After that, he introduced Rumi to Serafina.


    Rumi was not afraid to ask Seraphina many questions, which made her a little confused.


    To tell the truth, I had never seen Serafina so flustered before, so it was refreshing to see. It must be hard for her.


    When we were alone, Seraphina complained.


    "I heard you were a little girl, but I didn''t expect a girl like that. ......"


    "Yes, it is. I didn''t think he was that naive."


    "I can only see her as my sister."


    "What a coincidence. That''s what I thought. I''m not like Altia at all.


    Serafina sighed.


    "The master has to make her his wife. That''s going to take a lot of work.


    "You''ll have to educate him on all of this."


    To be honest, our workload has increased dramatically with the acquisition of King''s Landing.


    The situation in the surrounding areas is far from calm, and we cannot afford to be happy about the marriage.


    "I understand. But ...... even if she wasn''t ordained, she was in a convent, such a fragile child. I''d feel guilty telling her about our wedding night."


    "That kind of thing can be ...... much, much further along. ......"


    "But I don''t think you''re too old to get married."


    Of course, if it is a political marriage, a girl who is less than 10 years old may be married into the family.


    But whether she can be considered a wife is another story. .......


    "Oh, I see the master is getting embarrassed."


    "You''ve seen me in a weird way."


    But I think I might be relieved.


    Serafina moved her body closer to mine.


    "I''ll give up my place in the family chamber, but I''m the one who has the best feelings for you, Master. ......"


    Eyes with a hint of melancholy.


    I felt again that Serafina had also made a difficult decision.


    "At least, I promise not to decrease the amount of love I give to you."


    I moved closer to my chest so that Serafina would feel safe.


    Serafina''s heart was in my chest.


    I consulted with Raviara and Kerala on what I should do first as regent.


    Incidentally, both of them were given additional lands and honorary positions at about the same time I became regent.


    "I think Raviara is training people."


    "The lands under his control were expanded. The deputies and viceroys have limited entourages. We should pick up those who can be of use.


    Kerala had been told about it before and knew most of the answers, but Raviara answered in a similar way.


    "Okay. Let''s promote the best and the brightest. Well, they will be formally in the service of the royal family.


    The regent is only to assist the king. It is not a good idea for the regent to control a region explicitly controlled by the royal family from the start.


    "May I make a suggestion," Kerala opens her mouth. As for controlling the cities, it would be more efficient to use the merchants of those cities as officials, since they are familiar with the land. Of course, there is the danger of taking the merchants'' side.


    "Yes. If we have someone like Fanelia who is bright in finance, we would like to use her. We still need more soldiers, but if they don''t follow our way, we can''t take them.


    I am confident that the army I currently have is the most organized in the country.


    However, I cannot take the whole country with the current number of troops. While I am replenishing my force, the number of people in my army will increase. It will be necessary to make them into a decent army.


    But we still need more officials.


    Now Laviala raises her hand. For some reason, she glanced at Kerala for a moment. Is there some kind of rivalry ......?


    "If you are a priest, you have the knowledge, so why not use someone like that?"


    "I see. Not a bad idea."


    The ability to account for money and negotiate is first required at the literate level. The priests are the first to be cleared in this area.


    But--


    "There are several factions in the temple, too. ....... If we don''t use them well, they can be dangerous. ......"


    --If so, why don''t we try something like the curriculum?


    Oda Nobunaga said something strange.


    What is this kakyo thing?　I have no idea what you''re talking about.


    --I don''t know what you''re talking about. They make you take a test and appoint the person with the best score. But I''ve never done it before. That''s the way they do it in the other country across the sea. If it works, we might be able to create a bureaucratic class directly related to you. I can''t guarantee that it will work.


    No, that could be interesting.


    If it''s just test scores, there''s no nepotism. You can see who is genuinely good at what they do, or at least who can get a good score on the exam.


    Okay, let''s try it. I don''t think that one of them will be fatal.


    If we put "write down some suggestions" in the last question, we might get some good ideas.


    "I''ve got one idea, both of you."


    What the profession came up with is the same thing I came up with.


    "We''ll have an examination in King''s Landing. "There will be an examination in King''s Landing to determine some of the officials. Participation is free. The questions will cover the most famous passages from the scriptures and questions about the money account. I''ll also include a knowledge of geography and history, and maybe some classics.


    "What, ......?　Is it an exam ......!　It''s like a college. ......"


    Laviala was aghast.


    Yes, it might be like a university.


    "That''s a very unusual way of doing things. ....... There is no precedent, so I can''t say for sure. ......"


    Kerala seems to be confused by these new things.


    But I''m going to create a new political system anyway.


    "Let''s do it. I don''t trust the aristocrats who have only been in the family for generations to run the government, and if I can find a smart person in the aristocracy, I can use him.


    Thus, the examination for promotion to a government official was decided on my own initiative.