Lord of the Oasis

Kant thought about it carefully: in order to celebrate the victory of the expedition team, they held a celebration in the main city. His birthday was this year’s second national assembly.

Kant picked up a seal on the side, with his fingers rubbed on its surface, engraved with the national emblem of the same gold lion.

After thinking for a while, Kant decided to announce the completion of the Caradia Empire at the celebration tomorrow.

With this in mind, Kant dug out the constitutional document presented by the Ministry of Justice a few days ago.

He looked it over carefully.

This constitution was made by Kant in consultation with all the ministers that served in the imperial court.

It stipulated the centralized political system of the Caradia Empire.

It also listed in detail the organizational principles and powers of the state institutions, the basic rights and tasks of the citizens of the empire.

The ranks of officials and the division of departments in the imperial court were all readjusted.

The transfer of personnel still took some time to get used to, but now the court was probably on the right track to apply the provisions of the constitution.

After Kant carefully read the constitution, he was more certain in his heart that he would open up the idea to the people tomorrow.

Drondheim was now a peaceful place in a desert oasis, and this would be the first time Kant had presented his vision to the people.

A centralized country relied heavily on leadership at the top, Kant wanted to use Drondheim as the center to convey to the people who lived on the land of the Caradia Empire the belief that under a centralized system, the people also needed to participate.

This was Kant’s balancing choice at the top of the centralized power. He believed in his ability to lead such a system.

Until late at night, Kant was still busy in front of the case, preparing for tomorrow’s publication.

On his birthday, early in the morning, the ceremony officers came with their men to bathe and change Kant.

Under the service of the ceremonial officers, Kant put on the dress he had been given yesterday and walked out of the palace.

Outside the palace stood a high platform that had been built overnight. At the same time that the palace door opened, a band stood on both sides of the door and began to play music.

The sound of cannon salutes followed: pink petals covered the entire open space.

Kant walked to the high platform under the eyes and cheers of the people and officials.

After the usual etiquette ended, Kant cleared his throat and signaled for everyone to be quiet for the time being.

The officials below the platform had already received the news and were mentally prepared.

Meanwhile, the people who did not know the inside story had curious looks on their faces as they looked forward to Kant’s follow-up speech.

“I, the Lord of Drondheim, Kant, announce that Drondheim is no longer an ordinary colonial estate. Instead, it is the capital of the Caradia Empire that you and I built together! Each and every one of you are citizens under the protection of the Caradia Empire!” Kant said solemnly word by word.

“Eh?!” Among the crowd below the stage, after Kant finished his first sentence, there was a series of surprised exclamations. In the end, when Kant finished his words, everyone’s faces revealed a pleasantly surprised expression. Then, they hugged each other and cheered.

Seeing that the reaction of the people was much more positive than expected, Kant was relieved.

After Kant’s speech ended, the elected representative from the high officials stood on stage. He introduced the nature of the Caradia Empire to everyone and read out the newly formulated constitution.

“Today is not only Lord’s birthday, but also the birth of the Caradia Empire. I hope everyone can spend it happily.” the minister concluded.

Kant’s birthday celebration ended here.

From now on, on this day every year, everyone in the country would take a day off.

When the Caradia Empire grew stronger and took in more people, this day would become an even more precious day.

After Kant returned to the palace, he leisurely sat down in the side hall of the senate hall.

It still required a lot of energy to make a speech in front of thousands of people.

Kant, who had been dealing with political affairs in the palace all day, was also extremely tired.

After sitting for a while, a ceremonial officer brought his men in one after another. Each of them held a tray in their hands.

“This is?” Kant asked.

“This is the folk snack made by various merchants at today’s gathering,” the ceremonial officer replied.

“Alright, put them down.” Kant nodded and said.

“Yes.” the ceremonial officer replied. Then, he instructed everyone to place the dishes in their hands on the dining table.

Kant was not used to having so many people watching while he was eating. He said to the ceremonial officer, “It’s alright, you can leave now.”

The ceremonial officer glanced at the dishes on the table and nodded hesitantly. Then he left with his people.

According to the procedure, the ceremonial officer should have made an introduction of the various dishes. But when he saw Lord Kant’s tired face, he thought that Lord Kant would not be in the mood to listen to him. So he did not make another suggestion.

Kant sat down at the dining table and began to taste all kinds of snacks by himself.

Each dish had a soft texture and a good taste.

Unconsciously, Kant also began to taste carefully and wholeheartedly into this dish.

In the end, the stomach in the body could not take more burden, and the mouth could no longer swallow it. Only then did Kant put down the cutlery in his hand.

He took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth.

Kant sat at the table, and his eyes unconsciously looked toward the door of the senate hall.

It was noon now, and the outside of the palace was very lively. During this rare holiday, there should not be any officials coming to him to report on government affairs.

Usually at this time, there would be civil servants or generals coming to him to discuss government affairs.

Kant sat quietly for a long time. After making sure that no one would come, he returned to the side hall to rest.

In this world, almost no one had the habit of taking a nap. Kant used to have this habit, but after managing Drondheim, this habit gradually disappeared.

Now, he could not think of any other place to sit in front of the bed. Although the bustle outside the palace was caused by him, it was not suitable for him to participate. Although his birthday wasn’t a special day, it would be too sad if he had to deal with his own affairs on this day. Kant was a politician and a military strategist, not a workaholic. Moreover, today was a national holiday, so no text was sent into the palace.

After closing the thin quilt and lying down, Kant began to try to get himself back into the habit of taking a nap.

His brain still seemed excited, and scenes from the past kept appearing in his mind: his father and mother, the stalemate he faced when he first came to Drondheim, the anger and nervousness of being defeated in the battle to reinforce the Elf Kingdom.

Kant’s thoughts were fading, and he fell into a deep sleep.