## Chapter 1372 – Friends

Anyway, Ari showed me a few demonstrations.

When I gave a command, the dryads nodded and went right outside. When they returned, they were holding something in their hands; it turned out to be a plate of fruit.

“First, just telling them to bring something is simple.”

Sitting on the plant throne, I listened to Ari’s explanation while eating the fruit she peeled for me.

“But they can’t understand commands like doing laundry or cooking. I guess they don’t understand yet. If I order them to do laundry, they just soak the clothes in water.”
“Can’t you train them to do that?”
“I think so. But professional skills will take a long time.”

Since there was no washing machine in this world, laundry would fall into the realm of professional skills. With their low intelligence, it would be hard for monsters to understand the concept of cleaning dirt from clothes.

“Hmm… Then can’t we improve our Chorongis’ intelligence? Didn’t some dryads have that ability?”
“I think we’ll have to try various things to find out.”

So it’s difficult for now.

“Hehe, anyway, good job. I’m completely satisfied.”

For now, they’re not maids, just gofers. It might be more accurate to call them lackeys, but that’s something we can work on.

I stroked Ari’s head.

Ari closed her eyes and quietly savored my touch.

“Still, don’t just practice all the time. Let’s move together when we move.”
“Then my proficiency…”
“It’s okay. You can take your time.”
“Yes. I’ll do that then.”
“Good.”

Shall we go find Risha?

Right now, Ari is practicing controlling the dryads inside the fortress, and Risha is practicing magic. The other girls don’t really need to be inside, so they’re doing combat training outside.

“Ari, let’s go see Risha.”
“Yes.”

And so, I went to find Risha with Ari.

* * *

“Ooh, you’ve come!”

ㅡJiggle jiggle.

As I went inside, Risha came running with a happy face, jiggling as she moved.

The reason for the jiggling was that her breasts were shaking like water in a cup as she ran. No… To be precise, should I say milk in a black cup?

Risha’s unique black see-through negligee, which she wears when she’s at home, and the pure white breasts inside it, are indeed comparable to a black cup and milk.

ㅡWhump.

“I’ve been waiting!”

I smacked the butt of Risha, who was trying to hang on my neck with both arms, with the palm of my hand.

ㅡThwack!

“Hee-yang!”
“I was waiting too.”
“Why, why my butt…!”
“I just wanted to.”
“You’re so mean!”

Risha screamed and hugged me even tighter. I savored her scent for a moment. As expected… She only smells good.

“Am I too late?”
“Honestly, you’re very late. How can you abandon the women and leave home for so long?”
“Hehehe, I’m sorry.”
“Ah…”

After I comforted her for a while by stroking her ears, Risha started to melt. While doing that, I asked.

“Have you been researching magic here the whole time?”
“Ah, aah… I was going to tell you the good news. I’ve had a lot of success recently.”
“Success? Could it be gate magic?”
“That’s right…”
“Ooh!!!”

Risha had been continuously researching gate magic! Could it be that she had finally succeeded!!! As I exclaimed in admiration, Risha puffed out her chest and declared.

“Hehehe, such a thing is very simple for this lady. Behold! The results of my efforts!”

ㅡSnap.

The moment Risha snapped her fingers.

ㅡPoof!

A small explosion occurred, and a black, burning ring was created in the air.

“What’s this?”

Looking closely, it wasn’t completely black.
White flames were burning here and there.

“For now, I’ve succeeded in creating a door.”
“Door.”
“Isn’t a gate usually something you use to enter or exit somewhere?”

That’s right.

“To put it simply, a gate is something that you first create a door like this, and then you can use it only after you open it.”
“I see. But it’s not open right now?”

The center of the burning ring wasn’t exactly open or empty. It was as if there was a piece of pitch-black glass in it.

ㅡTap.

When I touched the center, the ring seemed about to scatter.

“If I can just break through the door, the gate magic will be complete. Deconstructing the original technique with my knowledge was a complicated task, but there were no problems because I used your overflowing power as an energy source.”

Risha excitedly explained the progress of the magic. Honestly, I didn’t understand it well, but her chirping like a bird was very cute.

To summarize roughly, it seemed that Risha had used the power she received from me like a mana potion. She used my power to make up for the vast amount of power consumed and continued her own formulas.

“Hehehe, that’s Risha for you.”

If Risha completes gate magic like this, it will become very convenient. This has tremendous versatility.

“Good job. To achieve results so quickly. You’re really a great demon magician, a great magician. You’re such a genius.”
“Compared to you, I still have many shortcomings.”

When I praised her, she liked it very much and tried to act cute with me. I touched Risha’s body for a moment and said.

“Anyway. Now that I’m here. Everyone said they’d go to the main hall to welcome me. Let’s go there.”
“Ah, welcoming is a very important matter. Go ahead first. I’ll get ready and come up.”

No, what’s there to prepare?
I don’t really care.

Still, I couldn’t refuse since she said she would do it for me, so I left Ari behind and went up to the main hall first.

The main hall is not the control room.

The control room is where you control the aerial fortress. The ones there are the captured demon crew members. Anyway, what the main hall is for is.

“Peleiser Leon Green.”

It’s the very audience chamber where the demon king Peleiser Leon Green was sitting in a semi-corpse state. It’s a huge room, and the ceiling is full of mechanical devices.

And in front of me is the throne where the demon king was sitting. The symbol of the highest power. What was placed on top of the throne was the crown whose owner had changed.

ㅡThud.

I picked up Peleiser’s crown and put it on my head.

“Good.”

I sit on the throne in that state.

“Hmm.”

Sitting here and looking ahead, I can feel how vast it is. Yes. This is now my audience chamber. This is my throne. From now on, there will be many situations where I will sit here and work.

“I like it.”

A deep sense of satisfaction rises from the depths of my heart. This is why kings are obsessed with crowns and thrones. Sitting here makes me feel very good.

As I waited like that.

ㅡCreak creak.

The front door in front of me opened.

The ones who came in when the front door opened were the girls who had changed into white dancer outfits. No. Did they all wear that as a group? Isn’t this welcoming ceremony too grand?

ㅡClack clack.

What’s more, they were all wearing white high heels… They smiled at me and walked towards me, clacking as they moved. Behind them were the Chorongi maids following along.

“Hehehe, this welcoming ceremony is too fancy, isn’t it?”

I watched the scene with satisfaction.

Soon, they arrived next to my throne. The girls who approached each took their positions and touched my body as I sat on the throne. As if that wasn’t enough, they took turns kissing my face and ears.

“Katt. This is Katt’s throne now.”

I really feel like I’ve become a sultan from the medieval Middle East.

“Yes. Now all of this is mine.”
“Katt-nim. What will the name of the country be?”
“The Holy Kim Katt Empire?”
“You little punk? You wanna die?”
“Okay, okay. Let’s make it the Cheonma Divine Kingdom. Cheonma Divine Kingdom.”
“No, why? Why are you so obsessed with that word Cheonma? Katt, you?”
“Ah, I explain it every time! Listen properly! Sis!”

Anyway, I think I’ll enjoy myself today and work from tomorrow.

* * *

After taking a break, I took care of the pending work.

“Hero-nim. First of all, this plan is like a dream. Freely changing the terrain at will. Originally, it wouldn’t make sense, so even imagining it would be treated as a waste of time, but this was created on the premise that it can be done very easily.”
“Hoo.”

The construction master explained to me in detail how absurd the plan he handed me was.

Freely changing a very large piece of land, especially the rugged, mountainous terrain of the Karga Kingdom, is an impossible dream, but it’s a plan written on the premise that it can be done very easily.

“While planning, I would encounter realistic problems such as whether this terrain is possible, whether this is geographically possible, and whether it is okay to place this facility here. But as you requested, Hero-nim, I didn’t worry about any of that.”
“Good job. I like it. I’m glad it seems like the master properly understood my power.”
“I was just following orders.”

I read the plan.

“In fact, it was very easy to write because I could just build it however I wanted.”

I turn the pages while listening to the explanation.

It was roughly a plan to build something around this fortress and where to place the main facilities. It was easy to see because there were quite a few simplified pictures attached.

“Hmm. So you’re going to build a big city around the fortress.”
“Yes. And regarding the canal…”

I don’t have much knowledge about construction, so I just listened to the explanation.

“Good. Then this is the most important thing, where should I change the terrain? Is there anything that marks that?”
“Ah, I’ve prepared everything. I quickly received the data on the land survey from the capital. Here, please make the areas marked in red on the map flat. I think it would be good to do the canal-related work after this is finished.”
“I understand.”

I nodded. There’s a lot to do. I didn’t know there would be so many maps stacked in the box, but that meant there was that much land for me to destroy.

“It’s not difficult, right.”

It’s nothing for me to plow through that much land now.

* * *

“Hoo? His Holiness the Pope has come. How gracious is this event. This saintess has been waiting for only this here.”

It seemed that there was no sincerity in Kadia’s playful greeting, but looking at the smile on her face, it was clear that she was sincere.

“Hehehe, so we’ve decided to just call me His Holiness the Pope?”
“There’s a reason for that. Now, it’s not something to say right after arriving, but look at this.”
“Hmm?”

ㅡThud.

As soon as I arrived, I received a bundle of documents.

Looking at it, it was a list.
Next to the list, numbers were densely written.

“What do you think it is?”
“Looking at the noble names and numbers written, is it that? Business funds? Investment?”
“It’s even better than that. It’s a list of believers. The numbers next to them are the offerings they made.”
“Believers… What? What believers? Brass?”

What is it? Kadia already withdrew.
When I asked, wondering, Kadia smiled and clicked her tongue.

“Tsk tsk tsk. Our Holiness the Pope lacks reasoning skills.”
“Ah, what is it? Tell me.”
“Wouldn’t they be believers of a new religion, of course?”
“New religion… Ah!”
“That’s right. They all worship our demigod Holiness the Pope, the new religion.”
“Me…!”

A religion that worships me!!

“When did you create this, Kadia!!!”
“Well, when did I create it? That’s a bit funny. Isn’t it all the same as our Holiness created it? If you show a miracle, followers will naturally arise. Not only nobles but also commoners. Everyone wants to throw themselves into miracles.”

Kim Katt religion…!

“All this saintess did was tie them together under one name. Well, since I have the title of saintess, it was an easy task.”
“Good job, Kadia!!!”

I didn’t expect to hear such news as soon as I arrived!

ㅡWhump!

I immediately hugged Kadia tightly.

“Ah, aah… Really… It feels like my heart is melting. To add, this saintess is now half a cult leader. But I’m being called a saintess.”
“Just be a saintess. That’s the most suitable for Kadia.”
“If you order me to… Ah, but. Wait a minute. Before that. We have to decide on a religion name first.”
“Decide on a religion name?”
“Of course. Who do you think will decide that?”

That’s true too.

I have to decide.

Well, of course, I have a name in mind.

“Make it the Cheonma Church. Cheonma Church.”
“Cheonma Church?”
“Uh.”
“…”

Kadia was silent for a moment, then gently pushed me away.

“No… Honestly, I’ve been just letting it go until now.”

And then she asked with a very questioning face.

“What exactly is that Cheonma? A devil in the sky? Isn’t it a negative meaning?”

You’re asking that now?