You had to know, the reason Elasia's market couldn't absorb this amount of gold coins had only one cause—insufficient scale.
Elasia only had nearly ten million people.
So an injection of five hundred thousand gold coins would very likely trigger malicious hyperinflation.
But what if this money wasn't in Elasia?
Elasia was the smallest of the three major human nations.
Compared to some small countries and city-states, Elasia was naturally a behemoth.
But compared to the Holy Kingdom with over twenty million people and the Iron Empire with over fifty million people, Elasia could only be considered a small fry.
And if this money were given to the Iron Empire, then this money's impact on the market would be much smaller!
Since Elasia couldn't absorb this huge sum, Elashia could completely use the system's ability to transmit resources to directly send this huge sum to the Iron Empire's treasury!
Anyway, humanity was about to face an extinction crisis now, the Iron Empire and Elasia were now in deep cooperation, and her nominal mother was extremely reliable—she definitely wouldn't waste this huge sum!
Thinking of this, Elashia immediately looked at Candice with shining eyes.
"Aunt, Aunt! When will Her Imperial Majesty be free?"
Seeing Elashia with bright lights in her eyes, Candice was somewhat surprised.
Why would Elashia get so excited upon hearing about Imperial Sister?
"Probably after nine o'clock in the evening..."
Candice casually made up an evening time—she was really afraid that if Elashia knew that Alexandra, like her, was also a big idler, she would directly abandon the battlefield's aftermath and run to find her mother!
"Eh, can't it be earlier..."
Seeing Elashia's somewhat disappointed expression, Candice immediately felt somewhat heartbroken.
Why would Elashia want to see Alexandra so much?
Thinking of Elashia's childhood experiences, Candice immediately understood somewhat.
The helpless young Elashia had probably always longed for time with her mother...
But previously, considering that Imperial Sister as an empress might be extremely busy, Elashia had been very understanding and never disturbed her...
Perhaps it was precisely because of the lack of maternal love that Elashia appeared as gentle as a mother when facing her subordinates...
Seeing Elashia's somewhat disappointed little eyes, Candice had to change her words:
"Uh... but this matter is very important, we can discuss it earlier. Once we've resolved the battlefield's aftermath, we'll go find her."
"Yay!"
Hearing Candice's words, Elashia looked so happy she was almost jumping!
The earlier Alexandra knew about this, the earlier these resources could play their role!
In the game's plot, Elasia was almost destined to be destroyed in the [Beast Tide] event.
Because Elasia's proud ranged weapons were almost useless when facing those powerful magical beasts.
Repeating crossbows could barely pierce even the lowest-level magical beasts' skin, and hand crossbows were also helpless against slightly higher-level magical beasts.
Except for heavy crossbows and magic crossbows which still had some use, the repeating crossbows and hand crossbows that formed the main body of Elasia's ranged weapons would basically all have to be discontinued then.
And once close combat began, the Elasian Imperial Guard, which focused on ranged attacks, would suffer greatly.
So wanting Elasia to independently solve the [Beast Tide] event was very difficult.
To preserve Elasia during the [Beast Tide] event, they could only seek help from other countries.
The Holy Kingdom currently controlled by the blood clan naturally couldn't be counted on.
Ileina definitely wanted to help Elashia, but she was already overwhelmed with her own resistance war on the blood clan-controlled land.
The only one they could count on was her nominal mother.
However, just as the [Beast Tide] event occurred, the demon race that had long been in confrontation with the Iron Empire also obtained a [Holy Sword] bestowed by the goddess.
The demon race with the [Holy Sword] immediately organized a large army to launch the biggest attack on the Iron Empire in a century.
This battle ultimately lasted a full six months.
Although the Iron Empire finally succeeded in defeating the demon attack under Alexandra's leadership, by the time they fought, Elasia had long since been destroyed!
So the only way to prevent Elasia from being destroyed was one method—massive military aid to the Iron Empire!
This way the Iron Empire could defeat the demon attack as quickly as possible and free up forces to rescue Elasia!
Thinking that she could probably survive another major event, Elashia was extremely happy!
However, Elashia's visible joy appeared differently in Candice's eyes.
Seeing Elashia's happiness after learning she could meet her mother, Candice felt even more heartbroken.
Alexandra's plan to create Elashia had ultimately succeeded, and could even be said to have achieved far more than expected.
Although the plan had encountered setbacks, from the results it was indeed a great success.
The Iron Empire not only gained a steadfast ally through this plan, but ultimately obtained the "variable" that could change humanity's fate.
So Alexandra's inhumane plan could be said to have succeeded completely.
The Iron Empire gained an ally, the Elasian Empire gained an enlightened ruler, humanity gained a "variable."
It could be said that everyone was happy.
But what about Elashia?
Because of this plan, she was thrown alone into a foreign country, enduring over ten years of loneliness and abandonment by herself.
It was hard to imagine—she was driven from the imperial palace to live alone when she wasn't even ten years old.
For a child under ten to survive in the darkness-shrouded Imperial Capital of that time, how many things would she have to face that a child shouldn't face?
If Elashia had ultimately become a completely inhumane villain after experiencing such an unimaginable childhood, Candice wouldn't have been surprised.
"A girl whose childhood was like hell will ultimately return all the malice she suffered to humanity like a flood."
This was one of the reasons Candice had opposed Alexandra's plan.
However, contrary to Candice's expectations, Elashia, who had experienced a hellish childhood, had ultimately become such a gentle and kind girl.
This was probably just her nature...
Looking at Elashia who was overjoyed about soon meeting Alexandra, Candice felt extremely heartbroken.
She pulled the extremely excited Elashia over, then bent down to hold her in her arms.
"Actually, as my niece, you can rely on me more."
"Eh?"
Candice's abrupt behavior immediately stunned Elashia, who had been immersed in the excitement of her chances of survival increasing.
What was this about?
"I do rely on you a lot... don't I?"
Candice's abrupt words really seemed somewhat strange.
She had entrusted all government affairs to her Aunt in one go!
Candice shook her head.
"No, I'm not referring to... those things."
Seeing Elashia's puzzled expression, Candice gently stroked the back of her head and said:
"I'm not only your Prime Minister, but also your Aunt."
"Actually... you can also tell me more about your childhood, whether happy or unhappy."
"If you feel sad or afraid at night, you're also welcome to come talk to me. It won't disturb my rest."
Then, under Elashia's puzzled gaze, Candice said in the gentlest tone words that made Elashia's heart skip a beat.
"If you really miss her, you can think of me as mom too."