after another.

In addition to the old people of Liberty City, such as Bronzebeard, Losey, and Dumbledore, there are also newcomers who have emerged in this war, such as Small, Baal, and Renato.

Seeing Annan, Evelyn exclaimed, “This is big news… How did you get Annan to sit there so quietly?”

Olmedo, who was pushing Idiliya's wheelchair, smiled and said, "I just told him that his elder sister had been so busy with work that she hadn't had a rest for several days."

A blush rose on Idilia's pale cheeks: "You don't have to tell him this..."

"He still wants to run around with this big thing. If I don't care, he will only go further in the future."

Idilia smiled gently and said, "You look more like this sister than I do."

On the other side, Annan, seeing that everyone was there, put Lily aside and patted a pile of documents on which he could lean his arms.

"You all probably know what we're going to do tonight. I've asked the kitchen to prepare a midnight snack so you won't go hungry."

“Yeah!” Evelyn cheered with both hands raised.

Annan was very satisfied with everyone's morale: "Now let's discuss the first item: the resettlement of the kingdom's nobles."

(End of this chapter)