"System, is there no mention in the memoirs about the satisfaction specified by the Empire Spirit being the satisfaction level of the people?'
[Affirmative. Many Kings have speculated that when the general populace reach a certain level of satisfaction in the ruling authority, the Empire Spirit's conditions might be met giving access to 'invaluable knowledge'. System has detected a trend in Kings' decisions when there was an attempt to raise the level. Raising satisfaction level is a resource-consuming process, and Lanthanor has always been under attack by enemies at the border, making it so that decreasing the budget of the army was not possible. There was also no way to drastically increase the amount of resources available. Thus, it was only possible to shift around resources, which meant that one section or the other always had a low satisfaction level.]
Daneel nodded, hearing the conclusion given by the system. He had also noticed something after upgrading the system: it seemed to be able to better analyze things now, instead of just storing and recalling information. Yet, there had been no such analysis during the war situation. Thus, the thought came in Daneel's mind that the system was incapable of leaps of logic and creativity that a human was capable of. It could only use the data it had to notice patterns and relay them to him, allowing him to make the final conclusions needed.
Only, in this case, a conclusion had been made. Thus, to test out his observation, he asked the system whether this was the case.
[Affirmative. System exists to reward and better enable host on the path to World Domination. A conclusion was given this time due to the clear nature of the data. Many Kings specifically wrote about their attempts and their frustrations.]
Nodding, Daneel felt happy that this matter was resolved. In the end, the system was just a helping hand in his journey. With this realization, he resolved to depend on himself for the most part without getting used to relying on the system too much.
The decision he had to make right now was regarding whether to buy this tool or not. 7500 EXP was a lot, but the part about the "Kingdom Management Rewards" section which would allow him to gain more EXP and Kingdom Points for 'satisfaction milestones' made it quite tempting.
Yet, before he could make the decision, Kellor knocked on the door.
Deciding to make a decision after he could pletely relax and be by himself, Daneel walked to the door and opened it.
"My Lord, all the people you asked for have been assembled. They are presently waiting for you in the throne room."
"All right. Let's go."
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Before going to the throne room, Daneel decided to first make a visit to the Palace Tailor.
In charge of all official clothing needs for the nobility, the tailor's room was located three hallways from the King's.
As he entered, he saw rows of shelves in which hung numerous dresses in all kinds of dazzling colors.
The tailor had already been summoned with the help of Kellor.
"My King, congratulations on ascending the throne! How can this humble servant assist you?"
The man kneeling on the ground had a slight tremor in his voice, as if he was afraid that Daneel would punish him for something.
Using the oathstone, Daneel asked Kellor what the matter was.
"He is one of those who used the relation he has with one of the princes to get away from a horrible crime. His daughter ran away with a poor boy who ran away from the slums, and he used the police force to find them, kill the boy and drag his daughter home. There are many like this in the palace who used the princes' influence to evade the courts and use resources they are not supposed to have access to. My Lord, you must make the decision regarding how you will administer justice to all those affected by the actions of these animals. But I must remind you, My Lord, that there are also some good people just like me who did whatever they could to stand on the side of morality."
As the man looked up into Daneel's glaring eyes, he suddenly felt as if a mountain was bearing down on his back, threatening to crush him under the pressure.
"Did you use the police force to catch and kill the man your daughter ran away with?
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