In truth, when it came to how to lure little Kokomi from Watatsumi Island to work, Cid and Kamisato Takakado had come up with a genius plan.
We are giving Watatsumi Island so many benefits. It is only normal for our Kanjou Commission to open a branch office here, right?
It is also reasonable for this Kanjou Commission branch office to be staffed by people from Watatsumi Island for the sake of friendly relations, right?
Then, because Watatsumi Island has many economic issues, it is normal for there to be many matters to handle, right?
And because the Kanjou Commission here will definitely need to communicate with our headquarters, that is also normal, right?
Therefore, it is also normal for our Kanjou Commission to assign some affairs related to outside Watatsumi Island and matters connected to Watatsumi Island for you to handle, right?
In order to handle these affairs, we need to communicate—that is also normal, right?
For the sake of communication, you arranging for Kokomi to come over to study as an expression of friendly goodwill is also normal, right?
In the end, as Kokomi studies, she naturally becomes the head of the Kanjou Commission headquarters—that is also normal, right?
Everything is for the sake of Inazuma! It is also normal for you people of Watatsumi Island to be a little busy!
Everything is perfectly reasonable!
At present, they had only reached the first step of formally establishing diplomatic relations with Watatsumi Island.
Establishing the Requiem Shrine.
After all, directly establishing a Kanjou Commission branch would be like interfering with Watatsumi Island's autonomy. That would not be appropriate.
Therefore, they planned to start from the aspect of faith.
They would first seek alignment in spirit and culture. Only afterward would it be easier to satisfy them in terms of practical, material matters.
However, this matter was not easy either.
Inazuma worshipped the Raiden Shogun, while Watatsumi Island worshipped Orobashi, who had been slain by the Raiden Shogun.
The act of slaying one's own god was actually even more excessive than killing one's own ancestors. This led to Watatsumi Island being unable to accept the Raiden Shogun in matters of faith.
Therefore, they could not expect the people of Watatsumi Island to worship the Shogun. They could only have the Shura Anyakonsen-shou—who served as the dialogue window with Watatsumi Island—establish the shrine.
Although the Shura Anyakonsen-shou was a deity enfeoffed by the Raiden Shogun, it was as if Orobashi's faith could exist without the Raiden Shogun's approval.
Thus, the current situation was quite special.
On the Watatsumi Island side, their line of thinking was: Shura Anyakonsen-shou's status = Orobashi's status = Raiden Shogun's status.
And so a miraculous equation appeared.
Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou and the Raiden Shogun were actually of equal status!
Faced with this equation, Lord Shura Anyakonsen-shou felt a bit of a headache.
If one were to say that the Shura Anyakonsen-shou's status was lower than the Shogun's—well, this Shura Anyakonsen-shou was currently teaching the Raiden Shogun.
If one were to say that the Shura Anyakonsen-shou's status was higher than the Shogun's—well, this Shura Anyakonsen-shou still had to address the Raiden Shogun as "milord."
Forget it. It was not a big problem. Probably only the people on Watatsumi Island would think that the Shura Anyakonsen-shou and the Raiden Shogun were deities of the same rank.
After all, they were the only ones who did not believe that their own god's status was lower than the Raiden Shogun's.
In Inazuma City, who did not know that the Shura Anyakonsen-shou was simply working for the Shogun?
However, this way of thinking was not without its benefits.
At the very least, when it came to establishing the Requiem Shrine, Lady Sangonomiya of Watatsumi Island expressed her strong approval.
After all, if the Shura Anyakonsen-shou was a public deity, then things would be easier to handle. The Raiden Shogun's side might even show favoritism.
But if the Shura Anyakonsen-shou was a truly impartial and public deity of Inazuma, then their side could develop with peace of mind.
This was probably also part of human nature.
I long for the judge to show favoritism toward me, yet I also fear that in the future the judge might show favoritism toward the other side.
When unable to confirm what kind of person the judge is, I would rather hope for an impartial judge than for a judge who shows favoritism toward the other party.