As His Majesty the King and the Princess Royal of the Lampari Kingdom, the matters they considered and discussed were naturally major affairs that affected the entire kingdom.
But to Afalia's Father and his son Yaqi, those major affairs had nothing to do with them. Right now, they cared about only one thing: their own family's livelihood.
In all fairness, life for Afalia's Father's family was far better now than it had been a few years ago.
Although Afalia's Father still went hunting in the mountains whenever he had nothing to do, just as he always had, he had long since stopped selling his game for a little money to supplement the family's income. Now, he went simply to improve their meals and treat them to the delicious fare the mountains offered.
That was because his entire family no longer needed his hunting income to get by.
His three sons and two daughters had all found work in factories run by various chambers of commerce in Bunta City. Each earned an average monthly wage of more than ten gold coins, bringing the family's combined monthly income to over seventy.
In the past, their family might not have earned that much money in an entire year.
As their income increased, their lives naturally improved a great deal.
Not only was the game Afalia's Father brought home merely a treat for the table, but they had also torn down their little thatched hut. Like the other families in the village, they had built a brand-new two-story house of brick, tile, and concrete, a design introduced by the Amli Merchant Guild that had won everyone's approval in Bunta City.
At the same time, they had bought all sorts of household magic machinery, making their lives immeasurably more comfortable than before.
Yet that good