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Chapter 130: Coronation part 2

Since we’d be meeting a foreign mission, we took some time to tidy ourselves up. The envoy was waiting at the guest house and could be summoned to us as soon as we were ready.

「The Aram Holy Kingdom has been a troublesome neighbor, frequently threatening the borders of the Kingdom of Starveek.」

On the way, Elna filled me in. The Aram Holy Kingdom, which had sent the current envoys, bordered us on the southern Alois-facing side. As the name implied, it was a theocracy. They worshipped the same Goddess Ruminas as we did; on the surface, there didn’t seem to be any reason we should be at odds.

「But they belong to a different sect.」

In Belta and Starveek, the dominant sect was the Atlas Church. You could say it preached worldly benefit and got along well with royal authority; it was a sect that caused few political frictions. Its doctrine was