Chapter 67: Collectors [Bonus - ]
[Why is Her Majesty so keen about this? Is she beginning to worry that Valeria might not be as progressive as it seems because of what she saw today? This is just Prudencia. We just conquered Prudencia recently so they are probably still recovering. Add bad leadership and guidance from Gulliver and it led to this. But Valeria is generally a rich empire. She would not see these scenes if we had visited the other dukedoms first.]
Raymond was misunderstanding her once again. She just wanted the problems in Prudencia and Safiro revealed as soon as possible so her mind would be at ease.
Nadia and Odette’s thoughts had been bothering her so she had to get this over and done with today if possible.
"I’ll be fine in just a few more minutes," she assured them. She rested a bit and when she was feeling fine, she decided it was time to depart.
"Then, shall we head to other parts of Prudencia?" Alwin inquired.
[She looks like she wouldn’t back down anyway. Why convince her to stop?] Alwin was resigned to his fate.
"Yes," she agreed quickly since she was very much curious about what other parts of Prudencia would be like if the capital itself was obviously suffering from financial constraints.
Alwin teleported them several times to various parts of Prudencia and Arabella understood why Odette wanted to earn money and help just like her brothers do.
The capital can be said to be doing very well when compared to other parts of Prudencia.
Outside Prudencia’s capital, the people were suffering from food shortages and overwork. It wasn’t a pretty sight.
Further, the last area Alwin teleported them to, a county, was hit by a widespread flood after heavy rains, and the crops were ruined. And due to the diminishing harvests in the previous years, the food shortage became much worse. There were also casualties from the flood.