Project 14 Plan B: Let's Build a Castle

Oh, my! What a lovely, cozy castle this is, Master Thank you!

As the summertime celebrity fox, I hereby declare myself quite suited to castle life! It brings out my noble aura!

Yes, it's so fitting that it wouldn't be strange to have a portrait of me hanging on the walls.

Huh? Inari god statues? Hmmm, well if they're put in place as gargoyles, I suppose it would be fine.

True, this castle is small, but it should be enough for this island. I believe it is a good castle, Master.

The only thing that perturbs me is that this place might have Heracles lurking about.

It's such a gorgeous castle, yet Marie and Altria seem right at home.

Well, I was a king, after all.

Any castle would appear small by comparison with Versailles or Schönbrunn. Those were royal palaces, after all.

But the fact that this castle is small is part of its charm. How can I put it? It's...homey?

Why, in Versailles, it felt like I was always crossing paths with total strangers.

My experience is basically just with Japanese palaces, but I've had that experience too.

The bigger the castle, the more people you need to maintain it.

It becomes less "a home" than "a place filled with many people."

True. In a smaller castle on a small stretch of land, the bonds of the people gathered get stronger.

Wouldn't it be nice if we became like that?

Indeed, Master. You are the king of this castle, and we are your knights.

Or rather, you are the king here, and I am your queen...perhaps?

And I, of course, am your ever helpful ideal wife shrine maiden fox!

The kind who stands behind her king with a mysterious smile, but will cast a deadly curse upon enemies when needed.

As one who will share this abode with you, I pray for our unity to be like a family...

And that we shall all have prosperity as small but certain as this castle.