I Became the Last Princess of the Brown Bear Kingdom

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Well, I can understand to some extent.

“Is that so? I guess you could see it that way.”

In the book, Atatürk is described as dying.

But here, he somehow survived thanks to his health management.

Atatürk is worried about that.

He’s lived until now, but since he was originally destined to die, he probably wants to take more initiative.

If he doesn’t know when he might die, he’ll work even harder for the nation.

That’s the mindset of the national leaders.

Atatürk will probably do well in taking control of the Middle East, so he should be seen as a person with significant influence.

Then, he’ll push right in. I could even ask him to take care of Iraq.

“Oh, Britain also used its fleet to take control of the Persian Gulf.”

“Really?”

The Persian Gulf, huh. Those pirates sure are knowledgeable.

“I think the whole Arabian region will probably be wrapped up in about a month.”

A month, huh? Is Saudi Arabia that tough of a place?

So while I’m writing books and doing all sorts of things, it didn’t get wrapped up?

There’s France, which was wiped out in four weeks by the Communist Germany’s offensive, and France seems worse off than that.

France is probably sobbing.

But that’s separate; there’s the UK and Turkey.

Even with all the British troops getting wiped out at Dunkirk. Turkey was fighting hard on the red front in the Sudetenland and North Africa.

In other words, they are elite, but isn’t this a bit too slow?

“Ugh, it’s too late.”

Are you telling me it takes this long for a place like Nejd?

Right. I might not know the local situation, but this feels a bit off.

It could be they’re slowly smashing everything or that they’re waiting for Hejaz’s backup. But the important thing is the oil fields.

I want to immediately drill for oil and shout out that our oil has been devoured by the Iraqis.

“Well, I’m glad there’s nothing obstructing our way.”

“Is that so?”

“It could be that Turkey is advancing slowly to prepare for something like the Caliphate as your Majesty suggested.”

Ah, that’s right. I did mention before what if Turkey made a Caliphate, and now they’re probably taking their time to prepare that.

Even if they prepared a symbolic Caliphate in a rush, it would take months to gain the public’s approval.

I can acknowledge that much.

First, they need to prep a Caliphate so they can quickly push out Nejd and then hit Hejaz.

“That’s right. I did say that.”

It’s a bit disappointing, but there’s this feeling of anxiety, you know?

Still, I hope they don’t make us wait too long. With the oil fields in hand, I want to get my share quickly.

It’s like a kid suckling their fingers in front of a toy they want.

I can’t help it. I have to wait humbly for that much.

“But what’s that?”

There are a bunch of letters piled high on the desk. Seriously, what could that be?

I’ve received fan letters before, but not recently.

“These are the letters that His Majesty received regarding the recent book.”

He’s saying that proudly, but I’m feeling a bit complicated about it.

Aren’t I supposed to respond to all of these?

Sure, there might be mindless praises about me, but still.

“There are letters from national leaders, I guess.”

“And from the bureaucrats.”

There’s even Wilhelm from the German Empire, France’s bureaucrats, and even Burgundy’s.

And there’s a letter sent by Yoshida from Western Japan. I must be imagining things if I see the letters torn with ‘Ana-chan’ written on them.

“Um, that’s way too many for that.”

Even so, there are just too many piled up on the desk.

Could they possibly be my work documents?

It’s a problem that the envelopes are clearly visible though.

Oh my God. The pile on the desk is overflowing.

“There’s even a letter from a soldier named James from the British Royal Army and a girl named Maria from Portsmouth.”

In other words, everyone really sent their letters.

Even ordinary citizens.

There are way too many letters for me to handle.

Should I just go directly to Arabia? I’ve had such an impact on the world with my World Strategy. If I answer all these, it’s going to be a hassle.

“Think positively. If they’re sending that many, it must mean your book sold well, right?”

“And it also means I’m going to have a tough time.”

Now I have to bury myself under this pile of letters and think hard about how to respond.

If it comes to that, my head is going to explode from all the stress.

Did I write the book for nothing? Or should I handle it moderately?

“Can’t Maria handle it appropriately?”

“Yes. We’ll just say your Majesty hasn’t seen them and have the maid squad take care of it.”

Letting the maid squad handle it? What kind of nonsense is that?

“No, the maid squad is a bit…”

“They’re trained to be almost emotionless, so it’s fine!”

Isn’t that dangerous in a different way?

Just because they’re a maid squad doesn’t mean they won’t pass things around. The Mother Tsar might think the European kids sent their letters, and then they go do something about it.

I bit my lip slightly.

There’s no choice. I can only respond to each one.

Right now, I seriously want to just go to Arabia.

That way, I can use that as an excuse to let someone else take care of this. But there are enough people who praise me or are curious about me.

“Speaking of which, there’s something interesting happening in the Far East. It’s just a rumor, though.”

“A rumor?”

In the Far East, like Korea or Japan. If it’s because of my book, could it be that Mo Jeong-kyu is making a reaction?

Maybe Mo Jeong-kyu is a hero here, but in the book, he was treated horribly, and that’s why they’re speaking ill of me.

“It seems because of the Korean part of the ‘World Strategy’ that you’ve written, there’s talk in Korea about breaking down the land reforms that were delayed due to national unification. General Lee Beom-seok is said to have taken his army south.”

Really? Is that so? Ah, that makes sense. Right now, with no Korean War, there are still some things that Korea hasn’t addressed.

Unfortunately, because of the 625 War, Korea became divided, leaving the entire nation in ruins. But because of North Korea’s existence, they could have done land reforms before the 625 War, but here, since there’s neither war nor division, it seems they still have leftover issues.

It looks like they’re trying to resolve those problems.

Taking the army south means they intend to smash everything by force. Hmm.

Well, they’ll probably manage it fine. Without the 625, and since history has deviated from the original way, there should be enough capable people in Korea now.

Here, it’s only in my heart a homeland, but I’m Russian.

I can’t dictate what they should do; they’ll manage.

While I was in Harbin, I helped our officials form a government too.

“Wait, that means Hitler too?”

Is Hitler feeling something too, or what?

“I heard Hitler is saying that Mussolini should have been killed by him. He’s frequently running scenarios of a war to collapse France within six weeks in the military.”

Well, it must just be a rumor.

Even if the Danube is strong, since it’s the Rome Treaty, he can’t get too upset.

It’s probably just wishing it could’ve been different.

Perhaps Hitler would rather be treated as a hero as the leader of a fallen nation rather than just a few years of activity.

I thought it was just a simple novel, but it seems the world is more interested in my book than I expected.

“I just had a great idea.”

Should I put my all into this and think hard?

If the world moves according to my book, how about subtly manipulating the movements?

About future advanced scientific civilizations.

Books on various policies, like the internet, mobile phones, semiconductors, etc.

In the guise of a history of human advancement, released as “World Strategy Volume 2.”

That’s how it is in the original world too. So let’s work harder in this much better world. Something like that.

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Arabian Peninsula

Manstein, the commander of the German army dispatched to Arabia, sulked.

How is it possible to be this impatient in the Arabian Peninsula?

“You’re saying we should advance slowly? Shouldn’t we just push through all at once?”

In the end, Manstein stood up from the command post.

Originally, the German Empire troops that Manstein brought were only a few hundred support troops, but still. That’s why he wanted to achieve more.

He wanted to ride his tanks through the Arabian Peninsula, trampling Nejd in an instant.

After all, hasn’t the navy already occupied the oil fields?

“It seems they’re preparing something called a Caliphate back home.”

The Turkish officers spoke, but then promptly went silent.

To be honest, they really didn’t care for something like the Caliphate.

That’s the blunt truth. With National Leader Atatürk around, what’s the point of resurrecting the Caliphate?

Of course, they had a solid justification to conquer the Arabian Peninsula.

“Can’t we just smash Nejd and then prepare for the Caliphate afterward?”

“That would be the case, but there’s a certain image to maintain, isn’t there?”

The appearance, huh. Sure, I’ll go with that. But for Manstein, he wanted to wipe things out quickly.

After all, dragging things out like this wasn’t his style.

“I need to be back before Christmas.”

“What can we do about that?”

It’s something the Tsar decided upon.

Of course, it started with Turkey’s firm intention to conquer the Arabian Peninsula.

“But how did the Tsar know there are oil fields there?”

No matter how I think about it, this is a bit surprising.

There are cases where everyone is struggling without any resources.

“Because he’s the Tsar. Isn’t it obvious?”

Now it just seems logical.

The Rome Treaty army no longer cared about who the Tsar was or what he was doing.

Thinking about it just causes defeat. The more you think about it, the more the Tsar is seen as something close to a god.

In any case, it’s beneficial for the Rome Treaty and Europe.

If one were to insist on questioning it, it would go against the Tsar.

“Hmm, no. Wait. I think I have a good idea.”

Just a moment ago, Manstein, who was so eager to push things forward, nodded his head.

“What is it?”

“Is there really a need to use the authority of the Caliph?”

Is there really a need for the authority of the Caliph?

You could just secure a justification to push through to Hejaz and later place the Caliphate beneath that.

Every country’s commanders’ eyes sparkled at Manstein’s words.

That’s right. Nejd could be crushed anytime.

In fact, dragging things out day by day just seems ridiculous.

What kind of dignity does the Rome Treaty have? So everyone listened and wanted to hear what Manstein had to say.

“What is the German commander thinking?”

“Let’s simply crush Nejd first. We’ll spread the rumor that we’ve taken the oil fields, and that will justify an attack on Hejaz.”

That’s not a bad idea. They could smash through and then wait for the Caliphate’s coronation in Turkey.

I thought about that, but it seemed a bit lacking as justification.

Logically, would Hejaz even dare to provoke the Rome Treaty?

At this moment, they’re struggling even in Nejd.

It makes no sense that those kinds of people would attack the Rome Treaty.

Well, if one pushes hard enough, it’s not impossible, but it still feels wrong.

Then they needed to come up with a more definitive plan.

In the Great War, Louis Mountbatten, who had been active in China and Indonesia, was now there as the British Army commander of the Rome Treaty.

He also wanted to make sure to secure Britain’s contributions more clearly.

Then there was indeed a sure method.

“It’s not going to be as easy as that. If that’s the case, we might as well use the Tsar’s method.”

The Tsar’s methods.

Everyone turned their gaze from Manstein to Mountbatten at the mention of that.

“The Tsar’s method?”

Isn’t the Tsar’s method obvious? It’s the method of using the Reds.

“Oh, you guys have Reds in your territory, right? We’ll catch them for you~something like that.”

“You’re protecting those Reds, aren’t you? Something along those lines too.”

“If there are communists, we must crush them. Isn’t that the Tsar’s way? There are communists in Hejaz. How about this?”

According to Russian order, the Rome Treaty’s main principle was anti-communism.

Wherever communism thrived, it declared that they’d go to crush it.

In effect, the pretext of the Rome Treaty was widely known to many countries, declaring that if you smelled like communism, you’d be dead.

But in another sense, it means:

The Rome Treaty says, “You guys are all Reds!” and can define and attack that way.