Granting guardianship over the Kingdom and exercising a governor's powers?
When Roland learned of this, Grand Mage Watson, Lie Yi, Blaise, and the others were all taken aback as well.
This meant Atrelin intended to dump everything here into Roland's lap!
Even something tiny could set off a chain reaction, let alone a colony encompassing an entire world.
This involved not only the current situation on the Plane, the challenger-the Ottomitia Empire-the Abyssal Legion, and the devils of Hell, but also the interests of the Corlens Family and the Mage Legion, the domestic comprador class that dealt with Lainer World, and more.
Reading the confidential letter from the committee's highest leadership, Roland instead found himself thinking of the European noble lords on Blue Star in his previous life.
The so-called guardianship or suzerainty of those lords was a historical concept referring to a lord's authority and dominion over particular lands and their inhabitants. It had been extremely common in the feudal societies of medieval and early modern Europe.
Why not explain it in plain language, with something like, "All land under heaven belongs to the king, and all who dwell upon it are his subjects"?
Because, aside from religious wars, most of the upheavals in medieval European kingdoms had been wars between relatives.
And relatives meant orphaned children and widowed mothers, brothers fighting over property, guardianship, and inheritance.
It was more like treating Lainer World as a child who had yet to grow up and needed the guardianship of a parent or elder.
Of course, the reality could never be so warm and affectionate.
At its core, it was still dominion over a vassal state.
"Understood. Thank you for the committee's trust. I will do my best."
Roland replied with outward composure, while inwardly he was panicking like mad.
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