second person
"How many invitations are still pending?" I asked the Assistant.
[1,459]
"How many registered residents are in the kingdom?"
[37,215]
"Are there any unregistered ones?"
[Affirmative]
"How many?"
[142]
I nodded and called Fynn to my office.
"What's up, Your Majesty?" he asked with a slight bow.
"There are 142 unregistered individuals in our kingdom. I want you to correct this and determine where the error lies."
"As you wish, Your Majesty!" he said and left the room, as he had the authority to look at the kingdom map where these people are.
Sighing, I stood up from my chair and walked into the throne room.
"Assistant, I want to create special personnel."
[Confirmed]
The overview opened again, allowing me to select the materials.
I thought for a moment and asked the Assistant, "How do the specially created individuals become stronger?"
[Either through more mana stones and/or with bodies of stronger beings.]
I nodded, scratching my head.
I retrieved the {Tiny World} from my pocket and entered it.
"Wow," I murmured but had to hold my breath and protect myself from the dense atmospheric mana.
Then I stuffed all the mana stones into my backpack, initiated the production anew, and left the black marble again.
After depositing the mana stones and all the monster bodies in the treasure chamber, I returned to the throne room and continued.
I added 300,000 high-class mana stones, but after the first thousand stones, the message appeared.
[Necessary mana level of materials detected, no more mana stones needed]
I shrugged and added all the slain monsters, including the demigod octopus.
Once finished, I clicked on.
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[Female] [Diverse] [Male]
[Attributes]: 0/3
Functions: /
[Character]: /
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"Hmm. Which gender?"
I shrugged and looked for Mia, who was currently on the way to the farm district, for healing people at the hospital.
I stopped her just in time, when she went on the bridge.
"What gender should the new creation be?"
With braided hair, boots, a beautiful dress, and a bag slung over her shoulder, she looked up at me.
"A woman would be nice. And Fynn is a man, it's a woman's turn now."
I smiled. "All right! Have fun, and don't overexert yourself!"
She smiled back, and I gave her a quick kiss before watching her walk across the bridge.
„Have a nice day!"
With a happy face, I turned back. "Then a woman!"
So, I created a highly experienced, fiercely loyal female general, tasked with training elite soldiers. She would possess the abilities of [Trainer], [Martial Arts Expert], and [Weapons Expert].
With her free spirit, love for combat, and somewhat sadistically rebellious character, she was to train new soldiers.
After entering all the details, I clicked on [Create].
[Confirmed]
[Mana being used]
[Materials being used]
[Please wait]
[…]
When the Assistant's notification chimed in my ears, the already familiar magical circle formed before me in the throne room.
The earth trembled briefly, and everything became bright. Leaning forward a bit to see, I noticed my second special personnel emerging from a veil of magical mist.
[Successful]
[Please enter a name]
I thought for a moment and then said, "Roswita."
[Confirmed]
["Roswita" successfully created]
Then I watched as a person with swinging arms stepped out of the mana mist.
With a grin, the woman, who resembled an Afro-American, glanced around the throne room.
"Welcome, Roswita!" I announced loudly, infused with mana.
Her gaze slowly turned to me, and she saluted briefly.
I stood up and walked toward her with a smile, but contrary to my expectations, she didn't say anything.
I noticed her mana circulating and saw her rushing toward me.
I sighed, made a small step to the side, and raised my hand.
Without mana, I slapped her on the back, causing her to grunt as she bounced to the ground and even sprang back up a little.
I activated the crown and circulated about half of my mana to strengthen the royal aura.
*Dooom*
The air trembled, and the light seemed to vibrate.
Amused, I looked down at Roswita, who was pressed to the ground solely by the aura. Though I had almost expected something like this to happen, I was still a little surprised.
I took a step back, and everything shook.
"And am I strong enough, Roswita?" my words echoed through the room.
"I... I... can't... breathe."
"Oh," I scratched my head and stopped the aura, letting the crown vanish.
"Haaa," I heard my new personnel breathe deeply. She slowly got up, but remained kneeling.
"Sorry, Your Majesty!" she said, crestfallen, "I knew you were strong, but not this strong, and I, an experienced soldier, must not serve under someone weaker."
"I thought so! And you don't have to call me 'Your Majesty.'"
She lifted her gaze from the ground and nodded still a little shaky.
"Come on, get up, Roswita!"
She sprang up and saluted again, but this time stiffly. Her blue eyes seemed to look into nothingness, and her short brown hair stood on end, reaching my chest, so she was shorter than Mia.
"Follow me and tell me what you can remember," I instructed.
Then I led Roswita through the castle. At first, she was intimidated, but she gradually relaxed.
I learned that she knew as little as Fynn.
…
"Do I just have to place my hand on this orb?" she asked, rubbing her nose.
"Exactly!" I agreed.
We then proceeded to create her identification card.
Another citizen added to the kingdom, I smiled.
Then we went to the garden, where I asked Roswita to show me her status.
"Of course, Boss!" she said; "Status System!"
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System: Elite Warrior
Name: Roswita
Job: Trainer
Species: Humanoid?
Level: near transcended
Level: 300/500
EXP: 0 / 30,000,000
Mana: 3,000,000/3,000,000
<[Status Points]>
<[Personal Data]>
<[System Skills Tree]>
<[Skills] >
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I nodded approvingly, noting the uncertainty about her species, but pleased to see she had reached a high level.
"Come, let me introduce you to my in-laws," I said to her, scanning the castle.
I followed Elias and Sylvia's mana signature, finding them strolling on the island.
They were taking a break by the small pond Mia and I had dug during her speed leveling.
"Elias, Sylvia!" I called out to them.
They turned back; "Oh, Leo. What brings you here?"
"I wanted to introduce you to Roswita," I pointed to her and explained, "She's my second specially created person."
"Hello, I'm Sylvia. Nice to meet you."
"Pleasure's mine!" Roswita replied.
"I'm Elias."
She nodded; "Nice to meet you."
Elias nodded as well and turned to me, "Did you just activate that royal aura or something?"
"Ah, yes! I did. Why?"
"Well, we were at the lakeshore at the time, quite far away from you, yet we were forced to our knees."
"Exactly!" his wife added, "the air seemed to tremble and press down on us like deep water!"
I opened my eyes in surprise and raised my eyebrows.
Nevertheless, I explained to my in-laws what had happened.
"Haha," Roswita laughed, rubbing her nose sheepishly, "I just can't help it! If I'm to serve someone, even if it's my creator, they must be stronger than I am."
Sylvia shook her head incredulously and hooked her arm with Elias again. He chuckled deeply, "I was like that once, but eventually you understand that strength isn't everything."
Roswita's eyes narrowed, "That may be true for peasants, but I am a warrior to the bone!"
"Haha, if that's how it is!" Elias laughed, turning to me, "We'll continue on, and by the way, you have a nice pond here."
I smiled understandingly but asked, "I wanted to level up the castle next; do you want to watch?"
"No, we'll see plenty of that! But thanks!" Elias replied, leading his wife away.
I shrugged and turned to Roswita.
"I'll just upgrade the castle quickly, then I'll show you your workplace!"
"Alright, Boss!" she joked, saluting, and followed me.