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"I-" Alya was unable to say anything.
It was understandable.
For someone who had grown up in an advanced and developed society, this must be quite a shocker to her.
Especially so, when this was a town under the reign of her family.
She, who thought that the whole continent was developed and happy under the reign of Lancasters, was having a major revelation right now.
And this was good.
As someone who was going to be the future queen of the Kingdom, she needed to understand this.
There was no fully developed society where everyone was happy and rich.
There was always a dark and poverty stricken part of it.
Where there is light, there will always be a shadow cast by it.
The only rulers who reign successfully are the ones that are able to see both parts.
The light and the shadow.
And this was what Alya was seeing right now.