Chapter 687 (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“We have to think of a solution,” the Goddess of Wealth, Marissy, said.

“Yes, this is really urgent.” Sui Xiong seconded this thought.

They looked at each other in despair. If they had any plan in mind, they wouldn’t be in such a daze. That rumor was the crux of the issue: to the aristocrats, the continuation of their inheritance, power and status was their main goal in life. If this was threatened in any way, even the most enlightened and non-traditional aristocrats would still stick to tradition. Of course, there were a select few who could not care less about such matters. Some even felt that the idea of the aristocrats’ inheritance was unreasonable and that they shouldn’t pass power from generation to generation. Every societal group would have such people, and the aristocrats as a whole viewed them as betrayers who needed to be taken care of.

Even though it could be said that wise men ended rumors, but what if the rumors had turned out to be true?

Sui Xiong had previously suggested the conference to the Goddess of Wealth to separate the aristocrats into different social groups and to add on the clergymen and the common folk representatives to reduce the power of the main two clans. This was more for the aristocrats as the merchants were not united at all. When Sui Xiong was in primary school, all his teachers had mentioned that the merchants as a clan lacked foresight and team spirit. If it had been only one or two teachers who had mentioned that, it could have been fake news. However, since all the teachers had agreed on this, it could be taken as the legitimate truth.

Such a situation was extremely non-ideal as this was not Earth. When the news spread, the authenticity of it was easy to judge by using prophetic spells. This was especially so for lies that affected the development of the country and that would lead to long-term effects. The majority of the middle-level mages could use their prophecy spells to make predictions. After the rumors regarding the conference had spread, at least 20 middle-level mages tried different ways to test its authenticity, and all of them predicted it to be correct. Because of that, it led to exaggerated reactions on the part of the aristocrats.

They felt that there was no point in continuing with the conference with this knowledge, and thus the aristocrats naturally had the idea of going straight to battle to settle matters once and for all! So Sui Xiong had to consider this matter very seriously and eventually approached the Goddess of Wealth with a new suggestion.

“Allow the merchants to have a head start? That would be akin to betraying the clan that had been loyally following me for the last few years! No way!” The Goddess of Wealth was startled at his proposition.

The Goddess of Wealth could not be blamed for her indecisiveness here as she did in fact have a large following of aristocrats. If she were to become enemies with them, she would suffer heavy losses or even lose her high status among the gods.

“Well, apart from that, do you have a better idea?” Sui Xiong asked in retaliation.

To that, the Goddess of Wealth had no answer, and she could only smile bitterly. If she had thought of a better plan, she would have mentioned it by now! However, she was still resistant to Sui Xiong’s new suggestion.

“This battle cannot be fought! If the merchants and aristocrats really start a physical battle, no matter who wins or loses, the Commonwealth of Golden Coins will be doomed!” she said.

“You can’t win a battle if you don’t even fight one. If the merchants manage to win, they will be able to properly and legitimately develop their country under their rules,” Sui Xiong said.

“But… what if they lose?” the Goddess of Wealth questioned.