Otherworld Nation Founding Chronicles

Episode 183: Pregnancy

"Ismare, is the capital under construction?"

"It's a bit behind schedule, but it's OK, probably at the end of November."

The reason for the delay may be the rattling of war.

That reduced the number of people mobilized and the budget was allocated to the military.

"I see, it's just a good time."

"What is it?"

"No, nothing."

I shook my head.

Well, I called Ismail to hear the progress of the capital construction, but there is another reason.

"Are you familiar with armaments?"

"... Well, I can't make a wall without the details. The wall of Clarice, a city state in the Greek Peninsula, was built by my father.

...... Well, there is no wall that will not fall down, so there is no help for it.

An impregnable castle cannot be realized.

"After construction of the capital, can you begin reforming the city of Lezard?"

"Is it a rezado?"

I nodded.

The city of Lezad is, in fact, the country with the largest population owned by Japan.

The urban area of Lezard has a population of 80,000.

… By the way, there are 30,000 people living in the metropolitan area of our capital. I feel hard to say anything.

By the way, it ’s this leather…

Due to the large population, they have urban problems.

As a result of population growth due to immigration and childbirth, the city itself continued to grow indefinitely.

Well, it can be said that it has developed so much.

The roads are complicated and the distance between buildings is very narrow.

Only a few wealthy people have houses, and most citizens live in multi-story apartments, such as apartments called Insulas.

Worse is to throw trash and manure out of the window of this Insula to the ground.

So you have to be vigilant when you walk down the road.

Of course, both sewage and clean water are dirty with dirt.

Even worse is the presence of slums.

Lezard has a huge gap between rich and poor.

Only first-class citizens who can pay a high head tax can live in Insula, and those who cannot pay a head tax have no decent house.

Of course, living without a roof is hard, so most people make their own homes.

Well this is ... terrible.

Dirty, flammable, smell.

Now, through Alexius and former Lezad MPs, the political reforms in Lezad have been relatively improving.

However, as long as there is a problem in the city itself, it will not be a fundamental solution.

Do you know the crack window theory?

If there is a place where the window is broken, humans think at the bottom of the heart that "this is a place where you can do bad things" and repeatedly litter and graffiti. Then, it is the theory that escalates and eventually leads to rape and murder ...

The civilization in this world has not developed so far as houses with glass windows have spread to ordinary people, but there are places that are equivalent to cracked windows ... dark and dirty places.

This must be eliminated.

"By the way, I would like to strengthen the walls and improve the harbor for anti-pofenia measures.

"Well ... my hometown is Claris. I have a great deal of pride in that, but ... it would cost me a lot to start over from scratch."

"how much?"

"It's about the same as the capital under construction now."

…… It does n’t cost much.

"But did the capital now spend money on land reclamation and wetlands? Rezado is already land-related ..."

"It costs money to break existing things? ... In fact, it is faster and cheaper to shatter the material than to reuse it. I think we can reduce the cost by about 20%. ''

Will it break into pieces ...?

Isn't it obvious? But if you can save time and money, is that better?

[Well, first of all, make a plan and estimate.]

"Okay, Your Majesty"

Ismail laughed happily.

Looks like it's fun.

"That's why Ains. I'm going to send a mission to the Persian Empire and the Germanic region. What is the best date?"

"Yeah ... Raymond-sama could leave a year later, right? Isn't it good to first send out a messenger and communicate his willingness to attend the Persian Emperor a year later?"

Ains said that it would be better to establish good relations with the Persian Empire before sending envoys to the Germanic region.

Because ...

"The Emperor of the Persis Empire is also known as the" King of the Kings. "In other words, he claims to be the king of the kings. After that, would it be easier to negotiate with the tribes of the Germanic region? "

In other words, is impatience a forbidden thing?

"But being recognized as a king by the Emperor of the Persis Empire ... is that going to be a Persian vassal? I'm afraid of a rebound in the country."

"... So, what if we take the title of being representatives of the Adernians and the Christians? The Republic of Pofenia avoids its dependency with the Persian Empire in that way."

Indeed, what should we call a republican house?

Hmm, but I don't want the monarchy to claim a republic.

Are there any good hands?

As expected, I don't think it's possible to imitate Prince Shotoku at this stage ...

"The Christians hate Persis. Wouldn't it be better to avoid forms that would fall under his command, though in form only?"

"Yeah ... well, it doesn't suffice to be recognized by the Adernians and the Christians as kings, even if they are not recognized by the Emperor of the Persian Empire."

Are the Christians recognizing me as a king?

It is subtle.

To feel the heart of the Christians, one thing seems to be something fatal.

Where is the last piece falling ...

"What do you think?"

"That said ... the Christians don't have much good feelings for the monarchy in the first place ... even for the Adernians ..."

That's right ...

Regardless of the military strength, or the benefit of dating me, by the end, the Christians are Christians.

Pride is too high.

It's troublesome ...

That day we talked about Ains and the Christians.

Mid March ...

Tetra smiled with a wide smile.

"pregnant"

"That's good!!"

I hugged Tetra.

This time it's a month away from Yulia. Because Julia's birth is about October… Is Tetra about November?

It's winter.

A little dangerous.

"Is a boy good? A girl is good?"

"Either way is fine ... but there's already an Anx with Tetra, and is it a girl?"

A little politically dirty talk ...

The more girls there are, the greater the means of political marriage.

Though it is not a praise for parents.

"Birth a healthy child. Support me."

"Haha ... I can only support me ..."

Birth is really risky in this world.

So every time I hear the news of my pregnancy, anxiety rises at the same time as joy.

Of course, I understand that there are more parents who have children safely than parents who have no children, and I understand that alcohol disinfection has greatly reduced the risk of puerperal fever However.

"... Hey, Almus. I've been silent until now, can I ask?"

"What?"

Tetra has a serious expression.

Pull my sleeves and put my mouth close to my ears.

"What happens to Anks?"

"... how is it?"

Tetra is a little anxious and makes a thin voice.

"... The Julius-Rosais family will be a family that ejects the emperor as the Julian sect. I understand that. But ... What kind of position is the Julius-As family?"

"I'm going to be a nobleman who will support the Julius Rosais family when I come down to religion, but ... why?"

"... Can't you adopt it as a son-in-law in a foreign country?"

"I can't do that ... do you know why?"

Suppose that Ankhs was adopted as a son-in-law by the king of Demorgar, and became King Demorgar.

If Anks ... No, I don't want to think about it.

If Anks' son or grandson claims the throne and takes over the land of King Rossais ... and attacks the land of Julia and my child ... it would be a big deal.

At least for my son, I have no intention of adopting it overseas.

The sons who could not become kings go down to religious status and become nobles.

I don't know how many people I will be told in the future.

Maybe they fail on the way, leaving their name as just an invader or looter.

Still ... if my supremacy continues and the country is successfully founded ...

I will be the first king.

The blood of its immediate descendants will have great political significance.

It sometimes causes disaster.

So I don't take out any direct blood.

"Yes ... I'm sorry, I heard something strange. I don't mean that, or otherwise. Really, so ..."

I hugged the trembling Tetra.

Tetra buries her face in my chest.