I Turned Out To Be The King Behind The Scenes

4. Arazka Kingdom, New King

Luckily his mother and old Arthur were very smart. Her mother started saving money when she found out that she was pregnant, and Arthur started saving money at the age of 6 years.

Royal princes start earning monthly allowances at the age of 6 years because that's when they start their knight's training as Levies of the Order.

When they are in the capital. The king's wife earned an allowance of 4.000.000 Jewel. His mother only earned an allowance of Jewel. Once his mother found out she was pregnant, she knew it was only a matter of time before they kicked her out. She started saving all her money, never spending more than what she needed.

As for Arthur, when he started training as a Levies of the Order. In the royal family, he earned 2.000.000 Jewels per month, while his brothers received 3.500.000 Jewels per month. He gave all his money to his mother to save. They don't need much in life, because they ate and lived behind the palace, and never needed anything else. They were able to save money.

But all that will change now!

Before, they only had themselves. but now, they had an entire kingdom to feed and wages to pay for their knights and servants, which was fair. Before these, all people took their salaries from the empire. Now in Arazka, all people took their salaries from Arthur.

He quickly calculated that their savings should be able to take care of everyone for at least a year. The average salary is paid up to 60.000 jewels, while the knight's salary is paid a minimum of 80.000 jewels, depending on their rank.

He also calculated that he might need to build new equipment and buildings.

While Arthur was still thinking, he had already arrived at the square and he was greeted by Luca, Gerrard, Vergo, Jonathan, Marco, and other knights who rushed out to greet them.

"Have a good day, Your Majesty." They said while curtsying.

"Arthur, how do you feel? Do you still feel ill? Does your head still hurt?"

Arthur hadn't heard such words of concern for a long time. Hearing these words again, he couldn't help feeling a burst of warmth and shaking his head at Luca. "I'm alright. Uncle Luca, let the slaves and knights gather and line up. I have something to say." Arthur said with a smile.

"Alright, wait a minute."

When they received the order from Luca. They gathered quickly. After they gathered and lined up, Arthur started talking to them,

"The Valencia Kingdom has abandoned you... Sending you away forever... They might have thought that they'll have the last laugh... They might think we would all die without their help... They think we are weak, defenseless, and a disturbance to the kingdom..."

Hearing what Arthur said, the knights were getting very angry, they are called trash and looked down on many times in the Capital. Most of them were told they were useless all their lives. Arthur then continued,

"We in the capital have been humiliated and embarrassed, but so what? We never give up, we train harder, and we still endure and endure with our beliefs. As a wise man said 'Individuals who have learned to endure and endure through storms of adversity are those who can dance in the rain during a storm'. We are born to be useful. We will turn this place into heaven and deny them access to it... So remember from today on your new identity. You are the knights from the Arazka Kingdom, this place is our new home, our new life, and our new identity. Take care of that in your heart, don't embarrass it. So that you can shout proudly 'WE ARE ARAZKA PEOPLE'."

The moment he said this, they all felt proud and excited, but their blood was boiling. Even Sarah, Altria, and Acedes couldn't help it their blood was boiling.

"Are you all with me?"

"Yes". They answered together

"Answer louder. I ask, are you all with me?"

"YES". They answered in unison.

"Good, You all have served my family in joy or sorrow with your loyalty and your honor as knights for many years... But I only need super knights, and I will only pay the salary for a super knight. Corporals will get 100.000 Jewels, Sergeants will get 120.000 Jewels, Sergeant Majors will get 140.000 Jewels, Knights will get 160.00 Jewels, Lieutenants will get 180.000 Jewels, Captains will get 200.000 Jewels, Majors will get 220.000 Jewels, Commanders get 240.000, Prior get 270.000 Jewels, Seneschal 300.000, Marshal 320.000 Jewels, High Marshall 340.000 Jewels and finally, Grand Marshall will get 360.000 Jewels a month."

Everyone was shocked. The amount was too high for the various rank.

"This is a new era, a new time, a new home, and...a new King"

"Long live the King"

"Long live the king"

Arthur looked at the excited knight. Behind them, there were also one hundred slaves. It seemed that these slaves had all passed careful selection, half men and half women, and all very healthy. They had also made themselves clean, their clothes neat.

Luca saw Arthur staring at them, and he immediately knelt on one knee and called out: "Your Majesty, the Glory of the Arazka Kingdom will illuminate the entire land. Your Majesty, please command us."

When he finished, the knights knelt on one leg, and the slaves behind the knights, they all knelt together and tapped their foreheads on the ground, no one dared to look at Arthur.

Arthur slowly calmed himself down, he looked at Luca and the others still kneeling and said: "Marshall Luca, you and the others immediately stand up. We've come to a place like this, a place without anything, no soil to till, no ore in the mountains, we only have this abandoned castle for shelter.

At the same time, we all have the same symbol kingdom, Arazka, whether you are willing or not, you all have the symbol of the Arazka Kingdom, you are already the Arazka Kingdom's civilians.

The Arazka Kingdom is necessary for your existence, if the kingdom disappears, you disappear, this is a fact. Yes, right now we have nothing but our two hands. Everything in this world has been created by human hands, and with our hands, we will not hunger, we will make our lives better.

For you, the slaves, because no matter how good life is, you are still slaves. But I will tell you today, that as long as you work hard, your children will not be slaves.

Probably, will there be a day when they can enter the Arazka Kingdom Troops, becoming glorious warriors? My answer is Yes, if they do well, they might become knights.

I will ask you to do your best, and I will also give you the best. As long as you work hard, I, Arthur Ryle, swear by the honor of my clan and my kingdom, that I will fulfill my promise today!"