Poverty Alleviation Princess

Through the dark dense forest, through the narrow mountain road.They finally saw the city in the distance.

Compared with A Yuan's city, it is more than a circle larger - whether it is the towering city lord's mansion or the thick city wall, it all shows the strength of this place.

In contrast, Ayuan's city, where some of the fortifications still need to be made of wood, is more like an enhanced version of a mountain village.

Maybe you can get a profile or something.

Ah Yuan propped his chin in thought.

Being able to rule such a large city properly in this era of wild demons is quite remarkable for a human being.

... Even this road is too bad.

Not to mention the mountain roads farther away, the city can be vaguely seen from the current distance, but it is still a dilapidated and uneven dirt road.

The pedestrians I saw occasionally were also disheartened, and it seemed that they hadn't become better because they lived in a big city.

A Yuan couldn't help frowning, but the local residents like Maitreya Coral didn't respond, or for them, such a scene was normal.

On the contrary, at His Royal Highness, everyone is full of vitality, and it is strange that there is no fear and confusion in their eyes.

Higurashi Kagome leaned over to A Yuan's side: "What's wrong?"

After getting along for a period of time and recently learning a lot of new knowledge from the other party and broadening their horizons, when facing this young city lord, he was not as nervous as before.

Especially seeing that the collection speed of the jade of the four souls has risen like a rocket, she has also relaxed a lot. Although the matter of going back has not yet been planned, the progress of the main goal is gratifying and very good.

After all, collecting the jade of the four souls is the main purpose of her stay here. If she can complete this goal, then she can focus on finding a way to get it back.

"Do you think it's good here?" A Yuan asked back.

"I think..." Kagome was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this the way it is here?"

Okay... Isn't this what a city in this era should look like?

Since it was originally like this, there is no need to think about things like good or bad, right?

Seeing Kagome's natural expression, A Yuan blinked in surprise: "Why should it be like this?"

"Because it's the Warring States Period."

"Can't the Warring States Period be changed?" A Yuan was even more surprised. "Good is good, bad is bad... This has nothing to do with the times, does it?"

Does she think this has nothing to do with the times?

Could it be that massacres were cruel in the peaceful era, but justified in the Warring States era?

In peaceful times, it is believed that people should not be hungry, but in the Warring States period, must it be normal to be hungry?

"But... isn't this what it looks like here?" It's also written in the history books—of course, there are no monsters in the history books.

Kagome blinked in bewilderment.

This era is like this, simple houses, backward medical care... That's why she specially brought a first aid kit from modern times to deal with minor injuries and illnesses.

A Yuan: "..."

When you see something unreasonable and wrong, shouldn't you first consider whether you can change it? "

Even if a person's strength is limited, there are powerful half-demons like Inuyasha and the well-informed Maitreya mage who travels around.If it's only partial, there is still a way to change it and improve it, right?

A Yuan stopped talking.

Kagome is still a child. Although she has experienced a lot, she is just a little girl who didn't even go to high school. She hasn't even figured out what she wants in life. Asking her to know what is the overall situation and what is reform is not enough. Too strong.

But she really didn't like this sentence.

'That's the way it is in this era. '

Rather than loathing this era, it would be better to say that I blame all my misfortunes on the era, and then I can blame others with peace of mind.

It's so weird.

"... Kosuke?"

"Kosuke, are you listening to me?"

In front of the stables, Coral frowned at Kosuke who was grooming the horses.

He has been brushing the same part since she came here, and he is still brushing that part now, and she is worried that the other party has brushed the horse.

"Ah!" The young man standing beside the horse came back to his senses, "I'm sorry, I was distracted just now... what did you say?"

"Ma, didn't you notice that it started to hide from you?"

Coral leaned against the door frame and pointed to the horse in front of him that was dodging anxiously.

This is the ordinary horse they brought out, not the monster that used to be a horse-drawn cart because it scared away the horse, but it can't stand his endless brushing.

"Hey! I'm sorry!"

He quickly let go of the brush and stroked the horse's neck soothingly.After looking around for a while, he took out a carrot from a bucket on one side and fed it.

"What are you thinking, so focused." Shan Shan walked over to help him brush the horse together.

She just wanted to confirm the situation, but she didn't expect to see such a mistake when she saw a non-existent but always able to do the work properly.

Kosuke didn't answer right away, but when Shan Shan thought he wouldn't respond, he hesitated and said, "I'm wondering, can the things we take for granted really be changeable?"

Coral raised her head and looked over: "What?"

"Although I have also complained about the unfairness of the heavens, why do we have to suffer so much? Obviously we have no greedy desires, but just want to live with enough food and clothing." The movements of the farming assistants are getting slower and slower. Also slowly trance. "But I've never doubted this matter itself—as Ms. Kagome said, this is the way it is in this era. It has been like this for hundreds of years, no matter where it is, so I am used to it."

"No matter what happens to others, it will happen to me." He turned his head to look at the heroic female exorcist, "But after hearing what His Royal Highness the City Lord said today, I was wondering... Could it be that all of this is actually the truth? Is it wrong, what needs to be changed?"

Although Shan Shan understood what he meant, she didn't think as much as he did, she just tilted her head: "Isn't His Highness the City Lord just doing this?"

Hasn't she been doing this all the time, she has been different from other nobles from the beginning.She is really making a difference for the better of everyone.

Although at first I felt that His Highness the City Lord always thought of what to say, and often made surprising words and made shocking decisions.

But in the end it proved that His Royal Highness the City Lord was always right.Her orders can always make people's lives better, and more people can eat and clothe themselves warmly. They don't have to worry about monsters, wars and bandits, and can happily look forward to the arrival of the next day.

"Yes." Kosuke would not deny this, in fact, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness, if it wasn't for her actions and words, he wouldn't have thought of these things.

After all, for them in the past, just being alive completely exhausted them, so how could they have the energy to think about these ethereal things?

only……

His expression became more solemn: "You said... Can the City Lord Hall stay here forever?"

"What does this mean?" Coral suddenly stopped her movements. "What news have you heard? His Royal Highness said that he is leaving?"

"No, no." He shook his head like a rattle, "I just think His Royal Highness... Your Highness is so kind, just like the gods in the story."

That's why they panic, after all - how can ordinary people retain the gods from the sky?

Even Kaguya Hime, who grew up in the human world, finally went back to the moon.

"This..." The coral is no longer as relaxed as it was at the beginning.

Was she worried that His Royal Highness the City Lord would go back to the sky—this kind of thing is unlikely.But if one day His Highness the City Lord feels tired, or doesn't like the city anymore and wants to leave, what should they do.

His Highness, the Lord of the City, will live well no matter where he goes. Mr. Uchiha has a power as powerful as a ghost, which is enough to protect His Highness anywhere.

So if they really want to leave, neither they nor the people in the city can do anything about it.Can't even come up with chips that can keep them.

Kosuke looked up at the sky.

in case……

He meant that if there really were gods in this world, or if a god somewhere sent His Royal Highness the City Lord to rescue the suffering.

Then he begged the gods to allow His Highness the City Lord to stay in the world for a long time, begged His Highness the City Lord to stay here, and save this terrible land full of suffering and despair.

For this reason, even if he was asked to sacrifice his life, he would not hesitate at all.

"……hiss."

A Yuan, who was sitting in the room checking the information of the Jade of the Four Souls, suddenly tensed up.

"what happened?"

Uchiha Madara looked over with concern.

"Suddenly a little cold."

She touched her exposed arm and pulled down the sleeve.

In fact, it's not exactly 'cold', but rather a feeling of being lightly brushed.But that feeling disappeared too quickly, making it difficult for her to judge, and she could only use more similar words to describe it.

"It's getting colder, you should be more careful."

Uchiha Madara put his coat on her, and then signaled Arong, who was cleaning up the room, to close the window.

"No...well, just close it." Ayuan thought it had nothing to do with the weather, and wanted to stop Arong, but shut up under Uchiha Madara's disapproving eyes.

In addition to the elders thinking you are cold, there is also a feeling that the object thinks you are cold-what can she do?Just enjoy the other party's thoughtfulness honestly.

After resting for a night, they went to visit the City Lord's Mansion the next day.

Different from A Yuan's City Lord's Mansion, where there are hardly many people, there are three steps, one post and five steps, one post, and the security is very strict.

"The recent raging monsters have made people panic. In order to protect His Royal Highness and the Young City Lord, there is no other way."

Seeing that they were very concerned about these pawns and warriors holding weapons, worried that they would be afraid, the guide explained in a low voice.

Of course, it's not that he likes these people too much, but that these are guests from the city that the young city lord cares about very much. Naturally, he can't let these people run away like this.

"His Royal Highness the City Lord is here, and the Young City Lord will come over later."

The escort who led the way took them to the place where the city lord was. This was an open-air platform, which seemed to be a place for watching soldiers and samurai's martial arts.

Noticing that they came over, their faces were haggard, and the dark circles under their eyes were like the city lords carved on their faces, and they turned their heads slowly.

'grumble--'

A scream that didn't sound like a human voice suddenly sounded.