"'Ruthier'... you have the power of fire"

"Did you spot that far?"

"Yes, and he seems to have considerable power"

"Uhm. Want to give it a try? Then let's go outside."

His Majesty said so and walked out first.

I order you to leave the treasure trove, call a cruise for the belly guard, and prepare a "target".

Not at all, Your Majesty.

"Well, I have an idea."

"Yes."

"Then let me try."

I went out into the garden with His Majesty, who gave me permission.

I thanked His Majesty and stood a little further away.

Ruthier, who brought "+" to my status, has two things in common with Leviathan.

One is to have the will. I'm assuming that's why it led to "+".

The other is to release the attack with only the power of the ring, independent of my abilities.

The same thing as Leviathan's charge attack is on Ruthier as well.

I let it go - put it to myself.

Moment after moment, my body burst into flames.

"Noah!?

It is His Majesty who was surprised by that.

I took a reflexive step and was surprised enough to reach out.

"It's okay."

Tell them to stay on fire.

Because my voice was so normal, His Majesty was surprised twice - I could see it was a little giddy.

I put it up so that I could see Leviathan, who was subtly serving it.

"... I see"

His Majesty, who is blind for a few moments and turns into a good face.

I put a ruthier flame on myself, but it was Leviathan who reacted to it.

Linked to the armored ring, Leviatan instantly put out a shield with the power of water.

Water and fire are mutually weakening relationships.

If they are each other, they just wipe each other out, but if one of them is clearly on the lattice, the effect swells up all at once.

Here's the number.

When attacked with the power of 100 fires, it usually has 100 effects. So is water.

But with the power of 100 fires, if you attack the opponent of 99 water forces, its effect jumps to nearly twice as much as 200 at once.

Conversely, if you attack 100 water forces with 99 fire forces, the effect is depressed to close to 0.

Now is the time.

"Mmmm... I didn't know the ground around me was melting but it wouldn't move at all. That's just great, Noah."

As His Majesty is also surprised, Ruthier's flame was strong enough to dissolve the ground around me in drools, but it didn't work for me at all.

That is nothing more than that Leviathan's power is superior to Ruthier's.

"Mmm?"

"What is it, Your Majesty?"

"The ground is hot enough to melt, but I don't feel hot at all."

I said surprisingly, Your Majesty, sticking your palms out to me in flames, as if they were a bonfire.

"Look at the ground again"

"The ground...? Is it melting within the circle?"

"Yes, I'm even keeping you from going out there"

"Oh, my God! That's amazing. That's"

"Thank you Happiness"

To His Majesty's praise, I give a deep hip break.

I grasped Ruthier's power, and His Majesty showed it to me.

So I order Ruthier to pull the flame in.

It was left on fire until just before, as if nothing had happened back to it.

I don't have one burnt on my hair, skin or clothes.

Only the ground burned and melted by drools showed the strength of Ruthier's power.

"I wish I could totally see you this far, Noah."

"I'm afraid so."

"Um, I'll give Noah the luthier again. Encourage with it more and more for the Empire."

"Ha."

His Majesty returned his satisfied face and said, "Follow me" and walked out.

I went back inside the palace from the garden and came back to the study in a straight line.

His Majesty went back across the desk of the clerk, and I stopped in my subordinate standing position.

"One thing I wanted to hear from Noah"

His Majesty pulled one out of a bunch of reports and stuck it out to me.

I'll take it and look through.

It was about his brother, Graeme Ararat, who was my uncle, offering himself a fine of 30,000 Leanes.

"Did Master Graeme do something?

"Graeme's son - don't be my remaining nephew. That made tyranny in the land of Graeme, and he was drunk at last, and slaughtered his opponent."

"Oh my God."

"That made him guilty, but Graeme himself has offered to fine himself for his son's lack of supervision."

"Lady Graeme is not guilty under imperial law. Just as the child is not obliged to repay the parent's debts, neither does the child's sin extend to the parent."

As the Attorney General, I gave a legal interpretation of the matter from Imperial Law.

"Mm-hmm. That's what I said. Still, Graeme must be frightened. I would offer myself a fine and buy peace of mind."

I saw what they gave me.

Check the numbers written there again.

Thirty thousand leen.

Quite a lot of money.

In Imperial Capital, the average amount of money an adult man can earn in a month is 10 Lean.

30,000 Leanne is 3,000 times that.

That's two hundred and fifty years worth of money.

"What do you think, Noah?"

"... I think we should resolutely dismiss it"

"Why?

"You can't collect a fine even if you're not guilty, even if you offer to"

"Hmm. So what do you mean, amend the law and clear culture?

Your Majesty stares at me.

"The treasury is chronically dangerous. The suppression of rebellion in the rescue of disasters, all of which cost money"

Is that why I want this kind of extraordinary income?

I know how you feel, though.

I said it clearly in my face.

"If we set such a precedent, we start to think of people who can pay as' not guilty as long as they pay '. That's not the case under actual imperial law, but that kind of thought can lower the hurdle to crime."

"Um, you're right. The deterrence of the law dies."

"Furthermore, the majority of such people are merchants and nobles and government officials. And that leads to political corruption."

"I see."

"The lack of a national treasury is a matter of loose ends. But it should be enriched by legitimate means."

"... right, Noah is right. Good for you, Noah. Let's talk to Oscar from the Treasury. I'm sure they'll give me another opinion."

"Whatever."

When I said, His Majesty nodded and wrote something on the paper at hand.

After you finish writing the whole thing, sign it and press Hanko.

The Emperor's official paperwork - a cover letter.

He stuck it out to me.

Take it and look at the content.

There are thirteen princes - that is, they close when I start with the compliment that I am the wise king I see rarely, and end up appointing them to the post of Advisor to the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister came from the Prime Minister, the Advisor.

……

"An honorary position. Don't you like it?

"No... Your Majesty"

"What?

"It's out of the question to pay to escape sin, but why not make them pay for honor?"

I told His Majesty the idea, the Chancellor Advisor, which was undoubtedly born out of the honorary office that has now been created.

"Honor?"

"What about, for example, giving an honorary knight degree to a human who donated 1,000 Leannes to the treasury?

Knowledge and memory of previous life make that clear.

Humans, after having a certain amount of gold - enough money that they can't use up on themselves - begin to seek more honor than matter.

It is on that side that nobility becomes a patron of various human beings.

I raise my reputation as a nobleman by raising money that I cannot use up on my own, a talented but underprivileged person.

It's the same thing.

"I see."

His Majesty's eyes seemed glistening.

"However, it is only honor. An honorary knight must be given the proviso that he will not be able to enter the knight selection thereafter and will not lead to actual power."

"Hmm."

"Instead, I can get immediate recognition from Your Majesty"

"Exactly specializing in honor, right?

"Exactly."

"Awesome idea... Awesome, Noah"

Your majesty makes your eyes shine more and more.

"Cruise. Call Oscar. Hurry up."

As quickly as I could pack up a conversation with Oscar, the finance prince minister, His Majesty seemed to be interested in my proposal.

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