Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

The girls grew another year older. Mine was thirteen years old that year, while Febri remained unchanged.

Qiye also served as governor for a year.

Well, his job as governor was quite easy. He let Mine handle the military affairs and Chelsea handle the political affairs. The two of them gradually matured from their initial naivety.

But Qiye was slacking off.

They might offer some technical assistance, but then they mostly stay hidden in the shrine.

A sketchbook.

A year has passed, and the lives and living standards of the people in the territory have improved significantly; at least the number of people dying from hunger has greatly decreased.

Factories were built one after another and began production.

The city's defense forces have also expanded in size, increasing four or five times from the original two thousand or so, now exceeding ten thousand.

There's a reason for that.

Because soldiers are well-fed and receive a salary, many people from other places also come to sign up.

In addition, locals also enthusiastically signed up, which is why the number of people surged to over 10,000 within a year.

This is no longer considered small-scale.

Various weapons and equipment have begun mass production, so Main has arranged for the city's defense forces to begin training.

In fact, it has already begun.

Previously, it was only on a small scale, using a small batch of weapons produced to train a group of personnel. Now, these same people are being used to train new personnel.

That's another story.

Nanaya didn't concern herself with these matters, only occasionally helping Mine solve some of the problems she encountered.

He and Febri stayed at the shrine and didn't even go to the governor's office.

Chelsea is in charge over there.

The development of the city and the surrounding villages, the reclamation of wasteland for farming, the construction of water conservancy projects, and other matters, large and small, were all arranged in an orderly manner.

"My hometown has gotten better!"

She always sighed like that.

At first, she even planned to escape and join the revolutionary army.

But in the end, I didn't go.

She was supposed to be trained as an elite assassin, but instead she was trained as a political elite.

Was it timing? Or fate?

Of course, she had no idea what the so-called "original" was; all she knew was that her hometown had become much better under her rule.

But just being in my hometown isn't enough.

The current empire, the current rulers, are utterly corrupt, and many more people are suffering.

She still wanted to find the revolutionary army.

But before that, she first tested Seven Nights, the governor who didn't care about anything.

I want to know Qiye's attitude.

What are Qiye's views on the Empire?

"The building is about to collapse!"

That's what he said.

The empire that had stood on this continent for a thousand years was now beset by internal and external troubles, and it could be said that it had reached the end of its national destiny.

It's beyond saving.

Even if that emperor wanted to reform, he couldn't save the country.

The emperor also did not want to reform.

"The empire's destruction is inevitable; it's utterly beyond saving, it's just a matter of time."

Nanaya lay sprawled on the table in the shrine's living room.

He really didn't want to say much about these things, since it didn't matter to him anyway, and the country had nothing to do with him.

So I don't care.

Chelsea, however, seemed to have understood what he meant.

"So, you believe the revolutionary army will ultimately succeed?"

"Without a third party, the success of the revolutionary army would not be surprising."

"So what's your opinion on the revolutionary army?"

"Um……"

Seven nights later, he started biting his nails.

Chelsea knew about this habit, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

He simply reached out and pulled Qiye's hand away from his mouth.

"How many times have I told you? You're the governor, you need to be mindful of your image. What will your people think if they see this?"

"So what if you see it?"

Qi Ye shrugged.

Instead of dwelling on that point, I answered her earlier question.

"Compared to the Revolutionary Army, I have more faith in our army. Our army is an army with its own ideology. After a year of education, they know why they fight and what they should fight for. In addition, with all kinds of firearms, we can completely crush any army of the Imperial Army or the Revolutionary Army if we are equal in number."

"so what?"

"So, Chelsea, I want to change the name of this city to... Jinrui City, how about that? And change the name of the city's garrison to... Workers and Peasants' Army."

Imperial Army, Revolutionary Army, Workers' and Peasants' Army...

This three-way standoff seems somewhat familiar.

But this is not important.

"alright, I got it."

Chelsea nodded.

The meaning is quite clear: the city will be renamed and the army's name will also be changed.

"So……"

"Putting everything else aside, it's not the right time yet. But, can I borrow your Imperial Arms set to study it?"

"?!"

Chelsea was somewhat taken aback.

He stared blankly at Qi Ye, remaining silent for a long time.

He suddenly laughed again.

"It seems you know everything."

"No, I don't know anything. I'm a very ignorant person. There are still many things in the world that I don't understand!"

Qi Ye shook his head.

But none of that matters. What matters is that there's still a lot to do.

……

Chelsea handed her Imperial Arms to Nanaya.

Transform freely with Gaia Foundation.

Cosmetic-type Imperial Arms allow the user to transform into anything they desire.

It's very powerful for assassination.

Because they can disguise themselves as anyone, or even as many small animals, to approach their assassination targets and strike when the targets are not paying attention or on guard, their success rate is terrifyingly high.

Nanaya wanted to study this transformation ability, as he felt it might be even more powerful than the transformation techniques in the ninja world.

Of course, we need to compare them to know the specifics.

There's no rush to study this; Qiye prefers to spend his time researching spatial abilities.

Perhaps it was because of his two consecutive traversals of space that he gained a deeper understanding of space.

The progress is quite impressive.

However, traveling between worlds is still very difficult unless you risk your life to try.

If it were just Shichiya by himself, he wouldn't mind giving it a try, but the problem is that there's also Febri involved.

Philip was transported to this world because of him.

He couldn't just leave Philip behind, or take Philip with him to his death.

This will be punished by heaven.

Let's leave that aside for now.

At night, at the shrine.

Only Nanaya and Febri live at the shrine. Mine also comes back most of the time. In addition, there is Akame.

Yes, Akame.

Akame is in cahoots with them, but Nanaya and Mine do things openly, while Akame does things secretly.

Akame is here today too.

I was passing by this area after completing my mission, so I decided to take a look around and stay here for the night.

In the living room.

Seven nights later, they prepared a meal, a table full of food, and the three of them ate dinner together.