Chapter 241
Pyongyang mayoral election(2)
The 15th Lionheart King of Lionheart and the highest point in human history. A living demigod and agent of the gods..
In modern Earth, the guild leader and leader of Korea's largest guild pantheon.
In addition, Manshinjeon Capital, Manshinjeon agricultural and fishery industry distribution business, Manshinjeon construction, Manshinjeon general trading company, Manshinjeon sacred private equity fund, etc..
Although Leon has many titles, not much is known about his private life..
Every day, training or attacking the gate is repeated, and the repetitive routine continues..
Even if Leon is a living half-body and an old monster who has lived for 300 years, repetitive daily life is bound to cause stress..
Regardless of time and place, sports activities were actively recommended to relieve stress..
"after···."
['‘How to catch a giant with serfs’ grants a buff to serf soldiers..]
On his way back to Pyongyang, enjoying his sports life as usual, Leon encountered a noblewoman pulled by a serf rickshaw..
"Oh my, Your Majesty. Are you going out to exercise??"
"Bice."
Beatrice looked happy to see Leon and ordered the serf rickshaw to speed up..
Aside from the absurdity of having to match the walking speed of a horse,.
"How can you use humble things as a means of transportation? What should I say??"
"It's not true recently, but my horse had a baby. I think I'll go like this for a while.."
"Oh my. I will command my subordinates to make a chariot.."
Just ride the car... That's what the rickshaw serf thought to himself, but he wasn't stupid enough to say it out loud..
"By the way, Your Majesty. This mayoral election.."
"I'm also interested in Bice.?
"I'm not a bureaucrat and I'm not interested in electing a lord.."
Bice is a noble royal family. For her, it was a surprising idea to elect her an elected position that was equivalent to the position of a lord who governed her region..
Even if she understands the democratic system of this world, it is difficult for her to accept it..
It is insulting that she, the magician queen of the Kingdom of Spero and the priest of dreams and death, has the same decision-making authority as a free citizen on the streets..
"It's entertainment in its own way.."
"It's entertainment?"
"A city manager position is a necessary position. Because there must be someone who approves and takes responsibility for anything.."
That is the way to govern the people. A position for those who take responsibility and fulfill their duties.
It has become incomprehensible to Leon, who previously held the position of King of Lionheart, to decide such a position by voting without knowing his abilities..
"Well, we'll see. It might be a fun attraction.."
Leon had no intention of running in this election..
But I was curious about what kind of fierce battle the candidates seeking power would engage in..
Aren't democracy and elections essentially a fight to pull each other out of the mud?.
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"GRARARA!! Well, this guy can't drink.!"
"ha ha ha······."
Koo Dae-seong was drinking heavily with Vulcan and the Knights of the Burning Sword..
Let alone whether it is really a proper drinking problem to hold onto one oak barrel of aged Scotch and guzzle it down per person..
'Strangely enough, everyone has been treating me well lately..'
After becoming a Holy Grail Knight, the knights from Lionheart are basically friendly to Koo Dae-seong..
They showed sufficient respect and courtesy to the honorable successor of Geobrik, but rather belittled him to the point where Gu Dae-seong felt burdened..
But respect and affection are different things.
Koo Dae-seong doesn't have an angular personality, but it wasn't easy for him to get along with these knights with a strong medieval sensibility..
Vulcan, even so, the Baltan Burning Sword and Holy Grail Knights were busy hanging out among themselves..
"Sir Koo Dae-seong! How does the alcohol taste! This is quite a treasure trove of loot.."
"loot······."
"GRARA! It looks like it was a secret warehouse of someone who made tin or something.."
If it's a note... surely it's Mr. Kim?
Regardless of Koo Dae-seong's surprised eyes, Vulcan cheerfully handed him a drink and chewed his snacks..
"By the way, Koo Dae-seong. I have something to ask you.."
'Wow, it came!'
My recent approach to myself. To be precise, Vulcan and Yapi's active movements were for exactly this purpose..
"Hey, this election. Who are you planning on taking??"
"That, that······."
Koo Dae-seong pretended to drink for a moment and could not hide his embarrassment from the knights who perked their ears..
Pyongyang mayoral election.
There are three candidates running in that election..
Vulcan, Yapi, and the Black Dragon.
At first glance, they seem like promising candidates, but they are candidates who started off with a lot of fraud themselves..
As both Vulcan and Yapi were Holy Grail Knights, they each had the authority to cast 100 votes, and the Black Dragon also shared 200 votes among ten dragons, including himself..
In this situation, each of the candidates is busy trying to secure their support, and among them, Koo Dae-seong, who has 100 votes, is the top candidate..
"Well, first of all, voting in Korea is based on secret ballot.······."
"huh? Didn't I tell you? Your Majesty said there is no such thing as a secret ballot.."
"Yes?"
Is it not some kind of Communist Party general election meeting, but an open vote??
"I heard that Archduke Carina and Queen Beatrice will not participate in the vote.."
The Holy Grail Knights, who have a hundred votes, are not stepping forward. then······.
"Isn’t Lord Vulcan’s victory a foregone conclusion??"
Vulcan has the veteran knights of the Order of the Burning Sword as his support force..
Each of them casts ten votes, for a total of 50 votes, 500 votes..
The current clear supporters are as follows:.
vulcan.
100 votes from you and 500 votes from the Knights of the Burning Sword..
Yappy.
Your 100 votes.
black dragon.
My 20 votes. 180 votes from the nine dragon clans.
As such, the basic support base is different. But Koo Dae-seong had different thoughts..
"There are 637 free people in Pyongyang, including elves, dwarves, and treemen, who have voting rights.."
637 votes, one vote each.
"There's a lot more than I thought.."
However, it is very small compared to the population. This means that 637 people of different races are equivalent to 50 knights and one Holy Grail Knight..
"Then the core is the Naju Knights. Our pantheon has trained 357 knights, and there are now five knights from Naju.."
"As far as I know, most of them are placed outside.."
"That's right, there are three, including Leader Cheon So-yeon and the 1st Knights, the 3rd Knights, and the 4th Knights! There are a little over 150 people including the affiliated knights.."
About 750 votes like this.
Vulcan has already secured 600 votes, but it is a number that could be overturned depending on the actions of other candidates..
"okay. But wouldn't it be nice if Lord Vulcan were good at campaigning??"
It's like a promise or something. But Vulcan shouted in exasperation:.
"I thought so too! If only that evil robot hadn't done such a mean thing.!"
"yes? Sir Yappy??"
"Seeing is worth seeing! Follow me! I'll show you what that sneaky robot is up to.!"
Vulcan led Koo Dae-seong to the Ryugyong Hotel..
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Elections are a battle of how many votes are attracted..
To do this, he must meet voters, encourage them to vote, and ensure that their votes are directed to him..
Although it is a basic concept in democratic elections, it was an unfamiliar concept to the candidates running in this Pyongyang mayoral election..
Vulcan, who comes from the authoritarian class society of the medieval kingdom, understands the concept of rallying his support, but has no intention of going beyond that..
Black Dragon also receives support from his fellow dragons, but it stops there..
Knight... The Black Dragon, who is even more authoritative than the Lionheart King, rejects the concept of attracting voters..
However, the thoroughly calculating second candidate, Yacht Spinner, is a survivor from a world relatively close to democracy..
He understood very well the concept of attracting votes..
-Kikluk!
In front of the Ryugyong Hotel, which has the largest floating population of residents and drivers. People were focused on a large-scale parade..
-Kikluk! Look!
-Kikluk! Kkkkilook!
They are the Krashatriya tribe. Although they are treated as residents of Mokpo and Nampo rather than citizens of Pyongyang and do not have the right to vote in this election, there is no law preventing them from helping with the election campaign..
"Why are Sir Yapi and the Kikiluks doing this??"
"Wow~ Mom! Look at that! It's a robot!"
Hundreds of Kikiruk election campaigning corps and flashy and stylish planes ranging from baron to earl level carry placards and displays and campaign for the election..
[Yappy to the market!]
[Make the World Tree even greater!]
[Harmony between advanced technology and nature. Yappy, it's in your hands.!]
A plan card that will become familiar around presidential or general elections. For Koo Dae-sung, who grew up in a democratic country, campaigning during the election period was an unusual activity..
"Well... there doesn't seem to be any problem.?"
They are campaigning by attracting attention with the Krashatriya tribe and high-tech weapons, but isn't that just a means that the candidate can use??
Rather, Vulcan, who did not declare pledges or campaign, was an apostle from Gu Dae-seong's point of view..
"If it were just me, I wouldn’t even say anything! Look at that! I mean the QR link on those plan cards.!"
"uh?"
Koo Dae-seong saw the QR code embedded in the plan cards and displays carried by the unmanned robots and the Kikiruk people..
When I recognized it as a smartphone, a community appeared..
It was clearly a closed network that was made public immediately after the Pyongyang mayoral election was announced. Only Pyongyang citizens and drivers can access after authentication..
It was roughly used as a communication channel for the convenience of residents and drivers.──
[impact! The excessive plunder of the Burning Sword Knights.]
[Remarks about dragons being an ‘inferior species’. Arrogant attitude that does not face citizens.]
[Lord Vulcan's series of drinking songs and dances. Is it okay like this??]
The titles that appeared on the main page of each community were blatantly disparaging the candidates running for office..
At the same time, explaining Yapi's superior campaign promises and plans clearly reveals who the administrator of this community is..
"Yes, negative strategy······."
This is a common occurrence in elections. They disparage the other party, inflict all kinds of slander, cause people to give up voting, or seek to benefit others.······.
"No, you can just search through their houses and loot them! What's the problem with that?!"
And Yaffe's negative strategy was definitely true..
With the occupation of Pyongyang, plundering Pyongyang, where all of North Korea's wealth was stored, became a natural prerogative of knights and men-at-arms..
It is also true that in the process, Vulcan and the Knights of the Burning Sword, veterans of plunder, actively robbed the houses of party officials and accumulated wealth..
Worst of all, even Leon asked for restraint, saying, ‘Eat in moderation so that the young knights and soldiers each get a share.’.
Afterwards, although he only occupied one party official's house each and refrained from plundering, Yapi emphasized these incidents and was disparaging Vulcan's qualifications as leader..
"Hmm... there are more people who agree with me than I thought. In particular, the Naju Knights seem to be quite dissatisfied.."
Although anonymity has been guaranteed within the community, the newly revived tribes are not yet familiar with smartphones..
Most of the Knights and Men at Arms were responding to this by leaving comments..
"Wow! So, I taught you the rules of looting and even taught you how to search for hidden wealth.!"
"Well... looting is a bit of an unfamiliar act for someone from a normal civil country.."
Koo Dae-seong himself was not very active in looting..
"It is not true that there is no problem with dragons. He's attacking less than Lord Vulcan, but I think that's because he doesn't see him as a competitor.······."
"joy! Where else would those arrogant lizards support themselves??"
This wasn't the only thing that made Vulcan angry..
"It's okay to accuse me of being a predator. Because it's true. but···!"
Vulcan took Koo Dae-seong behind the tent of Yapi, who was in the middle of an election campaign. And there──
"Hehe, Sir Yappy. I brought my younger brother and juniors.!"
-Kikluk! Look! Chiruki look!
(Sir Hari Han. Number of votes: 20. Han Su-ho and five knights who had a chance to encourage voting. 35 votes. A total of 55 votes confirmed.)
The Kikiruk election support group scribbling down something while looking at the drivers brought by Hari..
He took out a box piled up in the election tent and gave it to Hari..
"Wow~ 9 x 100! Louis XTong wallet! Do you have a gift certificate too? Order ticket for Star Iron Armor custom additional equipment? This is really awesome?!"
-Cluck cluck cluck!
(Please take care of our candidate Yapi.)
"sure~"
Hari, who was smiling and taking gifts, made eye contact with Vulcan and Koo Dae-seong..
"Ah, Lord Vulcan... Lord Koo Dae-seong······."
The girl who had stopped quickly turned her back, wiping the cold sweat dripping from her forehead..
"······."
"······."
The dirtiest election in the world was taking place calmly..
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