Air Force Meeting

The moment the child's sex was revealed, all the talk of an heir circulating among the citizens vanished as if by magic.

It was still a little too early for women's rights to have advanced to twenty-first-century levels. At a time when the very concept of a female leader barely existed, no one expected a little girl to take the reins.

To be honest, I was secretly relieved.

The highest office wasn't nearly as comfortable as it looked from the outside.

Of course, if I ran the country however I pleased and indulged in whatever luxuries I wanted, I could live an easy life.

But if I did that, everything I'd built with my own hands would crumble, so I couldn't simply do as I pleased.

They say a country grows as much as its leader has to struggle. I didn't want to pass such a difficult position on to my child.

I didn't want to watch my child suffer, but this was exactly the sort of position where not suffering would be even worse.

Thanks to that, I could breathe a sigh of relief.

If we'd really had a son and talk of an heir had spiraled out of control, I'd wondered if I would have to intervene personally...