I Became the Last Princess of the Brown Bear Kingdom

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“Was what Patton handled before useless?”

I remember Patton had quite an hold, but was it all pointless?

“Thanks to Patton, this is the best we’ve got.”

So, it’s really all thanks to Patton. Hmm.

Did Patton have it tough after all?

Or should we believe his skills have declined? Or maybe it was just possible because this was the home ground of the remnants of the Imperial Japan.

“But as soon as Mutaguchi Renya appears, the remnants of Imperial Japan either run away or crumble easily.”

Mutaguchi Renya’s debut!

“Yeah, that makes sense.”

How much effort have we put into Mr. Moron-gu up till now?

He’s the one I foresaw to become a hero of Japan.

As my predictions come true, and my fame rises day by day, Mutaguchi Renya also gains that halo along with me.

At this point, you’d think it’s a brain freeze from starting this as a joke, but for me, it’s nice to be able to manage Japan.

Dealing with Patton was tough enough, and now the remnants of Imperial Japan have to face the army of the United Japanese States, their own people, making things uncomfortable for them.

“The troubles in Japan seem to be over now.”

Since Balhae has just finished its land reform.

They say Lee Beom-seok is favored to be the next president. If Lee Beom-seok takes the position, Korea will probably strengthen its internal structure for a while.

Nationalism and all that exploding everywhere.

At this point, Asia seems to be done for.

“That’s a relief. With this, America won’t be able to target the United Japanese States anymore.”

Mutaguchi Renya boldly stepped into Eastern Japan as a hero.

He even passed the establishment of a unification body. MacArthur won’t provoke the United Japanese States, even for his term.

Considering the reconstruction project in Paris has already begun, most of Europe is pretty much stabilized.

No worries about the Middle East, and Africa is a bit inconvenient, but I trust Ethiopia to manage well.

“America has also started developing artificial satellites.”

America’s satellite development, huh?

We can consider it stimulated by us.

But in the end, it won’t matter much if they’re starting to develop now.

We’re already far ahead enough.

“That’s true. We’ve already created historic moments both internally and externally.”

I hadn’t noticed it while in the Middle East, but it seems they spread quite a bit.

I visited the Roman Space Development Institute and praised its researchers before.

On my way to the institute, I saw various events with satellites being promoted in every shop.

In Romanov Ice, they say “Mincho of Artificial Satellites” and released a special flavor of Mincho.

Cheap toys shaped like satellites are popping out everywhere.

We raise the public’s interest in artificial satellites.

Let’s make the people develop a deep interest in going towards artificial satellites and space.

After all, humanity will eventually have to leave their own land.

With so many people in Russia, recruiting individuals to venture into space wouldn’t be that hard.

The problem lies with America.

For now, my goal is that America must always be slightly behind the Rome Treaty.

That way, we can progress while avoiding defeat against America.

Even if it’s still a Cold War era, there won’t be ideological issues.

To be precise, we can say it’s an era of scientific development competition.

“America is barely catching up to us, so it must be tough, huh?”

America will have to follow behind for a while.

That way, we can keep from getting complacent and continue to move forward.

“That sounds about right.”

Separately, America is in a position where it received technology transfers from us.

For the next ten years, they will likely be following closely behind. I suppose as of now, there aren’t any significant problems.

At least they won’t be able to rise up against us suddenly. Of course, America has a ton of money.

Even though we’ve unified Europe, we’re also not to be underestimated, but they might get too caught up with their flashy maps to focus on satellite development.

After that, it’s pretty obvious.

Both will dive into space development and pour money into it.

What will happen later?

We’ll likely be several years ahead, and Europe and America will make even greater advancements.

It wouldn’t hurt to also get Balhae, once my country, into space development.

Supporting Korea in a mindless overseas background story feels wrong. But for the sake of space development and the advancement of humanity into space, it wouldn’t hurt to place a multi-cosmos development in Korea.

And computer development is essential too.

“How far along is the computer development?”

“The computer is also developing at a rapid pace. We should firmly hold the technological advantage.”

Technological advantage is crucial, indeed.

The development of computers and wireless telephones is what I focus on the most.

Once those two are achieved, we can enjoy the internet and thrive in the age of smartphones as history intended.

“Eventually, there will come a day when people around the world can contact each other wirelessly, share information, and have fun together.”

So I boldly proclaimed.

“Will that day really come?”

“It will come. Absolutely.”

I’ll lay out the groundwork to ensure internet development can happen somehow.

Then afterward, creating an AI that governs the entire world as a sort of electronic government.

Like the AI Anastasia Project, for example.

Expanding the Ogus Project on a larger scale to create a unified government situation.

Having the United States as a competing counterpart is a kind of catalyst for humanity’s advancement.

“We’ll need to ensure the performance of weapons is exceptional as we scale down. We need to develop weaponry and also deploy the already captured Reds more.”

By utilizing legal slavery, we divert the payments that would have gone to them into the science development budget.

Letting the Reds die while working isn’t a bad way to protect the taxpayers’ money.

“We’re already coordinating with each country’s government to mobilize the Reds in Paris.”

“What about the catacombs?”

If we’ve ground the Reds down, there should be some changes, right?

“It’s reportedly made quite a bit of progress. Many remains have already been excavated from outside Paris.”

In this case, there won’t be any future incidents related to the catacombs.

It’s rather popular among many, but ultimately, they need to be cleared out.

Personally, it doesn’t sit well with me, and had they remained intact, they might have served as a future tourist spot.

But since in this world, it’s more appropriate to just excavate everything than to restore the collapsed catacombs.

“Once, I’d like to go see it myself.”

“Absolutely not. There’s a chance that any surviving ones could launch another terror attack against Your Majesty.”

Another terror attack against Your Majesty.

Anyone listening would think I’m just some guy getting terrorized.

“Tsk. It seems not everyone sees it in a good light.”

Why is everyone reacting so lukewarm? Was there ever such strong opposition before?

“Still, we can’t.”

“No, why do you think I get attacked with terrorism every time I go?”

Come on now, it’s not like I’m that dramatic.

Do they really think I’d be a target every time?

Especially since Paris seems to have handled itself just fine. With them all gone, I don’t see any reason to be scared now.

“So every place you go, nothing remains unscathed, does it? Except maybe for Asia. War is all there was when it was safe.”

That’s right. It was only during wartime.

Back then, the lines between enemy and ally were clear-cut.

If I say it’s just war, I’ll run out of arguments.

“Above all, I received contact from the Middle East.”

“Indeed. You’ve faced countless bombings there, yet you’ve forgiven them.”

Well, I figured it was permissible to do that much.

No, why act so shocked? My face doesn’t look too great either. I did what I do best, use my body to brainwash those Islamic folks.

But if I straightforwardly say I was attacked by terrorists, that’s a bit awkward, so it needs a softer spin.

“No, what I did was merely brainwashing them using my body.”

“That sounds very odd.”

What’s so strange about it?

If I can change the perceptions of those more radical than the ones serving Allah by showing them my immortal scenes, it’s worth the shot.

Only those who know the real history would catch my drift.

“Hmmm, it feels like I should show at least that much mercy. Anyway, if forgiving the terror earns us much, that’s just fine.”

I don’t care; I have no regrets.

With this incident, the Middle East will embark on the path of Westernization.

So deeply entranced with Westernization, it feels like a good opportunity to approach Allah, so I have to push hard to keep radicalism from emerging in the future.

An environment where radicalism can’t arise.

Whether it’s the Taliban, IS, or whatever, it’d be very hard for them to unite even if they came this way from the real world.

“That’s why many Iraqis and Iranians are studying in Russia; that’s the problem.”

I wouldn’t mind the Muslims coming over.

They are my loyal servants, after all.

If they come to study, they might just enjoy their lives quietly as fans of Anastasia. Or they might just want to get my autograph.

“Well, if they’re loyal fans of Anastasia, there shouldn’t be an issue.”

Casually. This is not something you should just brush off lightly.

“Anyway, like I mentioned before, it’s too risky to go there directly, so absolutely not!”

“Well, if that’s how it is, there’s nothing more I can do.”

I’m not foolishly going to force myself into something I shouldn’t.

But I would like to see Paris, the city of arts, being reconstructed. I should tell them to take photos later.

“Ahem. Well, if you say that, I can’t argue with you.”

I think I’ve received reports on that.

I’m calculating my next move, and that’s why they’re reacting like that.

Ugh, if they keep saying things like that, I really will run out of responses. Would it be better just to remain quiet as the council members suggested?

“Before I knew it, the Palace of Anastasia has been completed.”

“Yes, it’s a construction that is truly breathtaking to behold.”

Right. The Palace of Anastasia has been completed. Guess I’ll just watch for a while.

At least until we kick off the space development, it should be fine for me to take my time a bit.

And so, years passed by again.

* * *

Around this time, America was also hard at work developing artificial satellites.

The first step was to develop long-range rockets.

Since America had only received the basic rocket technology from Russia, it was significantly behind in rocket development.

“Those crazy Russians, how do they…”

“We must venture into space.”

“Rush the artificial satellite development!”

Of course, MacArthur dove into satellite development.

After all, America was the only counterweight to the Rome Treaty.

South America was just forming its federal government, and Southeast Asia had broken apart, finding itself in a position to receive help between the Rome Treaty and America.

MacArthur felt tremendous pressure from Rome’s space development policy aimed at venturing into outer space.

If beyond that sky, if Rome had already preemptively staked a claim to the cradle of humanity’s new world before America,

Then that vast expanse of space could mean infinite resources for the Rome Treaty.

America couldn’t afford to miss this window.

“How is our artificial satellite doing?”

“For now, we must first focus on increasing the range of our rockets. Unless we siphon money from the Rome Treaty and procure satellite technology from them.”

True. America had gotten far too used to scraping together money and buying technology.

Maybe this time, it could also work to make card payments to the Rome Treaty and buy it.

They could even make that crazy Russian Tsar into a gold-digging woman who can’t survive without American money.

But that wouldn’t do for MacArthur’s reputation.

Literally, America wouldn’t be able to shake off the image of a nouveau riche nation.

Of course, if one were to look closely, America did have a few advantages over the Rome Treaty.

First and foremost, there was money.

The Rome Treaty has also accumulated an immense amount of wealth and resources, but due to unification, they would have a hard time unleashing its potential for a while.

Anyway, that’s why America had a much more ample supply of funds.

Secondly, the development of the polio vaccine.

For this development, the Rome Treaty even sent people directly to request collaboration.

Conversely, it also meant that the only thing America could seriously lean on from the Rome Treaty was the polio vaccine development.

Thus, this time, they should try to manage things by their own efforts.

The rocket development technology had been making decent progress, so developing an artificial satellite should be very feasible.

“How long will it take at this pace?”

“About five years, I estimate.”

Five years. Five years. Isn’t that too late? In that time, the Rome Treaty would have pushed a few steps further ahead.

At this rate, they might fall too far behind.

It could take a long time to even develop the artificial satellites. While they had some confidence now, they should really focus on artificial satellite development.

What they needed to do now was to gather enough people.

“Hmm, let’s round up any space engineers, rocket engineers from Latin America. Even if they come from South American union, we need to lure them in with cash or whatever.”

Then, it’s simply a matter of attracting them here using money.

“Yes, sir.”

One way or another, they must catch up.

After all, America is a pillar nation of the world, so it shouldn’t be impossible.