Chapter 297 – {IF Side Story: Original Heroines} 7
{IF Side Story: Original Heroines}
At Aria Riverin’s invitation, I gathered my fiancées and talked.
“Are we meeting the princess of the Riverine Kingdom? That’s interesting!”
Yeunchae expressed interest in the fact that she met Aria Riverin, who is the same age as her.
“I never thought I’d meet the princess.”
Isena seemed a little nervous about meeting Arya Riverin.
“Sena, there’s no need to be nervous. If my brother makes up his mind, he’ll be much greater than the entire country, right?”
Seo Moon Min-hye smiled as she looked at me as if she was proud of me. Just as she thought, the power I possessed overwhelmed the Kingdom of Riverin, and if I wanted more, I would be higher than this world.
‘Because if it weren’t for me, Terenity wouldn’t be able to be stopped.’
If it weren’t for me in the first place, this world would have been destroyed by Terenity’s hand if left alone. It is said that the power contained in the Seomun family’s swordsmanship could destroy Terenity’s immortality, but in the original work, Seomunhyeon’s victory over Terenity was due to a combination of luck.
When Terenity let her guard down, she was hit by a natural enemy technique and died without even knowing what was happening.
It was not a matter of self-confidence, but an objective fact. In the current situation, I was the only hope in a world destined for destruction.
But there were very few people who knew that I was the only hope that could save this world, and that small minority included my fiancée.
“Minhye is right. Cheon…Is the person who will save the world.”
And although she is not my fiancee yet, Yoo Hyeon-ah also knew about this fact.
“I don’t have to worry too much about the clothes. I just went there because I was suddenly invited while sightseeing.”
And, above all, the other side would have been more eager to become friends with this side.
‘Because at the level of the Riverin Kingdom, Yucheon Group must join hands.’
In particular, if there was any hostility between the Riverin Kingdom and the Yucheon Group, the export of artifacts and weapons for magical awakeners, which were the main sources of income for the Riverin Kingdom, could have been greatly affected.
As Yuchun Group was moving around both the Riverin Kingdom and the Republic of Korea, artifacts and weapons were mainly produced in the Riverin Kingdom, and it pursued coexistence by forming links with various companies. Although it is not obvious, if you put your mind to it, you can buy it in Riverin. It was not impossible to put the kingdom’s industry out of business.
Even this was only apparent on the surface.
From the perspective of the Riverin Kingdom, it was something that could not be turned into an enemy.
“Then shall we go?”
* * *
Accompanied by my four fiancees, I accepted Aria Riverin’s invitation and headed to the royal palace, and was currently inside the reception room.
“Nice to meet you, my name is Aria Riverin. Thank you for the invitation.”
Aria Riverin greeted us with her gentle smile and a graceful and elegant appearance that belied her young age. But I felt like that smile of hers was like a mask.
‘It may be true that they welcome me, but they really just want to experience my power.’
Of course, Aria Riverin would not have thought that she would defeat me.
Because the skills I showed to the world were skills that the current Aria Riverin could not possibly defeat.
However, although she knew how to make judgments calmly, she also had a strong personality.
Even if she couldn’t win now, no matter how infinitely strong and ahead her opponent was, she would not give up and try to become stronger.
‘For example, if I had a power of 10 and Aria had a power of 5, even if time passes and I have a power of 20, Aria would try to become stronger by first trying to surpass me when I had a power of 10.’
Although I tend to pursue goals that are realistically possible, I also pay careful attention to avoid frustration along the way.
It was a wise choice because if you set a goal for an unattainable area from the beginning, you may collapse due to the frustration of not being able to achieve it.
And this desire to win would be one of the reasons why she had no choice but to choose the path of becoming her fiancee.
‘And another reason is to stimulate her sense of duty and revenge.’
Now it was time to start the plan I had prepared.
“Yes, thank you for inviting me. My name is Seomun Cheon. This is my younger sister, Seomun Minhye-go, my fiancées Lee Se-na and Ye Eun-chae, and her friend Yoo Hyeon-ah.”
As the successor to Yuchun Group, I answered with a smile that seemed like a painting. And after my introduction, my fiancées briefly introduced themselves and greeted Aria Riverin.
“No, I’m sorry for disturbing you even though you were sightseeing. Have you eaten yet?”
“Yes. I already did.”
Although I only ate cookies, it was true.
Aria Riverin’s expression briefly showed some disappointment at my answer.
As she ate her meal, she was probably thinking of trying to get the conversation going by naturally trying to learn something from me.
In particular, it was very rude to ask for a sparring match immediately after being invited, so if you chose this method, you would have to promise a worthy reward in advance.
“How was our Kingdom of Riverin when you came for a tour?”
“It was such an otherworldly and enjoyable tourist attraction.”
Therefore, Aria Riverin, as a princess, first asked questions to foreign tourists, and I, as a tourist, also answered accordingly.
“I’m glad. Did you have any inconveniences?”
“Yes, there wasn’t. It’s just that my fiancee, Eun-chae, and her younger sister, Min-hye, are itching to not be able to practice. It would be nice to have a place where we can spar, even if just lightly.”
Aria Riverin’s pink eyes sparkled slightly at the bait I threw out to her, showing her interest.
“Is it okay if I help you?”
“You’re helping me?”
“Yes. I also needed to spar with you. If it’s not rude to you two, may I ask you to spar lightly in my private training room?”
At Aria Riverin’s words, Minhye Ye and Eunchae Ye nodded their heads.
“Yes, please.”
“Um, please.”
Aria Riverin’s private training room was a large and sturdy training room for her princess.
As it was a place where magical power awakeners trained, it was equipped with various protective devices to block the aftermath of the magical power awakened fights, so it was natural that it would be a good place for sparring.
And we headed straight to where her training room was.
“You can feel free to call me Aria.”
“Ah~ Minhye is still young, so can you call her Aria unnie? It would be great if she had a cute little sister like Minhye.”
“Mr. Seo Moon-cheon, do you have any difficulties as the successor of Yucheon Group?”
And even as she was moving, Aria Riverin continued to talk to her on purpose, and she deliberately approached her in a friendly manner by asking her to call her by her first name instead of calling her by her honorific title, “Princess.” There was.
Her purpose in making our acquaintance was that she genuinely wanted to get to know us, but it also had a political purpose.
“I understand, Aria.”
But because I also had a purpose, I accepted all of her requests.
The private training room of Aria Riverin, princess of the Riverin Kingdom, was located some distance away from the reception room.
“Which of you two will do this first?”
“Well, I’ll do it, Aria.”
While Yeunchae was here, Aria Riverin asked her to do it first, so she called her name comfortably in her unique way of speaking.
“Miss Eunchae goes first! I’m looking forward to it.”
As Aria said that, she took out a sword similar to a rapier that was hanging on the wall of the training room and held it in her hand.
Although the rapier was originally a practical sword specialized for stabbing, it had the weakness of being ineffective against armored opponents.
However, it was definitely capable of cutting, and the fact that it was specialized for stabbing and had a blade length of over 1 meter was an advantage in the era of those with awakened magic.
‘It’s just like the original.’
Even in the original work, Aria’s main weapon was a rapier.
Even though that rapier was in the training room, it was not for decoration but was useful in actual combat. As expected of a sword used by a princess, her performance was good, but at the time of the original story, she was completely different from the weapon that Aria brought with her when she entered the academy.
It was natural for her that the sword hanging in her training room and the sword taken by a princess going abroad to use as her main weapon could not be the same.
‘I guess I should give him a better weapon.’
Thinking like that, I first took out the sword from subspace and handed it to Ye Eun-chae.
“Eunchae, use this.”
“Thank you, Cheon.”
Ye Eun-chae accepted an ordinary long sword, but those who wielded her sword would immediately recognize that it was a very well-made sword.
That’s because I personally infused magic into making this sword.
‘Perfect balance, perfect elegance, endless durability, never rusting and automatically cleanliness.’
It was a situation that felt so shabby compared to the rapier held in Aria Riverin’s hand.
“Aria, you should also use this instead of that.”
And I took out a rapier from subspace that had the same performance as the one I gave to Ye Eun-chae and handed it to Aria Riverin.
