When it came to founding the Razekamamiya Kingdom, Kousuke, Floria, and Alec had many discussions.
However, the discussions mainly consisted of Alec reporting what had been decided by the Executive Branch.
Kousuke felt that national administration was far from his area of expertise, so he knew it was best not to interfere unnecessarily.
Instead, Floria, who was by his side, would always step in.
As expected from a princess who had received an exceptional education, Kousuke felt that she asked pertinent questions.
However, unlike Floria, who was a princess, Alec, who had the possibility of becoming king, had received a higher education as a leader.
Rather, it felt more like Floria was checking Alec’s plans formulated by the Executive Branch for any oversights.
One day, after several such discussions had taken place.
As the public announcement was finally drawing near, Kousuke suddenly asked as if he had just thought of something.
“Speaking of which, what about the royal castle and such?”
Alec’s expression turned grim at the question.
“Technically, we should have built it. But it’s impossible to make it in time.”
Even as Alec said that, his expression made it clear that he had originally wanted to complete the castle before declaring the founding of the nation.
After all, a castle is not just a place for royalty to live.
It is a vital facility where government officials who run the nation work, and where guests from home and abroad are accommodated.
Some people dismiss it with a single word, “wasteful,” but Kousuke did not possessed such a way of thinking.
“Huh? Isn’t that problematic?”
In some cases, they might even greet royalty from other countries. How could they possibly accommodate them in a hotel, however luxurious? It was undeniably disrespectful.
Alec would surely understand this better than Kousuke, having experienced it firsthand.
“I know. But a castle cannot be built so easily.”
It must have been a difficult decision for Alec as well.
They could have declared the founding of the nation after the castle was built, but that would have meant waiting several years at the earliest.
It was decided that it would be better to declare the founding of the nation first.
Kousuke looked at Floria.
As a princess, there was no way Floria hadn’t noticed this.
“Floria, why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
Floria’s expression became embarrassed.
“Well, I didn’t want to cause any trouble from the start.”
“No, no. If it were something like that, I would have helped. Isn’t this precisely the time for me to step in?”
“You could say that.”
Floria scratched the tip of her nose with her finger, her expression unreadable.
Alec, not understanding the meaning of their conversation, listened blankly, but then something occurred to him.
“Don’t tell me… can you build castles?”
He didn’t ask how.
There was no doubt that if they were having this conversation, it was related to the Tower’s function.
“We have a wide variety of options, both Western and Eastern.”
In response to Alec’s question, Kousuke grinned and answered in a mock Kansai dialect.
***
Initially, they had planned to build it as a ceremony, similar to when they built the temple, but that had to be abandoned.
Unlike the temple, the scale of this project made it difficult to ensure safety.
As a result, they decided to build the castle after declaring the founding of the nation.
A few days after the grand ceremony for the founding of the nation.
The important guests from abroad had already returned home.
For the past few days, everyone had been busy handling the procedures for hosting guests, including security.
With that taken care of, preparations finally began for Queen Floria’s residence.
Although they had initially considered placing it on a lower floor, it was decided that there was no point in doing so, and it was finally placed on the Fifth Floor, where the town was located.
The location would be right next to the town.
There were even plans to make the castle the centerpiece as the town developed further.
Whether the population would increase as planned was still an unknown factor.
The area where the castle was scheduled to be built was under strict guard.
It was less a guard and more a precaution to prevent anyone from entering.
After all, a large structure was going to appear suddenly in a place where nothing existed.
No one knew what would happen.
Those assigned to guard duty had been repeatedly warned that if anyone entered the designated area, they would not know what would happen.
If an accident occurred despite ignoring the warning, it would be at their own risk.
Whether they fully understood this or not, the atmosphere among the guards was tense.
Of course, the fact that the new Queen was present on site was also one of the reasons for this atmosphere.
The area where the Queen was located was even more tense than other places.
This was natural, given that the new Queen was right beside them.
Queen Floria, meanwhile, was communicating with Kousuke, surrounded by high-ranking officials including Alec.
It was communication using divine power, of course.
“Our preparations are complete. … Ah, I understand. Please wait a moment.”
Floria ended her communication with Kousuke once and reconfirmed the state of the site.
“Please check again if anyone has entered the area.”
It was the location where the castle was planned to be built.
Since a considerable area had been secured for the castle, the confirmation also took a significant amount of time.
They had secured a wider area than the castle’s planned footprint, just in case.
“Please proceed. … Ah. 3, 2, 1… !!”
As soon as Floria finished her countdown, a magnificent castle appeared at the construction site.
The castle to be built was chosen by Floria from the list of installations.
Although they had done something similar at the temple, the scale this time was on a completely different level.
“Should I be astonished, or should I accept this as a matter of course…?”
“It’s fine to think of it as natural, but you shouldn’t get used to it.”
Floria replied to Alec, who was muttering such things beside her.
It would be difficult to meet the same expectations every time.
In fact, even if she proposed it, it would likely be rejected.
“That’s true.”
Alec nodded in agreement.
If they only used the Tower’s functions for such things, the skills of the people would not develop.
If that happened, the country might end.
The high-ranking officials, who did not wish for such an outcome, were also convinced that this was a one-time event.
Furthermore, the maintenance and management of this castle would be done by humans, so the know-how in that regard would certainly accumulate.
However, Alec considered that building a new castle from scratch and maintaining an existing one required completely different skills.
In some cases, it might be necessary to build a proper castle elsewhere and train technicians.
***
“Good, good. Babble babble.”
“Gah!”
“Oh, I see, I see.”
Although it was impossible to tell from the outside, he was earnestly talking to the baby.
The baby held was Towa, and the one holding Towa was his great-grandfather, Philip.
Philip, who had promptly abdicated the throne to his son after declaring his retirement, had immediately visited Razekamamiya.
More accurately, he had come to see Towa, but no nation would seriously take that as the sole reason.
Except for the countries involved, the Florece Kingdom and the Razekamamiya Kingdom.
Philip, still looking dissatisfied, was stopped by the wet nurse, who said, “That’s enough.”
“By the way, what about this castle… what’s going on?”
Alec tilted his head at the sudden question.
“What do you mean?”
“Aren’t you aware? Even if you say it was carved out of a cliff, you can’t see any seams.”
It was only then that Alec noticed, and he exchanged glances with Floria.
Then, the two of them let out a bitter smile simultaneously.
“Well, you can consider it a divine act.”
To the ambiguous reply, Philip urged him on with his gaze.
“It’s not like we’re hiding anything. We just used the Tower’s power to build it. The way it was built in an instant could be called a divine act.”
“That’s right.”
Floria nodded in agreement with Alec’s words.
Hearing this, Philip crossed his arms and let out a groan.
“Hmm. I see. I had heard rumors, but were they true?”
“There’s no point in lying.”
Philip had heard the rumors but was unsure of their accuracy.
In reality, the rumors were actually more modest, but that was beyond expectations.
As Philip showed a look of exasperation, Alec shrugged his shoulders.
And so, this is Floria and her residence on the Fifth Floor.
It’s a castle, lol.
After much consideration, I decided to build it using the Tower’s functions.
There might be inconsistencies with the story so far in the second part, so please point them out if you find anything strange!
