Beautiful Gem Bay lay in western Middle Earth. Franco's Territory bordered it to the west, the Montablinlock Duchy to the north, and a cluster of small Noble Knight domains formed a buffer to the east.
After years of development, Free Port had become a harbor known far and wide, while Free City was famous throughout Middle Earth. It bustled with prosperity, its lights blazing even at night like a city that never slept—all thanks to Annan Reeves's arrival.
Before that, it had been a backwater, a barren Gravel Beach where nothing stirred.
After all, what kind of place could it be if even Goblins and Kobolds refused to stay there?
The neighboring lords would have been lying if they said they weren't jealous. But jealousy aside, they genuinely admired Annan Reeves. The Champion Sorcerer's talents extended well beyond the bedroom.
East of Gem Bay, among those small powers that had banded together, lay a place called the Princess's Domain. Legend held that after the Montreal Golden Family came to Middle Earth, an Imperial Princess led her forces in a bloody battle against the Foreign Races there and died defending Human lands. Later generations named the place the Princess's Domain in her memory.
Whether that story was true or merely an attempt to curry favor with the Empire, only the lord's ancestors knew.
Free City got along fairly well with those small powers. They had once stood as equals, but Free City had since grown into something they could only look up to.
Come to think of it, Joan had once been sent here to connect trade routes. It was hard to say the legend of the Princess's Domain hadn't influenced the woman she became.
The Magic-Powered Train passed through the area, and the Princess's Domain, which had visibly benefited from