Looking Toward the Future

As night fell, Gilgamesh stood atop the tower of Uruk, gazing at the city of Ars as it shimmered faintly below. The idea of becoming a king had arisen almost overnight, fueled by anger. He wanted to punish all those who believed they could imagine themselves above him. 

Of course, he wouldn't be the one to disrupt the peace among the realms, and his mention of conquering the central continent was merely to give his servants an idea of the extent of his power if he put in some effort. Furthermore, being a king was something that could potentially happen, and he might use his sister, Ariel, to be the voice of leadership in the kingdom. 

Perhaps she could handle that role, while Gilgamesh served only when problems arose, like being a serene ruler. He didn't want to exert too much effort because he yearned for a different life, but even that would be enough to make the kingdom of Asura invincible. 

"I could create my own region from scratch, a city built to the highest standards of safety and advancement. Something I could put effort into, and a secure place to protect my loved ones. If that were the case, Ars would become just another region, and this new city would be the capital of this kingdom when I become king once more." 

Looking at it in any way, his greatness could only grow, even unintentionally, as a king in his new life. If you asked him, being the son of a count might even be quieter than being a fourth prince with chances of becoming a king. 

"Could someone like me have lived peacefully in a mountain?" Gilgamesh guessed the answer would be no, all because he had challenged the human God, Hitogami, and it was possible that in the future, he would receive unwelcome visits from his apostles. 

But if that idiotic human God couldn't even kill a dragon, it meant that his chances of creating strong rivals for him were very slim. Still, being able to build a city in which to reside and one that could be protected from any kind of attack would ensure that anyone living near him wouldn't be affected by those assaults. 

If Gilgamesh wanted to play the role of a good king and gradually eliminate the chances of his brothers, he first had to deal with the faction of the first prince, Grabell. To destabilize the only family that supported Grabell, he had personally ordered an investigation into the Boreas Greyrat family. 

Under the crown of the Kingdom of Asura, the region of Fittoa was governed by the Boreas Greyrat family, located in the northeastern part of the Asura Kingdom. This was a vast agricultural area on the kingdom's borders. The lands of the Fittoa region were mostly rural with many forests, but what mattered most was who led this region and the history of that branch of the family. 

Philip Boreas Greyrat, who led the Fittoa region, was the son of Sauros, who was currently the head of the Boreas Greyrat family. However, what was crucial at this point was Philip's leadership in the Fittoa region. 

In the information that had come to him after taking an interest in dismantling the factions that had attacked him, Gilgamesh discovered that Philip Boreas Greyrat, after losing to his brother in the power struggle to succeed the Boreas Greyrat family, might be cunning and ambitious. This made all the threads of his plan come together. 

If this man was intelligent, he would play for his side with the proposal Gilgamesh would make. There were two possibilities: he would either accept or distrust and refuse. But if he were to accept, Gilgamesh had prepared two very interesting proposals. One of them would be to eliminate his brother and clear a direct path for him to return to the head of the family. 

In the hypothetical case that he refused, Gilgamesh would offer something very tempting—official marriage between himself and the only daughter in Fittoa. Since his male heirs were with the main family, his only daughter, who should be a year younger than him, could happily become his future first wife. 

With this alone, he would destroy the main branch of the Boreas Greyrat family, which had previously allied with Darius Silva Ganius in the faction supporting the first prince, Grabell. With just that, he wouldn't have to completely destroy that noble family; they would practically join his faction. 

"If I do that, I'd have one of the four regions under my command..." Gilgamesh smiled as he outlined his plan, intending to carry it out immediately after leaving the capital. 

"I just hope Philip's daughter is someone with the potential to be my wife; I wouldn't accept her if she doesn't have a special character that excites me a bit." 

Well, at least he had heard that the daughter of the Boreas Greyrat family was good-looking and seemed to be interested in swords—something outside the standards of nobility, which greatly relieved Gilgamesh when considering this aggressive decision.