Arestia Empire'S World Domination
Prologue: The Arestia Empire

...—Arestia— Empire...

...—1 July 1238—...

..."Arestian."...

A country that stood right after the chaos of the western continent ended.

Underneath the two countries that were previously joined in the confederation of three countries—Lethiel Kingdom and Mana— Kingdom as vassal, The Arestia Empire rose to become one of the great powers that could potentially threaten the two great powers of the world that had clashed with each other before.

Centered in the former Capital of Excelia— Former Capital of the Kingdom of Rowling named Lombart—, the life of its people slowly began to improve.

With funding from merchants and the Emperor's purse, vital infrastructure such as highways; border posts; waterways and irrigation; and bridges and reservoirs began to be built and repaired. Not only this, Ares has ordered to conduct research on the Lethiel Region which is known to have extensive forests and mountains with active volcanoes for the needs of gunpowder and other military weaponry, as well as other weapons, in addition to creating new industries, paper.

Medieval life certainly made Ares have discomfort with him, making him determined to improve his life for the better slowly.

Pre-planned shampoos and soaps have also had results, although it still cannot be said "can be sold."

As a result of the manufacture and repair of massive infrastructure that Ares launched in the last year—walau can not be said to be completed—economy of the residents of Arestia now shows significant growth, in addition to taxes that have been reduced.

Unlike the nobles in general, Ares did not push for large amounts of taxes. He prefers to lower the tax amount until they increase their purchasing power.

Although the habits of the residents were more likely to save money and get opposition from the nobility, the pilot object of the Rueter Region had previously given very good results, making the nobles speechless and obediently making one of the cities he owned into a trial of the system within a period of two years.

The residents of Rueter had understood, it was useless to keep too much money. In addition to security unlike the modern century—where bandits and thieves are very numerous and roam—self-awareness to enjoy life by buying a lot of luxury items begins to form in the minds of almost all the inhabitants.

Commodity to luxury goods such as salt and fish can be distributed more cheaply due to better roads and width, and, fresh meats that taste better than in recent years because of the seasonings that are now easy to get, farmlands and plantations now have more crops, he said, this prompted the Rueter Region tax to increase again.

In small numbers, with many transactions, the lives of commoners from farmers to traders slowly increased.

Although there is still friction between the residents of Rowling and Natrehn because it was a hostile country before, they realize, life is now slowly getting better, and life is now slowly getting better, making them gradually reduce their friction as a form of gratitude and gratitude to the Emperor, in addition to the intentions of traders who want to expand their business to other regions.

As a result of his political influence and the nobles' indebtedness due to the country's rapid economic growth, the Emperor had full control over the political tide and the military might of Arestia, which now had a body that housed him.

The Imperial Army of Arestia.

Ares had thought about it carefully, the military system of the medieval nobles for him had been very ancient, indeed, make Ares form an army unit that oversees 2 matra in a structured—land and laut— whose membership comes from noble warriors, as the state did in the modern century.

Using the Regular Army system previously embraced by the Rowling Kingdom, the soldiers who belonged to it became full-time soldiers, receiving salaries as well as allowances from the state.

The vast territory did not make Ares ignore the security of his country. As a result of this, Ares appointed Margrave Ginnes—, who is now held by Kristin— as Governor of the North and Margrave Francois as Governor of the South.

The office of "governor" had a large share in wartime. The two governors were fully responsible for the security of the country on the front lines, making their decisions on par with the leader of the country until the Emperor arrived on the battlefield.

Political levels are also built differently from the state in general.

Senate of the Arestian Empire, House of Lords.

An assembly in which the high-ranking nobles of the Arestian Empire governed the course and laws of the state under the prime minister, although the final and absolute decree remained in the hands of the emperor.

Although the absolute monarchy was a system of government adopted by the Arestian Empire, as someone who had lived in the modern era, Ares did not want to impose his will too much on the state.

Ares realized, the thoughts of many people are certainly better than just one person, he said, he understood the implication that the House of Lords could rival the political influence of the Emperor to make Ares anticipate it by placing them under the prime minister— who serves as the chairman of the assembly—although until now the position of prime minister not specified.

A young man of about 19 years old was sitting on his desk chair inside the palace, his stature was normal without the slightest hint of the constriction on his body. His short blue hair was smeared, his face was wrinkled, very showing the fatigue he had been experiencing since the past few days.

"It's exhausting taking care of the country."

The words of the Emperor who restrained his head not only made the secretary of state—Claire vi Lethiel, a long black-haired girl who was smeared with a cute face— stop his writing, he said, but it was also done by everyone who heard it.

"If so, don't coup the kingdom!" it was what everyone wanted to shout at, even if they only held it at the tip of the tongue.

The officials understood that Ares had hardly had time to sleep in the past few days, although some of them also fared similarly to the Emperor.

Not only selecting the budgets needed for several development projects, but also, ares' mental burden grew after hearing of the rebellion by two Natrehn— princes who had no right to the throne of— two months ago and immediately ordered Kristin to crush them.

"Huhhhh!" Ares let out a heavy sigh deliberately amplifying his voice, hoping that the people around him would understand when he was so exhausted.

None of the officials disturbed him. They certainly understood the Emperor's wish, but none of them felt willing to free Ares from his duties.

Hoping for Ares to stop her attitude, Claire deliberately says something that can improve Ares' mood with a bright smile.

Hmm, seeing the wife of my game character become my assistant is very complicated...

Ares' tired gaze drifted towards Claire, momentarily stopping her hand that wrote, "Why are you reporting that to me right now, Claire?"

"Eh?" Claire realized, instantly her facial expression was panicked, which was no different from what her heart was going through, "Sa—I am waiting for an official report from big brother! Aye! My deepest apologies, Your Majesty!"

"Hmm, well, I did order that. No need to apologize." Nonchalantly, Ares turned his attention back to the parchment before him, in contrast to Claire who was drowned to the point of making some other bureaucrats chuckle with her mouth covered.

DOC!

DOC!

"Dad!"

"Dad!"

The small voice could be heard filling the room, Ares immediately got up leaving his chair with a bright smile, nonchalantly leaving his job which made the nobles want to shout at him.

Seeing Wilma pull the hands of Orcian—both Ares' toddler daughter— behind the door with Milly—one of Ares—'s concubinesas well as some hysterical-looking waitresses, Ares knelt until he could see his two daughters.

"Dad! Orcian ate it all!" Wilma shouted in protest, pointing at the mouth of the Orcian that was full of food.

Chocolate boy?

It was not in vain that I researched it, even though its sweetness could not be compared to the chocolate from my previous world...

Seeing the Orcian's confused face with his mouth filled to the brim, a hint of pride seeped into the heart, making Ares smile brightly.

"Dad still has it, let's go in!" take Ares by holding the two into the room.

As a concubine and former Knight of Rueter—whose family has now become a ranking noble of baron—Milly is very agitated to see her daughter, Wilma, as well as Orcian brought inside the office. Not only would it disturb the calm, the work of the nobles could also be piqued, making Milly timidly enter the office with some other servants.

After sitting back in his chair, Ares pulled out his desk drawer to take two bags full of chocolate from him and place them on the table.

"Why do you spoil them so much, dear?" Excel—who had been at the open office door— narrowed both eyes, stepping closer to Ares' desk quietly.

Me—why is he here?!

Slowly, Ares lifted his head in a broken manner, not expecting the Empress to enter his office.

"Y—yah, it's okay, isn't it?! Besides, they're still kids." Ares objected, ignoring Excel by opening his brown bag.

"What happens if the document is corrupted?" Along with his words, Excel seized the Orcian who had grasped the brown pouch in his right hand, "You don't have a copy, do you?"

"God."

"After all, it's not just you who want to bring your kids here" Excel said.

Looking at the nobles, Ares found them nodding quickly at the Empress's words, making Ares once again bow weakly, "Well..."

"Wilma, let's play with mom!" Excel graciously invites Wilma, her stepson, by opening Ares' desk drawer and taking all the brown bags from her, hoping that Wilma follows him with a cheerful invitation, "Mom's got a lot of cake for you!"

"Eh?! I—it's mine!" ares protests.

Wilma's gaze was fixed on the seven brown bags that each end held Excel, making her very excited, "Yes!"

Ares was momentarily limp, left in solitude on his chair. Shortly before the door closed, Milly bowed deeply to him from outside the room, feeling very guilty to Ares.

"It's exhausting taking care of the family."

After sighing, Ares resumed his work with a tired face.

"This time I agree." Slyly, some nobles expressed their opinions, although everyone in the room agreed with Ares' statement.

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