Chapter 296 – {IF Side Story: Original Heroines} 6
{IF Side Story: Original Heroines}
“Cheon, eat mine too!”
Ye Eun-chae smiled and she held out her hand to pick up the snacks for me.
Seeing Seo Moon Min-hye feeding me, it seemed like she was secretly competitive.
“Okay, I’ll eat well.”
I quietly accepted and ate the snacks that Eun-chae gave me, and in the process, she slightly sucked on Eunchae’s fingers, but she only smiled softly.
“Ahaha~ It tickles, thousand~”
Eunchae Ye’s face with her happy smile also made me feel rewarded for quietly eating the snacks. And seeing Seo Moon Min-hye and Ye Eun-chae feeding me snacks, Lee Se-na seemed to be feeling competitive, so she also gave me snacks.
“Oppa Cheon, here~”
“I’ll eat well.”
After eating the snacks that Isena gave me, I smiled and looked at Isena’s happy smile, then looked at Yoo Hyeon-ah. She hesitated slightly under my gaze, but then seemed to have made up her mind, closed her eyes and offered me a cookie.
“Cheon, Cheon…Please eat mine too.”
I responded with a smile when I saw Yoo Hyeon-ah speaking with courage.
“Okay, Hyunya. I’ll eat well.”
Her behavior was proof that she also wanted to be her fiancee. And she was going to make her my fiancee by this evening.
Her current state of mind is that she wants to repay my favor by becoming my fiancée, but she is worried that that might be too presumptuous and wonders if that is the right way to repay the favor.
In addition, there was a feeling of gratitude towards me for giving me hope.
With the fall of Yuhyeon-ah virtually complete, I focused my senses on the direction where the Riverin Palace was located.
‘Aria Riverin.’
There was only one woman left who I wanted to make my official wife. And I would give her what she wanted.
* * *
Aria Riverin was the princess of the Riverin Kingdom and the closest heir to the throne. Born as a princess, her life was not directly unhappy.
However, there was always something she missed.
‘Oh my.’
It was about her biological mother, who was murdered when she was a baby.
Her mother, Queen Laura, is said to have been a very beautiful and kind woman. But she had only seen it in pictures, she had never seen it in person.
‘It’s all because of the villains.’
Although it is relatively quiet now, the Kingdom of Riverin has been suffering from the terrorism of villains.
Any country suffers from villain terrorism, but the Riverine Kingdom suffered from it especially badly.
The Kingdom of Riverin was not originally a country on Earth, but an island that came to Earth as a whole due to a dimensional shift to Earth, and has made constant efforts to adapt to Earth.
The Kingdom of Riverin suffered a lot of confusion when the entire country was suddenly transported to Earth in a world where an absolute monarchy was originally taken for granted.
70 years ago, the colonial era had just come to an end, but when magical power awakeners began to appear in large numbers, the Kingdom of Riverin did its best to adapt to the chaos.
As the Kingdom of Riverin came from a different world where magical power was taken for granted, its technology for processing magical power was the best in the world.
In addition, there were a small number of different races living there, including races such as elves and dwarves.
For awakened people who manipulate magic, the dwarven weapons of the Riverin Kingdom were items of deep trust.
At a time when the majority of people possessed awakened magical power but did not know how to properly handle their powers, the Kingdom of Riverine ingratiated themselves with the countries of Earth by manufacturing items for awakened magical power.
The power of the Riverine Kingdom itself was no small feat, as its territory alone amounted to 251,221 km², slightly larger than the km² of Great Britain, including the islands attached to Britain. In addition, it was impossible to accurately determine the number of people with outstanding magical power, as well as the number of strong people in hiding.
In addition, the Riverine Kingdom was located not far from Hawaii in terms of the Pacific Ocean as a whole, but they chose to avoid conflict and join the United Nations by announcing that they would respect the existing territory of Earth as they came from another world.
In addition, they made items using magical power and sold them around the world, and the brands of companies belonging to the Riverine Kingdom were nothing short of a token of trust.
‘Even if there are actually elves and dwarves, they are very few.’
Since the number of different races in the Riverin Kingdom was small, it was difficult for exceptionally talented people to emerge from them. Since the race itself had a high average score, it still showed excellent performance, but that was its limitation.
However, it was enough to establish the Riverin Kingdom, and it is still its main export product.
And after the Riverine Kingdom settled on Earth, it accepted Earth’s cultures and achieved rapid development, rising to the ranks of advanced countries, but its political system also underwent changes.
King Loius, the current king of the Riverine Kingdom, was also a constitutional monarchy, with democracy established, with real power entrusted to the cabinet and prime minister.
Of course, the Riverin royal family still had some power at the royal level, such as leading the Riverin Royal Guild. In addition, it was not just people who had awakened magical powers, but due to the nature of the island nation, it did not have much of an army, but it also had a fairly sound naval and air force befitting its national power.
Naturally, the Kingdom of Riverine, which was developing rapidly like this, had a tremendous economic growth rate, and it was inevitable that villains targeting such a developing society would come from all over the world.
There were even cases where people from the Riverin Kingdom joined the villain organizations, so it could not be attributed solely to foreign countries.
And when Aria Riverin saw these villains, she made a promise to her young heart.
‘I can’t forgive the bad villains who harmed Mom. As the princess of the Riverin Kingdom, I will not allow villains to cause any more damage to our kingdom!’
Even at her young age, she appeared to be a calm and elegant princess. She still boasts a very cute appearance, but when she grows up, she will grow into a beautiful woman with a beautiful face that shows off her innocent beauty.
However, her talent as an awakener of magical power was also outstanding. Because she felt that sense of accomplishment every time, she thought that if she worked hard, one day she would become a world-class powerhouse, and with that power, she would become a queen and a hero who would protect the country and fight off villains.
“The successor to Yuchun Group?”
For Aria Riverin, the whereabouts of Seo Mun-cheon, the successor to the Yucheon Group, who visited the Riverin Kingdom for tourism, were also a matter of interest.
Yucheon Group was an international conglomerate with numerous strong players and roots in both the Riverine Kingdom and the Republic of Korea.
Stocks related to Yuchun Group, whose market capitalization exceeded 2,000 trillion won and are said to continue to grow, were always on a high.
As the energy business reached its peak, there was no one around the world who did not rely on Yucheon Group energy.
Since it is much more efficient to obtain energy through the same magic stone through the power of Yucheon Group, countries around the world are concentrating on securing energy on a large scale by signing contracts with Yucheon Group.
‘Your skills are that great, aren’t you?’
However, what was most interesting to Aria Riverin was Seomuncheon itself, rather than the power of the Yucheon Group. Aria Riverin, who plans to attend the National Hero Academy in South Korea, has been studying Korean so hard that she is also very fluent in it.
So, I wanted to talk for once, just the two of us, without an interpreter. And after that, I wanted to compete once.
‘How strong is it?’
You can’t imagine Aria Riverin’s frail appearance, but she was secretly belligerent. If she were a few years older, she would become more calm, but right now, she was a girl in her puberty whose blood would boil (?).
Seo Mun-cheon’s skills, which were said to be overwhelming among her peers, meant that she would not have been able to win if only looking at the known information. But for her part, she wanted to experience for herself the skills of Seo Wen Cheon, who was so strong even though he was only a year older than her.
Regardless of whether she won or lost, she had hopes that interacting with him would make her stronger.
With that in mind, Arya Riverin asked her father, King Loeus, for permission to invite her Seomuncheon.
“Seo Moon-cheon? You mean the successor to the Yu-cheon Group? It’ll be okay. I’ll try to create a position for you.”
King Loius also seemed to be in favor of inviting the successor of the Yucheon Group, rather than opposing it. In this way, a polite invitation was sent to Seo Mun-cheon from the Riverin royal family.
The method was to quietly send someone to tell the story secretly so that there would be no problem if he refused.
* * *
I smiled after receiving an official invitation from the Riverin royal family.
‘It’s as expected.’
Aria Riverin, who was interested in me, attempted to contact me first.
‘I won’t become your fiancee today.’
However, the groundwork for it could well begin from today.
