A Single Mother's Farm of the Gods-Chapter 460: Coveting An Achievement

Elaina might not have experienced this matter before when she was an empress but she have heard this kind of things on people who have achieved great things and then someone swoops in to claim that they are the one who made that achievement and downplaying the original person who managed to achieved it, resulting to different scenarios that can either lead to a normal ending, or if it is worse, it might end up in the very worse scenario and salvaging the situation is no longer possible.

Never in Elaina’s life would she thought that she would be experiencing that event and although Elaina is fine not receiving an achievement for her efforts that is made jointly by the people close to her, it is not fine if someone unrelated to the project decided to swoop in and takes over the project as if it was their own work.

"Just who is this person?"

"I am not too sure since it was Dr. Fey herself who heard this matter from, but it was the king of Bernel Kingdom."

Elaina frowned. The King of Bernel Kingdom is a young man who has led the dying kingdom back to prosperity due to his ruling and his business acumen. Even back when Elaina was still an empress, she had heard of the capabilities of the young king before, and at that time, the king was still 10 years old. It’s been a while since then, and by now, the young king should already be around 17 to 18 years old by now.

Now this significant matter regarding the king himself is something that Elaina has no idea of. In fact, this is the first time she has heard about this kind of controversy.

"Are you sure? We can’t just accuse someone who is innocent of this kind of trick. We might get hunted by the Bernel Kingdom if this kind of rumor spreads and their reputation is tainted as a result."

"Pretty sure, Miss Elaina. A few people who claim to be from the Bernel Kingdom and are acting as the king’s representatives have been approaching Dr. Fey and asking her about this matter. Even when Dr. Fey didn’t believe them at first, a few soldiers from Bernel Kingdom had appeared to escort them around town, and this representative even showed an emblem that represents the Bernel Kingdom royalty. She was even bribed by them a few times just to spill who was the one who made the potion itself. Even if I am not too well-versed in this royalty thing, I still know that accusing someone of wrong assumption is going to come back at you in a bad way," Yona explained.

An emblem of the Bernel Kingdom royalty. It is one of the most famous tools that the Bernel Kingdom uses to show its authority to the common people. She have not seen it personally before but according to what she have heard from Alfred who did see it, it was made of pure gold that shines radiantly if shown to the regular people. It was quite bright that one could get dazed by just seeing it.

The emblem was said to be a way of flaunting the riches that Bernel Kingdom achieved over the past years. And the gold which was the first thing they managed to mine in their lands are what became the symbol of Bernel Kingdom’s wealth.

Still, even with the emblem, there is a chance it can be fake. Therefore, Elaina decided to disregard that rumor.

"Alright, let’s just ignore this rumor for now. If what you said is true, sooner or later, they will find their way to us. And besides, can they even bribe us when we can just freely mine the gold we wanted to have?"

Yona smirked hearing this. "Heh, I heard about this mine from Miss Julia but knowing we have a private mine we can use to mine resources we needed, even if someone who tries to flaunt their wealth using gold will not even compete even if he shows off his whole wealth. Very good way to dispel bribery temptation."

Even if she is concerned about this kingdom suddenly wanting to own the medicine, there is no chance for them to be able to replicate the medicine that easily if the main ingredient is exclusively growing in her farm and the ones who made the medicine intricately are also connected to the said farm, even if they get the recipe, they will just end up with trouble instead.

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"Your highness, we have finally gained some intel related to the cure of the Infertility epidemic that is currently widespread around Bernel Kingdom and it seems that the cure is specifically been distributed on a small clinic. We also learned that it was still an unofficial medicine and is still waiting for the approval of the Apothecary Guild for legal distribution. Knowing the value of the medicine, we sent a few representatives to claim the medicine so that we can mass produce it and distribute it to the citizens as well but it seems that it wasn’t the doctor who made it but someone else!" the right hand man of the King reported to the young man sitting on his chair while reading a few reports from the other soldiers.

"I presume that the intel of the creator of the medicine is already gathered, yes?" The young king asked.

"Indeed. However, it seems that we don’t need to search too far just to find the unknown creator."

"Oh? And why is that?" he raises his face and look at his right hand man.

"Remember, the farm you have been eyeing for quite some time? It seems that the same farm is the one who produced that medicine."

Hearing this, the young king smiled and put down the papers on the table.

"Interesting. To think that we won’t be having any trouble about this matter. Then, make ample preparations. Whoever this farmer is, we needed to ensure that her lands will be ours. After all, this is necessary for the glory of Bernel Kingdom. Ready all the gold. For a farmer, they won’t hesitate to yield their land just to become rich."

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