In Blood Port, a new building quietly hung up its sign and opened for business.
There had been no publicity, no ads, yet people came in an endless stream—more than even the line at the fried chicken shop.
Because this was—the post office.
Theus had originally wanted to call it a postal and telecommunications office, since it handled telephone and telegraph services as well, but many people objected.
In this world, "electricity" had a rather poor reputation. The Holy See had always preached that evil spirits dwelled within it, so people inevitably associated it with unpleasant things.
Thus, it was simply called the post office.
Castel's post office and newspapers were two entirely separate systems. In principle, the things Nini wrote were still forbidden from publication, but that decree was limited to Blood Port and Castel. Beyond those two places... no one cared.
Especially now that Nini had become the head of the post office, people more or less understood their lord's attitude.
It was worth mentioning that this was the first time a Banshee had become the manager of a non-combat department.
Although the Banshees had never been separated from humans before, Theus had never appointed any of them to work at City Hall. First, Banshees were too flighty by nature and inherently had certain shortcomings when it came to management.
Second... it was for the long term.
Banshees possessed Mind Links and could even forcibly unify opinions among their own kind. That was naturally an advantage on the battlefield, but if they became bureaucrats, they would inevitably form a clique.
And Banshees almost completely trusted one another...
If Banshees were allowed into politics, then if they wanted to, they could take control of the entire bureaucracy in no time.
"Mutual trust," "real-time communication," and "telepathy"—put together, those traits