Chapter 156 - True Democracy

 "I feel like it’s been ages since we last met..."

"You can say that again..."

For me, Sao, to have an audience with the Queen of my country, Laevateinn, really did feel like a lifetime ago. I’ve been running amok in foreign lands for quite a while now. That is, quite literally, the only reason.

"When I sent you off, I thought it would be a brief parting, yet you left me alone for so long... Thanks to you, I ended up having to give birth to this child all by myself, you know?"

Cradled in the Queen’s arms was a tiny, new life. Needless to say, it was the life she had brought into this world.

"The long-awaited heir to our kingdom. I’ve named her Gram," the Queen said, looking down affectionately at the infant.

"Long live the Prince...!"

"Actually, it's a girl."

"Wh-who’s the father?"

"Must I spell it out for you to understand?"

My apologies, I know. I’m sorry. The father is, without a shadow of a doubt, me. I remember the sessions vividly.

I’m the man who treated the Queen, the Mother of the Nation, like a personal sleeve and repeatedly performed internal ejaculations. Though the Queen had suffered from infertility, my skill—equipped with a "forced conception" function—successfully allowed her to give birth to the next generation's heir. One of the crown's great anxieties has been removed.

"Even if she is a girl, since there are no other candidates, this child will eventually shoulder the nation as the new Queen. ...Well? How does it feel to have the next monarch as your daughter?"

"When she grows up, I want to have sex with her, too."

"As expected, every single screw in your head has been blown clean out."

Well, if my perversions have brought a bright omen to this country, then I can feel a sense of fulfillment knowing my playboy skills have actually served the world for once.

"Still, having only one heir leaves me a bit uneasy. I’d like to bear two or three more. So, we shall couple immediately after this; make sure to pour in plenty of your seed, understood?"

"Say it more erotically, please."

"Drip-dump plenty of your lovey-dovey cum into my baby-making pouch, won't you? ❤️❤️"

As expected of an older woman; her capacity to embrace a man's desires is profound.

Honestly, I wanted to dive into bed right then and there for some reunion sex, but there was a painful reason I couldn't just yet. The primary reason was the massive mess I’d made abroad.

Our neighbor, Niosebuk, was a total thug nation that intended to invade us. So, I started by assassinating their King to nip it in the bud, but since they didn't get the message and kept up their atrocities, I figured "to hell with it" and moved to systematically dismantle them.

I killed the most powerful prince in the succession line, slaughtered every soldier capable of forming an army, and crushed every military facility in the land. There isn't a shred of power left for that country to rebuild. I intended to report this to my Queen first, but...

"Hmm, Sao, you really do go overboard. I thought perhaps you could shave off some of that violent nation's strength, but to think you’d strip them of everything...!?"

"There isn't even a core left."

The Kingdom of Niosebuk has, for all intents and purposes, been deleted. There are no male royals left to take the throne, and the army hasn't just collapsed—it's gone. Rebuilding is impossible. It’s at the level where "it's faster to buy a new one."

"However, even in that state, there is one single hope for resurrection, isn't there?"

"Urgh...!?"

The Queen was right. There is still one single heir to the Niosebuk throne who could take over. And that person, to no one's surprise, is me. Apparently, the King of Niosebuk whom I assassinated was my father.

Does that make me a kinslayer? Sounds like something out of a hero's myth. I have this preconception that patricide is a daily occurrence in legends.

"Apparently my mother was a female warrior who experienced 'defeat-rape'... but to think the partner was the King of Niosebuk...!?"

"I’ve heard rumors. The King of Niosebuk, obsessed with siring powerful children, would have female warriors and knights captured on the battlefield presented to him for violation just to impregnate them..."

"Captured?" Like they were salvaged mobile suits or something.

"And one of those children was you. In that case, the King was killed by the strongest child he ever sired, and had his precious kingdom destroyed by him as well. A truly poetic end."

"I didn't really intend for it to go that way."

I’m just an anti-rape activist. I wanted to make sure those who commit the crime of rape suffered an equal amount of agony; it just so happened that a country got destroyed along the way. I only found out about the Niosebuk bloodline in my veins toward the very end.

"Well, now that it's clear, some measures must be taken. So, will you do it? Or not?"

"Do what?"

If we're talking about sex, the answer is always "Yes" at any given time.

"Not that. I mean the governance of the former Niosebuk territories."

"Ehh...?"

"Looking at that face, I suppose I don't even need to hear the answer. But now that your lineage is known, there will surely be those who try to force the role upon you."

The Queen's blatant, "nasty" prediction. I wish the only "nasty" thing about her was her curves.

"Besides, the current Niosebuk is truly a masterless land. Even a selfless saint would find greed bubbling up if they saw such a wide-open territory. To use a metaphor you’d enjoy, it’s like a peerless beauty lying naked by the roadside with her legs spread."

I see. If I saw that, I’d be over her before she could blink. As expected, Her Majesty’s metaphors are top-tier.

"Whether you like it or not, a struggle for the vacuum left in Niosebuk will begin. No matter how it ends, the only ones to pity are the commoners, as they will be tossed about by the power games of the elite. Whether they can live in peace afterward depends on the new ruler. ...Well, I suppose it’ll be better than when Niosebuk was in charge?"

Isn't that just saying "it's better than the absolute worst"?

"Um... couldn't Queen Laevateinn just rule it along with this country?"

"Impossible. Not a chance."

Did you have to deny it that quickly?!

"My dear Sao... I don't know if you realize this, but the Reniosegra Kingdom I rule is already a massive power. The difficulty of governance is proportional to the size of the territory. Even an amateur like you can imagine that, right?"

"Uh... yes...!"

"Niosebuk was vast, having recklessly swallowed up its neighbors. Even though their actual administration was sloppy, for me to take that on and rule it simultaneously would exceed even my capacity."

"But a wise ruler like Your Majesty...!"

"Flattery won't work. Even if I could rule it, I am not immortal. One day, I will grow old and frail, and the day will come for me to step down. What if my successor—this little Gram here—is a lesser ruler than I?"

"Uh...?"

She wouldn't be able to control the vast territory, and it would immediately fall apart. Even if the baby in her arms grows up to be a splendid Queen, what about the one after her? Will the King after that be competent? We cannot leave a lingering source of disease in this country for generations to come.

"Therefore... the most stable solution is you, Sao."

"Yes."

"You should become the King."

I knew it! Deep down, I felt things were heading this way, meta-reading the "Isekai Reincarnation" tropes.

"But I’ve never received a single bit of education on how to be a King. Don't you need specialized knowledge for that?"

Monarchic studies and all that?

"Those are things people without innate talent learn so they can become a King after the fact. But once in ten million, there are those born with overflowing kingly talent. Such people naturally attract others without being taught; before they know it, they’ve formed a collective. Depending on the size, it’s called a village, a town... or a country."

"You’re saying I have that kind of talent?"

"Is it not obvious? In fact, you have already built a collective through your own charisma, haven't you?"

Mostly limited to women, though.

Starting with Big Sis, then Lady Staff, Clay More, Bloom, Instructor Whip, and Beaker. After invading Niosebuk, it was Tamagushi and Shinseniza. Every time I lay hands on a woman and "claim" her, a new person joins the group. Before I knew it, I had a full-blown collective. The world calls such a group a "harem."

"I don't think a harem can be a nation, though?"

"Then just build one—the world’s first Harem Nation. My intuition as a ruler tells me you can do it."

When she puts it that way... the foundation for a Harem Nation is actually already there.

Because the Niosebuk Kingdom I recently and utterly destroyed—every male citizen there was a soldier and a rapist. Since I don't tolerate the existence of rapists, I killed every man I saw. And lo and behold, men have completely vanished from the former Niosebuk Kingdom. A country full of nothing but rapists is truly a dead end.

That means only women remain. Current Niosebuk is a pure female state with a 0:10 male-to-female ratio. We could rename it the Amazon Kingdom.

If I enter such a country as its King? A perfect Harem Nation where every woman serves me as their Sultan would be complete. Like the Kingdom of Prussia, of which it was said: "It is not a state with an army, but an army with a state." People might say: "It is not a state with a harem, but a harem with a state."

"What will you do, Sao? If you’re willing, I shall provide maximum support. If the successor to this throne is protected by a strong neighboring nation led by a heroic blood relative, her reign will be much easier."

The Queen rubbed her cheek against the baby's. She’s making a judgment based on her own calculations as well.

...But what do I want?

Did I ever want to be a King? Every man, once born, surely wants to be the master of his own castle at least once. To stand at the top, oversee everything, and carry the full responsibility. That is the ultimate fulfillment for a man.

However, I am a man who doesn't even care about that.

What I want is simply sex. To put my penis into a woman's vagina and go at it. That is the tiny scale of my existence. I don't ask for much. As long as I can have sex.

But that "simply sex" is the tricky part.

It’s "just" sex, yet it's everything. In my previous world, there were plenty of men who wanted sex but couldn't have it. Why is having sex so difficult? Because, above all else, you cannot do it without a partner.

If you’re a man, you need a woman; if you’re a woman, you need a man. Because there is a partner, you cannot have sex without their consent and without considering them. To achieve that, you must guarantee their life, support each other, and live together. Sex is a part of that shared life. Sex is, without a doubt, a part of living.

"...I’ve thought of something."

"What is it?" the Queen asked, having waited patiently for my long deliberation.

"If I were to rule Niosebuk, there are only women there now. I would be the only man, the King."

If that’s the case, the duty of impregnating every woman in the country would fall solely on me. I would spend my days impregnating thousands... no, tens of thousands of women. "Be fruitful and multiply" is the surest foundation for a wealthy and powerful nation. Therefore, the King's responsibility to impregnate every female citizen would be grave.

However, the next generation born from my seed would all be brothers and sisters. That’s a given. But do you see what that means?

"The entire new generation would be my sons and daughters. If I am the King, that makes every one of them a Prince or a Princess."

Every citizen a Prince or Princess. Every citizen royalty. That means...

"Isn't that the very definition of democracy?"

If every citizen is royalty, then every citizen is a master of the nation.

In this medieval fantasy world, the footsteps of the modern era are drawing near.

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