Chapter 103: As for Magic...

[Jaquir. I'll leave all the minor day-to-day management of the Garden to you. You can handle it in my place, right? I'm busy wandering around the Abyss.]

[Then at least set some standards for what counts as "minor."]

[Come on. Just handle it as you see fit. You're my subordinate now, Jaquir. Isn't that all right? Other than me, you can go back to being the ruler of a vast kingdom.]

[If there is someone above you whom you must obey, that is not ruling. It's labor.]

[What, there's nothing much to it, right? Various matters concerning the soldiers, and appointing and dismissing knights. Things related to hunting, too. Oh, and don't forget to receive 'Alice' when she comes someday, okay?]

[Why don't you look for her yourself? If it's Your Majesty, shouldn't you be able to tell just from someone entering the Garden?]

[Hmm. That's simple.]

[The Queen of Hearts doesn't look for Alice first.]

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The Queen hadn't given him many clues about 'Alice' and 'King.'...