Attempting to Further Integrate Demi-humans of the Trade System into the Aningsbe System

Aningsbe's development faced many problems, the most important being racial issues.

There was also fighting between the major tribes.

The entire map was practically as chaotic as a painter's palette!

The infinite subdivision of races had resulted in all the demi-humans becoming tribes of a few hundred people each!

Although the larger tribes were merely unions of multiple tribes.

In Lynn's eyes, these were just village after village.

You ask why these tribes weren't unified into larger factions?

Theoretically, it's possible, but you have to consider the racial conflicts on Blue Star.

The demi-humans here are a major factor, with distinctions ranging from demi-humans, dog demi-humans, and cat demi-humans, to further divisions like the Blue Cat Tribe and Huskies.

The demi-humans did unite to resist orcs and humans; they would indeed form alliances, but only if their very existence was threatened.

Under normal circumstances, these tribes were independent villages, with slightly larger groups possibly building their own cities.

Some might even possess castles from the former Demi-human Kingdom.

In Western fantasy, a city often equates to a nation, but what era is this now?

Those demi-humans wouldn't dare establish a kingdom and call themselves kings.

You need a claim.

Without a claim, what kind of king are you?

You'd be illegitimate and unsupported. Plus, you couldn't even fight.

Even if you declared yourself king, no one would recognize you.

Thus, the demi-humans' Princess, the true legitimate heir, was brought by Lynn to discuss trade agreements.

At the gathering place of the tiger demi-humans and cat demi-humans.

There was a rare city here, proving this tribe was wealthy.

You ask why they're still called a tribe if they have a city?

They can't farm, their technology is so backward; with just one city, what else are they but a tribe?

These are called barbarians.

The Dragon Race is arrogant, but are humans not?

That's what the books say, the various demi-human tribes.

Lynn had no objections to this; his own hometown also liked to call others barbarians.

However, Lynn didn't curse at the demi-humans, especially since the Princess was by his side, and she was the cat tribe's System who had helped Lynn pursue the female protagonist for five years.

In short, Lilim was taken to the negotiation site.

"She is your Princess," Lynn pointed to Lilim, who was wearing mage attire.

"So?" asked Karl, the leader of the Blue Cat Tribe demi-humans.

Lilim took out a token she had prepared long ago: "So, while I won't claim the throne, I still hope you will submit."

"This is the symbol of the Demi-human King, Cecilia, the staff of the White Priestess. I am the last of the royal family, and I still have the staff."

"Finally dropping the act? Humans?" the tribal leader looked at Lynn: "I don't know what luck you had to find the last of the royal family, but this move of yours is too vicious, human!"

"Lynn, he's calling you vicious," Lilim turned to Lynn and said, "It seems they're quite resistant to you, unwilling to submit."

"Lilim, translate for him. We want to mine iron ore, build roads, and explore for resources. Therefore, we must establish an administrative system. After he joins, the location of his tribe will be designated as a village, and he will remain village chief with his current position unchanged. We can also teach them advanced systems and advanced farming techniques, but we will collect taxes, such as agricultural tax and mining tax."

"We can create laws together, for example, by establishing a lower house where everyone votes democratically to enact a constitution."

Lilim began translating into the demi-human language: "Tribal Leader, believe me, this will be beneficial for everyone. After the Demi-human Kingdom was destroyed, didn't you all miss the kingdom?"

"Aningsbe, in the human dictionary, means a land of extreme cold. Demi-humans living here must worry about winter every year, lacking food and fuel for warmth, and also being captured by slave merchants. The meaning of Aningsbe can also be seen as people of the extreme cold, we are all people of the extreme cold, so why the exclusion?"

"According to my investigation, recently, because the tiger demi-humans were heavily injured by the werewolves, a group of tiger demi-humans were taken in. We are all demi-humans, so don't the cat demi-humans discriminate against the tiger demi-humans?"

"Haven't the tiger demi-humans attacked the cat demi-humans?"

"My father, Otto XVI, told me that we are all demi-humans, and there shouldn't be distinctions like cat demi-humans or dog demi-humans. So, should we have differences with humans?"

"Although humans discriminate against other races, haven't humans also been discriminated against by other races?"

"Even when discriminated against, humans still accept other races. In human nations, there are dwarves, elves, and demi-humans; they exist. Conversely, here, we don't see any other dwarves or elves at all."

"If we can unify, that would be best. If you don't trust humans, after all, we've only cooperated briefly, we have a compromise. You can submit to me, and at the same time, I will invite all demi-human races to the lower house to discuss matters."

Lynn knew well how to achieve racial unity. After all, true racial conflicts were often conflicts among the upper classes. The lower classes in all countries were the same; they were all hardworking people struggling to get by, and they had many commonalities.