"Ecna, and all of you here! What I've done until now was something every ruler of a nation should have done, there's no need to thank me. You all are the citizens of Amare, so I should care about the wellbeing of you all, not just for those rich and powerful!" Emily said while putting the emblems on the other nine members. After she finished, all of them kneeled to show their loyalty, while waiting for further orders.

"I have an exceptional opportunity for you to fight and train against people more powerful than you, in exchange you would have to teach them all you can about techniques and tips in assassination or other topics you've learned. What do you think?" asked Emily, trying to make them accept her offer. She planned to make them and her lesser vampires train together. It would greatly improve Ecna and her party's strength and ability to fight against stronger enemies, while the vampires would learn what they need the most, technique and knowledge.

"We'll accept anything you tell us to, your majesty. May I ask, are those powerful entities also under your command?" Ecna said, really intrigued by who those powerful people could be.

'What a keen girl she is. It's good to have such people on my side!' Emily thought, looking at Ecna.

"Yes, they are. Though they are more of a secret force of mine. Their loyalty and power are unquestionable, even though they lack a bit in technique. I'm sure you're going to like them!" said Emily and called for her vampire subordinates. Ten human lesser vampires came in, staying proudly behind Emily.

"The training, their existence and power should be kept a secret more or less, so the training will take place at a secret base. All of you are not to tell anybody about its location or existence. You will be exempt from service for at least two weeks, and at most a month. In this time, show me I wasn't wrong in picking you." Emily added, trying to make them give their all during the training. Both groups saluted and left together, then used some horses to go to Cavetown, the vampires showing the way.

The kingdom was still in a state of chaos, as it wasn't fully consolidated yet. But it was better than if they killed Fergus and obtained the throne by force. Well, Emily did kill him and princess Madelina, but they were revived as vampires, unknown to the public. As Fergus gave her the throne willingly, a lot fewer problems arose from that, and fewer people and kingdoms would dare to go against her.

'Now we must look out for traitors, mainly at the kingdom's borders, as they are the most dangerous ones. They might require the help of other states in this conflict, and that would be a big headache for me and the citizens.' said Emily in her mind. The problem with the slaves was getting smaller and smaller, as the agents did a great work freeing them.

New armament was continuously manufactured, especially the blood equipment. Though, only the most important and loyal divisions and groups got to use them. The same could be said about the bombs. The smoke grenades were already circulating in the army, while the highly dangerous exploding ones were still kept a secret from the others.

Emily was in a continuous search of loyal people with talent, especially those that would be able to work with the papers. It was usually the work of the nobles, but she didn't trust nearly anybody except Duke Windsor. Ramiya was learning how to become one too, after understanding the lack of arms Emily went through.

'We need to send messengers to the elves, stating that we don't want war to start between our kingdoms, and even make some treaties if possible. The other three kingdoms at our borders must be sent a notice too, so they wouldn't think of doing anything funny. Thank god the army is more or less in order.'

The monster army activating all around the kingdom managed to get several new monster species, and send their eggs or children to Cavetown for nursery, education and training. Several orcs, goblins and kobolds tribes were conquered too, some of them deciding to come under Emily's forces instead of being annihilated. Some wargs packs were killed, and their puppies were sent to Cavetown. Still, there were a lot of monsters that the army didn't manage to get their hands on. The kingdom was too big to find all the monsters that fast.

Only three days passed since Emily became a queen, and a lot of work needed to be done, but the people were supporting her. Especially the farmers, simple merchants, manufacturers and soldiers.

'We need to do something about the economical area of our kingdom. All the money left from Fergus are to be invested into improving the kingdom and its economy further, but it's way too little!' To start a trade agreement with other states around them would be of great help. The kingdom was in a favorable relationship with a couple of nations, so they could try to make the agreement, but these so-called allies could stab them in the back at any time. Especially since the kingdom was changed overnight, together with its ruler.

'Thanks god Vagael Kingdom is an ally of ours because of Abel. Though we still need to be vigilant around them, we've got a contract on trading. That's really good!' Trade contracts are usually made between countries really close to each other. While Vagael was considered an ally to the Themo kingdom, they didn't actually help. That's why Abel played a great role for the development of Amare kingdom. He played the role of a foreign relationship diplomat.

As a prince of a pretty powerful state, he had an influence and charisma of his own. There were a lot of ladies interested in him all around the world, but he always declined whatever proposals they had. It was a good time to use him, if he wanted it himself.

Amare kingdom was mainly selling agricultural products now, with some manufactured goods, as its slave market closed. Even though that was true, most of the states around still traded with them in small quantities. Plus to this, the news about the blood equipment traveled to some of those countries already, so they asked for a trade on those. Every nation would like to improve their army's state if they could, as even if they don't wage war, other nations could attack them instead.

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