Chapter 390 353 – The Adventurer Trio

Holding Chloe in his arms, Takumi looked at Kagali as she reported to him.

"What's the situation now? Has anything important happened?"

Takumi asked casually, never once stopping as he flipped through the manga in his hands.

Whenever Chloe, seated in his lap, reached an amusing part of the manga, she would let out a cheerful giggle.

Looking at Takumi openly slacking off, Kagali no longer had the energy to complain.

She presented the operational plans she had drafted over the course of the day for his approval.

"I've drawn up separate military plans for attacking the Kingdom of Blumund and the Armed Nation of Dwargon. Please approve them, Master."

"Huh? You can approve this sort of thing yourself from now on."

"…"

Kagali nearly exploded upon hearing that answer.

Which one of them was the emperor here?!

How could a loyal secretary like her be allowed to overstep her authority and command the military?!

Granted, Takumi himself had given her that authority, so logically speaking, it should have been proof of how highly he valued her.

But no matter how Kagali looked at it, it felt more like Takumi simply could not be bothered with any of this and had dumped every tedious matter onto her.

"Haaah…"

After releasing a long, frustrated sigh, Kagali stopped dwelling on it.

She would simply follow Takumi's basic principle of constant expansion.

"Master, aside from those two minor matters, I believe our empire needs a name."

"You should also pay attention to incorporating the nearby monster tribes. At the very least, you ought to appear before them and make an announcement."

Only after hearing those two points did Takumi finally take the matter somewhat seriously.

"So… I still haven't named the empire."

"Master, you only just noticed?!"

"Ahem… Don't talk back."

Takumi forcefully shut Kagali down.

There was a reason he had failed to notice.

Ultimately, it was because the empire in the world of Redo of Healer already had a name.

Besides, he genuinely had not taken something as minor as founding a nation very seriously. He had been too busy enjoying himself.

"Let's call it the Takum Empire. Yes, that'll do."

"That's just your name reversed with one character changed!"

"Do you have a problem with it?"

"...No."

Despite having countless complaints bottled up inside, Kagali could only swallow them in the face of Takumi's forcefulness.

Seeing Kagali's face turn increasingly red with frustration, Takumi offered her some consolation.

"Don't worry about such trivial matters."

"How about this? I'll personally handle incorporating the nearby monster tribes."

"Come to my chambers tonight and report the political affairs to me properly."

Hearing that Takumi was finally willing to do some work, Kagali suddenly felt as though an incompetent young ruler had finally grown up.

But when she heard his final sentence, her beautiful face became alluringly flushed.

Her true duty as his secretary was indeed still related to earning another promotion.

She had not yet had enough of her previous reward, either.

Kagali charmingly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and nodded shyly.

"Then I'll report the political affairs to you tonight, Master."

With that, Kagali's resentment disappeared, and she finally returned to her work.

Once Kagali had left, the quiet Chloe softly asked, "Big Brother Takumi, are you the king of this country? Are you very busy?"

"Not really. Kagali is here to handle everything, after all."

"But there are still some things I need to do myself."

"Chloe, would you like to come with me?"

Faced with Takumi's invitation, Chloe immediately nodded in excitement.

If Freya, Eve, and the others had witnessed this, they would probably have been very envious.

However, they were currently serving as generals, leading the Demon Shadow Army in campaigns against the two nearest kingdoms.

Sensing their movements, Takumi was in an excellent mood.

Back then, he had needed to handle everything himself. Now, he could simply lie back and enjoy the results.

As expected, developing the forces under his command was essential. It was not enough for only him to become a god.

Takumi immediately set out. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding landscape appeared before him in its entirety.

Chloe, still held in his arms, also saw the dynamic image resembling a miniature map floating in front of them.

"Is this… some kind of surveillance screen?"

"Something like that. I made it with magic."

Takumi grinned and began examining the surrounding area.

According to the information Kagali had provided, his empire was gradually drawing the attention of the nearby monster tribes.

Many weaker monster communities had begun voluntarily joining the empire in search of protection.

The humans of this world had also noticed the newly established empire that had appeared without warning.

They had already dispatched adventurers to confirm the Storm Dragon's disappearance and had discovered the empire constructed over the sealed cave.

Because Takumi had made no effort whatsoever to hide his actions, Kagali suspected that some people had already guessed he was the one who had killed the Storm Dragon ahead of schedule.

As an unknown emperor in the eyes of the world, Takumi would inevitably attract the attention and vigilance of the surrounding kingdoms.

That was especially true now that his empire had begun aggressively expanding and launching invasions.

Using Raphael, Lord of Wisdom to collect and compile information, Takumi discovered something interesting.

"An adventurer sent by one of the kingdom guilds to investigate has brought people back with him."

Takumi looked toward one part of the forest with great interest.

A party consisting of two men and two women was desperately fleeing for their lives.

Behind the four of them, a swarm of giant ants was in pursuit. Each stood two meters tall and possessed a body as massive as an elephant.

"Big Bro Kaval, look what you've done! Why did you randomly stab a giant ant nest with your sword?!"

Gido shouted continuously as he ran.

Kaval, running at the front as the party's leader, stubbornly shouted back, "Sh-Shut up! Don't question your leader's judgment!"

"Who would want a careless idiot like you as their leader?!"

Elen, a lovely blonde girl, glared furiously at Kaval.

Tears welled in her eyes as she shouted, "If I die, I'll haunt you even as a ghost!"

Kaval, still running at the front, immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahaha! You can forget about that, because… I'm going to die with you!!!"

The miserable note in his laughter only made Elen's tears flow even harder.

"I don't want to die with you!"

Amid their screams, the masked black-haired woman trailing behind them frowned slightly and took a deep breath.

Feeling the restless magical energy inside her, Shizue Izawa gritted her teeth and stopped.

Over the years, she had become increasingly unable to control the flame spirit Ifrit within her.

That was precisely why she had gradually withdrawn from the front lines before eventually distancing herself from human settlements and coming to the Great Forest of Jura.

Along the way, she happened to encounter the three-person adventurer party in front of her and joined them.

She had not expected to run into a problem like this immediately after joining.

She had no choice but to act!