Staff members’ eyes widened at the miracle of the Golden Rule unfolding before me.

Lasis generally refrained from using the power of the Golden Rule in public.

Thus, people tended to remember him more as a handsome celebrity who appeared at all the empire’s parties than as the heir to the Golden Rule and the Academy’s dean. In fact, many people even considered him an actor.

But at times like this, the Academy’s staff really felt it.

The fact that this lazy, pleasure-loving man was the emperor’s right-hand man and a powerful heir to the Golden Rule.

Lasis concealed his figure and transcended space. The circle that connected the space disappeared as soon as he vanished.

“Are you in there, Your Majesty? May I come in?”

The steward immediately bowed his head upon seeing the suddenly appearing Lasis.

“Why? Are you with the empress?”

“You should say ‘Her Majesty the Empress.'”

“How many years have we known each other? Can’t I call you informally? Being the dean of the Academy should give me that much authority!”

Although Lasis yelled, he didn’t arbitrarily open the door.

‘If I interrupt the time with my wife, he’ll really go berserk.’

Instead, Lasis made coarse footsteps, walking back and forth in front of the door as if to make his presence known.

Soon, the door opened and a man with an irritated face appeared.

“What is it, Lasis?”

Ignoring the emperor’s expression, Lasis stated his purpose.

“I have something to report, Your Majesty.”

“If you’re disturbing my rest for something trivial, I’ll cut the Academy’s budget in half next year.”

“Feel free to cut it entirely!”

At Lasis’s words, the emperor’s face turned serious.

Because, aside from the study of the Golden Rule and the Academy budget, there was nothing else in Lasis’s life.

“Fine, I’ll give you five minutes. What is it?”

“That’s the thing, Your Majesty.”

Lasis whispered in a soft voice.

“There might be an heir stronger than you and me.”

“What in the world is going on?”

Nisha muttered, holding a mop for cleaning in one hand.

An unbelievable event occurred in the morning. The Denerthum port had been turned upside-down by the wind.

It’s not a metaphor. It was literally flipped. And now Nisha was cleaning up the aftermath.

Sweeping seawater that had entered the ground floor of the building, Nisha yelled at the employees scurrying around her.

“Bring a bucket over here! The fish are still alive!”

Then a nearby employee who had been picking up fish groaned and came over with a large water container.
He dropped the lifeless fish, gasping for air, into a bucket near Nisha.

The fish that were initially still began to move little by little.

The bucket not only contained fish but also starfish, shrimp, and all manner of sea creatures.

In front of the trade building, a sea turtle the size of a child crawled slowly, while an octopus clung to the walls of the building and crawled around.

“First time seeing something like this in my life.”

There were no signs. The sky was clear, and the sea was calm. Seabirds also perched leisurely on the sails of the boat, preening their feathers.

But suddenly the sea surged. As if thrown into the middle of a sea storm, a whirlwind arose in the inner harbor, water spouted, and the ships were jostled about.

Of course, everyone screamed and took cover. The seabirds also tried to fly off hurriedly but couldn’t move forward against the strong wind and tumbled around on the ship.

“Thankfully, the gust was brief.”

The enormous wind disappeared as suddenly as it had appeared.

People who thought they were going to die saw the calm sea and blue sky once again and could only gape in awe.

The sudden gust left undeniable evidence that it was not an illusion everyone had seen.

“I wonder if the ships are okay, let alone the buildings.”

Fortunately, the ships of Ash Trading had been securely tied at a wide distance according to the rules, so there was little damage despite the shaking.

However, ships that were loosely tied due to laziness collided with each other in the gust, damaging their hulls.

The damage to the Ash Trading building was worse than that to the ships.

Being situated right in front of the harbor, the water that had shot up with the whirlwind flooded into the building.

Thankfully, only the floor was wet, so the documents were safe, but people with pale faces witnessed fish begging to be saved among them.

Of course, the issue wasn’t just the wet documents or the invading fish.

The trade building was made half of stone and half of wood, so corrosion could occur if left as is. Therefore, everyone urgently began to clean up, starting with the wooden floor.

Fortunately, thanks to everyone pitching in, the cleanup was almost done. However…

“Miss Aelfrie!”

Nisha called out to one person who was particularly active.

“You can go up now. You don’t have to do this.”

“No, everyone else is doing it. How could I be the only one to step back?”
Although she responded that way, her voice trembled. Nisha clicked her tongue internally.