The nobles had no idea what Ryan intended to do. They only knew that he had offered vast tracts of land in the Wilds, intending to let those Wandering Nobles rise again.
The matter involved far too much. Quite a few nobles, especially the great nobles, openly and covertly advised Ryan not to do something so thankless and exhausting. Those Wandering Nobles would not be grateful for it.
Of course, nobles were complicated. While rejecting the Wandering Nobles, these nobles also hoped they could secure a place for themselves in the Wilds Ryan had mentioned.
The families behind the great nobles were enormous, with far too many descendants waiting to be fed. If they could obtain a territory, even in the distant Lost Lands, it would still be quite good.
Land pressure on the Norris Continent was immense now. Many nobles had even given up and resigned themselves to idleness, simply because there was not enough land to distribute to them.
The emperor had a headache, and so did the nobles.
So where did the Wandering Nobles rank? If Columbus III had not had political needs in Carlos Province, those Wandering Nobles would not have received even a single stone.
Ryan showed no expression as he read every noble's letter. What he was examining was their attitude toward land—how many nobles from another world they could tolerate, and what kind of otherworld nobles they could accept into this world.
Ryan needed to find a way to control the number of earls who ruled cities in the Holy Flame Empire before allowing them to come to this world. He had even set the timing for after the Blazing Sun arrived, because bearing the Deities' favor would allow them to rightfully become members of this world in the name of the Blazing