"How are you guys going? It's fun?" Ars asked Hashirama, Jouichirou, and Rayleigh, who had now returned from their adventurers because the time was now in the afternoon. They also need to prepare themselves to participate in meetings that will be held for a short time at night.
"This adventure is very exciting, Your Majesty" Jouichirou said with a grin, "I hope to get more opportunities in the future"
"Think about your task first before thinking about it," Ars said calmly, "At this time you have earned your vacation rations. Later the three of them will get it first before you get back your vacation rations"
"Hehehe, no problem" Jouichirou grinned.
"Your Excellency" Hashirama suddenly called, "Isn't it a problem to announce the recruitment for my department?"
"Don't worry" Ars shook his head, "It's just as a notice, it also boosts everyone's morale. So that when you start recruiting later, it will not be difficult to get your troops because every one of them has prepared themselves. Although later what we will recruit will be children"
Ars paused and continued, "How is the development for the construction of your territory? It's done? Or is it still a work in progress?"
"I still haven't gotten the report from my clone" Hashirama shook his head, "I think they still need to build my territory at this time and it is likely to be completed tomorrow"
"So" Ars nodded, "What about your discussion with Kaguya?"
"Kaguya disagrees with the expenditure of funds for the purchase of 300 units of furniture and home appliances," Hashirama said with a frown.
"He doesn't agree?" Ars asked strangely.
Hashirama nodded and said, "Kaguya said this request of mine is unreasonable. Also, Kaguya told me to have another conversation with you regarding how much money I spent" Hashirama paused and continued, "Kaguya also added that it is more for me to build a little house first by arranging the number of houses built in the amount of how many troops will be recruited by me so as not to make a lot of disbursements in the funds we have"
Ars thought for a while and said, "The words said by, Kaguya has some truth" Ars nodded, "Later when picking up the family members of the construction workers who have got a house, we will also later recruit the workers there where the workers will later be assigned to do the construction of houses in your area" Ars paused, "If we immediately spend a large number of funds to buy furniture, which will not be used later. We're just wasting the funds we have"
"Oh, yes. Your Majesty. Regarding the issue of recruitment later" Hashirama grinned, "I would like to ask for additional personnel"
"In addition?" Ars asked, raising his forehead, "The reason?"
"Hehe..." Hashirama smiled and looked at Rayleigh who was looking at him sullenly.
"Does this have anything to do with you, Rayleigh?" Ars asked strangely.
"Unfortunately, yes" Rayleigh nodded with a sigh, "Hashirama has a plan to arrange his training plan to give to me. Everyone who is successfully recruited by him will later get physical training and also spiritual energy control training from me before I can get chakra training"
"What do you think, Your Majesty? My idea is pretty brilliant, isn't it?" Hashirama asked excitedly, "We will recruit children who are 12 years old and below. This age is the most suitable age to improve the foundation of physical strength they have. As long as they have a solid foundation for their physical fitness. It will be very easy for them to learn how to use chakras. Moreover, the stronger their physical fitness, the more chakras they have"
Ars thought for a while and nodded, "I don't think this is a bad idea"
Rayleigh's face was instantly tired of hearing this knowing he would get a lot of work from now on.
"Well, how much do you want to recruit, Hashirama?" Ars asked.
"100 people—"
"No" Rayleigh immediately cut it off, "100 people are too many, Hashirama," Rayleigh said seriously, "It's hard to be able to teach 100 people directly, especially since we also need to supervise their training to be able to get the best results. In addition, I also want to use the gravity room to train them. If we recruit 100 people directly, the gravity room will not be enough to accommodate the whole of them"
"I also agree with this" Jouichirou nodded, "100 people are too many, Hashirama. Especially Rin will also later recruit for his department. In addition, there will also be recruits for new construction workers. The workload we will bear is getting higher and higher if you recruit 100 people under your army."
"100 people are too many, Hashirama," Ars said calmly, "The maximum 25 you can recruit at the moment. It can't be more and it can't be less. Rin wants to recruit as many as 50 people. While the plan is for the recruitment of construction workers, there is a possibility that as many as 50 to 100 people will be recruited. More than 25 people can't be borne by us anymore"
"Hmmm... Yes, all right. I'll accept that" Hashirama nodded and felt like he had no problem with it, while Rayleigh was very happy to hear this because he didn't need to teach so many people at once.
"By the way, Your Majesty. What about readiness of, Rin? Has he successfully taken care of the matter of the funds to be used tomorrow?"
"Already" Ars nodded, "Some time ago, Kaguya and Rin had come to confirm this matter. Rin is currently already holding the funds to be used on the trip tomorrow. You can take the funds that belong to you to Kaguya. He was the one holding it at this time. Also, you can tell Kaguya about the number of people you will recruit and you calculate the funds used to equip one house that will later be used by your troops. Then ask Kaguya about it"
"I understand" Hashirama nodded.
"Your Majesty" Jouichirou suddenly called out, "I have a proposal to put forward"
"Please" Ars nodded.
"I want your Majesty to be able to consider opening a restaurant in several places," Jouichirou said calmly.
"Opening a restaurant?" Ars asked puzzledly.
"yes" Rayleigh nodded, "Your Majesty, there are many people who want to try the cuisine of our kingdom, especially at the time when they saw the live broadcast of the previous Octagon meeting. At the meeting, it was seen that all the leaders except you were very excited at the time of being given the dishes made by Gin. This caused them to want to be able to try the dish" Rayleigh paused and continued, "The Whitebeard pirate group also put forward this proposal"
"Whitebeard's group? What proposal did they put forward?"
"They want to if until this proposal we offer is approved by you. They hope that we can open a restaurant in their fiefdom" Hashirama said calmly, "Whitebeard also guarantees that it will help us in building a restaurant that will be used as long as we want to do it"
Hashirama paused and continued, "In addition, I have also made some agreements with them. The agreement contained all members of the Whitebeard pirate group being able to eat freely and for the issue of payment. They will pay for it in one payment. This is because some members of their pirates rarely pay at the time of eating"
"I see..." Ars nodded and thought for a while.
"Your Majesty, I think this idea is a very good idea for us to implement," Jouichirou said, "In addition to being able to give us a large number of benefits. We can also introduce a variety of dishes that will later be traded in restaurants that will later open in this kingdom. It will also further increase the interest of the citizens to come to our kingdom."
"It's almost like an introduction to the culture, is it..." Ars murmured then nodded, "This idea is very good. I agree to it"
"Really?" The three of them were very surprised to hear this.
"Of course" Ars nodded, "This idea is very good. We can increase the popularity of our kingdom through food. That is a good thing. However..." Ars paused and continued, "We need to wait for each of them to come and discuss one by one with them. As long as anyone is willing to do it. This idea can be carried out"
"Isn't there any news from them yet?" Rayleigh asked with interest.
"At the moment it's only Soma and Erina who gave me the news," Ars said calmly, "They are currently already on their way and are likely to arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow"
"Soma?!" Jouichirou was shocked by this information.
"Why are you surprised, Jouichirou?" Rayleigh asked strangely.
"Soma is the family of Jouichirou, Rayleigh" Hashirama said calmly, "Of course, he will be surprised by this information"
"Your family?" Rayleigh asked strangely, "How can you not get news from him even though he is your family?"
"Hahaha," Jouichirou laughed embarrassedly, "We've been apart for quite a while and therefore we don't have any contact with each other"
"That's how it is" Ars nodded, "Soma and Alice are currently already on their way here and they will likely arrive if not tomorrow, the day after tomorrow they will arrive here. By the time they arrive, I will try to have a conversation with the two by asking about their opinions regarding the opening of the restaurant."
Rayleigh nodded.
"Well, is there anything else you guys want to talk to me about?" Ars asked back calmly.
"Nothing" Hashirama shook his head and stared at Rayleigh and Jouichirou who were both shaking their head.
"Ok. You can go back and prepare yourself to attend the meeting that will be held for a while. Oh, yes. at this time King Prodance, Dagama, and also Commander Bell would come to dinner with us for a while. Please be polite to them"
"King of Prodance? Did he come to want to deliver our order?"
"Order?" Rayleigh asked puzzledly.
"Our Empire has just ordered a ready-to-use milk bottle to the Kingdom of prodance with a total purchase of 100 million. It should have been ready to be delivered on February 26th—"
"The purpose of coming from King Prodance here was not to deliver our order," Ars said, "The arrival of King Prodance to our kingdom was because he escorted Commander Bell to come to our kingdom"
"I see" Hashirama nodded, "I think he came here wanting to deliver our order. It surprised me to be able to complete that booking so quickly"
Ars smiled and continued, "Well, just remember what I said just now. You guys can go back. Oh, for Jouichirou's stay. I have some things to talk to him about"
Hashirama and Rayleigh nodded and immediately left the room while only telling Jouichirou there.
"Ars, is it true? Is it true that you will call Soma soon?" Jouichirou asked excitedly.
"The current time is not planned," Ars said, "However, the proposal submitted by you guys is very good. This is what caused me to advance his calling"
"I see" Jouichirou nodded.
"Wait a minute. I'll call Nakamura to come over"
"Nakamura?" Jouichirou asked in confusion.
"Nakamura is the biological father of Erina. The two are related and know each other. Isn't it natural to tell Nakamura about Erina's coming to this world?"
"Ah, I see" Jouichirou nodded.
Ars immediately picked up his den-den mushi and contacted Nakamura. It didn't take long for the communication connection to be directly connected.
"Hello, Nakamura is here"
"It's me, Ars"
"Ars? What's the matter?"
"Come to my room. I have something to talk about"
"Have something to talk about? Well. I'll be there soon"
The direct communication connection closed again. Ars and Jouichirou waited for a while for Nakamura to arrive just minutes later.
"Jouichirou-senpai?" Nakamura is surprised by Jouichirou's presence there
"Yo, Nakamura" Jouichirou greeted with a smile, "How is today's work? Going well?"
"As always. Quite a lot of work because of your absence" Nakamura smiled, "How is your cooking match? Win?"
"Of course," Jouichirou grinned, "Do you think I will lose?"
"Hehehe, make no mistake, Jouichirou-senpai. Who thinks you're going to lose? I know you will win that game." Nakamura's gaze then stared at Ars, "What's the matter you call me, Ars"
"Your daughter will be called by me soon"
"My daughter? What is Erina?" Nakamura asked with surprise.
"yes" Ars nodded, "In addition to Alice, I will also call Soma."
"Soma? Isn't that your son, Jouichirou-senpai?" Nakamura, who had returned to calm at this time, asked.
"Sure" Jouichirou nodded vigorously.
"This summoning plan itself was made suddenly because of the proposals put forward by Hashirama and others earlier"
"Proposal?" Nakamura asked.
Ars immediately explained the proposal put forward by Hashirama and others.
"I see. It is indeed an interesting idea to introduce the dishes owned by our kingdom" Nakamura nodded, "Have you determined where to put them? And also, are they the only ones who will later be summoned?"
"The placement has not yet been determined" Ars shook his head, "I will wait for them to come over in advance to talk about this. No, there will be more later. But, for the time being, it is not yet certain when they will be summoned"
"I see" Nakamura nodded.
"I called you two here because you wanted you two to be able to behave like a family or in quotes to act like brothers at the time your two children came," Ars said calmly, "Your current appearance will be the same as the appearance of the upcoming Soma and Erina. It would be strange if you publicized your relationship as father and son. Many people are suspicious, especially Rayleigh and others. Therefore, I hope you can act like brothers if you are in public while only being with us or if you are alone. You can act like a parent and a child"
"I see. I'll do it" Jouichirou nodded, "Well, to act like that is pretty easy. Because since the previous world, my relationship with Soma has almost been like not a parent and child but rather like a friend. Just, I need to ask him to change the way of calling me later"
"I'll do it" Nakamura nodded, "Although I am easy to do it. I think Erina would be hard to do that"
"No problem" Ars nodded, "Erina won't be here for too long either as long as she accepts the urge to open a restaurant outside. At that time, you two can try to build a relationship like brothers through communication connections"
"I understand" Nakamura nodded.
"Ok" Ars sighed, "That's all I want to say. You guys can go back. Oh, yes. Jouichirou. Please go directly to the kitchen and help Nakamura and others to prepare dinner dishes"
"Hehehe, Ready to be implemented" Jouichirou grinned then stared at Nakamura, "Let's go, Nakamura"
"Fine, Jouichirou-senpai" Nakamura nodded, "How about for a while after the meeting is over senpai tells the game in advance?"
"Oh? Are you interested in hearing it? Well. I'll do it. We're talking in the game room"
"Ok"
Ars shook his head looking at the familiarity of the two people.
"I think I should also go back quickly to prepare myself. I also still need to arrange various issues for the meeting later" Ars muttered and immediately left his study.