As I instructed, the Crystal Palace that was originally built in the center of the base was dismantled, and the only thing left behind was the wooden mansion.
There are seven shadows inside the mansion. In the living room on the first floor, there are two three-seat sofas and one throne brought from upstairs. Three non-human girls sat on one sofa, and three girls who, for different reasons, were also non-humans are sitting on the other sofa. Meanwhile, I’m sitting on the throne, which is hard to sit on (actually the best position where I can observe Yuri from two directions due to having two three-seater sofas facing each other).
In front of the six girls who spent their time on the sofa in their own way, there was a vertically long dining table that was installed for meetings… Meanwhile, Tuna-kun and Bonito-chan, who were appointed as chore guys, were busy making late-night snacks in the kitchen next door.
“Well then, we’re about to start our regular meeting, but before that… Sanjou Hiiro, may I lead the meeting? Rather than having Sylphyel-sama do it, I think it would be better to let me, who is of a lower rank, take over this kind of miscellaneous affairs.”
“You don’t have to worry about that, Ruri. Founder-sama treats us as equals, so he gave us the same amount of instruction. Also, thanks to the previous matter, the demons, including me, have reassessed our opinion about humans, so there is no need to give us weird considerations.”
“No, there is no way it can be like that…”
Hearing that, Hizumi glanced at me.
“Alright, I’ll leave this to Hizumi. I trust you, after all. I can rest assured to have you in a position like a secretary.”
“I-I see… well, then, I’ll do it…”
She then brushes her hair up and opened the window screen. A huge window is displayed, and Hizumi writes on it with a pen-shaped magic device.
“Well then, the regular meeting of Sacred Yuri Empire, begins. At Emperor Sanjou Hiiro’s suggestion, the regular meeting will be a place to collect agendas from the six executives and try to resolve them.”
“Waaa, Kyo-sama, you are finally the Emperor! Amazing~”
“Yes, I am Emperor Sanjou Hiiro. (Acting cool)”
“Ehehe… Founder-sama, you are so cool…!”
“Your face is annoying.”
“Heine-sama, it will take a while if Kyo-chan is depressed, so please praise him.”
After being praised extravagantly, I crossed my legs and raised one hand with a posed look.
“Continue, Hizumi (Acting cool).”
“…”
“I’m joking, I’m sorry.”
After clearing her throat to regain her original aura, Hizumi writes a string of letters. Ruby, who opened her laptop (Notebook PC) on her lap, followed her and copied what Hizumi wrote at a tremendous speed. Apparently, she volunteered herself as a secretary.
“For the time being, our top priority is to decide on everyone’s position… To put it simply, who does what. If we don’t decide this, human resources will be wasted. People who don’t have roles can’t work, after all.”
“Ah, I know that… Ehe… We’re talking about the minister of economy, minster of the military, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of science… that kind of positions, right…?”
“Ricchan, that’s Civilization.”
“But that seems to be on the right track. At the very least, I hope we can decide that… Also, roughly speaking, I would like us to have a state assistant, a minister of agriculture, a minister of information, a minister of education, and a minister of public order and safety.”
“If we don’t plan to expand the scale of the nation, the minister of education and public order and safety is unnecessary for now. We should just assign the remaining seven.”
“Slurrrrrrrrrrp! (The sound of Vallachia slurping Jiro’s ramen)”
Hizumi proceeds to describe the desk job of the seven positions on the window screen.
“Of course, the final decision will be left to you, the leader, emperor, and founder, Sanjou Hiiro, but… May I be the one who assigns it?”
“Well, it’s mostly decided, anyway. So, there’s no problem. I’ll leave it to you.”
With a nod, the program director writes down the name in each position.
National Assistant: Shiina Riina
Minister of Military: Vallachia Tepes
Minister of Economy/Foreign Affairs: Hizumi Ruri
Minister of Science: Ruby Oliette
Minister of Agriculture: Heine Skullface
Minister of Information: Sylphyel Diablot
“… Aren’t Heine and Vallachia’s positions reversed?”
“Ah~, Kyo-sama, did you just think of me as a gluttonous character? The theory that gluttons should be in charge of agriculture is as bullshit as Yellow ranger is a curry-lover, you know?”
“Hot! Oi, the soup! The soup is splashing everywhere–”
As the soup splashed into my eyes, I scratch my eyes while covering them with both hands.
“My eyes, my eyes~!”
“Ahaha! Isn’t it Jiro’s that1? It’s Jiro’s that!”
“Don’t play around, can you try to be like an emperor a little more…”
Wearing a fluffy pajama, Vallachia, who turned into a Jiro slurping monster, pointed at me while laughing hard. Next to her, Bonito-chan gave her a third bowl of Jiro ramen while shivering slightly.
“Yay! I love ramen!”
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“Kyo-chan probably doesn’t know this, but I think Vallachia-sama is a genius when it comes to battle, you know?”
“Eh? Seriously?!”
The three humans looked at each other and nodded.
“I don’t know if her talents extend to tactics and strategy, but… If three of us went to fight against her in a death match, she would definitely destroy us.”
“You mean, she is stronger than Sylphyel? This black-bellied ramen head? Are you kidding me?”
“Somehow, I feel like you are saying something terrible to me, but I don’t really understand because the ramen’s fat has come into my head, so I’ll forgive you!”
The vampire lord, who was doing Deep Plowing2 (Jiro’s player basic technique of switching the noodles with the vegetables on top of the ramen)– caught the splashed soup with the tip of her chopsticks and continue eating like it was normal.
“…”
“However, if it’s a team fight, there is a chance that even Heine can win. If anything is possible, even I might win too. That’s how is it, but if it is pure strength, then we’re no match for Vallachia.”
“But, Ruri-chan… Vallachia-sama is certainly strong, but… In terms of strategy, wouldn’t Heine-sama be better…?”
“…”
“There is 『But, we can’t let Vallachia become the minister of agriculture』 written in Hizumi’s face, you know? Because everything will be turned into Jiro’s ramen.”
“Even if I look like this, I’m pretty good at manipulating the soul. I’m the lich king, after all, so leave the handling of life and death to me. *Peace*”
Heine makes a peace sign with an expressionless face.
“W-well then, if there are no other opinions, it’s decided.”
Just like that, the positions of the six are determined.
The next agenda is about the hierarchy of the Devil’s Religion.
“Ah, we’re talking about, I think the name is 『Black Cat』, right… A class system with familiars as models… If I’m not mistaken, there are three classes, evil, crow, and black cat, right? Hizumi, Ruby, and Riina are black cats, right?”
The three nodded, and Hizumi began to talk.
“Honestly, I don’t think this hierarchy is necessary for the Sacred Yuri Empire. It is also meaningless to classify these six people. I think we can abolish it for a while.”
“I agree with Ruri-chan. Let’s get rid of useless things.”
Thus, at least, the Arshariya faction will temporarily abolish the hierarchy.