After dinner, Charlotte escorted Sophia Garland back to her cabin, then climbed to the highest deck and gazed out at the Holy Light Divine Kingdom.
This Legendary Warship was livelier at night than during the day. Magic Lamps that Charlotte might once have needed years of salary to afford were everywhere aboard the Holy Light Divine Kingdom, illuminating the Legendary Warship as brightly as day.
Originally, the Holy Light Divine Kingdom had housed only the Great Ling Demon. Charlotte summoned his subordinate commanders only when he went out to war, and even then, he brought only a handful of logistics personnel. But they had lingered in the waters off the Mason Kingdom for rather too long this time, and his commanders had privately brought aboard many people. Several Magic Item Auctions had even been held here, attracting wealthy merchants from other countries.
Charlotte had given up tax revenue, but the wealth he gained through commerce far exceeded the taxes of this era. He was never stingy with his commanders, either. Every one of his subordinates was wealthy, and the officer corps of the West Wind Knight Regiment stood unrivaled across the entire Old Continent in terms of wealth.
This was also the fundamental reason why the West Wind Knight Regiment had always possessed such strong cohesion. At a single command from Anne, large numbers of Knight Regiment members had even abandoned their territories and retreated to Mecklenburg.
Charlotte could only be pleased by this. As a transmigrator, he deeply understood how important it was to let "one's own people" live well.
Not far from the Holy Light Divine Kingdom was the Emilia. Compared to the blazing lights and bustling activity over here, the Emilia was silent and pitch-black, seeming somewhat lonely.
Charlotte pushed off with both feet and rose into