Chapter 61: 2 Years Later

[Queen Arc]

In a certain country in a different world, a human girl with black hair, dressed in goth-like clothing and wearing a crown, held a piece of paper.

“Fufufu...”

The girl stifled a small laugh as she held the paper.

“Fufufu... Finally... Finally...”

She grabbed a nearby stamp.

“After two years of never-ending work... all the things that needed to be finished quickly are finally DONE!!!”

The moment she stamped the paper, she quickly stood up from her luxurious seat, raised her hands high, and wore a very satisfied expression.

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“Hahahahah!”

The girl laughing joyfully was the queen of a kingdom. Two years ago, dragons had invaded their lands and named her their queen. Since that time, she had tirelessly worked to repair the damage they had inflicted and even developed the land further.

Her name was Lumina Chis Chem, the 14-year-old queen of the supposedly only human country in the world of Glacias.

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I never, ever, ever, ever want to experience this again!

[Experience what?]

Working!

[Huh?]

In the past, I’d always thought that a ruler only had to bestow titles and such to nobles. I didn’t realize that they had to read documents containing reports from various people, develop plans to enrich the land, discuss finances with the treasurer, and allocate manpower to various areas.

Then, while working on all these tasks, I realized something.

[Realized what?]

The reason I’ve been so busy these past two years is because of YOU!

[...]

Why are you suddenly silent!!! Don’t go silent now, Fafnir! I know you can still hear me!

[...]

Fuuuu~ Well, if you’re going to be like that, then so be it. I’m still going to complain to you!

Since you annexed us two years ago, you and your dragons suddenly disappeared. Although we communicated from time to time, whenever the topic shifted to helping us, you always went silent like this!

Because of that... because of that... I had to use all the knowledge at my disposal to repair the damage your invasion caused! If it weren’t for the simulations and strategies I played in my previous life, I wouldn’t have been able to handle the job you pushed onto me!

[...]

What’s more, because I was only 12 years old back then, many nobles refused to acknowledge me!

They even mobilized their soldiers in an attempt to overthrow me from the throne you gave me!

Though it worked out because your dragons helped us win those battles, so you have my thanks there.

However... However, it only served to increase my workload, you know that!

Every time your dragons trampled an army, their towns and cities would always burn to the ground! A-N-D since the nobles who ruled those lands were either executed or had their titles stripped as per standard operating procedures, I, the supposed Queen, was forced to repair and redevelop their lands in their stead BECAUSE their lands now belonged to the kingdom, which, in this case, now belonged to me.

[...]

I had to spend many sleepless nights managing all of this because the nobles who were loyal to me were few. Well, I do have 200 servants at my disposal, but all of them are still under 20 years old! So they’re no good with this kind of thing.

Eh? What about their fathers?

Hehe, well, out of those 200 servants, half are commoners, so their parents are no help. As for the remaining half, only six had high enough ranks to become officials in the royal court. Moreover, one of them was a general, so he was ignorant of how the royal court works.

What about me then?

I’m the same, of course. I’m also ignorant of how the court works. However, because I’m the queen of this country, I had no choice but to learn. It’s only thanks to the knowledge from my previous life that I managed to keep things running despite my ignorance.

Do you know why we had such a severe shortage of personnel? It’s because YOU had to destroy the royal castle when you chose me to become the queen. AND because of that, the five of us plus me were the only people in the royal court!!!

It was really hard, you know!

[Okay, okay.]

However, all of that ends today!!! I have finished laying out plans, allocating new officials and nobles to various territories, and sorting out all documents related to ruling this country.

[So? What are you going to do now?]

Isn’t that obvious? I’m going outside to play with magic!

[Is that so?]

It is so!

Ending my mental conversation with Fafnir, the terrifying Golden Dragon King, I opened one of the windows of my room and flew outside.

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A few minutes after Lumina flew out from the window, a girl with red twin tails, wearing maid’s clothes, entered the now-empty room.

“...Lumina-sama?”

The girl stood in the middle of the room with a tray of sweets in one hand. When she saw the open window and the silhouette of a girl with twelve funnel-like appendages spread on her back, she made a small smile.

The girl proceeded to the open window and closed it. A pale blue light then covered her entire body, and she, like the girl with twelve funnel-like appendages, flew toward the sky.

“Would you mind if I joined you in your practice, Lumina-sama?”

Lumina turned around and faced the girl.

“Let’s do a mock battle then!”

Lumina quickly flew a few meters away from the girl. The girl then placed the tray of sweets on a table she had made with magic.

Seeing this, Lumina narrowed her eyes as she watched the girl create a sword.

“Then, let’s get started, Emilia.”

“Yes!”