The Genius and Calamity of the Villainous Noble: A Brilliant Prodigy Unaware of Their Reincarnation as the Game's Antagonist Defies the Scenario and Dominates with Talent and Hard Work - Chapter 5

“Does this look better now?”

It’s been half a year since I started working on the disaster my father dumped on me—the Forest Trading Company.

When I first took over, the company was on the brink of collapse, steadily declining with no hope of recovery. But after six months of effort, I’ve managed to bring it back to a passable state.

I bought horses with my own money, invested in various ventures with my own money, and even opened stores outside the royal capital—again, all with my own money.

It’s not a large trading company by any stretch, but at least it’s now capable of turning a profit.

“Alright… this is where the real work begins.”

A trading company that’s barely making ends meet is not the end goal—this is just the starting line.

Over these six months, I haven’t done anything extraordinary. I expanded my network of connections, launched advertisements to bring in more customers, and started using horses for transportation and merchant trade. That’s about it.

I haven’t attempted anything grand yet—nothing that could elevate this small trading company into a major one.

But that’s what comes next.

With my modern knowledge, it should be easy to dominate in this world’s commerce scene.
I just need to grow this company into a major trading powerhouse and finally leave this job behind.

“Livia.”

“What is it…? I’m in the middle of burning these documents with magic to dispose of them…”

Livia held up a stack of documents to show me as she responded.

“That’s fine, you can handle that later. None of those documents are particularly important anyway—I’ve already taken care of the crucial ones myself.”

“Huh?”

“Don’t act so surprised. I don’t trust you enough to handle anything important. Anyway, let’s go. We’re heading out.”

“Wha—what? Heading out? Where are we going?”

“The underworld.”

“F-Feh?”

Livia, who had effectively been stripped of her position as company president over the last six months and had instead perfected the art of brewing tea for me, stood frozen, her mouth agape, letting out a baffled squeak.