By the time Sharath turned nine, he owned stakes in shipping ports, rail yards, forestry guilds, and ink distilleries. What began as a workaround for paper had morphed into a full-scale information infrastructure.
His influence no longer needed introduction. Letters from House Darsha bore no noble title—but were read before royal missives.
Priests quoted from SK-printed scrolls. Libraries rewrote catalogs to match SK pagination. A new calendar year was proposed—based on Sharath's industrial cycles.
In Kelrath, children studied papermaking not as craft—but as legacy.
Sharath didn't rule by decree.
He ruled by necessity.