Son of the Hero King

Chapter 430 CH395:END OF THE SIDEQUESTS

While everyone was working on the matter regarding Lilith and Lilith herself was spending her time away drinking like no tomorrow with her old friend Camelia, Sol had his hands full working with Clara about the matters regarding Lustburg.

"Your Highness needs to have a meeting with the Highland family. Athena Highland has been chosen as the representative for the meeting from the Highland’s side."

"Hmm? Athena? What about the old man? Anything happened to him recently?"

"Sir Tyr is still very much healthy, Your Highness. I surmise that he wishes to introduce Athena to more important matters of the family through this and most likely wishes to make her spend more time with you."

"I see..."

Sol nodded in understanding and acknowledgment to Clara’s words. Athena had already been acting as a representative of their family every now and then before he left for the Astral Realm, so it was not anything new.

But now, it seemed that she would be taking full control of the Highland family’s affairs.

'Then again, Tyr is only a human, after all.'

He had to admit that after being around the divine beasts, he had forgotten that the lifespan of a human, no matter how powerful he may be or whatever realm they might have attained, was quite low, comparatively speaking.

​ Tyr was only a Duke-ranked human so living more than a hundred years would be complicated without some external supplement in use.

'I guess the same goes for Setsuna and Milia too. And... To a certain degree, Camelia as well.'

Even a King-ranked human had an average lifespan of 300 years or so. It was impossible to reach 500 without treading on the Demigod realm but that was a whole other matter altogether. Meanwhile, for the divine beasts, even events from 700 years ago still felt like fresh news. A past that wasn’t really a past but more akin to the events of a month ago at most.

He was still young, so he couldn't really understand the weight of his longevity but he hoped from the bottom of his heart that he would have those he loved always close to him and share their life together till the end.

'Well, I still have time.'

"I think your highness should take Athena Highland or at least a relative of hers as a concubine. This would strengthen the power of the royal family greatly."

Sol chuckled and shook his head, "I have honestly no romantic interest in Athena for now. As for the power of the royal family? As long as I am alive, no such thing will be necessary."

When he visited the Four Dukes family, he had a discussion with Tyr about Athena becoming his knight and possibly his fiancee or concubine.

Certainly, back then having the Highland on his back seemed very enticing. But now not much so. Anything that could actually threaten him currently would reduce Athena to nothingness in an instant.

If the witches, Camelia, and Lilith were not considered in the picture, Sol could say without a hint of arrogance that he was the strongest being in the entirety of Lustburg.

When you took into consideration that all those stronger than him were all his staunchest allies, then his control over Lustburg would never be in jeopardy no matter what.

Clara had to fight her inner urge to scream like a fan girl after hearing him speak so resolutely and with such unrestrained confidence. She adjusted her glasses and coughed lightly to gather her bearings before she made a fool of herself before her Lord...

"Your Highness is certainly strong. But power alone cannot assure the good functioning of a Kingdom as large as Lustburg."

Sol grimaced slightly after hearing her words. Lustburg was a very big country [1]. All in all, it covered no less than 3 million square kilometers.

If compared to his old world this was roughly equal to India in the area alone.

Furthermore, this was the result of having lost some territory to other countries during past wars. Prominently, during Neptune’s reign.

This world had a weird mix of technology and magic while retaining the lifestyle of medieval times. So, at the very least, the life of the citizens was pretty much assured at this point.

But since the territory was so big, problems always followed them around.

He should be able to create at least one copy of himself. The only problem was that he was quite scared to do it.

If the clone was his mirror then its personality might also be the opposite of his own.

'All that for the future.'

"Hmmm?"

Sol tilted his head in wonder as he heard someone running in the hallway outside...

"Who might it be?"

Clara had already left to go find the documents he had asked for but he doubted she would run like this.

His question was answered promptly when he felt the aura of Isis as she burst through the door with no consideration.

"Sol! Sol! We... We succeeded! We finally completed the perfect map and made a plausible plan that’s sure to work!"

Sol’s fist clenched unconsciously at the news.

Finally... The time had come.

He approached Isis and took her in his arms before giving her a deep searing kiss in the throes of excitement he felt from this news.

"Thank you."

She blushed slightly due to the curveball he threw at her but nestled herself in his arms the next moment, feeling quite happy with her actions.

"You should also thank Sheherazade later."

"Heh, I guess my debt to the little fairy is growing every day."

He shook his head as his expression became firm and resolute, "I will go and find Lilith. It’s time to end this..."

It was time to complete the main quest after clearing out all those damned cumbersome side quests.

Finally... It was time to end it all...

[1] :

The countries are in order by how large they are in kilometers.

Gluttony Foss with 18 million square.

Envilya with 10 million square.

Lustburg with 3 million square.

Southern pride with 2 million square.

Wratharis with 750000 square.

Greed dike with 700000 square.

And Slotsthein with 250000 square.

(AN: Question. Are you guys interested in kingdom building/Politics etc? This is a real question as once Sol officially becomes a King it will determine how much attention I place on those plots. I am the first to say that I am not the smartest dude around so don't expect some mind-blowing plot filled with twists and super complicated plans. But some kingdom-building could help expand the world. Even more so since my dude wants to conquer the world.)