Chapter 154

Planet Ragav is the first planet in Federation history to accomplish the great feat of interstellar planetary relocation. As far as records show, it might even be the first in galactic history.

Partial disassembly of the planet, the segmented transport of life and environment—Terapolapaneshio's strong support from start to finish in the relocation is also documented. Without their assistance, this great endeavor would not have succeeded, and even if it had succeeded in form, it's easy to imagine there would have been significant environmental changes before and after relocation.

Disassembly and reassembly—neither caused major issues. Special care was taken with the reassembly (to the extent that an artificial celestial body was permanently stationed as a satellite of New Ragav for post-operation observation), but the settling of soil and oceans concluded safely, and no major anomalies have occurred since observation began.

The Federation government announced that once New Ragav completes one hundred cycles without anomalies, it plans to officially declare the planetary relocation a success. This statement was received extremely positively by Federation citizens who had lost their homes to celestial disasters. It meant fewer people would have to suffer the same sorrow.

The creation of this groundbreaking project was thanks solely to Planet Ragav and its leader, Leen, Fourth-Rank Citizen (Darda Elra), whose decisiveness made it possible. Before announcing the success, the Federation Congress is considering presenting a letter of appreciation to Leen, Fourth-Rank Citizen—

"Heh, his name didn't come up."

"That's just like him, isn't it?"

The aerial garden of the newly constructed palace on New Ragav.

After finishing the article, Leen smiled faintly and set the terminal down on the table. She stood from her chair and looked up at the night sky.

"You don't notice it during the day, but at night, you really feel that this is a different place."

Countless stars twinkled in the night sky. Some of them were planets inhabited by others, just like Ragav, and Federation artificial celestial bodies were scattered throughout.

And the distribution of stars above—completely different from the arrangement Leen had remembered since childhood. It was undeniable proof that the new Planet Ragav resided in a different star system than before.

And then, the bluish-white star twinkling in the sky—a satellite that hadn't existed on the old Ragav. Leen vaguely remembered Kait calling it Tsuki before he left this star system.

"He said it was an artificial Tsuki, didn't he?"

"Yes. Your Majesty, we're also going to call that star Tsuki, right?"

"That's what I'm thinking."

Kait had strongly requested that his name not be made public in reports about Ragav's relocation. Terapolapaneshio had stubbornly resisted until the end, but judging from the reports, Kait's wish had been granted.

For Leen as well, her feelings of gratitude toward Kait were accompanied by guilt for dragging him into it. She had tried to borrow Terapolapaneshio's help through him, but this project reflected Kait's intentions far more than she had expected.

The ecological impact they had worried about beforehand had also been minimal so far.

"It's not really our place to say, since we used him like that, but if we're going to show our appreciation, this is probably the best way to do it."

"He said he didn't want to become any more famous, right? Even someone as well-known as him still has their troubles, it seems."

Captain Kait. Or rather, Kait, Third-Rank Citizen (Enec Lagif). It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he's one of the most well-known Federation citizens in the galaxy today. Among Earthlings, he's undoubtedly the most famous in the galaxy.

He's been involved in numerous major incidents that an average Federation citizen would be lucky to encounter even once in a lifetime, and he's clearly taken the lead in some of them. And yet, he's only recently become a Federation citizen.

Even Leen had initially thought the stories were greatly exaggerated. But in reality, it was the opposite—this was the result of holding back as much as possible. Who could have come up with the idea of disassembling a planet and transporting it to another star system?

"I'll get back to work after a short nap. How many people were supposed to return tomorrow again?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. About forty families."

"I see. Are the land and buildings ready?"

"All set."

She turned on her heel and returned to her bedroom. A gentle smile had returned to Leen's face.

It was the same calmness that had vanished since the day she learned another star was approaching the Ragav star system.

***

'We are not satisfied, you know'

"It's fine, isn't it? I don't want to become any more famous."

As usual, aboard the Queen Bee flying through the galaxy, Kait was getting fed up with the constant communications from the Space jellyfish.

'Third-Rank Citizen Kait contributed the most to this matter. Don't you think failing to properly praise him would damage the Federation's dignity?'

"It's because you allowed that kind of thing that this happened, isn't it?"

'Guh...'

In the end, the root of this commotion was that someone thought they could conveniently use Terapolapaneshio through Kait. It was about time the Space jellyfish learned their lesson.

However, when it came to this matter, the Space jellyfish were oddly stubborn. Even if they were shut down now, they'd just bring up the same thing again soon. Kait had to find a way to change the subject.

"Oh, right. You all have enough assets to buy a few artificial celestial bodies, don't you?"

'Indeed. We could even buy a few natural residential planets. Why do you ask? Do you want that as your reward? That's a good idea, let's—'

"No. I'm not planning to settle down anywhere yet. The house in the Central Star Cluster is enough for me."

After all, he still only traveled the galaxy for work. Kait's current goal was to explore the galaxy with his own eyes—outside of work.

Settling down on some planet would be too much of a waste.

'Is that so? Then why bring up our assets?'

"Well, I was thinking—if you can afford artificial celestial bodies, maybe you could set one up just for the Earth jellyfish."

'What do you mean? Please explain in detail'

When it came to the Earth jellyfish, the Space jellyfish's IQ seemed to drop dramatically. Maybe it was just how they were built.

While sighing at the Space jellyfish gathering on the monitor, Kait lightly explained his idea.

"Like this time, dismantling and transporting Earth is important as a method..."

'Indeed'

"But there's no law saying we can't raise Earth jellyfish in space, right?"

'There is not'

"Then, if we move some of them to an artificial celestial body and raise them there, we'd be safer in case of emergencies, right? I mean, unlike relocation, we can minimize environmental changes."

This was something he vaguely thought about while watching the Ragav project.

"Would we really do such a massive project just for the Earth jellyfish?" That thought had led to this idea.

The Space jellyfish gave no response. So it's a no after all? Just as Kait was thinking that, the Space jellyfish suddenly started rustling around. Had he made them angry?

'Third-Rank Citizen Kait!'

"Ah, no. It was just a passing thought, really."

'You're a genius!'

"......If it pleased you, then I'm glad."

Is that really okay, Space jellyfish?

If you think about it, this could make the planetary relocation of Ragav seem meaningless.

Well, they did manage to salvage the future. The lives now living on the restored Earth, including the jellyfish, had found a way to survive, so it wasn't all for nothing.

Even the Space jellyfish probably wouldn't go so far as to recklessly relocate all jellyfish from Earth to artificial celestial bodies.

'Third-Rank Citizen Kait! How should we distribute the jellyfish between Earth and the artificial celestial body? For safety, we think having ninety percent in the artificial celestial body would be best!'

Probably. Most likely. Maybe.

"Are you trying to ruin the environment of Earth we just got back? At most, it should be half and half. If we're really doing this, let a rational machine intelligence decide."

'But still...'

"......Okay?"

'Eek!?'

Seriously, someone needs to do something about how their judgment and thinking fall apart whenever Earth jellyfish are involved. Not that it's possible, though.

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