Surviving As The 5Th Prince Of Hellman Kingdom [EN]: Chapter 203

203.

Who is the wealthiest person in the world?

In the past, the answer to that question varied.

-Of course, it’s the Emperor of the Aimen Empire! He owns the world’s largest airship workshop!

-What are you talking about! The Empress of the Rabia Empire, who owns the world’s largest mana stone mine, is the wealthiest!

-You all don’t know anything. Have you never heard of the Rothschild family, the big players in global finance?

Recently, anyone with even a slight interest in economics would pick one person.

-The wealthiest person in the world? Obviously, it’s Evan Lionel, the Emperor of the Lionel Empire.

Bio.

Mana-Conductive Superconductor.

Stella.

Titan.

The Lionel Empire leads overwhelmingly in each of these cutting-edge industries that are shaking the world economy.

The number of people involved in these industries, including the Aitz Merchant Guild, was countless. At the top of all these people was Evan, the Emperor of the Lionel Empire.

-Do you know what’s so amazing about His Majesty the Emperor? He hasn’t failed in a single business venture he’s touched.

-Really? …… Oh! You’re right! He really has succeeded in everything he’s done.

During the Lionel Kingdom era, merchants used to pray to Midas, the god of gold, for the success of their business trips before leaving.

A change has occurred in recent years.

Some of the Lionel Empire’s merchants began to pray to Evan, the Emperor, instead of Midas before leaving for business.

Alid, the head of the overseas sales department of the Luteno Merchant Guild, was one of those people.

‘May His Majesty the Emperor’s blessing be with me on this business trip as well.’

He finds more peace of mind in praying to Evan than to Midas, the god of gold with origins in the distant Western Continent.

Alid watched the sailors load cargo onto the ship.

‘This product is definitely going to be a hit.’

The Luteno Merchant Guild, which made its name known worldwide with the Titan model business, has created a new toy this time.

A kit toy that allows children to assemble parts themselves to create a finished product. Evan, the largest shareholder of the Luteno Merchant Guild, named it ‘Plamodel’ after the Prastio material used.

Alid recalled the shock he felt when he first encountered the prototype.

The excitement of imagining the finished product while laying out the parts. The thrill of small parts coming together to create a finished product. The trembling tension when painting.

‘Plamodel can’t possibly fail.’

Alid turned his head towards the direction of the Imperial Palace where Evan resided and once again prayed for the success of his business trip.

***

The Imperial Palace of the Lionel Empire.

Evan was enjoying black tea in his office.

Knock, knock.

The sound of knocking, disturbing his rest, echoed.

“Your Majesty, it’s Alfonso.”

“Come in.”

The door opened and Alfonso appeared with a beaming expression. It was clear on his face that he was still deeply immersed in the joys of married life.

“Count Schuetz just finished examining the Second Empress.”

“The results?”

“She is pregnant.”

The news of a youngest child with an age gap of nearly 20 years with the Crown Prince Ian. Evan fiddled with the teacup with hot steam rising from it.

‘The fourth…?’

Evan had intentionally not had any children after the First Princess Lua. It wasn’t that he didn’t sleep with the Empresses. As a side note, birth control tools are one of the mainstays of Aitz Merchant Guild’s sales.

His desire to stabilize the succession was great.

Evan had seen the qualities of a wise ruler in Ian since he was young. He judged that Ian would be able to lead the Empire well in the rapidly changing world situation even without him. That’s why he designated Ian as the Crown Prince early on and gave him strength.

The reason why the third and fourth children have a large age gap with the First Prince Ian and the First Princess Lua was because of that.

“No news from the Crown Prince yet?”

“No news is good news, isn’t it?”

Evan nodded at Alfonso’s words.

Crown Prince Ian was in (Old) Hwangwonju, where the Magic Tower was located, with the three knights who had guarded Evan for a long time.

This was because the situation in the Hamel Empire was unusual.

The Hamel Empire, which had been a superpower for nearly a thousand years, collapsed rapidly due to the Li-Ha War. Currently, it has been torn to pieces and shrunk to less than half its original size.

A crazy bastard appeared in that Hamel Empire.

An extreme nationalist who claimed that their defeat and decline at the hands of Lionel was due to the mixing of dirty blood from other races into the pure imperial blood, and that they must create a nation only for pure Hamel people.

According to the Imperial Intelligence Agency’s investigation, there was a high probability that he was a survivor of the Hamel Empire’s purge of the Public Assembly [likely a political or social organization].

Surprisingly, that crazy bastard gained tremendous popularity among the Hamel Empire people who were steeped in defeat.

And the Hamel imperial family and minorities began to be killed by the Hamel people who were swept up in madness.

The sparks of the Hamel Empire, which had begun to blaze, were in a situation where they could fly towards the Lionel Empire at any time. Ian and the three knights went there to inspect the unstable border area.

It was the first time Crown Prince Ian had left Lionel’s mainland. If he completes his mission safely and returns, his position will be further solidified.

‘With those three, nothing will happen.’

Adol, Vernon, and Berok, who had been very active in the Li-Ha War 10 years ago, were now veteran 7-star knights. Their Titan piloting skills were also top-notch.

Objectively, Crown Prince Ian’s swordsmanship achievement was excellent.

6-star at 19.

To handle Aura [a manifestation of inner energy] before the age of 20 clearly belongs to the category of ‘genius’. However, Evan attached them to Ian because the front line was where accidents could happen at any time.

“Go take care of your business now. If you don’t have any more reports, go home early.”

“Haha, I understand.”

Alfonso happily left at the dismissal order.

He was still a newlywed. Evan smiled and poured the cold black tea into his mouth after confirming that he had left.

Evan put the empty teacup on the desk, got up from his chair, and went to the window.

A clear sky without a single cloud.

He had been running non-stop since he became aware of his past life. Now that the Empire was starting to stabilize a bit, the world situation was turbulent.

Not only in Hamel, but also all over the world, there were time bombs that could explode at any time.

Evan’s gaze flicked towards the window frame.

The Ghost Hand, which had been with him since his memories began, was tapping the window frame. It was like that of a person full of worries.

‘It’s noticeably faded.’

Recently, Evan had been experiencing something he couldn’t tell others. Like the Ghost Hand, the Status Window had begun to blur.

He had a vague guess.

As he became a being close to a demigod and gained divinity, wasn’t the grace he had previously received from someone, probably Danar’s power, fading?

-May His Majesty the Emperor’s blessing be with me on this business trip as well.

-Your Majesty, please help my son’s business prosper.

-Your Majesty, please make sure we have a lot of customers today.

From 1-2 years ago, he would occasionally hear such sounds when he emptied his head and rested without thinking. At first, he thought they were hallucinations from not getting enough sleep.

>It’s not a hallucination. It is the ‘prayer’ of those who worship Evan.

Through Genie, whose forgotten memories returned as the Danar Order’s influence grew, he learned the identity of the sound.

The feeling that divinity was accumulating at an absurd rate was not just a simple feeling.

The door to ascension might open at an unexpectedly early time.

‘Ascension…’

To enter the divine realm. He didn’t really understand what that meant yet. It seemed like he would have to experience it himself to know.

Evan shook his head.

Even if the speed at which divinity was accumulating had increased, it was still a long way off. Right now, he only had the thought that he had to fulfill his given mission as the Emperor of the Lionel Empire.

‘Barisada would know, right?’

He missed her absence, as she was the one he could talk to about the topic of ascension.

Barisada is no more.

On the day of Crown Prince Ian’s wedding, Evan learned that she had disappeared from [Barisada]. When Evan first learned that fact, he was somewhat disappointed.

He thought she had left without saying goodbye.

However, Evan, who was able to look into [Barisada] as divinity accumulated at a rapid rate recently, could guess that she had her own reasons.

He discovered her secret hobbies that Barisada had left behind in that place.

So many self-written novels.

These were things she never wanted to get caught doing when Evan was trapped in [Barisada]. There was no way she would have left them unattended like that.

The vast majority were romance novels, but there were also occasional autobiographical essays that contained her anguish.

Evan was really impressed by the novel 『Mirror』, about a half-demon heroine who goes on a journey to find herself. So he published it under the pen name Barisada a while ago.

Originally, a reader’s heart wanted as many people as possible to read an impressive novel.

Evan knew that the number of copies sold was steadily increasing as word of mouth spread little by little.

‘Would she get angry if she knew?’

Evan chuckled.

She must have wanted someone to read her novel. There is no writer who writes novels to read alone.

[Barisada], which had become an ordinary sword after Barisada disappeared, was given to Ian when he moved to the border with the three knights. It was to give authority to Crown Prince Ian.

Although it was [Barisada] that had become an ordinary sword, its symbolism does not go anywhere.

Evan was planning to publish more of Barisada’s novels from time to time when Ian returned to the Imperial Palace.

It was Evan’s gift to her as a friend who transcended age and race.

Evan chuckled, thinking that in the distant future, he might be worshiped among people as the ‘God of Wealth’ and Barisada as the ‘God of Literature’.

***

-Long live His Majesty the Emperor!

-Long live the Crown Prince!

-Long live the Crown Princess!

On the day of the Crown Prince’s wedding.

Barisada had woken up from a deep sleep.

She got out of bed in a daze and staggered to her feet. She opened the door to go out to the living room, and belatedly realized that it was not the living room door but the door to ascension as a bright light covered her.

It was an embarrassing story to tell anyone, that she had to leave without saying goodbye to Evan.

As she entered the divine realm, Barisada regained her forgotten memories and learned many things she did not know.

For example, that her mother was Arcana.

That Arcana and Danar are twins.

That they are actually triplets.

And why Evan was so free from the laws of the world, and so on.

‘Someday that guy will know too, right?’

These are things that Evan will naturally learn when he crosses the door of ascension and comes to the divine realm. Since he is smart, he might even be able to deduce it on his own.

In Barisada’s view, a considerable number of puzzle pieces had already been scattered around Evan. If you combine those places well, you can draw a plausible picture.

‘That’s not important now.’

Barisada shook her head and erased her thoughts about Evan from her mind. She had an important concern right now.

It was good to ascend to the divine realm, but the divine realm was not the paradise that beings in the lower realm thought it was.

In order not to lose her divinity, she had to make her name known in the lower realm.

Thanks to Evan publishing her embarrassing novel without her permission recently, her name has become known little by little, but people don’t know that it’s her.

‘After all, aiming for the guardian deity of the Lionel Empire is the most efficient.’

The Lionel Empire is almost 10 times larger than before she fell asleep. There is no problem even if a second guardian deity appears after Danar.

In addition, there is what she has done so far.

Evan, as the Emperor, will surely push her to establish herself as a guardian deity.

The problem is how to let the people of the Lionel Empire know about the existence of the goddess Barisada, not the half-demon Barisada or the writer Barisada.

With her divine power, which has just set foot in the divine realm, she can only exert influence on the lower realm once or twice at most.

It must be used dramatically, just like Evan used Titan to engrave Danar’s name in the minds of the people of the Lionel Kingdom.

So!

She was paying close attention to Ian, who possessed [Barisada].

If she goes through [Barisada], which was created by melting her body, she can exert even more influence on the ground.

For a short time, even a descent was possible.

If there is a little worry, it is whether Ian can handle it… Since he is the son of Evan and Reina, he probably won’t die.

The guardian deity Barisada who saved the Crown Prince whose life was in danger! Just thinking about it made her feel like her divinity was accumulating.

The Crown Prince Ian, who was ambushed by disguised puppet troops while patrolling the border, was caught in the eyes of Barisada, who had the eyes of a hawk.

A golden opportunity.

‘But those guys have a lot of guts. Are they aiming for the Crown Prince of the Lionel Empire?’

It could be a fuse that could lead to a major war.

Barisada sensed that the Lionel Empire, which had been focusing on internal control, was now the time to rise from its crouch.

The dawn of the empire was over, and morning was breaking.