The girls turned to look and saw several men dressed as miners enter. Shaking their heads dejectedly, they sat down at the bar, ordered several drinks from the owner, and began talking.
"Hey, what are we supposed to do if Bon keeps making trouble like this?"
"Who knows? But that governor is way too overbearing... He's leaving us no way to make a living."
The men drank and sighed, and at that moment, Maje approached them with a smile.
"What are you gentlemen talking about?"
"Hm? Who are you, little girl?"
The miners did not think much of the cute girl before them.
"I'm a tourist traveling through here. I only just arrived in town, but things don't seem very peaceful here. Did something happen?"
"Sigh, it's not exactly a major matter."
Perhaps because Maje spoke politely and casually, and because her smiling demeanor made her seem so pleasant, the miners quickly began chatting with her.
"You probably know that Mainz is a mining town. It used to be prosperous, but that was many years ago. These days, our Arsenite Ore production is only barely decent. But recently, they say they discovered a huge new underground vein here, and that governor... Oh, I mean the current ruler of Crossbell, plans to use some kind of automated mining equipment. According to him, this equipment can ensure mining safety and operate twenty-four hours a day without stopping, while requiring very few workers..."
"Isn't that a good thing?"
Hearing this, Maje tilted her head curiously. Another miner set down his cup.
"Hah, what's so good about it? At first, everyone was excited when they heard there was a new vein here. But who would have thought that the governor would say the new technology needed specially trained people to operate it? So they're