Chapter 104: CH 101

In order to push for immigration to the Hermes Star System, Hart first traveled to the Solar System with ten large immigrant ships in tow.

The first priority was to use Mars and Spirit Crystals to raise Lulu and Maya to the rank of Spirit Emperor. If the enemy came and the Solar System people could not be transferred in time, it would be necessary to drop the celestial bodies, even if billions of people remained on Mars.

Fortunately, there was no enemy in sight, and the Royal Army was able to concentrate on preparing for the celestial entry and the transfer of the Solar System people.

The next step was to persuade the 12 senior aristocrats of the Machaon System.

If they only wanted to use the spirit crystals, Hart’s personal property, to create a realm in the Hermes Star System, a Royal Domain ruled by Queen Yuna, it would not be necessary to obtain their consent.

『The Hermes System could become a new production site for spirit crystals, so a realm was created there. This was an unavoidable act for the sake of national defense. Therefore, we will offer it to the people of the Machaon System, who do not have a realm, so we will accept all those who wish to immigrate.』

Things could be put forward in that manner.

The Duke of Mauriac of the Machaon Star System would protest angrily, but if Hart explains that the Machaon System was not adequate as a production site for spirit crystals, even Mauriac would have no choice but to accept the offer.

The reason they can’t do that is that they are contemplating the migration of the people of the Solar System to the Machaon Star System.

Mars, where Hart is having the transfer done, is home to billions of humans.

The reason why the Monarchy, which effectively controls the Solar System, cannot keep track of the total number is that the people of the Solar System do not use the Monarchy’s information terminals and would inflate the declared number of people in order to receive more food aid.

The former Earthers, according to the Monarchy’s rough estimate, comprises of one billion former Coalition citizens and four billion Non-Coalition citizens. About 1.2 billion of them died in the Tenka attack during the invasion of the Solar System and the subsequent attack to raise Alfrida to Spirit King.

In other words, about 3.8 billion Earthers would have survived.

However, there are also a significant number of humans living on Earth who are not listed in the family registers of either the former Coalition or the former Non-Coalition states, and since Tenka moved them to Mars, the Monarchy has not been able to grasp the total number at all. Hundreds of millions, billions… and so on.

As for the Martians, the total number is unknown.

Mars, which was originally managed by Earth, was severely damaged by the Diete War of Independence, and Earth was forced to relinquish control of the planet, and it has been abandoned to the present day.

Neither the Coalition of Humanity, which controlled one-third of Earth, nor the non-member nations that controlled two-thirds of Earth, managed Mars. And the Martians would inflate the declared total number for food.

In other words, Mars is presently a mixture of 3.8 billion people, former Earthers of unknown number, and Martians of also unknown number.

Of the billions whose total number is unknown, the 1 billion of the former Coalition member states have such deep-rooted resentment that they cannot be allowed to live in the same space as the Royal people. Because they have mingled with other humans, none can be allowed to live with people of the Monarchy of Diete.

Then, when Mars is turned into a literal planet of fire, will they all be burned down?

If it was only the people of the former Coalition member countries, the situation could be presented as “the Monarchy was attacked when it tried to rescue them from the food shortages”, the Royal people would understand that they will share their fate with Mars.

According to the report, although the Solar System sector was recaptured from Tenka, the former Coalition members refused to be incorporated into the Monarchy and remained independent, so they were unable to be transferred to the Monarchy ships as they could harm the Royal Citizens.

However, using Mars for the birth of a Spirit King was inevitable in order to prevent it from being used by the enemy side for the birth of a Daemon King.

Earlier, a Daemon King attempted to turn the Apollo Star System into a realm, and 60 million of the Monarchy’s citizens were killed. Since it was only a matter of who would use Mars first, the Monarchy had no choice but to use Mars for national defense and the survival of its own people.

If such a reason is prepared, they can come to the conclusion that it was inevitable.

The Monarchy of Diete is a group in which the royal citizens, who are the constituent members of the state, carry out the raison d’être of living creatures, “survival and procreation” with the greatest efficiency.

Survival is not a state of being colonized and ruled by Earth or of being half-enslaved, but a state of maximum freedom with the minimum rules necessary for the maintenance of the state and society.

Therefore, the Monarchy of Diete did not have the option of surrendering to Tenka to keep the former Coalition people alive, nor to sacrifice the Royal people for the sake of the former Coalition.

However, killing even non-members of the former Coalition and Martians is beyond the scope of what can be done.

Because since the end of the war with the former Coalition, there is no evidence that they have systematically and continuously attempted to harm the Royal people.

Even Queen Yuna, who has overwhelming support from the Royal people, would lose much support from the people, and her aptitude as a leader would be questioned if she burned down the non-members of the former Coalition and the Martians.

Furthermore, the act of “massacring civilians who are not at war with the dominant star system” gives the other side a justification for the same action when the Monarchy is in the opposite position in the distant future.

The Monarchy of Diete has its own ethics and national restrictions.

The only options the Monarchy has are “territorializing the Machaon Star System and relocating the people of the Solar System to the Hermes Star System” or “territorializing the Hermes Star System and relocating the people of the Solar System to the Machaon Star System”.

There is no third option of shoving them onto the Immigration Ships until the new inhabited star system is terraformed. The inhumanity of shoving them into mansions for decades will give birth to a planet of avengers against the Monarchy.

Regarding the treatment of the people of the Solar System, there is a minimum acceptable line for modern and future humanity, even if no other country can sanction the Monarchy.

After Hart gave his thoughts, one of the senior aristocrats in the Machaon System, Jörgen, the Marquis of Herzberg, expressed his opinion.

[Shouldn’t a referendum be held for all citizens of the Machaon System after disclosing all the information necessary for the decision on the emigration to the public? If it is a decision made by the people of the Monarchy, our family will have no objection.]

Even if the conclusion is the same, the degree of satisfaction is different between being unilaterally determined from above and being consulted and making decisions on their own.

The other Machaon aristocrats agreed with Herzberg’s very legitimate claim and decided on the future direction.

Prior to the simultaneous holding of the National Council and the Lords’ Conference, the minutes of the proceedings between Hart, Yuna, and the Machaon aristocrats were sent to the attendees of the meeting.

“Then, the National Council and the Lords’ Conference are now simultaneously in session.”

October 445 of the Monarchy calendar.

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The two meetings were held simultaneously by the Queen at Hart’s request.

The holding of both meetings shall be limited to matters of extreme importance.

Yuna had only held one previous National Council, and it was held concurrently with the Fourth Lords’ Conference. The five Lords’ Conference held in the past were also suitable for gathering all the senior aristocrats together.

The first approved the territorialization of Diete and Athena, and the creation of the Transition Gate.

The second approved the Dukes who would become the main rulers of MacLir and Fukashiro.

In the third, the national policy after the territorialization of the four star systems and the reversal of power was approved.

The fourth approved the destruction of Earth and the reverse invasion of Ōizumi and Honyō.

In the fifth, the report on the territorialization of the seven star systems and the Machaon Defense Plan were approved.

All of these were directly related to the survival of multiple star systems and the nation itself.

And for the sixth, the data sent in advance contained even more significant details than most Lords had imagined.

[There is a possibility that Mars in the Solar System can be used to create a new Spirit King, and the Hermes Star System may be territorialized to immigrate all the Machaon people. In that case, the people of the Solar System will immigrate to the Machaon Star System. In carrying this out, I would like to ask for your full cooperation.]

At the residence of the attendees, who were informed of the largest immigration plan in the history of the Monarchy, there were a series of sightings of astonished Household Heads.

Of course, they weren’t just astonished. They spent all hours of the day thinking about the immigration plan.

The destruction of Mars is essential, and the people of the Solar System must also immigrate. Regardless of whether a realm is established in the Machaon or Hermes Star System, the lives and property of the Machaon people, the only Royal people left behind, will be protected.

It’s not like the aristocrats didn’t have other ideas.

Without creating a new realm in any of the star systems, let the Machaon Star System migrate to an already territorialized Monarchy star system, and use the floating Spirit King to create the shortest transition gate in the enemy star system to fight… various such ideas were also considered.

They were not proposed because Hart, who explained at the last Lords’ Conference that there was no prospect of a new Spirit King, set the next plan just two months prior. In other words, the aristocracy realized that they lacked the resources to make a decision.

The fact that just a few years ago, the former Prince and Duke leaked military secrets to the enemy, and Hart and the others were in danger of losing the war, meant they could not have the aristocrats disclosing military secrets to the public. Bitterly thinking that they may have made a foolish imitation, they arrived at the day of the meeting.

At the Lords’ Conference, Hart asked for their cooperation in making Mars a sacrifice for the birth of the Spirit King and in relocating the Solar System people living on Mars.

“As you can see in the minutes beforehand, we will use Mars to increase the number of Spirit Kings and create a new realm in one of the two star systems. We ask the Lords to support the immigration and also to give their utmost support to the people of the Machaon System should they choose to immigrate to the Hermes System.”

If the people of the Machaon System choose not to immigrate and wanted to territorialize the Machaon System they were already living in, it would be easy. Simply territorialize the Machaon Star System and send the people of the Solar System to the Hermes System.

In the Hermes system, facilities will be prepared for the people of the Solar System to live, and immigrant ships loaded with supplies and the Royal Army will be stationed there. However, in order to keep them from posing a threat to the Monarchy, interstellar ships that use magic element engines will not be allowed. and they will also take magic power holders who can operate fighter crafts back to the home country.

And regardless of the governance within the planet, if Tenka invades, the Monarchy will withdraw.

The same method that Colonel General Reinelt used to govern the MacLir Star System of the former Coalition, which had surrendered.

“If the realm is to be created in the Machaon Star System, I would like to ask for the magic engine operators of the immigrant fleet that will transport the people of the Solar System to be sent out from the Diete Star System to the Hermes Star System.”

As Hart explained, he was concerned about the reaction of the people of the Republic of Frodi.

The Republic of Frodi, which wants to restore their nation, would want the Hermes Star System. If it is going to be given to the people of the Solar System, they may wish to be allowed to use half of the planet for themselves.

The Monarchy has no intention of mixing the former Coalition members, who are hostile to the Monarchy, with the Frodi Star Systems, who are free to operate their interstellar ships.

And Hart and the others predict that the Machaon people will choose to immigrate to the Hermes System.

The people of the Machaon Star System, who were originally scheduled to immigrate, will basically comply, since their plans had only been suspended.

The rest of the royal population should also consider various circumstances.

The resources of the Hermes system are richer, and the immigrants from the Machaon System can lead a reasonably affluent life and increase the Monarchy’s chances of victory in the war. Also, the smaller and less prosperous the planet given to the people of the Solar System is, the less likely it is that they will revolt in the future.

The people of the Monarchy, who had received the education of national survival and national prosperity that the Monarchy had during the war with the former Coalition, would have chosen the Hermes System.

When the Machaon people immigrate to the Hermes System, the workload of the royal aristocrats would more than double. The labor of moving the Solar System people will not change, but the time and effort of emigrating the Machaon people would increase.

Moreover, in the case of the Machaon Star System, who are Royal citizens, they cannot be thrown out on the planet.

In the Hermes Star System, a city 50% larger than currently in the Machaon Star System must be built in advance.

After the Hermes System is ready, the Machaon people will immigrate, and the technology level will be reduced from the cities of the Machaon Star System where the Machaon people are no longer residing, and handed over to the Solar System people who have been waiting on the immigrant ships.

The number of aristocrats to be mobilized would at least double, the duration the people of the Solar System will be kept waiting on the immigrant ship prolonged, the resources invested in the Hermes System will increase significantly, and the level of technology used in the Machaon Star System will need to be reduced.

“In the case of immigration by the Machaon Star System, each family is requested to provide at least one magical individual, a ship, and supplies suitable for magical powers, unless the family has no human resources other than the head and successor.

Hart paused once and looked over at the Lords before speaking in a firm tone.

“After creating the eighth realm, we will attempt an invasion operation to connect the Transition Gate to the enemy star system. I ask each system to do its utmost to mass-produce fighter crafts and increase the number of pilots.”

The attendees, who should have prepared themselves for the meeting, were blown away by the shock of the surprise.

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