Firearms in a Fantasy World

Chapter 77: The Princess Seeking Employment

Translator: Cinder Translations

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Princess Eileen Rodney of the Aldor Kingdom had been living a very comfortable life recently.

She and her lady-in-waiting, Lydia, had bought a two-story house with a yard in Alden Town. Free from the nagging of teaching court ladies, the intricate court protocols, and the tumultuous escapes on the road, life suddenly became so wonderful.

The environment in Alden Town was pleasant, unlike the dirty and disorderly towns they had passed through on their journey.

According to the locals, Alden Town hadn't always been this nice. It was only after the new lord took office and vigorously cleaned up the streets that the town began to change. Periodically, public garbage bins were placed on the main streets, and hefty fines discouraged littering, resulting in the neat appearance it had now.

Once the residents got used to this comfortable environment, they became increasingly conscientious about maintaining its cleanliness.

Eileen couldn't help but marvel inwardly, "What an extraordinary lord."

Compared to the towns they had passed through on their escape, where not only household waste but even human waste littered the streets, the smell alone could knock one unconscious.

Coming from such an environment, Eileen and Lydia had initially thought they had entered a fairyland upon arriving in Alden Town. This was one of the main reasons Eileen had decided to stay here instead of moving on.

Here, Eileen discovered something remarkable: extremely, extremely cheap paper. The money for buying one piece of parchment could buy fifty sheets of this kind of paper.

Identifying more as a scholar than as a princess, Eileen understood the significance of inexpensive and abundant paper to scholars. Now she could write and draw without any reservations, unlike before, when every stroke of the pen required careful consideration.

Apart from paper, there were many other fascinating things, such as containers called "porcelain." Exquisite, glossy, and smooth to the touch, each piece of porcelain seemed like a work of art.

Unfortunately, these items were quite pricey. Eileen had her eye on a small vase in a shop, but after inquiring about the price, she suppressed her desire to buy it. After purchasing the house, their cash reserves were limited, and they needed to be frugal.

Recently, several significant events had occurred in Alden Town.

First was the conflict between Alden and neighboring Earl Byerldine, which delighted the common folk: several vassals of Byerldine conspired to assassinate their former lord and usurped the new lord. As the blood-brother of Byerldine's new lord, Earl Grayman naturally sought justice for him.

Conspiracy, betrayal, revenge—what elements could be more suitable for gossip than these? This added plenty of post-dinner conversation topics for the townsfolk of Alden Town. Furthermore, word had it that Alden's army had overwhelmed Byerldine's people, greatly boosting the people's pride.

Next was the agricultural machinery demonstration, where major landowners from both Alden and Byerldine gathered in Alden Town to witness the demonstration of the "harvester" invented by the machinery factory.

Many residents of Alden Town also went to see it, though it was mainly out of curiosity. Alden Town had developed from the Grayman family's estate on the shore of Wes River. Most of the nearby estates belonged either to tenants of the Grayman family or were worked by Grayman family serfs.

Out of scholarly curiosity, Eileen also dragged Lydia to join the fun. She admired the intricate and efficient structure of the harvester, but her appreciation was more for the mechanical itself. As someone who had grown up in the palace, Eileen Princess was virtually insulated from agricultural work and thus couldn't fully grasp the profound significance of such machinery for agricultural production.