<h4>Chapter 183: Royal Commanded</h4>


    Miku took Ryder to the Library of the Royal Pce.


    She also showed him around the library and helped him choose the best books when it came to the hierarchy of the Demon Realm.


    By the time Miku stopped choosing the book, Ryder had realized that there were over 50 books in her hand.


    He couldn’t help but smile wryly at the impossible thought of reading the books.


    Miku ced all the 50 books on the table.


    "Ahh, Is this all?" Ryder asked her.


    "Not really. This is the most basic stuff that I chose to help you get the most basic idea. After reading the basics, you can start with theplex stuff about the inner workings of everything," Miku replied.


    "50 books of basics? Really?" Ryder let out with a wry smile on his face.


    "Forget it. I don’t have that much time to read. Bring me a nk paper and a pen along with a map of Demon Realm," Ryder told her, shaking his head. He realized that it was much difficult to gain in-depth knowledge from books without attaining a skill rted to it because hecked the time. He decided to only learn the basics of the basics with the help of Miku.


    Miku walked away while Ryder sat on the chair near the books.


    He casually opened one of the books and saw some strange symbols that he didn’t understand. He closed the book and started to wait for Miku toe back.


    Miku came back after some time with a few nk papers, a pen, and a map of the Demon Realm.


    She gave the map to Ryder and ced the papers and the pen on the table.


    "Alright. Move the books to the side," Ryder told her as he started unfolding the map, which was way bigger than he had expected.


    Even though the map waspressed, it was still bigger than Ryder.


    Miku picked up the books and ced them on another table while Ryder ced the unfolded map on the table before him.


    He picked up the paper and the pen.


    He wrote the word ’king’ on the top of the paper.


    "Alright. We’ll start with the king. The highest in the hierarchy is, of course, the king who possesses all the powers. I know about that. Whates after the king? Who has a higher position? A prince or a High Duke?" Ryder asked Miku.


    "A High Duke and a Royal Prince are said to have a simr position. Both of them are important for the Empire."


    Ryder drew two lines from the word of King that he wrote on the paper. One of the lines went southeast while the other line went Southwest.


    He wrote Prince at the end of the southwest line and High Duke at the end of the other line.


    "High Dukes don’t have anynd. They are like great elders of the Kingdom who are assigned to keep the kingdom safe. They don’t have to worry about thend. Also, High Dukes have the power to kill anyone in the kingdom who they believe is putting the kingdom in danger, except people from the royal lineage."


    Miku started talking about the powers associated with High Dukes.


    "Interesting, So High Dukes can kill Dukes if they think they have a valid reason, and they can’t be punished," Ryder muttered with a thoughtful look on his face.


    "Yes. They don’t havend or anything, but they hold more power and authority than Dukes. If they want, they can also take the Dukedom of a Duke in control. Also, High Dukes are authorized to hold their own army. Their Armies are just like our Royal Army, but while the Royal Army is only assigned to protect the Royals in the Royal City and the borders of our Kingdom, the armies of the High Dukes are responsible for keeping peace in thend outside the Royal City."


    Miku kept talking about the High Duke’s powers, which sometimes surprised Ryder, especially the army thing.


    " There’s also one more thing. Even though High Dukes are allowed to hold Personal Armies, their army needs to be smaller than the Royal Army. They can only have twenty percent of the people in their army whenpared to the Royal Army."


    "That’s good. I guess they did put some thought into it," Ryder muttered as he heard the second part.


    Ryder made another line below the High Duke.


    "The Dukes should be after the High Dukes in the hierarchy," Ryder muttered as he wrote Dukes at the end of the line.


    "Yes, I’ll talk about the hierarchy of the High Duke side first. After that, I’ll talk about the hierarchy on your side," Miku nodded her head.


    "Dukes are lower in position than High Dukes. They are assigned to rule over small portions ofnd called dukedom," Miku replied.


    "I understand that. We have the same thing back home. They are like managers that handle thend for the King since the King can’t personally take care of every portion of thend," Ryder muttered.


    "Yes, they are responsible for keeping the popce happy in their dukedom and convey to the higher-ups if their dukedomcks anything or if there is any problem,"


    "They can also hold a small army, but their Armies can only be 5 percent of a High Duke’s army in size. They can kill anyone in their Dukedom that is lower than them in the hierarchy as long as they feel a threat to the peace and the prosperity of thend."


    Ryder nodded his head.


    "After thates marquis who handles the smaller portions of the Dukedom. They are lower than the Dukes. They can’t hold armies. The Dukes assign their armies to help the Marquis and keep peace in thend,"


    Miku kept talking about them and the ones lower in the hierarchy for the next hour.


    "Andstly, Vige heads. They are assigned to handle the viges. They are selected from the vigers. Some viges are weak, and they have weak vige heads as well. I heard that some of our vige heads are only as strong as the three-year-olds in our Royal City," Miku let out.


    "Three-year-olds?" Ryder muttered with a wry smile on his face as he remembered how proud he was after defeating a vige head when he first arrived in the Demon Realm.


    "Now we get to your side of the spectrum," Miku let out.


    "You, as the Crown Prince, have the authority tomand the Royal army to do anything other than dering war on anyone. You would need the majority permission of High Dukes for that, or you can use the Royal Command to force them to agree," Miku exined.