Chapter 668: Chapter 381, Reverse His Mother’s!
“Iron Curtain Queen, it’s been a long time.”
Isabel waved her hand and said, “There’s no queen anymore, just call me Isabel.”
“I wouldn’t dare be so disrespectful; even if we are both in a foreign land now, in Nuo Yan City, you are still the queen.”
“Just working for the governor,” Isabel said. “Thanks to the support from all sides, Nuo Yan City has become one of the first Nest Capitals to initially complete reforms after Mingyan City, and you’ve been a great help in this process. Without you, King Eureka, and the Titans you led personally, the knights deterring those with disloyal hearts, I would have faced more troubles.”
The person in front of Isabel was her fellow countryman, also from Heijian Star, the current king of Panbos Kingdom and also the leader of the Alliance National Knights.
By comparison, Isabel, once a ruler of another realm on Heijian Star, had a status no less significant, now a manager on Korolya of a Nest Capital.
Before this, they were not well-acquainted. After all, Eureka was just a prince back then, while Isabel was already the queen of the Kingdom of Stefano; they merely knew there was such a person, without any special contact.
But now, as both found themselves in a foreign land and with similar backgrounds as former rulers now serving the Alliance, they felt a sort of comradeship.
As it happened, Eureka’s mission had brought him to Nuo Yan City, which was under Isabel’s management. After completing his official duties, he came up with the idea to visit his ‘fellow countryman,’ leading to the present meeting.
Eureka said, “Since you don’t want me to call you ‘queen,’ then stop calling me ‘king.’ Here we are just two fighters for the Alliance. The only difference between us is the way we fight. I pilot knight Mecha, and you are on the front lines as a manager.”
“Yes, you’re right,” Isabel agreed, then after thinking added a word of caution, “But even though the governor has given us full freedom, we still need to have some self-awareness.”
“No matter how righteous we feel in our hearts, our identities inevitably mean we cannot act rashly, so we need to be even more cautious within the Alliance’s system. We should not have had this meeting; some within the Alliance may take issue with it, and it might even give people back on our home planet, those who cannot see the reality and future clearly, some undue thoughts,” she cautioned.
Eureka rubbed his face, looking somewhat weary.
He said, “I know I’ve been mocked as a traitor in the past, for betraying my homeland; I’ve also encountered those who said I harbored ulterior motives, unable to forget my home country… I completely understand, this is what our identities entail. We are both former rulers and now authorities within the Alliance. But is this our sin? I never understood that, I…”
“Enough,” Isabel raised her hand, stopping Eureka from going on. “I don’t want to continue this topic, let’s talk about something else.”
Eureka exhaled deeply, “Alright, I spoke too much. We really shouldn’t dwell too much on this topic. Let’s talk about something else, something cheerful. I heard that from places like Mingyan City, Nuo Yan City, a lot of people have migrated to our homeland, to Rage Owl Star?”
“That’s right, it is indeed a persistent effort made by all the Nest Capitals. Since we gained control of Korolya two years ago, it’s estimated that over 1.5 billion people have migrated between the two stars. Rage Owl Star took on more, about one billion; Heijian Star, somewhat less, only half a billion,” she confirmed.
Eureka was astounded and took a moment to recover before saying, “I expected a lot, but not this much… Wouldn’t that make Rage Owl Star entirely occupied by Korolya people? Even Heijian Star would be at least half filled with Korolya people…”
“You’re right,” she affirmed.
“Doesn’t the Alliance… worry? Such a huge change in the demographic structure… Won’t the people from those stars themselves have objections?” he asked.
“Of course, there are objections, but not as strong as you might think. There were too few people on Rage Owl Star; there are so many new factories requiring a large workforce, and what objections could the indigenous people have? Their quality of life isn’t affected at all, but instead, due to the population growth, they’re seeing a broader market, more low-end labor, and a more vibrant society…” she delineated.
“Rage Owl Star, after gaining sufficient population, even started looking towards what was once no man’s land—two other continents filled with Low Energy Storms. It might not be feasible to establish factories there, or densely populated residential areas, or agricultural production, but the Low Energy itself has been deemed valuable. The Low Energy Storms that shrouded the deserted continents of Rage Owl Star have been subsiding year by year, and after the cessation of those storms, the Spiritualized Gas Fields are likely to reappear. Those two continents need more people to settle and develop them,” she explained.
“On Heijian Star, it’s much the same; the newly arrived Korolya people have been entering the lands of the past lords, now farm owners and landlords, adding labor, increasing arable land. Those former nobles are quite pleased; they now have cheaper and more sufficient manpower, even though they’ve transitioned from past landlords into managers distributing profits based on rank. The ‘political achievements’ they need to upgrade are measured by output size and managed population. More labor means more land can be cultivated, which of course makes them happy,” she expounded.