In some respects, King Palting V of the Southeast Kingdom could not even compare to certain inland counts. Though he bore the title of ruler of a kingdom, the royal decrees he could truly enforce reached only the capital, Solander City, and the largest port, Dovren.
More than twenty kilometers west of the capital lay layered mountains and steep ranges; beyond that entire mountain chain was the empire's directly governed territory. To the south and east were coastlines, and the small towns along the shore, as well as the islands east of the coast, all belonged to lords who occupied islands and crowned themselves kings. These so-called nobles were a fusion of merchant and pirate, and their entire fortunes and lives depended wholly on the ocean's bounty.
The so-called king was merely the representative they had chosen, so there would be an explanation to give the Human Empire.
Though the empire was somewhat dissatisfied with the state of the coast, it was helpless to do anything, because behind the pirates stood the Ocean Pantheon.
Whether it was the ancient empire of the Human Race or the current empire, both were indifferent to affairs in the southeast, maintaining only a nominal jurisdiction.
Neither the Imperial Magic School nor the Tower of Purity cared at all about education in the Southeast Kingdom.
If Palting II had not possessed far-reaching vision back then and accepted the ancestors of the Fiat Family, the Southeast Kingdom would probably have been unable to sit on nearly forty magic workshops today.
The situation of being ignored by the imperial capital continued until January 22, Year 998 of the God Emperor, when it finally changed. On this day, the newly appointed Assistant Finance Officer of the Imperial Capital Finance Department, one of the empire's most central departments, and