The Imperial City Of Bern

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Oh, and yes, the ninth wife of Touya would be Caroline Rillettes.

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Refreese's Imperial City, Bern.

"Bern is really a beautiful city," said an ordinary young man as he looked at the girl clinging to his arm, laying her head on his shoulder as they strolled through the Imperial City of Bern.

The girl had beautiful blonde hair and blue eyes but looked ordinary in appearance.

"Hmm, it truly is," replied the girl, humming happily. The ordinary-looking couple were none other than Alex and Hilde, who had disguised their appearance for their date.

Both Hilde and Alex were well-known celebrities, and most of the people had seen their photos, making it impossible for them to travel freely and quietly. Because of this, they keep changing their appearance and disguise themselves as commoners whenever they go on dates.

Holding their hands together, with their fingers intertwined, they both made their way towards the town plaza.

It had been a while since the god descended and the Dark Spirit incident happened, where Touya presented himself as the God's light and stated that Lars, the God of Light, whom the Ramish Theocracy prays to, is a false god and changed its preachings to benefit the masses.

Alex achieved a breakthrough and implemented his grand plan for a never-ending magic power source, which would be completed in six months or so.

All the countries except Belfast, Refreese, Regulus, Mismede, Ramish Theocracy, Brunhild Yulong, Sandora, Eashen, and Xenoah were now under the influence of Crown Group, which has become the largest trade network in the world and the biggest distributor of precious ores.

The biggest profits, however, were generated from adventurer-related businesses like weapons and support crystals.

Support crystals are artificial and brittle crystals that, when crushed, can cast a quick spell. Most of the support crystals are attack type, but the most demanding ones are healing enchanted ones, like Refresh, Cure Heal, Mega Cure, Recovery, which had taken the place of medicine in this world.

Making these crystals isn't expensive at all, but they take time to make and are in high demand, so they are more expensive than usual crystals.

These healing crystals are generating most of the profit for Crown Group and are sold for high prices, though not sky-high and unreasonable prices.

Crown Group now dominates more than 15% of the world's market, and its product is loved by the masses.

Crown Group now generates profit in proper terms, unlike before, where they would need the capital from hunting to be injected by Alex for expansion.

Crown Group is now growing at a rapid pace and is also preparing to start its business in the countries of the Western Alliance.

After recovering from the fever, which was due to the exertion of tapping into his divinity, Alex felt a significant increase in his physical status, which he concluded was due to his adaptability skill, which made his body stronger when he awakened his divinity.

He has yet to experiment with his divinity as he feels like it is better to do it under the guidance of a teacher, as divinity is a really dangerous energy.

Today, Alex and Hilde are visiting Bern, the capital of Refreese Imperium for their date. Under the disguise of an ordinary-looking couple, both were enjoying their date and finally made their way to the town plaza where the streets were livelier than usual.

This was all because of the opening of the new branch of Crown Cafe, a fast-food restaurant chain founded by Alex under the name of Crown Group after getting inspired by Starbucks, McDonald's, and all.

Crown Cafe is one of the most profitable businesses under the Crown Group, specializing in food and beverages.

While enjoying their ice cream, the couple looked outside the lively cafe, taking in the bustling streets. Suddenly, Hilde pointed at a poster near the street, piquing her curiosity.

"What's that?" she asked.

'Bakram The Mighty Dragon Slayer'

Alex read through the contents of the poster and replied, "It seems like a theatre troupe is hosting a show in the town plaza."

Hilde, who was more lively than portrayed in the novel and enjoyed reading action and romance books, nodded excitedly when Alex asked if she wanted to see the show. They left the cafe and headed towards the theatre.

As they walked, a loud voice caught their attention.

"Yo, buddy. Popular guy, ain't ya? Makes me real jealous, y'get what I mean?"

A man in his mind twenties called out a black-haired boy wearing a white jacket, surrounded by a group of six girls with vulgar smiles on their faces.

The group was dressed like adventurers, but they looked more like a group of halfwit thugs, lacking decent equipment. Though not much older than Alex, they were still considered adults in this world.

Looking at the source of the commotion, Alex was stunned to see that the black-haired boy was none other than Mochizuki Touya, the errand bo..Ahem protagonist of this world's story.