"You should be familiar with the Monet Kingdom; they were once cursed, which eventually led to them being split in two."

The sales clerk said with a serious face.

Louis was a bit speechless.

Just then, he saw Viscount Ross of the Ense Trading Group walking briskly toward him.

This newly noble viscount had been trying to reach him since negotiating the waste disposal facilities.

Of course, it wasn't about meaningless matters.

He highly praised Louis's "methods."

Unfortunately, Lu Yiduo was somewhat wary.

Because he knew that he was borrowing the wisdom of predecessors, not his own intelligence.

So he wasn't so arrogant as to think that the success was his doing.

"Mr. Mayer, long time no see."

Louis ignored the salesperson's words and nodded at Viscount Ross.

Did he not already know if this bottle was real or fake?

The troubles between East Monet and West Monet Kingdoms over the years were not scarce; both sides wanted to unify the other.

But the reason the two countries split had nothing to do with any curse.

It was purely bad luck on their part.

The Great Snake of the World first emerged on the Star Continent from the central region of the original Monet Kingdom.

The massive impact directly blasted a third of Monet Kingdom's land into the sky.

An irreparable deep crater left Monet Kingdom like a cheese sandwich.

That deep crater was called the Fear's Eye.

Looking across the Star Continent, the Fear's Eye was one of the top few perilous areas.

And that wasn't even the most tragic part.

The original capital of the Monet Kingdom was directly above the eruption point of the Fear's Eye.

The entire capital vanished in an instant.

Without a ruler and with the Abyssal Eye preventing communication between East and West Monet Kingdom, the country was soon divided into two.

Louis had no feelings about it before.

But after seeing the "underground pits" spread all over the world from Fox's memories, he suddenly felt that the significance of the Great Snake of the World had risen.

The capital of Monet Kingdom being blown away was inevitable.

Given the Star Continent's tradition of capitals guarding the gates, if it didn't get blown away, it would have been an injustice to the predecessors' efforts.

Or in another sense, only when capital cities of various countries have enough numbers and comprehensive armament can they possibly confront invaders from beyond the main material world.

The Cursed Bottle?

That was nothing but a joke.

Louis looked at Viscount Ross and said:

"Is this the exhibition area of the Am Empire?"

Viscount Ross nodded as well.

Louis realized.

Unlike the two countries fully prepared for trading.

The Am Empire inserted itself halfway through and didn't have many quality products for exhibition.

Both countries had some disdain.

But they eventually agreed to the Am Empire's request to participate in the exhibition.

Viscount Ross pulled Louis away from this area.

It wouldn't do for their Ense people to stay on the Am Empire's side, would it?

"We mustn't let Mr. Mayer stay there; the people from the Soil of Merchants are very persuasive. If they manage to persuade Mr. Mayer to their side, it would be troublesome,"

Viscount Ross looked warily at the two people following by Louis's side and said in a low voice:

"Mr. Mayer, they are...?"

Louis said, "Just call them Mr. Sean and Lady Fafnir."

Viscount Ross gasped.

He wasn't someone with a lack of information, so he naturally knew what these names meant.

His gaze toward them also grew more favorable:

"Traveling with kin, it seems the gentlemen and ladies are very concerned for your safety."

Sean raised his head haughtily.

Fafnir, however, smiled silently.

Seeing that they didn't deny it, Viscount Ross became even more convinced.

"Mr. Mayer, you claim you aren't a dragon!"

What legendary dragon would unnecessarily hang around a mere merchant?

Louis and Viscount Ross chatted about the recent happenings on the mercantile side, and after confirming that related works were progressing, he left the place with the two dragons.

...

That evening.

A banquet was jointly held by the Tunisian Republic and Ense.

As the host, Tunisia had many nobles in attendance.

After accompanying Beatrice to deal with quite a bit, Louis was finally free.

At the event, he saw Joseph Williams once again.

This young scion of the Williams family wore a formal suit and, upon seeing Louis, gave a slightly awkward yet polite smile.

Regarding the Tunis National Royal Knight Academy affair, he felt rather embarrassed, and seeing the main person involved, his expression was quite remarkable.

But he still approached Louis and said:

"Your Highness the Prince, I sincerely apologize for the Royal Knight Academy incident."

Louis shook his head and said:

"These evil organizations hiding in the shadows, it's indeed not easy to root them out."

"Our Ense has also been caught in traps before."

He offered a way out.

Joseph wiped the sweat off his forehead, chuckled wryly, and said:

"Their means are dirtier than we anticipated."

Upon hearing this, Louis immediately understood that this guy already knew what happened with Love God's dark side.

He said:

"You found out about that matter?"

Joseph nodded in a pained manner and said:

"Father discussed it with me."

Well, isn't that something, Louis thought.

He assumed the kid must have heard some confidential information from somewhere before he came to apologize.

Unexpectedly, it was Duke Williams who informed him.

This clearly indicated one thing, that Joseph's status within the Williams Family was higher than Louis had imagined.

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