Chapter 25

Ah, this is indeed a difficult piece of land... Raising goats is all we can manage. Well, goats do provide delicious meat and cheese, but it seems impossible to establish an industry here...

It seemed that Lylis was in a dream, floating around the town of Bummini near the Hottar Mountains.

She floated gently, looking around.

Although a dog barked at her, no one seemed to notice her.

Still, the mountains here are quite white... From a distance, I thought they were ice walls, but I didn’t expect the rock faces to be so white.

Before she knew it, Lylis had climbed from the town up to the middle of the mountain.

In various places, there were holes that looked like mine shafts, with dried wood placed inside, and many piles of white rocks that had been dug up to find veins of ore, exposed to the wind and rain.

Hmm. It seems that this land will not be able to regain its former vitality...

According to the industrial white paper she had read that morning, the population during the peak period was ten times what it is now.

But in the town she had seen earlier, there were many elderly people, hardly any children, and the women lacked vitality.

Probably, the people who remain in the town can't leave now. More than nostalgia, they have no means to do so.

As soon as she thought this, Lylis's view suddenly changed.

However, she didn't wake up; it seemed she had been transported to another place.

Where is this...?

Looking around, Lylis found it was a place she had no familiarity with.

She wondered and slipped through the crowd to closely examine a sign of what seemed to be a restaurant. This place was probably a different world from the one Lylis lived in.

Lylis can read and write in three languages, but the sign was written in an unfamiliar script.

Moreover, the clothing of the people on the street and the shape of the buildings were quite different.

Lylis drifted around, looking for something interesting to gain knowledge.

She entered the first restaurant she saw, approaching a group of chatty uncles to see if she could get any information.

On the table were simple but delicious-looking dishes.

She almost went to the kitchen, but then her gaze fell on the dishes on which the food was served.

That's right! Shyana is the name of the popular dishware.

She had heard the name somewhere before, but it was as dishware.

She hadn't immediately recognized it because she had thought of it as a country name.

Yes, when Mother first got her hands on it, she was very moved.

Shyana dishware is so white it seems translucent, light, and yet very durable.

Until then—and even now, in the Freud Castle, almost everything used is silverware, and for hot drinks, they use ceramic cups.

Speaking of which, those ceramic cups made from clay are called stoneware, right? Yes, I remember, there is a pottery factory in Tuisen!

The conversation she had seen in her dream between Jesar and the emperor was about this.

Shyana, being transported from a distant land, is rare, and the wealthy are so eager to get their hands on it that it is called white gold, Lylis had heard.

In the Freud Castle, a set of Shyana dishware is only used on special occasions.

It was a gift from the frugal father to the mother, the queen, when Lino was born.

However, the teacup set they use daily was a gift from the entire family on Mother's birthday.

Indeed, Shyana is very beautiful and elegant. Stoneware has a simple and refined taste, which is not bad either...

By the way, in the Aerlas Imperial Palace, all the dishware is Shyana.

Lylis was impressed, but there was one thing that bothered her.

Before meals, all the dishes and drinks are touched by a silver spoon by the servants.

It might just be a performance, but if they are checking for poison, it's not reliable, Lylis thought, and she planned to tell them soon.

Not all poisons react with silver.

Besides, Lylis and her family use silver knives and spoons when they eat, so it's a strange custom.

Indeed, if all the Shyana dishware were replaced with Tuisen products, it would help the Tuisen factory a lot, but it would only be a temporary fix...

Sighing, she looked around the restaurant, and on every table, the food was served on Shyana-like dishware.

Perhaps this is not a different world but the country of Shyana.

If so, Lylis thought she wanted to see the production site and woke up.

What? But the important part is just starting...

If she could learn the manufacturing process, she might make a huge profit.

She tried to go back to sleep, but it didn't work.

Giving up, she quietly moved the blanket, and Rese, who was reading a book nearby, noticed.

"Good morning, Lady Lylis. Are you able to get up now?"

"Yeah, I wanted to sleep more, but it didn't work."

"That's a shame."

Laughing softly, Rese began preparing for Lylis to get up.

Rese knew that Lylis usually tries to sleep more when she has a wonderful dream that is cut short.

Then, Rese quietly went to the adjacent room to fetch the toiletries for Lylis, who had taken out a notebook.