I found myself at the warehouse in the port town, witnessing Nine expanding his family.
Rioters, who had missed the last ship, appeared as looters amidst the fires.
Nine annihilated the rioters with magic.
He possessed the hidden Royal Exclusive Machine, the King Star, and attacked the fleeing rioters.
Meanwhile.
The ships that were supposed to have sailed out to sea returned to the port.
The fleeing rioters’ eyes widened.
“Take us with you—!?”
“Help us escape from here—!?”
They called out and reached for the arriving ships, but the Royal Exclusive Machine, Rayos, blew the rioters into the sea with magic bullets.
The ships were being attacked by medium-sized monsters.
That’s why they had no choice but to return to the port.
However, upon seeing the black and gold decorations of the Royal Exclusive Machine, Rayos, the surviving crew members and passengers wondered if it was the enemy.
The port town had fallen into enemy hands.
Monsters’ enemies.
They considered which was scarier.
They decided enemies were scarier and turned the ship’s helm towards the open sea.
“Throw the monsters into the sea—!!! Throw the ones at death’s door—!!! Use them as bait to distract the monsters—!!! Take your time—!!!”
They tried to escape the enemy’s firing range, but several stone spears pierced the ship’s hull.
The ship’s balance was lost.
Anyone on deck had to grab onto something, or they would plummet into the sea along with the monsters.
The crack on the side widened, and the ship began to flood, sinking slowly.
Those who had cowered inside the ship stopped their siege warfare.
They pushed past the monsters roaming the passages and tried to go outside, leading to a bickering.
Most of them couldn’t get out and sank to the seabed with the ship.
Those who remained afloat were dragged into the sea by monsters drawn by the smell of blood and corpses.
As for the fleet that had fled earlier.
The Verbald Kingdom Navy refused them entry.
They were warned that they would be sunk if they tried to force their way in, but they had no port to return to.
Their food supplies would only last a few days at best.
If they did nothing, a riot would break out, and those who could have been saved would perish.
They would become prisoners of the Verbald Kingdom.
They decided to break through the navy by force and flood into the Verbald Kingdom.
They told themselves that more lives would be saved that way.
While stating these justifications, the captain gave orders to the helmsman.
“Begin cannon bombardment—!”
“Don’t let a single ship escape—!”
The fleet hoping for asylum turned into sea foam.
Brain and Sharie scattered the southern garrison forces and left their friendly army behind to head towards the westernmost point where Nine was.
Their friendly army panicked.
Meanwhile, the north began crossing a steep mountain range.
However, they were detected by the slumbering [No Name]. Elite knights (Golems), their only combat power, were lost.
The defenseless refugees were torn apart by flying monsters.
Those who couldn’t escape and hid in their homes.
Those who had taken refuge in the forests and the ruins of fortresses were saved and annexed by the Sharshar Kingdom.
With this, Nine gained more territory and prepared to fight the Verbald Kingdom in earnest.
A truce agreement? They would kill any messenger.
The war would not end until one side perished.
Nine instructed the Intelligence Agency to announce a complete war.
Spies from the Verbald Kingdom were enraged by this announcement.
After sending a communication to their homeland, they sneaked into the castle to assassinate Nine.
“Zzz, zzz♪”
“—! ?! Gwaaah!”
They failed to stab him in the chest.
They were pushed by the arms and armor displayed on the room’s walls, pinned helplessly to the floor, and died from heavy bleeding.
“Hee hee, what an idiot♪”
“Mm… Your Majesty? What is it?”
“Ah, just an idiot who came to die♪”
“An assassin!? How terrible! Wh-who…”
“It’s already over♪ Let’s move to another room.”
“It’s getting bloodstained on my body.”
“Yes.”
When Nine slept, he was always in Astral Body form, on standby.
He had repelled all attackers using his Possession Ability.
There had been no failures so far.
For the sake of Nine’s dream.
The war on this continent would not cease.
Nine would not stand down until the continent was unified.
“Next is the Verbald Kingdom… (muttering)”
“Your Majesty?”
“Mwah♥ It’s nothing♪”
“Your Majesty, that’s so sudden///?”
The Sharshar Kingdom.
The Royal Capital.
King Nine His Majesty brought back a large number of children from the enemy country.
The Church and schools received even more financial aid.
Months after the end of the war with the Tartarus Kingdom, residents and merchant alike thought they might be larger than the Royal Castle.
Hubbub, hubbub.
Territorial expansion, securing future talent.
Crops and weapons could be produced endlessly.
Goods and money circulated.
On the great street in the east, students were frequently seen leaving their classrooms during break time.
Their destination was brothels that even children could enter.
Their companions were girls who did not attend school.
Also, ugly women whom customers seldom visited.
One might think it was only for males, but that was not the case.
Females also visited to learn about sex.
Rabin and her companions had also started visiting recently.
“There are so many…”
“Yeah, it’s quite different from what I heard…”
“Let’s hurry inside, you two! I need to ask for the secret to beautiful skin.”
At Danae’s plea to become beautiful, Rabin and Fizil entered the brothel. Inside, they saw McGillis, accompanied by a beautiful woman, who was a famous male student from a newly expanded classroom.
“Yo♪ Hey there, young lady.”
“Huh, me?”
Danae was hit on. Rabin was disappointed, and Fizil was irritated.
“You already have someone with you!?!”
“Hahaha♪ But there’s no reason I can’t speak to you, is there~♪?”
“Grrr…”
“Hey, Fizil. Let’s go.”
“Sorry, there’s something I need to do with these two.”
“Hmph, well then, see you at school♪ I hope we can go on a date next time~~”
“Right off the bat, we met an unpleasant guy.”
“Yeah, let’s go to the reception already.”
“Um, isn’t he a war orphan? Why is he so flamboyant…?”
“How should I know?”
“There’s no point in thinking about it.”
“…You’re right.”
“Hey! Are you seriously thinking of going on a date with that guy…? Don’t.”
“Eh! It’s not like that…”
“…(Fizil’s love is unlikely to bloom.)”
At the reception, Rabin and her companions pooled their allowances and asked questions to the princess who would accompany them for an hour to help Danae become beautiful. The remaining time was for Fizil’s questions about the opposite sex. Rabin spent the entire time listening to the interactions between the two friends and the princess, occasionally interjecting.
Gong, Ding, Toot, JUSTICE!!
The preliminary bell rang, and they hurried out of the brothel to school.
Incidentally, bets were placed on which student among those who had left school would return first.
Students who were short on money bet on themselves, earning a little cash.
“Yes♪”
Again today, at the school gate.
A student who returned first triumphantly announced their victory, claiming their winnings. The students who had bet on them also noticed and gave a thumbs-up. The losing students looked at them with resentment.
McGillis was at school.
It was not a case of a similarly named person; Nine had actually transformed into McGillis, escaping his daily heavy workload under the guise of an unofficial visit.
The country was currently taking a drastic turn.
One might wonder if the King should be slacking off, but—
His royal authority allowed it.
Power, the ultimate ability to twist “no good” into “good” domestically.
“McGillis, please tell me about it later today♪?”
“Who did you have fun with today♪?”
“Hey, hey, play with me too~~♪”
Rich, handsome, yet lecherous.
McGillis was now a popular figure in the classroom.
“One by one♪”
