“Noproblem.IwillbriheirdinnermyselfasIwasabouttogoandvisitthem.”
“Waitforme!”saidDornawhostooduphurriedly,hermouthstillfulloffood.“Waitforme!Iwillgowithyou!”AftertheyhadleftonlyAishaandDeannawereleftinthealmostemptydiningroom.Theytoohadfiing.DeannaturoAishaandsaid,
“YourMajesty.WhiteFairytoldmeyouhavesomethingtoaskme.”
“Yes.”repliedAisha.“Iwanttoknowhowtheminingprojectisgoi’sgoandtalkaboutitinthesmallparlor.”
Inasmallparlorinthesidehall,thefireinthefirepcewasburningmerrily.AishaandDeannasatdownonthesofabytheFrendows.AishawasserenelydrinkinghercoffeeandDeannapinghercupofherbteafromtimetotime.Theatmospherewastranquindquiet.Aishabegantheversationbysaying,
“Let’sbeginwiththeminingproject.Howisitgoing?”
“Yes,yourmajesty.Afterwefoundthemineraldeposits,wesuccessfullymihem.Acctotheexperts,theironreserveshereareextremelyabundant.Weootapasmallportionofit.Furnaceshavebeenbuiltbyindigenousnativemethodsandtheyhavecutdowntreesfromtheforesttouseasfuel.Thefireinthefurnacesgoesonnon-stopdayandnight.Thestrooftheyouhetribeshavebeenchosentotreadthewindmillsandwereformedintogroupstoworkinshifts.Someofthefurnaceshavealreadyproducedironingots.Acctothetribaleldersweonlyhavetomelttheseironingotsintoliquidformanditisreadytobegildedontoothermetal.Butwehavenoideahowtodothegilding.”
“That’sgreat!That’sgreat!Youhaveallworkedveryhard.PleaseveyKingDimitri’sandmyheartfeltthankstothechieftainsaribesmen.Siheworkhasproceededsosuccessfully,KingDimitri’spromisetoZeussoonbefulfilled.Nocostistoohighandnoworktoohard,ifitmeansKingDimitrikeephiswordtoZeus.”
“Yes,yourmajesty.”
“Idon’tknowwhy,butwehaveheardnothingfromRomi,whomwesentouttolearnaboutthetestteologyandgilding.Iamsurprisedandpuzzledandwillsendoutsomeoofindoutwhatisgoingon.”Theversatioforamoment.ThenDeannasuddenlysaid,
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