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Chapter 23: A Country with Only Two People
update icon Updated at 2025/4/19 19:10:12

At this moment, inside the castle's conference room.

"Your Majesty, I believe you have already heard about the situation with the Caesar Empire, right? I think it wouldn't hurt to let Prince Eulia give it a try. If he succeeds, it would be a good thing for us."

"That's right. Prince Eulia has been skilled in combat since he was young, especially with his mastery of the special elemental magic - Lightning Elemental Magic. Throughout the entire Farcest, there probably isn't a younger generation stronger than Prince Eulia."

"Moreover, Prince Eulia has reached the age..."

Listening to the elders discussing amongst themselves, Fred remained silent throughout.

Then, suddenly, the eldest elder spoke up:

"Speaking of the younger generation, I remember that Prince Aloof has an fiancé, right? The king even tested him not long ago, so his strength should be reliable. Why not... let both of them give it a try?"

"..."

Fred naturally knew what they were trying to do, which was to temporarily make Green and Eulia leave.

After a moment of silence, Fred decisively rejected the proposal.

"No, Green is already Prince Aloof's fiancé, he should stay here and prepare for their wedding. It would not be appropriate for him to participate in that matter."

"Inappropriate..."

The eldest elder pondered for a moment, then sighed and said with a helpless expression:

"Your Majesty, I don't think it's inappropriate at all. For the nobles, this is just a normal thing. You are always so stubborn, and I believe it's not good for the country or the people. Please reconsider, or else we can only follow the old rules."

The so-called old rules meant that the Elder Council would vote to decide, and the result would be self-evident.

As for Green, at this moment, both Aloof and Lilith had calmed down.

Although Aloof said it on the surface, she also knew that she couldn't stop Green. Lilith, on the other hand, didn't care about it at all. As long as she was outstanding enough, being just a princess was nothing to her.

Furbow sat silently on the side, curious about Mio who had remained silent from beginning to end.

Because Mio was still wearing a hood, Furbow couldn't see her face clearly.

As for Green, he simply said, "Let's do it."

At this moment, he was examining the locations of the surrounding countries, so that his plan could be implemented. Territory and other miscellaneous matters were not important; the key point was for Green to obtain the status of a noble.

Even if the king wanted to bestow noble status upon Green now, he wouldn't accept it. Something that was bestowed upon him was ultimately obtained from someone else, and it was not enough for him to hold such power securely in his own hands.

After glancing at the map for a few minutes, Green closed it.

"Alright, I've made up my mind. Let's start with that Moshan."

"So hastily?"

Furbow didn't know what else to say. He realized that his thinking couldn't keep up with Green's thought process.

Aloof didn't express anything either. Green was always efficient in his actions, and besides, Green wasn't an ordinary person. There was no need to bother with so many miscellaneous matters.

"Yes, let's go now."

Green stood up and stretched his body.

Aloof and Lilith's emotions were relatively stable. Under Green's persuasion, they finally stopped making those outrageous remarks. But to be honest, Green had changed his view of Lilith quite a bit.

Lilith was bolder than Green had imagined.

"It's troublesome with so many people, so I'll go with Mio. You two, don't start fighting."

Before leaving, Green couldn't help but worry a bit, but in reality, he was just being overly cautious. Although Aloof and Lilith seemed to have a unfriendly relationship, they wouldn't actually fight over this.

However, taking advantage of the situation was unavoidable.

"Come back early, my dear~"

"D-Dear... huh?!"

Seeing Aloof waving at him with a smile, Lilith also wanted to imitate her, but her face turned completely red, with a misty haze, indicating that she couldn't say such intimate words.

"Ah... actually, being a little shy is quite cute."Green, somehow, blurted out these words and left with Mio. Upon hearing this, Lilies, who was originally frozen in place, returned to normal and revealed an expression to Aloof, expressing victory or something else. As a result, Green's hasty establishment of a new country began.

The Moshan Kingdom is a small country neighboring Falsist.

Green quickly arrived in the airspace of the Moshan Kingdom with Mio, stepping on ice blocks. Due to the small size of the country, Green easily found the location of the capital castle and, without any disguise, fell directly into the castle from high above.

The soldiers in the castle were all baffled. Not only did a living person fall from such a high place, but it also seemed like they were unharmed. What made them even more confused was that Green was accompanied by a person who appeared to be a girl wearing a hat.

This combination left the soldiers wondering what they were here for. Despite Green knowing that it wasn't very polite, following the proper procedures would waste too much time. Moreover, it wouldn't delay things for long, so it was better to be direct and save time for both sides.

Without wasting any words, Green directly grabbed a soldier and asked, "Where is your king? I have something to discuss with him."

"What do you want?"

"..."

Green had already guessed it would be like this, but he didn't know the king. He couldn't possibly ask each soldier individually, "Are you the king?"—that would be too foolish.

However, just as Green was contemplating whether to use some violence, suddenly, someone appeared from among the soldiers. The person's face was filled with surprise.

"Are you, Your Excellency Green?!"

"Huh? Who are you?"

The person in front of Green was thin and had an extremely excited expression on their face. In Green's eyes, it looked as if a starving goblin had seen a feast, leaving Green puzzled. Did he look delicious?

However, this person didn't pay attention to Green's puzzled expression and said with admiration and reverence, "I am called Da Kiki and I was a member of the force that recently defeated the Demon King's army."

"...Nice name."

Green silently mocked this bizarre name in his heart. Then he suddenly realized that if this person had fought against the Demon King's army, it was highly likely that they knew him.

The subsequent events became much simpler. Since Da Kiki was friends with the king, Green easily met the king of Moshan with Da Kiki's guidance. What surprised Green the most was that the king himself also recognized Green.

Green then realized that the impact he had caused in the Demon King series of events was much greater than he had imagined.

Afterwards, Green successfully obtained a recognition letter for establishing a nation from the Moshan king. Moreover, the king also wrote a letter similar to a recommendation, stating that it would make things go more smoothly.

Not only that, Green discovered that most of the kings of the surrounding small countries had either seen or heard of him. When Green inquired about it, they all said they had seen his portrait at the previous Sword Saint Clare's.

What surprised Green the most was that the king of the country where the noble lady, who insulted Aloof and was scolded by Green, resided, apologized to Green upon meeting him and said that her noble status had already been revoked.

This sudden unexpected joy made Green burst into laughter. After all, there were many nobles present at the time, and this result was not unexpected. It could only be said that the snobbish and sarcastic noblewoman brought it upon herself.

In this smooth development, in less than an afternoon, Green had obtained recognition letters for establishing almost ten countries.

Of course, without the approval of major powers, it still wouldn't hold much weight. But now, with Green as the self-proclaimed ruler of the Green Kingdom, there was no problem.

Even if there were countries that didn't recognize it and wanted to destroy the Green Kingdom, was that even possible?

And now, Aloof had nothing to say.During the journey, they made short stops in different countries, playing and having fun with Mio. It would be too boring to just focus on business, right?

However, they managed to return to Falxist before sunset. When Green arrived at Lillith's residence, Aloof happened to be leaving. She thought Green would come back later and didn't feel like arguing with Lillith in Green's absence. Who would they be arguing for?

So when Aloof saw Green return so quickly, she was extremely surprised.

"Although I told you to come back earlier, it's only been three or four hours, right? Did you already... Ah! That's..."

"Hehe!"

Green handed over the declaration of independence to Aloof. She opened it and saw that it was filled with a standard format: "I, XXX, am the king of XXX country, hereby recognize the legal status of the 'Green Kingdom'." And beneath these words were the official seals of different countries.

These seals couldn't be easily faked. Even though Aloof knew Green worked efficiently, it was still mind-boggling that he managed to accomplish this in just an afternoon.

He was just an ordinary person at noon, not even a noble, but by the afternoon, he became a king. It was hard to believe for anyone.

"Hehe, actually, there are already two people in the Green Kingdom."

"Two...two people?"

After Green said that, Lillith and Aloof looked at each other, but Green awkwardly laughed and then took out the citizenship certificates issued by a certain country's king and showed them to the two.

When Lillith and Aloof saw the certificates, they were both stunned and then turned their gaze to Mio beside them.

Feeling their gaze, Mio showed an uneasy smile and quickly hid behind Green.

Yes, the second person in the Green Kingdom was Mio.

"I didn't expect Mio to..."

"..."

They should have noticed it earlier.

They didn't expect Mio to take the lead in the end.

Aloof felt speechless and could only blame herself for being careless.

As for Lillith, she didn't feel much about this. Although she wasn't familiar with Mio, she still had a good impression of this quiet girl.

"Green, if you're not comfortable living in the castle, you can...you can always be welcomed here...to...stay..."

Lillith's voice got smaller and smaller. From now on, she probably wouldn't be able to make the shocking statements she made before that even Fukube was surprised by.

However, just as Green was thinking this, Lillith suddenly said something unexpected.

"Green, if you can accept it, um...can you stay here tonight? I will...try my best to become an excellent wife..."