"They say in the South of the Empire, a castle made of steel floats on the sea, right?"
"They say when the castle spews fire, heaven and earth shake."
"There are also rumors going around that no sea monster has ever defeated the Steel Castle."
When a nation shows signs of ruin, all sorts of unrealistic rumors tend to circulate.
It was the desperate hope of the people who had lived generation after generation in their beloved country, wishing it would not fall, wishing for a miracle.
It had been five years since a woman who appeared like a comet in high society captivated the Crown Prince, the Saint, and even the Grand Dukes of the East, West, and North.
The current Empire was being played in the hands of a single woman who knew nothing.
The national treasury had long been emptied, foreign invasions were intensifying, and corruption was rampant. The people were continuing a difficult life under the exploitation of corrupt officials.
Even if the First Emperor who laid the foundation of the great Empire returned, it was a situation that could not be salvaged.
It was, in a way, only natural that rumors about the 'Steel Castle that wanders the sea' were treated as absurd legends made up by the people.
[ My lovely lady wishes to have the pearl that holds the light of the southern sea. She wants to take back the Pearl Crown that the First Emperor bestowed upon the Southern Admiral... ]
[ The Young Lady wishes to enjoy boating. Southern Admiral Kyle Leopold, immediately send twenty ships to the East... ]
[ She says the Southern Admiral might be plotting treason. Our West's inspection team will visit, so... ]
"Oh..."
Kyle Leopold, Southern Admiral in his tenth year of possession, crumpled the letter.
I wanted to live comfortably in the warm South, so I moderately granted their requests, and now they're just treating me like a pushover?
"Everyone's finally gone mad."
Kyle Leopold had no intention of sinking together with the Empire that was going mad.
If they're going to die, they should die among themselves. Why drag in the South that I struggled to save for ten years?
Kyle Leopold could no longer see those who were bewitched by a woman and not properly tending to state affairs as human.
And since a non-human was imitating a human and ruining the country, that was definitely a Yokai.
What should one do when Yokai run rampant in the household?
Fortunately, Kyle Leopold, a reincarnator, had the wisdom of his ancestors learned in the Republic of Korea, a country of firepower.
"I beseech you, repel this with cannon fire."
The next day at dawn.
Before Sarsen, a strategic point in the western part of the continent, the Steel Castle from the rumors appeared