Let's start over, Your Majesty.

Chapter 72 Gusger's Collectibles Shop
Caesar's initial attempt to make contact with the princess was a failure. He had put a lot of effort into showing friendliness, but in the end, he made no progress and only made a mess of things, which really made him very angry.

However, the exploration of the palace ruins must continue regardless.

This is a huge project that is time-consuming, labor-intensive, manpower-intensive, and costly.

Caesar never imagined that, centuries later, returning home would be so troublesome.

The excavation of the palace ruins presents two major challenges: firstly, its location in the deep sea; and secondly, the fact that it is a massive complex means that excavation cannot be completed in just a day or two.

Secondly, there is the magical turbulence that surrounds the entire palace; to withstand it, one would need the strength of a great hero.

So even if he obtains the Crown of the King and reaches the level of a great hero, he still needs a team with top-notch technology to assist him and make thorough preparations.

As the former center of the magical era, even though it was reduced to ruins after the Shattered Moon event, the ruins of the Eldaria Palace were less than 50% developed before the Great Destruction. Today, a huge magical legacy remains there, including the headquarters of the Ancient Tower and the tomb of Emperor Rean.

However, six hundred years have passed, and the world has made progress in deep-sea diving technology, but the development of the site is still limited to the exploration of the surrounding waters, which shows how difficult it is.

Caesar had two options for entering the palace ruins: joining the official exploration team. However, this method had too many limitations, and it was uncertain when they would officially begin their exploration, so it was essentially ruled out.

The second option is a private exploration team, but assembling such a team with top-notch technology would require an astronomical amount of money, conservatively estimated to be tens of millions of gold ronins. Therefore, one of Caesar's major goals is to accumulate a huge fortune.

However, he didn't have the time or inclination to go into business.
In this era of technological advancement, what are some things that are both profitable and easy to do?

invest.

Risk and reward go hand in hand.

Caesar's advantage here is that, having lived a modern life, he was able to identify which products had potential and were worth investing in.

His capital was the 80,000 gold coins he had confiscated from the Restoration Society.

We can only gamble on whether we can trade a bicycle for an aircraft carrier.

This weekend he bought a lot of financial magazines, hoping to find out if there were any suitable investment projects for him.

The magazine is filled with advertisements from real estate companies, featuring lengthy articles about sure-fire real estate investment projects and hyped-up pink stocks. Behind these are most likely shell companies that treat people like fools, probably tricking you into buying thousands of dollars worth of stock and then laughing at you behind your back, calling you an idiot and giving you the middle finger.

I looked all morning, but there weren't many that I liked.

During lunch, Yumilia told him about the interesting things that happened in the botanical garden yesterday.

"Then, Mr. Luger completely forgot that he had a little red flower on his head and carried it around several sheds. We all laughed so hard." Yumilia covered her mouth, still laughing out loud when she thought about it.

"Did Mr. Narug finally find out?" Caesar asked with a smile, twirling the last few sauce-covered noodles onto his knife and fork.

“He found it! He finally saw it through the reflective glass in the greenhouse, then covered his face and ran away,” Yumilia said.

This is how Caesar usually interacts with Yumilia. Most of the time, she acts like a child, telling Caesar all sorts of fun things, and Caesar will tell her about what happened at school. Although they are just trivial things, she always listens very attentively.

She scooped up some green peas with her fork, but before she could put them in her mouth, she remembered something and asked:
"By the way, is Caesar busy this afternoon?"

"Well, I'll just stay in my room and read," Caesar said.

“Shouldn’t we go out and have fun on our days off?” Yumilia said earnestly. “Otherwise, if we accumulate too much stress, our bodies won’t be able to handle it.”

She pouted slightly, her fork tracing patterns on the smooth porcelain plate, and muttered softly:

"And what's more, we've been in the capital for so long, and we haven't even had a proper chance to go out and have fun together yet."

Caesar smiled helplessly: "Alright, where do you want to go this afternoon? I'll go with you."

"Great!"

Yumilia smiled, then tilted her head in thought. "How about a children's playground?" Caesar asked with a smile.

Yumilia's eyes lit up, but then her pretty face flushed red. She coughed lightly and said in a serious tone:
"That kind of place is not a place for an adult like you."

“But I really want to go. Can you come with me?” Caesar said with a smile.

“Caesar,” Yumilia pouted her cute cheeks, blushing as she looked at him, “You can’t tease me.”

"Yes Yes."

Yumilia pouted as she picked at the few peas left on the plate, then suddenly remembered something and clapped her hands.

"Oh, right, let's go shopping! It's getting cold soon, let's buy you two new outfits, Caesar!"

Wangdu East District, Langhua Street, Linda Shopping Mall.

In recent years, Fein has experienced rapid social development, and the city's architecture has also been continuously developing. As the East District of the city center, it is now filled with high-rise buildings and bustling streets. Brook Avenue, the financial center of the country, is also located here, and it seems that the air here is filled with the smell of money.

Linda Mall, located on Langhua Street, is the largest shopping center that can be found in the capital, consisting of a large mall and several shops.

As it turns out, girls have inexhaustible stamina when shopping, and Yumilia is no exception.

In the crowded shopping mall, she dragged Caesar around, looking at this and that, visiting three clothing stores just to pick out a coat.
Of course, while browsing the shops, they encountered the same situation as usual: being mistaken for a brother and sister or a sister and brother. After being told that they were related, they saw the shop assistants looking extremely surprised.

Three hours later, Caesar was carrying a large number of bags and packages.

Yumilia bought him three sets of autumn clothes and some other daily necessities, but only bought herself a light blue dress, which she hesitated for a long time before buying it.

"As for the scarf, I can knit it for Caesar myself, as for the others..."

Walking along the shopping street outside the mall, Yumilia was still thinking about whether there was anything she had forgotten.

“That’s far from enough. And also,” she nodded and said to Caesar, “Caesar, rest here for a bit. I’ll go buy some more things and be right back.”

“I’m fine, I can still walk. Let’s go together,” Caesar said.

But Yumilia raised a hand and coughed softly:
"I'm going to buy two pieces of underwear."

"Oh."

So Caesar waited in the rest area.

While he was having some free time, he noticed a collectibles shop not far away, and the two-handled jar displayed in the window looked somewhat familiar to Caesar.

"It can't be."

A thought struck him, and he decided to go and see for himself.

There was a luggage-watching service available in the mall's rest area. After paying with his card and putting his purchases in the storage area, Caesar headed towards the collectibles shop.

This shop is called Gusger, and it sells all sorts of unusual and unusual items.

The room was filled with warm orange light and resembled a warehouse for eccentric collectors. Shelves, floors, and tables were filled with all sorts of collectibles, including antiques, modern items, limited-edition jewelry, and rare handwritten books. He even saw a huge fuel engine.

Caesar arrived at a corner of the store, where artifacts that looked full of history were quietly displayed behind glass cases.

He glanced around and found that most of them were antiques from the Iron and Fire Age, the period when he was vying for supremacy.

Some are genuine, while others are modern imitations.

(End of this chapter)