The Elven Country (10)

The promised ten years had passed, and the day had come for me to leave Shiyo.

Over those ten years, Shiyo's system of governance had taken shape, but that didn't mean I could now set out for the west without a care in the world. Of course it didn't.

Reas, Thule, and the other elves I had gathered were all capable, finding problems I had never even considered and taking action to resolve them.

The elder also spared no support for those young elves, and as a result, the other elves had accepted Shiyo's system of governance and were going about their daily lives.

The name of Kazaria, one of the countries that had opposed us, had disappeared from the map, while Jilcias now ruled its former territory, and water transport using the river flowing through Shiyo's eastern side was continuing to flourish.

From a broad perspective, everything was moving along smoothly, and that much was an undeniable fact.

But even so, there were still many problems.

For instance, some elves had begun wanting to take on roles like Reas and Thule, but no system had been established for hiring and training such motivated elves.

Aside from Kazaria, which had disappeared, there were still hostile countries such as Kilgia and Dyrigul to the west, while many other countries in the west-central region had made the Western religion their state religion.

Ultimately, ten years was far too short a time to solve every problem...