January 20, 3459.

This was a memorable day for the countries of the Laurentian Continent.

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The Kingdom of Klein, the Kingdom of Franz, the Kingdom of Egelea, the Kingdom of Elias, the Kingdom of Cerroa, and the Kingdom of Shoro.

The participating nations have decided to pass the day as for posterity.

The will be held on a huge man-made floating island in the sea west of the Kingdom of Elias, south of the Kingdom of Egelea.

The floating island, named <>, has been developed by Jin's hands, and officially began to operate as the base of the <> on this day.

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"Thank you all for gathering here.

The initiator, <, addresses the audience in polite terms. His partner is standing next to him.

"Today, the second will be held here in , and I will serve as the temporary chairman.

First of all, Makina will serve as the provisional chairman until the official chairman is decided.

"As a candidate for the chair, one representative from each country will be chosen.

Jin is attending the meeting as a deputy advisor.

As he watches the meeting, he is filled with emotion that we have finally come this far.

(It looks like we can now move forward with our predecessor's dream of creating a sanctuary for magical engineering.)

"At ......, it is unanimously decided that the first chairman is His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the Shoro Kingdom, Gerhard Hilde von Rubies Shoro."

The whole room applauded.

While Jin was lost in his thoughts, the election of the chairperson was over.

The first chairman was the empress of the Shoro Kingdom.

"Now, I would like to leave the chairmanship to Gerhardt-sama.

Makina bowed and got up from her seat, placing the desk tag with <> written on it in front of the empress.

The seats were arranged in a perfect circle, with no upper or lower seats.

"I am Gerhard Hilde von Rubies-Shawlo, recommended by you. Although I am not a gifted person, I will do my best to serve you.

He bowed and continued.

Then, I would like to choose a vice-chairperson and a secretary.

Thus, the began with the selection of positions.

The vice-chairman is Alois III of the Kingdom of Klein. The secretary was to be Rey, a follower of Machina.

The full-fledged meeting then begins.

"Now then, I would like to codify the of this .

The first thing to do. The first thing we need to do is to define what the should be.

"So, please speak for yourselves in a clockwise direction."

As a side note, the <> direction is the same on Ars as it is on modern Earth.

This is because the direction in which the shadow of the <> moves is called <>.

"The World Conference will be held with the participation of all friendly nations."

"with the aim of maintaining world peace and security."

"All members are equal."

"Each member shall elect one or more members to participate."

"Each country shall have one vote. "Each country shall have one vote, no more, no less."

"Each country shall pay its share of the expenses for the operation of the World Congress."

"In the event of conflict within or between countries, the World Conference will give priority to negotiation, examination, mediation and conciliation, with the use of force as a last resort."

"The should be established as a subsidiary body of the World Conference.

These opinions were discussed in turn.

These were discussed in turn, and after further deliberation, the articles were finalized.

The first day ended with the decision on the articles.

Thank you very much for your hard work.

"Thank you for your hard work, Your Majesty.

As the participants leave the conference room, their guards greet them and take them to their respective rooms.

Makina and Rei are the last to leave the conference room.

The cleanup is being done by the golem maids assigned to .

They are almost the same type as the five-colored golem maids, but their eyes are different, so to speak, and they have <.

They are made of bronze, so they are only as strong and powerful as they can be, but they are still far above the world standard.

Its name is . Because of his deep blue, sapphire eyes, he is called .

They range from < to <, with 1 being the leader.

They are treated as a gift from Jin and Makina.

Of course, Jin and Makina are not the only ones.

The Shoro Kingdom donated a set of tables and chairs for meetings, 10 years' worth of wood for record keeping, and building materials for the facility.

The Kingdom of Cerroa sent 20 golems for guards.

From the Kingdom of Egelea, 50 sets of furniture and bedding for the lodging house.

From the Kingdom of Franz, enough food to feed 100 people for a month, and drinking water.

From the Kingdom of Elias, wheat, seafood and topopo (potatoes) as food for the duration of the conference.

The Kingdom of Klein donated ores, magi crystals, magi stones and other materials.

Each country donated mainly its own specialties.

In addition, the people who work in the kitchen and other facilities will be selected in turn.

Such donations ......, or rather contributions, or rather <> will be decided in the future.

The <> will be moved by the goodwill of each country.

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"No, this way you can see that we are on the sea.

It is 5:00 PM. Even though it is winter, the sun has not yet set on , which lies south of the Tropic of Cancer.

Elsa's brother Fritz was leaning against the railing on the western edge of Avalon, watching the sunset.

"Oh, Mister Fritz..."

"Yes?"

I turned around at the sound of his voice and saw his light brown hair swaying in the sea breeze.

"Gloria, it's been a long time. I'm glad to see you are well.

"You too, Mister Fritz."

Gloria came next to Fritz and leaned against the railing.

"The sea is a big place, isn't it? We don't have an ocean here, so when I get a chance to look at it, I come to admire it.

"Ha, I see."

The two of them then stood in silence for a while, staring at the setting sun.

"...... Gloria, are you going to join the ?"

Suddenly Fritz spoke up.

"Yes, I hope so."

"I see. Me too.

"Well, I hope we can work together."

"Yeah."

The conversation was cut short again, and the two of them stood there until the stars began to shine in the sky.