Ch.401Epilogue (Main Story Ends)

# The End

“It’s because of Your Majesty that this country has come this far. Unlike the original princess, you were here.”

“Is that how it works?”

It’s always the same conversation, but this time what I said was that I’m not originally Anastasia.

I worry that I might face discrimination because of that fact.

This country has come this far.

Suddenly hearing it put that way, don’t I sound too impressive?

I’m not really such an extraordinary person.

I just used future knowledge about warfare that I happened to possess.

Honestly, if I had possessed someone in Korea, I think it would have been difficult even knowing the future.

But Russia, unlike the Korean Empire, could somehow be pulled up with enough effort.

“In the end, regardless of who you are inside, Your Majesty saved this country, and that’s what matters.”

“Mother is right. You protected the world, after all.”

Protected the world.

Yes. But that was certainly not just for my own benefit.

I created this for world peace, hoping for a world without fighting and conflict to last a little longer.

“I see. So that’s how it is.”

“Yes. The original princess met an unfortunate end, but we don’t know if she would have saved this country or created a peaceful world.”

If the original Anastasia had survived and joined the White Army, she probably would have fought hard against the Bolsheviks to avenge the Tsar’s family.

“Should I tell the people about this?”

Somehow, thinking about it now, I suddenly feel guilty.

Should I just tell the truth?

If I tell them, it feels like I’m shutting down the “Anastasia game service.”

“If you say such things now, wouldn’t it cause confusion? They might dismiss it as a lie. In the long run, the Romans would understand, but I don’t think there’s any need to announce it.”

That’s probably right, isn’t it?

It feels like I’m deceiving them, but if we really think about it, how many people would believe it in the first place? And even if they did, the confusion would be temporary.

It’s true that if you scrutinize anyone, you won’t find them completely clean.

Some things are better taken to the grave.

“I don’t think we need to tell the citizens. After all, everything was accomplished by the current Your Majesty. There might be some noise, but the Russian people—indeed, the people of the Constantinople Treaty—would never speak ill of Your Majesty.”

Is that how it works?

Well, frankly speaking, it wouldn’t have mattered even if I were a fake princess.

The most important thing is having a central figure.

So there’s no need to say anything.

“I’ll keep this dress and frame here.”

“Are you sure that’s all right?”

I actually thought about burying them with the Tsar’s family, but there’s no need to discard them.

Anastasia simply entrusted everything to me and departed.

Someone should remember her.

Maria and the others know because I told them, but I’m the one who entered Anastasia’s body.

I alone will remember Anastasia.

Anastasia, who gave me her body and left.

“I should at least remember Anastasia, who entrusted her body to me and departed. And to her, Rasputin was just a kind grandfather. Please keep these precious items safe. All the items related to Anastasia that were brought from Yekaterinburg.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Maria and her daughter bowed their heads and withdrew.

The Tsar’s family thanked me before they left, and that’s enough, but I still think Anastasia should be remembered.

The world knows me as Anastasia, and they don’t know she died.

I go to the window and sip tea while looking outside.

In the distance, I can see the Anastasia Palace and the blue sky.

Today, Rome’s sky is clear, and this sky will always remain blue in the future.

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20XX

Much time has flowed like water.

The major problems of the original world—refugees, Islamic extremists, and so on—didn’t exist here.

If anything, there were civil wars in Africa, but compared to the original history, they weren’t that significant, and Africa quickly regained peace under Ethiopia’s mediation.

The biggest clash was between South Africa and those who had tried to create some kind of Black Free Zone and were thoroughly defeated, but that was it.

However, as Anastasia had predicted, other issues arose.

It’s not that there weren’t any incidents, just that they were less severe compared to the original world.

Different from the original history, the Falklands War eventually broke out over territorial claims.

It was inevitable. Though Eva Perón’s era had passed, records remained that she had discussed ceding the Falklands with the Tsar in Moscow and was refused—creating an Argentine obsession with the Falklands.

“Ah, this is what Rome’s fleet is all about.”

With prior permission from the United States, a massive fleet was dispatched.

The Atlantic Roman 3rd Fleet, centered around an aircraft carrier with the latest stealth aircraft and wing-in-ground effect vehicles (expanded thanks to Anastasia’s stingray obsession), was more than enough to crush all of Argentina’s naval and air forces.

Eventually, the South American Union abandoned its claim to the Falklands.

After giving up their claim to the Falklands, the South American Union government needed to achieve something, and in pursuit of a complete South American union, they targeted Venezuela. As a result…

A war broke out between the North American Alliance and the South American Union on the American continent.

The localized conflict over Venezuela escalated significantly when the South American Union fleet bombed a U.S. fleet docked in Venezuela.

However, under U.S. nuclear threats, the South American Union eventually backed down and had to pay reparations.

Their subsequent secret nuclear development program led to economic sanctions from the Constantinople Treaty Organization and the United States, sending them into a downward spiral.

Afterward, the South American Union effectively fell under U.S. influence.

Additionally, Japan failed to achieve the unification aspirations left by Renya Mutaguchi, the founding father of the Japanese Federation.

The reason was that as East Japan’s Kanto Republic lost population during the war, African Americans from the United States came to constitute a large portion of the population. As they entered politics, even the status of Japanese as the national language became threatened by English.

Eighty years of division and occasional border conflicts created emotional rifts between the two countries, making unification difficult.

“Oh, let’s work together for the peaceful unification of American Japan and West Japan.”

When you see a Black prime minister at the Kanto Republic summit, the answer becomes obvious.

However, it would be a lie to say there weren’t any major events.

First, contrary to Anastasia’s concerns, the history of computers and the internet developed several years faster, and particularly within the Constantinople Treaty Organization, the AI Anastasia Project became the central axis under Glushkov’s guidance. Private companies rushed to develop the internet based on future plans, leading to the development of AI Anastasia.

This was an enormous event that couldn’t be overlooked in either world.

The Constantinople Treaty central government used AI Anastasia to form an electronic government integrating civilian, economic, and political spheres.

The emergence of Anastasia Cybernetics Roman Government.

AI Anastasia quickly collected information, accelerating the central government’s administration that had previously been slowed by human processes.

In a Russian café.

A male and female student were researching Anastasia for a university assignment.

One was a Russian female student. The other was an exchange student from Balhae.

<Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova>

1. Overview

June 18, 1901–????. Roman Emperor, Saint, Soldier, Politician, the youngest daughter among the 1 son and 4 daughters of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire, and his wife Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. She was exiled with her family during the Russian Revolution and was the only one in the family to survive.

She is the one and only Emperor of the “New” Rome who unified Europe after a long period of division, and an absolute figure.

2. Life

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2-5 Becoming the rallying point for the White Army during the civil war.

In what is now called the “Communist Filtering War,” she formed the Yekaterinburg government to avenge her family and became the rallying point for the White Army. She personally hunted communists, recaptured Moscow after public sentiment turned, and established the United States of Greater Russia, which would become the foundation of the Constantinople Treaty.

3. Ideology

The Anastasia-ism that Anastasia advocated was essentially modified capitalism with communist undertones, but its ultimate goal was different.

“To achieve complete equality, we need a cyber government, not one composed of corruptible humans.”—Anastasia

The goal of Anastasia-ism was electronic government.

In fact, the briefly established communist Russian Soviet government and German People’s government led to authoritarian dictatorships where workers could barely breathe, which explains a lot.

4. Emperor of Rome

She personally led the Second World War, and after victory, unified Europe (through nuclear threats) centered around allied countries, ascending to the unique position of Roman Emperor. World leaders left various quotes about her.

“Because of her, I, Adolf Hitler, the founding father of the Danube, existed.”—Adolf Hitler

“She was a true saint who saved Turkey from the fate of downfall. It is only natural that she claims the Roman imperial throne.”—Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

“The Second World War became nothing less than a gift I gave to the Tsarina.”—Winston Churchill

“The eternal benefactor of our people who helped thirty million Koreans liberate themselves from Japanese oppression with our own strength, a figure greater than Emperor Wanli of the Joseon Dynasty.”—Ahn Changho

“The only person in the world who recognized this Renya Mutaguchi.”—Renya Mutaguchi

“The most dangerous woman in the world, and the most brilliant woman. No conqueror in history compares to her. Not even Genghis Khan.”—Douglas MacArthur

“A great woman who embraced many in her arms.”—Eva Perón

Many other world leaders praised her as the Emperor of Rome, showing how great she was.

5. Appearance

Her beauty was unparalleled in her time.

The photos of her on this wiki are neither composites nor retouched but show her real appearance. After the Red-White Civil War, she grew more beautiful every day, as if proving her sainthood.

“She was so beautiful that she was like a goddess whom no one should approach. It was my wish to even lick her feet.”—Lavrentiy Beria

6. Immortality

One of the greatest mysteries of the 21st century: Saint Anastasia of Russia is said to have a body that neither ages nor dies.

Some argue that this was necessary to deify Anastasia, who pulled Russia up by its collar to raise the country’s status. However, the photographs left behind were peculiar.

Testimonies from Red Army prisoners and White Army soldiers after the battles of Yekaterinburg and Tsaritsyn, photos left by Polish journalists after the Polish terror, Danube soldiers who witnessed her survive a bomb attack by the German People’s Army when entering the Communist German parliament building.

Photos taken after she was over 50 years old following World War II, and materials, photos, and voice recordings left afterward all lend credibility to the immortality theory.

Russian elders also said the Tsar never aged, and they possessed very old photos that would be difficult to fake. Also, Winston S. Churchill once remarked about Anastasia’s marriage:

“Since she doesn’t age anyway, what’s the problem with marrying a royal boy?”—Winston S. Churchill

“I envy that youth.”—Kaiserin Victoria III

“I was completely mesmerized by that impossible beauty.”—Edward VIII

Thus, theories about Tsar Anastasia’s survival have recently emerged.

7. World Strategy

The World Strategy she wrote depicts a world where the Tsar family’s death was not known to the world, and Anastasia herself died, ending the Red-White Civil War with the Red Army’s victory. It includes a background set in the 2000s, and given how specific it is and considering her many prophecies, she might actually have seen a world where she died. Thanks to this, it remains a worldwide bestseller.

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9. Trivia

-Anastasia is also called a being of light and darkness. For Koreans, the main ethnic group in Balhae, she is known as darkness for almost forcibly introducing mint chocolate (an extremely polarizing flavor) as Balhae’s dessert when the Balhae Federal Government was officially launched, even providing loans. On the other hand, she is called the mother of chicken for introducing chicken. (In fact, a foreigner had spread old-style chicken before that)

-Some claim that Bolsheviks with different intentions from Lenin saved her and gaslighted her to create Anastasia-ism. Indeed, early in the civil war, she pushed through welfare policies that Soviet Russia had already been planning, in order to turn public sentiment.

-It’s unknown whether she herself died at some point when the Anastasia AI began to represent the Kremlin Palace. Given that she didn’t age even until World War II, she appears to still be alive. As evidence, the position of “Russian Tsar” is still held by Anastasia, while there have only been Russian kings starting with Vladimir III (honestly, this might be concealed due to Russians’ worship of the Tsar).

“So AI Anastasia was prepared by the Tsar long ago.”

The Balhae male student researching Anastasia for his university assignment nodded with interest.

“Actually, there’s speculation that AI Anastasia was developed much earlier. Since Her Majesty never aged, she might have been replaced at some point. That’s what they say.”

“I heard from some Kremlin Palace guards that the Maria Family hasn’t aged either.”

“Hahaha. You’re a conspiracy theorist.”

The female student who looked exactly like Anastasia laughed at the male student.

“Not really? Just because of rumors. And I’m simply interested in whether the Co-Prosperity Sphere should also adopt AI Anastasia.”

Around this time, the Balhae Federation, as the central nation of the Co-Prosperity Sphere, had formed a united government with Israel and West Japan, but they were experiencing friction due to political and economic issues, including the Jewish terraforming of China.

This was another major event in this altered history.

“Isn’t Balhae making its own version of Anastasia?”

“That failed. They just embezzled the budget and created something like a VTuber. When protests erupted, they decided to adopt AI Anastasia instead.”

The male student looked enviously at the mini-Anastasia AI floating freely on the female student’s laptop screen.

As if conscious of his gaze, AI Anastasia covered her mouth with her hand and smiled shyly.

The adoption itself wasn’t a big problem.

After all, being an AI, it was developed to work worldwide.

In the United States, they considered this a major challenge and created their own AI system with strict security measures.

“The adoption might be quick, but the elderly in Balhae will complain a lot. They’ll say it’s like selling the country to Rome.”

“If we’re being precise, isn’t it more like a small AI controlling even Rome?”

“Similar, right?”

Since the government would be controlled by AI Anastasia, that’s how it should be viewed.

“Then there shouldn’t be a problem. Anyway, I need to research more. To do this, I need to investigate Tsar Anastasia. There are rumors she passed away, but whose story is correct? Maybe hidden communists are trying to discredit her because they’re anti-Tsar.”

He really loves conspiracy theories, doesn’t he?

The female student thought this as she stood up.

“I don’t think she passed away. Wait, I’ll go get coffee.”

“Sure.”

As the female student went to the counter to get coffee, she smiled slightly.

“It’s interesting to see myself in this changed world.”

Who would have thought that even in this world, she would be born as someone who was originally a man?

It feels like becoming a completely different person from her original self. But what does it matter?

Anastasia was just Anastasia.

She always had been, and always would be.