Ira: From the chart, you can see that richer kingdoms don't always have higher military strength. Money certainly can buy a lot of things but not everything. In your case, your maidens have absolute loyalty to you, making you the strongest kingdom in this continent. Likewise, the majority of magicians graduated from the magic university are loyal to our queen. Those sea creature in water world are also loyal to their lord in the same manner.

Lord: Good analysis, Ira.

Iris: I can do this too. Touch...touch...YES!

Population:

Magic Kingdom: 547,521

Yggdrasil North: ??

Yggdrasil South: ??

Dark Kingdom: ??

Ice Kingdom: 120,000

Midland: 3,700,000

Water world: ??

Lord: Seem you got only exact number for your own country. Make sense. What about those question marks? Don't you even have an estimate?

Ira: Well, scholars are in dispute how to count population in those countries. For example, in your kingdom, should we include insect, worm or bird? Some of these are sentient, some are half-sentient. Should we count those white radishes too?

Lord: Ah, yeah I get it, and you're not sure you should count zombie in dark kingdom? As it is not a living creature.

Ira: Yes, we are not sure what to count or not count. As contrast to counting human, it's very clear.

Luna: Forget those scholars. Let me fill in the numbers so at least you can have some rough picture.

Population:

Magic Kingdom: 547,521

Yggdrasil North: 10,000

Yggdrasil South: 15,000

Dark Kingdom: 80,000

Ice Kingdom: 120,000

Midland: 3,700,000

Water world: 2,500,000

Luna: Yeah, something around this.

Lord: Oh, thanks, Luna.

Luna: My pleasure.

Lord: Anything I should know about Midland? Comprising more than 30 cities like that, no doubt it's strong in all aspects.

Ira: A man named Kazar is the king of Midland. He is a good guy as far as we know. After the great war has ended 2 years ago, Midland is peaceful, and we are also on good terms with him.

Lord: What about other kingdom?

Ira: As far as we know, dark kingdom doesn't contact anyone. All of the emissaries we sent are attacked by undead in the area. Ice kingdom is located too far in the blizzard-ridden north, so we haven't contact them for quite some time.

Lord: What about you send Angel as an emissary?

Ira: She can only teleport to the place she has visited before, and she hate cold air, so we can't send her by wagon either. Moreover, there is no urgent need to.

Lord: Thank you for all of the information.

Ira: One important thing I forgot to mention. We are at war with the water world. That's probably one of the reasons my queen wants to be friend with you.

Lord: You are very transparent, Ira. I'm sure we can be good friends, both on personal level and the kingdom. What is the cause of this water world war?

Ira: The water world claims a piece of land on the southern part of our territory as theirs.

Lord: Quite a common cause for war, isn't it.

Ira: Yes, let go somewhere else, my lord. Before Almond get all the books in our library. [giggle]

[Grand cauldron]

Ruby: Look at that giant transparent bowl over there. I'm sure we can put an elephant in it.

Ira: This structure is called the grand cauldron. As you can see, it's a very big cauldron raised 50 meter above the ground.

Lord: There is a lot of transparent blue water in it.

Ira: It's mana, my lord. Any magicians registered into the system can donate or receive mana from it. Mana is very important for magician. This cauldron can transport mana very far, almost to the edge of our kingdom. However, the farther it is, more loss of mana sent or received.

Iris: This cauldron must be an important tool in time of war, right? Your magician can shoot magic forever.

Ira: Yes, so, we built this device in a safer location quite far away from the southern wall, which is the front line against water world's attack. There are also those shock towers, which will automatically vaporize anyone who try to attack or get close to the cauldron and potentially harm it.

Iris: Ahh...too bad. I want to swim in the transparent blue water in the cauldron.

Ira: I can disable the tower, but it might take some time.

Lord: Hey, Iris. Stop bothering our host all right?

Iris: [giggle] Now I want to try those shock tower's attack at least once. Don't worry, I won't die even when I got stomped by the war trents.

Lord: Hey....hey....what about those delicate girl image of yours.

Ira: .....war trent's stomp? seriously?....is that a bluff? ...mumble...mumble...

[Stone Golem]

Lord: This elephant-sized statue. Finely crafted sculpture, isn't it. I have seen several of them.

Luna: They have a mind of their own and can move in time of war. Think of them as your giant trents in rock form.

Iris, whispering to Almond: It would be fun if it duels with our giant trent.

Almond: [giggle] Quite sure stone is stronger than wood, but hard to be sure. It might break at a joint, and ours are bigger too.

Ira: Apart from magic beasts, which we calls 'Familiar', these golems are important in time of war. Despite their slow movement, ordinary foot soldiers have no chance against them.

[Magic Cannon]

Ira: These cannons can shoot magic shell. It can obliterate an army in one shot. Our primary line of defense against the waterkind.

Lord: With all these powerful cannons, you still have trouble fighting them?

Ira: Yes, they are quite numerous. We are fighting the whole ocean, more or less.

Lord: Where do these waterkind live?

Ira: Basically everywhere in the ocean, but their capital is Atlantis, an underwater city located unexpectedly close to our shore in the south.

Lord: The city's name sounds familiar, but never mind.

[Magic University]

Ira: This is where most of our magicians learn their spell. There is no tuition fee but the applicants must have some talent in magic to enrol. The queen pays for everything.

Ruby: Wow. Cool. She is so generous.

Ira: Well, it benefits us too, as majority of the graduates continue to be loyal to her and the magic kingdom. These magicians and magical creatures they create make us one of the most powerful kingdom in the world.

Lord: Reminds me of Hog... uh... never mind.

Astille: I will study here.

Ira: You're welcome, but plant and human are different. I'm not sure you can learn human's spell.

Astille emits grey aura.

Violet: It seems we attract some attention from the students around here.

Ira: Everyone loves beautiful flowers, I guess.

Almond: Look. They are duelling over there.

Luna: They practice fighting by shooting [Magic Shot] at each other. Since this is the least damaging spell in the magician's arsenal, and our magic resistance is generally high, the duel is fairly safe.

Lord: Don't tell me they also ride brooms and catch some flying ball?

Ira: We don't have such a silly sport. Moreover, brooms are for cleaning floors. Where did you get the idea from?

Lord: Never mind.

[Item shop]

Iris: Wow, this one doesn't have the word 'Advanced' in its name like the one in radish market, but the quality is much better. However, the price is higher accordingly.

Ira: Get anything you want, we are paying. It's just trivial amount compared to the royal revenue.

Lord: I prefer to pay it myself. So, we can deny it easier if one day you ask us to fight the Water world.

Ira: You are good at diplomacy, my lord.

Almond: Wow, mana potion. This is the first time I saw a real one. Transparent blue liquid in a clear bottle. So beautiful.

Ira: I think you know how to use it. My throat is a little dry. Luna will take over my responsibility for now. Let me rest a bit, see you shortly.

Luna: Any of you are magician?

Astille: Me...me... I shoot fireball.

Luna: Carry a few with yourself all the time. It will be useful.

Iris: I doubt that. Most of the time after she has a chance to shoot one fireball, the enemy approaches, and she always crouches in fear.

Astille emits dark aura.

Luna: [giggle] Just carry it as a decoration then. It looks cool on any magician.

Almond: I'll take 50 of them, just in case. At least I can use it to decorate my library.

Ruby: The liquid in mana potion is delicious.

Violet: Really? Let me try some. Wow.

Jasmine drinks it and nods.

Lord: Let me tr....

Luna: Stop. You might get ill from drinking that, my lord. I'm not sure what will happen if the person having zero maximum mana like you drink it. It's hard to find people having zero mana. So, I am not sure.

Lord: Ok...ok...a weak man have to stay low....mumble...mumble.

Almond: Here, I found a lot of red potions. Surely this can heal our lord when our healers are not available. Let buy all of the best grade.

Luna: That's entirely unnecessary. His HP is like 35. The lowest grade can overfill it.

Lord: ......

Almond: Then let buy them all and think later. It might be useful for us too.

Luna: You can try, but the potions are not made to be used on plant. It might not be very effective.

Almond: Iris, stay still and let me slash you, to test the potion effectiveness.

Iris: Heeeeelp me, my lord. I'm not a guinea pig.

Jasmine cuts her own arm and drinks the potion.

Iris: Wow. My lord, you must give some reward to her tonight, OK?

Almond: Hmm...doesn't heal yet. Probably her Max HP is too high too. Never mind. Just buy it for our lord then. Everyone, carry one red potion with you all the time. Who knows when our lord might need it.

Luna: They have limitation, you know. Drinking 50 of them consecutively won't make you invincible.

Lord: Unlike those blacksmiths in Ragnarok On... hmm... never mind.

Ruby: Look at this section. They are full of dispel potions. De-petrify, antidote, eye drop, voice potion, panacea.

Almond: Herbs from our trents can also dispel these effects, but yeah, let buy them all just in case.

[Accessory shop]

Luna: This shop may be the most useful for your lord. Since he is too weak to wear armor, let's find the best ring with protection boost.

Shopkeeper: This is all element resistance +30 rings. Good all around. One of the best I have in my shop.

Lord: Great. It's light-weighted too.

Astille prepares to shoot fireball.

Almond: No..no...no. That's too powerful. Our lord might die, since his hp is very low.

Shopkeeper: Physical def rings are rare and hard to make. You can get like +400 physical def from a full plate armor. Magician can get like +100 physical def from the best kind of robe. That's why no one bothers to research or make physical def ring. Here is physical def +10 ring. Highest of its kind.

Lord: Better than nothing, I guess.

Iris: Ha! Robe, let find a robe shop. If it's still too heavy for our lord, I don't know what to say.

Almond: Do you have invisibility cloak by any chance? It could be very useful for our lord.

Luna: Nope. Never see one before in my life.

Lord: What about phoenix down?

Luna: What is it?

Lord: Never mind.

[Premium Item Shop]

Ruby: Look sis. There are white potions too. Wow, 20 gold coins a bottle.

Luna: That's the best kind of health potion. Not only it gives +1000 hp and +30 hp regen per seconds for almost an hour. It can cure all status ailment and effect too. In fact, it's a new merchandise. The active ingredients are white leaves that can only be obtained from one your trent.

Lord: Oh, there are some existing trade routes between our kingdoms?