Chapter 113
The Melancholy
of Empress Emilia Part 1
Translator : PolterGlast
【Emilia's POV】
The Holy Elmore
Empire.
A country with a
venerable and long history, once said to have held all of the Eldenwood
Continent in its grasp.
My job is to reign as
its monarch.
Elmore is a country
with relatively little gender discrimination, but even so, there aren't many
queens.
On top of that, I had
various struggles in solidifying my support base.
From a young age, I
was loved by my father, the former king.
It wasn't because of
my superior looks...
My father wasn't a
foolish ruler to let such things cloud his judgment.
The reason I began
receiving direct tutelage from my father was simply because, among his
children, my abilities were the highest.
"Giselle would
have been praised as a wise king in peacetime. But in the current situation,
it's still difficult unless you're someone who excels in rough matters. Perhaps
it's because Dorothea was kind, but many of my children seem to be poor at
conflict..."
My father once
confided such a weakness to me.
It was only once in my
life that he revealed a weakness in front of me.
That's why it left
such a strong impression on me.
Be strong.
I swore to become the
strong king that my father desired.
The national power of
the Holy Elmore Empire is high compared to other countries.
But the empire doesn't
invade other countries. There are two reasons for that.
First, the current
size is just right for the Holy Elmore Empire.
When the empire was
still a great power spanning the continent, the king's eyes couldn't reach
every corner.
As a result, local
forces began to develop their own military power, which eventually led to
separation and independence.
It would be possible
to forcibly annex several countries, including the Grust Kingdom, right now. But
even if we did, it would be meaningless if we couldn't manage them properly.
It's much better to
keep national management relatively compact and concentrate on managing the
empire.
And secondly, we don't
have the leisure to fight among humans.
Our northern territory
borders the Demon Realm, where the demons seem to live.
We say
"seem" because we haven't been able to confirm it with our own eyes
due to the deep forests and cliffs beyond.
Many demons are very
belligerent.
Of course, there are
exceptions, but at least most of the demons we've encountered so far have been
incapable of communication.
The demons don't think
about gains or losses, they just wield their power and cause terrible damage.
We're so busy dealing
with them that we hardly have any leeway to do anything with humans.
That's why I decided
to pretend nothing had happened even when I heard a certain report. Even if it
made me angry.
--The Grust Kingdom
performed the Hero Summoning ritual, which had been passed down orally for
generations.
Without giving any
notice to other human nations.
I knew that the
country had documents about how to summon heroes.
But I didn't consider
it a big problem.
Hero summoning was a
kind of fairy tale. The last time it was done was in the distant past, only in
legends.
So I didn't believe
such uncertain information from so long ago.
--Until I heard the
report that the Hero Summoning ritual was successful!
What in the world was
that country doing at a time when all of humanity had to cooperate to avoid unnecessary
conflict?
The Grust Kingdom is a
mid-sized country that borders our Holy Elmore Empire across several unexplored
territories.
The previous king was
still decent, but Izel II, who recently ascended to the throne, was quite
incompetent.
I was irritated by
their lack of cooperation, such as holding back on the support they used to
provide, but this time I was about to reach my limit.
Perhaps Grust was
trying to become the leader of the human alliance against the demons.
They didn't seem to
consider that if we were defeated, the demons would attack their country.
If they could
effectively utilize the heroes, I wouldn't mind giving them the leadership.
Their eastern
territory borders the Demon Realm to some extent. If they could capture that
and advance eastward, they could attack the flanks of the demons we're
fighting.
So I wish they would
push up the front line instead of wasting time on a leadership struggle... but
they were keeping all but one of the heroes as pets instead of sending them to
the front line.
I was confused and
didn't understand why they had summoned the heroes.
But since they didn't
seem to be planning to do anything too flashy, I decided to shelve everything
for the time being.
And when I started
preparing to face the demons again... I had a visitor.
It was a mysterious
man who claimed to be the thirty-first hero, even though only thirty were
supposed to be summoned.
Accompanied by Miku
Arisugawa, the Saintess of the Holy Church, he was called Masaru Kazuno.
And that was my first
encounter with Masaru, with whom I would have a long relationship.
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