Carly put down the magic mirror and looked at Ed, who was standing behind Adelaide, with a strange expression.
"Lord Ed, can voices change too?" She thought of the flamboyant robber. But the flamboyant robber's voice wasn't like this.
Ed walked out from behind Adelaide with a smug look on his face.
"Of course, do you want to learn?"
"Yes." Carly was curious about everything.
Ed, with his hands behind his back, paced a couple of steps in front of Carly, then cleared his throat and switched back to his high-pitched, sweet, cloying voice: "Oh dear, Miss Carly, since you're so sincere, well... I'll reluctantly teach you a little bit... the basics, okay?"
"Ugh~" Carly affirmed Ed's teaching.
Edton was bored; if he had known it would be like this, he would have just used his ultimate move.
A moment later
Ed sat down at the long table, somewhat bored. Adelaide and Carly had already left; they'd probably gone to their room to admire their mirrors.
"Why hasn't Andrew come back yet? He's been gone for a while now. I hope nothing's happened to him," Ed muttered to himself idly at the long table.
"My lord, we're back," Andrew's voice rang out from outside.
Ed was somewhat surprised; it was something he shouldn't have even thought about! He came back as soon as he thought about it.
"Hehe!" He chuckled twice without even realizing it.
Andrew entered the castle hall; from the outside, it looked rather arduous.
Ed quickly gestured for the people who had entered to sit down and talk. Once everyone was seated, Ed asked:
"Andrew, what's the situation over there?"
"My lord, when we first went to the valley, no one was mining yet, so we found a secluded spot on the mountain to observe the valley and see when they would come to mine. But we waited for several days and didn't see anyone come. I thought they wouldn't come, so I prepared to return. But just as we were about to leave, we heard a noise coming from the entrance of the valley..."
Andrew sounded thirsty and was about to grab a cup when he realized he hadn't seen Adelaide when he came in, so there probably wasn't any water for her now.
Just as he was about to continue speaking, a cup of tea was handed to him.
Adelaide had arrived in the hall at some point.
Andrew smiled at Adelaide, picked up his cup, and took a sip of tea. He thought to himself, "It's so good to have Adelaide; otherwise, even with the Lord, I wouldn't be able to get a single cup of water."
Ed smiled at Adelaide, his heart filled with emotion: "So it was you, Adelaide. I thought I was just thinking about it, and now my teacup is full."
After taking a sip of tea, Andrew felt much better. He then continued his story.
"A large number of people arrived at the entrance of the valley, including men, women, and children, numbering around two hundred. What was most surprising was that there were about a hundred guards. At first, I thought they would just escort us to the valley and then leave, but all of them set up camp there, presumably to guard the valley. Then those people started mining. They only mined silver; they didn't mine the gypsum."
Upon hearing this, Ed began to understand. They certainly wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to mine the gypsum mine. Sending so many people to guard it meant they were on guard. As for the fact that the miners included men, women, and children, he was a little puzzled.
Could it be that the workers' families also came, intending to stay there long-term?
But right now, what I really need is that gypsum mine. It's quite troublesome since they've stopped mining it. Where can I find such a good opportunity?
Haha, it's great to have someone work for you.
"Keep going, working class!"