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"It's been two months since I last saw you, but has it been 20 years for you?" inquired the sun.
"Yes, my master," replied Riona, with a hint of sadness on her face.
When the sun noticed her dejected expression, he simply bent forward and patted Riona's head to cheer her up and it was totally successful, as she soon broke into an escalating smile and displaying a shy expression.
Seeing this, Sun just smiled a little and shook his head at her expression, recalling their conversation in the forest.
Now that the riona is in her fantasies, the sun starts to observe her all the more attentively.
Even before she started her training, Riona was a young, cheerful, and beautiful girl with a voluptuous figure that many men would kill for.
However, after 20 years in the creator realm, where mana has special properties, she now exudes the confident presence of a mature woman, and her beauty standards far exceed those of any other woman who has been judged beautiful on a continental scale.
However, putting all of that aside, at present, Sun is extremely overjoyed to hear the word "master", coming from Riona's mouth because he had dreamed of being addressed as such by such a beautiful woman in his previous life.
Now leaving all those thoughts behind, Sun started speaking.
"I can see that IIspir has taught you a lot about etiquette. Now get up and take a seat. I'd like to talk to you about a few things that are on my mind." motioning for Riona to take a seat nearby.
"Thank you, master.
Master, it's been twenty years since I last saw you, but now that I'm here and I know I'll be serving you, all the struggles I went through in my training have paid off. Master, I'm so happy right now." Riona smiled broadly as she said those words and then sat down.
Sun basically responded to her with the same gentle smile and began to speak.
"Then, tell me, what major changes have occurred in Dragevils during my time away." As Riona would be his personal maid, Sun figured that Iipsir must have updated her with the information about the general subjects that I might ask her.
The sun asked, and Riona gracefully answered.
"Master, everything in Dragevils is going smoothly without any problem, and at present, the population of Dragevils has reached almost half a million."
Hearing Riona's reply, Sun was taken aback a bit. But despite that, he still keeps his composure as the Ruler of Dragevils and does not display any sign of shock in his face.
But what really shocked him was that he had only created Dragevils two months before, but now it has five million residents and even though there are so many people in Dragevils, he can only sense a connection with about a thousand of his kind, whom Ynder has recently converted.
Consequently, he asked Riona straight away without waiting around.
"Rianna, elaborate on your statement." Asked Sun.
"Master, lord Iipsir, and Parayx, in their pursuit of a greater understanding of this world and collecting reference material for my education, has journeyed across the entire Usad mainland for the past two months. As they traveled through different countries, they've gathered data on various subjects such as geography, politics, martial arts, mana training, alchemy and even royal etiquette, etc. that they thought would be useful for us.
During their journey, they came across a lot of people who were being oppressed by different lords and rulers of those regions or victims of wars due to these rulers. Upon observing the circumstances, Lord IIspir seized the opportunity and devised a plan to relocate those individuals to the Draaervil continent, in order to increase our population.
So, to find such people and convince them to come to our country, Lord IIspir and Parayx began visiting various parts of the continent.
That being said, they went into this arrangement with two primary goals in mind.
The first one is to focus on a subset of the population, such as those living in slums or remote villages, who, if they vanish, will not attract undue attention from their local ruler. This is not to suggest that Lord IIspir and Parayx feared the local nobility or kings, but rather that it was done to avoid causing unnecessary trouble for the master.
And the second one is to move more youthful and grown-up ones into our population, as they would additionally expand our population count in the future.
Presently, the number of inhabitants in Dragevils has an 80:20 proportion from the grown-up to the old populace, as the Lord IIspir believes that in a populace, youthful, grown-up, and old mature individuals of each age group are similarly critical to supporting a legitimate populace. On the off chance that this equilibrium is broken, the populace balance might fall."
Hearing that, Sun nodded his head and immediately asked another set of questions.
"That makes sense. Even so, the population size to big—nearly half a million—even for those two to be able to gather that large populace from outlying villages or slums without resorting to violence.
As you know, these areas are typically sparsely populated, even if there were enough people in every area, the populace would not consent to relocate with them because nobody would willingly follow the strangers, who approach them out of the blue and promise to provide them with various benefits. It feels exactly like one of those sales scams." Sun said, his eyes displaying a hint of curiosity.
Seeing this, Riona, who was trained to anticipate and attend to her master's needs even without him having to speak, was thrilled to see a glimmer of curiosity in her master's eyes.
She saw her master as the highest being. So, she thought that, for a person of that level, it's easy to conceal his emotions. That's why, Riona was excited at the prospect of Sun trusting her enough to show this new side of him.
And her intuition hit the mark, as Sun's subconscious began to relax in her presence.
Who wouldn't feel at ease, knowing that the person across from him had trained for 20 years just to serve him. The level of dedication was truly unparalleled.
Without hesitation, Riona replied instantly with her beautiful voice, feeling a surge of pride and joy.
"Master, I understand your concern, as both lords have encountered similar difficulties, but the creator realm's increased time scale ultimately resolved the issue.
At first, only small group of 50 thousand individuals arrived on our continent in the span of 20 days, which were evenly split between men and women, including the elderly population." She stops for a brief moment to further pique her master's interest and to tease him. As she noticed the sun was growing impatient, she resumed speaking with a gentle smile.
"Following this, Lord Parayx and IIspir selected 20,000 couples and transferred them to the creator realm, with the sole directive to them being to procreate.
After 9 months, the womens there give births and remain there with their child for the final few months of the year before returning to the regular world, where only 3 days have elapsed.
As a result, every three days, twenty thousand couples were sent along an accelerated timeline.
And due to the unique properties of mana, there was no possible risk of failed pregnancy or negative effects on the child or mother's body during and after pregnancy or even in consecutive pregnancies. So, after a few cycles, our population started to grow.
Moreover, countless new groups and tribes have recently become part of our species, resulting in a significant increase in our population size," she concluded.
After hearing Riona's response, Sun was very proud of his subordinates for having such a well-thought-out plan to bolster the growth of Dragevils. However, amidst all this, there still lingered a burning question that plagued Sun's mind regarding the entirety of this unfolding situation.
Sun inquired, "Despite this being an excellent plan to increase our population without drawing unnecessary attention, how do you all explain this bizarre phenomenon to the people who are experiencing such a time difference between the real and creator realms?"
" Master, Initially, there was some uncertainty and speculation among the common people about their whereabouts and the potential outcome. Some even began protesting, expressing their desire to return home. However, when Lord IIspr and Parayx stood before them and revealed themselves as followers and apostles of the Sun Church, dedicated to the ancient god Sun Dragevil, the doubt and protest somewhat subsided.
After a few days, Lord Parayx finally gave his first official public speech to inform the public about their current situation." Riona paused a little to observe Sun's reaction, noticing that he only nodded his head with minimal facial expressions, signaling for her to continue her answer.
"During his speech, he informed the public that they were standing on the sacred land of Dragevils, a separate continent belonging to their god, Sun Dragevil. He explained that both lords Parayx and IIspir were sent as apostles to help those who had gained the god's attention, and he assured them that everything they experienced in this land was a blessing from their god, Sun Dragevil.
Furthermore, Lord Parayx proclaimed that those who heed the gods' will to populate the uninhabited holy land will be blessed with unmatched strength and prosperity. This declaration dispelled any lingering doubts and inspired the public to devote themselves to the Sun Church and their god.
Master, this is the main reason why the lords decided not to convert any of those individuals to our species. Instead, they have assigned you the responsibility of converting them into our kind while pretending to empower them. Additionally, this will be the first time you appear among our kind as you form a religion within our society, as Lord Ispir has always mentioned this statement:No matter how kingdoms and empires may rise and fall, religion will always remain to lead and govern the people."
As she finishes her long explanation.