[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens":3,"chapter-heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-chapter-4":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Heir to the Kingdom of 1.4 Billion Citizens",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2270879,4434,"Chapter 4: Guardianship-Given Abilities","heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-chapter-4",4,"\u003Cp>The moment Xia Mingyu spoke, the middle-aged man in the sheepskin robe immediately stood up, a clear look of embarrassment appearing on his wrinkled face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He awkwardly scratched the back of his head, gently placed the gray rabbit he was carrying on the ground, then turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blonde girl beside him quickly called out to the man; after they exchanged a few words in a language Xia Mingyu didn’t understand, the man’s expression cleared with sudden understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gave Xia Mingyu a nervous smile, said several more things to the blonde girl, then departed satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the wooden hut, the girl stood before Xia Mingyu, one hand holding the rabbit’s ears, the other extending a slender finger toward herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anliya.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl softly said to Xia Mingyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anliya.” Xia Mingyu slowly repeated her name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, the girl’s lips curved slightly, revealing a radiant smile as warm and bright as winter sunlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mingyu was momentarily stunned, but fortunately Anliya quickly turned toward the kitchen and didn’t notice his awkwardness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Xia Mingyu’s gaze, the girl tied up her hair, donned a linen apron, and skillfully butchered the rabbit on the cutting board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands were nimble and strong—just one slash cleanly severed the rabbit’s head, then she peeled off the fur and organs, cut it into suitable cooking portions, and sprinkled on vegetables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In mere moments, the plump gray rabbit was tossed into the pot with sliced mushrooms and some wild greens he didn’t recognize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint meat aroma began to fill the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing, the girl seemed tired; beads of sweat dotted her pale forehead, dampening the golden strands of her hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Xia Mingyu thought for a moment, filled a wooden bowl with half a bowl of water from the water vat, and offered it to Anliya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the girl’s reaction was strange—she panicked, waving her hands frantically, as if he had done something improper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after Xia Mingyu insisted and pushed the bowl toward her did she reluctantly accept it, her lovely face filled with unmistakable gratitude, as if she had received a great blessing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a bowl of water, Xia Mingyu thought, his mouth twitching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking half the water, the girl pointed at the remaining water in the bowl and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Walter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Walter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mingyu repeated it, knowing the girl was teaching him the local language.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mite.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sawn.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sreil.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the following days, Xia Mingyu stayed in the hut learning the language from Anliya; every day, the man in the sheepskin robe respectfully brought food—mostly rabbits, sometimes a basket of fruit or a lamb leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For some reason, Xia Mingyu seemed divinely aided—he instantly memorized and understood everything Anliya taught, never forgot it, and could even deduce the names of other things by analogy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just three short days, he was already conversing naturally with Anliya in daily speech.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he finally understood where he was and why the locals treated him with such reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Anliya, this was a village on the southern border of the Sosia Kingdom in the Western Continent, on the edge of the Black Wolf Domain; it was called Fruit Basket Village for its high-quality fruit, ruled by the noble Viscount Hughes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The forest where he became lost was called Wolf Howl Forest, home to many wolf packs, and rumors claimed it harbored the ferocious beast—the Black Abyss Wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for why the villagers treated him with such respect, Xia Mingyu glanced at his reflection in the water vat and saw the long string of white text above his head—his mouth twitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this world, all higher intelligent beings—humans, elves, orcs, and others—bore a title tag above their heads: peasant, noble, king, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The origin of these tags was lost to history; some said they came from the exalted Creator, others from the Great Seven Gods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These tags were not mere decoration—they granted their bearers wondrous abilities: noble tags enhanced beauty, physique, talent, even elusive luck; peasant tags made one more resistant to hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To thank these tags for their blessings, people called them “Guardianship,” meaning divine protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Guardian tag above Xia Mingyu’s head translated to: Heir to the Kingdom of 1,400,000,000 Citizens—alternatively, Heir to the Kingdom of One Point Four Billion Citizens, or Heir to the Nation of One Point Four Billion People.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now understood why every villager had knelt upon seeing him—imagine being a medieval peasant who’d never left his village, encountering a man dressed in “luxurious” attire, with pale skin and no calloused hands, bearing such an astonishing Guardian tag—he’d have knelt instantly and kissed the man’s shoe tips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, since Guardian tags grant wondrous abilities, that means—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mingyu focused his gaze on the white text above his head in the water vat; after about three to five seconds, a new line appeared beneath it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Language Comprehension: Communication is the first step to understanding—you can learn any language in an instant and reach native fluency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Does this even justify the length of that text?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mingyu sighed, feeling his future was utterly bleak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, after being transported to this medieval-like world, his only divine gift was the ability to rapidly learn the local language—no family, no land, no friends, not even a single coin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His only possessions were the modern clothes on his body and a dead, powered-off cellphone—he couldn’t even afford the food Anliya had been giving him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What am I supposed to do now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xia Mingyu slumped onto the wooden floor, his mind buzzing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone in this world who saw his Guardian tag would assume he was a prince from some super kingdom—after all, one point four billion citizens was utterly unprecedented in the medieval era!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only he knew—ha, in Blue Star, there were one point four billion minus one other heirs just like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t keep pretending until I actually build a nation of one point four billion people!” Xia Mingyu mocked himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joke made him laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Respected Prince Mingyu, the village head, my adoptive father Mr. Luo Bote, wishes to meet you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a soft knock came at the door, followed by Anliya’s gentle voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Xia Mingyu had asked her several times during these three days to simply call him by his name, she still maintained a deference that made him uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1072,"2026-06-19T22:18:43.340Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f20281cf643e42fe225839c859265bf85e6837985ce7ffc61226b858c18cef3b","heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-chapter-5","heir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-chapter-3",186,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fheir-to-the-kingdom-of-1-4-billion-citizens-cover.jpg"]