I have one more thing on my mind.

"What is it, honey?"

After putting the twins down for a nap, Jin and Erza were talking in a whisper at a little distance from the twins so as not to wake them up.

Reiko was by the twins' side, just in case.

"I'm talking about His Majesty. The abdication ceremony will be held on May 1st this year ...... or rather next month, right?"

"Yes, indeed."

Jin refers to His Majesty Gerhard Hilde von Rubies Shawlo, the Emperor of the Shawlo Kingdom, and His Highness refers to Ernst Shawlo, the Crown Prince.

Both Jin and Elsa had already met Crown Prince Ernst many times, and both of them had already evaluated him as a suitable, if somewhat impolite, person to be the next emperor of Japan.

Last year, she announced to the public that she would relinquish the throne.

"Well, maybe, but I think Her Majesty will continue to assist her for a while after she abdicates."

Jin guessed that his nephew, who was only 15 years old, would not be so irresponsible as to suddenly entrust all political matters to his nephew, even though he had come of age.

"I think His Majesty would do that.

And Erza also agreed with Jin's guess.

"I am indebted to His Majesty to the extent that I can never repay him. ......"

Jin has done more than anyone else could have done, but he is unaware of it, which is typical of him.

"I was thinking that I would like to present His Majesty with a golem or an automaton.

"I see. Then I think an automaton would be good for His Majesty.

"I see."

<, except for the followers of visitors, there are no human-like automata in principle, and all the people working there are golems. So, the gift to Fritz and Gloria is a maid<.

However, there is no such restriction in giving a gift to a female emperor.

The female emperor, who had to assume the position of emperor, was not allowed to have children and was 56 years old.

"She also said that Reiko was cute, didn't she?

Jin thought that an automata doll in the shape of a girl would be the best choice.

The idea of a girl automaton was still the right one, Jin thought.

Once the plan was decided, Jin acted quickly.

The maid golem is based on Horai Island. The material used is mainly light silver, making it light, and the exterior is a subdued copper color.

At first glance, it appears to be made of bronze.

In appearance, it is not so different from that Jin donated to before.

Its physical strength is about a quarter of that of the five-colored golem maids of Horai Island, but it still has more than five times the basic performance of an ordinary golem. Even so, it has more than five times the basic performance of an ordinary golem.

The color of her eyes is reddish purple to distinguish Sapphire Blue from Sapphire Blue of Saffy. Therefore, his name is <.

And the automata for the female emperor.

Jin works more carefully than usual. And Elsa helped him.

The size of the doll is the same as that of Reiko.

However, the power of the doll is reduced to about four times that of a human being at most. The speed is the same. The reason for not making them as fast as humans is to protect the Empress in case of emergency.

For that reason, ......, we will provide a lot of everyday level skills.

Healing magic, medical knowledge, cooking, laundry, cleaning, sewing.

But we don't want to be intrusive. I prefer to keep a low profile. ......

These days, a little characterization can be done by default.

"I'd like to keep it maintenance-free for the next 200 years or so."

Jin thinks it's possible since it's not used hard.

"I wonder if the face will look like this?"

Elsa used the faces of the emperor and the crown prince as references, and sculpted them to look a little like them.

The idea was that if they looked more or less like her, she would feel more familiar with them.

The hair color was dark brown and the eyes were brown to resemble theirs.

"Oh, it's a good job.

"Good job."

This is how Jin and Elsa completed their joint work, an automata for a female emperor.

The doll was completed.

On May 1, the abdication ceremony is held as scheduled.

The place of the ceremony is, of course, the Palace Ceremony Room in the capital city of Leusat.

The details of the ceremony are too long to go into in detail, so I will try to give a brief description,

Representatives from the kingdoms of Klein, Franz, Egelea, Elias, Selroa, Nord, and Mitsuho attended the ceremony.

Of course, the grand ceremony was attended by the leading nobles of each country.

Naturally, Jin and Erza were also present. They were seated at the very top of the table. .......

The ceremony began at 9:00 in the morning with the Prime Minister's address.

"From now on, we will hold a ceremony of the transfer of the imperial throne from His Majesty Gerhard Hilde von Rubies Shoro, Emperor of the Shoro Kingdom, to His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Ernst Shoro.

The ceremony will be followed by speeches by representatives of various countries and words by citizens' representatives for about three hours.

In the meeting, Jin also had to give a few words of greeting.

He did not have to climb up on the stage like the representatives of other countries, but only stood on his seat and gave a 30 second speech, which was very helpful for him.

Furthermore,

.

The ceremony officer had given me a bean-jam cup to say <>, so I had no difficulty.

In fact, there was another tape, which was about 10 times longer than this one, but I read the shorter one at the signal of the master of ceremonies.

I guessed that it was because the speeches by the representatives of each country were longer than expected and the time was getting tight.

At the same time, he thought about the difficulty of keeping the meeting on time.

The greeting was concluded by the presentation of a bouquet of flowers by a representative ...... of the citizens, a boy and a girl of about 10 years old.

"Well, thank you, you guys. I'm very happy.

Jin was impressed by the smile on the face of the Empress as she received the bouquet of flowers.

Then the main part of the ceremony, the abdication of the imperial throne, began.

Witnesses were all in attendance.

The crown prince walks to the female emperor standing on a high platform.

When the Crown Prince stands on the same platform after climbing the seven steps, the Empress holds up the royal or imperial scepter in her hand.

Then she touched the crown prince's left and right shoulders with the scepter. The crown prince then knelt down in front of the empress.

The Empress gently caressed his head with the scepter and placed the crown on his head.

Finally, the succession was completed by handing the scepter to the Crown Prince.

The moment the Crown Prince received the scepter with both hands as if to push it back into his hands, the crowd erupted in applause.

"I hereby proclaim the birth of the new Emperor of the Shoro Empire, Weissberg Ernst von Shoro.

These were the last words of the empress.

From then on, she would serve as Grand Emperor and assist the new emperor until he reached the age of 20.

"I, Weissberg Ernst von Shawlo, as Emperor, swear to protect this country and its people and to lead it to greater heights.

These were the first words of the new emperor.

The hall where the ceremony was held was filled with a thunderous cheer.

Then the Emperor Taishang and the new emperor went out on the balcony of the Palace and waved their hands in front of the assembled people.

The courtyard of the palace, where nearly 10,000 people had gathered, was once again filled with cheers.

In the sky, hot-air balloons and airships floated, sending down confetti of recently commercialized gold and silver paper.

There were no attacks or riots, and the abdication ceremony went off without a hitch.