"Extra, extra! Rewards for the heroes who crushed the rebellion announced! Commander Jonis promoted to marquis!"
Another morning dawned in Terry City.
The town had barely awakened before the morning rush began. People from neighboring towns and villages came to trade, workers streamed into nearby workshops, and merchants in the city opened their doors to customers. Everyone got busy.
Energetic newsboys wove through the bustling crowds, selling newspapers one after another.
"Would you like a paper, sir?"
"Newspaper, sir?"
"All right, give me one."
A young man stopped and took out a few copper nalls to buy a newspaper.
In Lainer at the time, reading a newspaper was greatly admired as a gentlemanly pursuit reserved for educated people. Even those who knew only a handful of characters were happy to buy one to keep up appearances.
Young Carlo was one of them.
"Carlo, hurry up and see what it says."
His fellow workshop workers gathered around eagerly, burning with curiosity.
"Don't rush me. Hold on, let me take a look first."
Carlo secretly wiped away some sweat, unfolded the newspaper, and began to read.
The first thing he saw was a large report printed side by side in the Atrelin language, Seris, and the Lainer language.
This served a political need, but it was also because this world's news media were not yet developed enough to support a daily newspaper. Filling the pages with translations into three languages kept them from looking empty.
Of the three languages, the Atrelin language had originally been the most widespread among the educated classes. After Roland and the others arrived in Lainer, however, newspapers in Seris began to appear, along with reforms promoting simplified Chinese characters and vernacular Chinese.
Now Seris showed every sign of overtaking the Atrelin language despite its later start.