When the autumn wind blew the first leaf yellowed by the changing season from its branch, the highway connecting Bunta City to Karma City was finally declared complete.
Unlike the Falling Rain Highway, this highway connecting Bunta City and Karma City could be considered the first true intercity highway on the Sains Continent.
The completion of this highway marked the beginning of a new era in road transport on the Sains Continent. People would no longer have to jolt along rough roads paved with dirt and gravel, and could instead enjoy all the convenience and speed offered by concrete roads.
For the Lampari Kingdom, this road held great symbolic and practical significance as well. Thus, not only did the city lord, Count Samo, personally preside over the completion ceremony, but Her Highness Princess Royal Anise also attended on behalf of His Majesty the King to offer congratulations.
Besides the large crowd of ordinary Bunta City residents who came to watch, merchant guilds throughout the city, large and small, all sent representatives.
For these merchant guilds, the most important thing was to learn from the Princess Royal and Count Samo what the kingdom's leadership truly thought of this highway.
Although Count Samo had previously expressed his support for road construction publicly in many newspapers, His Majesty the King had never made his position clear to the public.
His failure to state a clear position could in fact be taken as tacit support, but without an explicit declaration, everyone still felt somewhat uncertain.
After all, once this highway was completed, the Xinfei Merchant Guild would set up a toll station on it to collect tolls.
His Majesty the King's attitude toward this was what concerned the many merchant guilds most.
Thus, during the ceremony, although the representatives of the major merchant guilds