636 The Slowly Unfolding World

"Warships already? Could those nobles really intend to rebel?"

Joshua found things unusual after he heard Israel's tone that was rife with killing intent. "It's just spreading Extraordinary knowledge, and making information regarding magic, aura, and runes available for common use," he said, frowning at the person on the other side of the screen. "No matter how aggressively the nobles would react, they would not rebel over something so trivial."

"You believe that I'm so vigilant against certain groups?"

Israel shook his head in return. "Leaving ability aside, I am ultimately Emperor without absolute jurisdiction over land conferred to regional nobles, although they would not raise their flag in an uprising over such a matter. The orcs and draconic plagues had just passed, with both army and civilian antiwar force being so great that it's impossible for them to raise armies."