Richard and Sister Lisa stayed at Lilith's house so they wouldn't have to look for an inn.
When night came, they had dinner together, listening to Lilith's stories about life outside the kingdom—tales far more interesting than hearing Olivia, who often only read books.
For Richard, who had just witnessed the grandeur of a provincial capital and had yet to even visit the royal capital, everything beyond the kingdom sounded unimaginable.
There were kingdoms far stronger, and even empires.
In this harsh world, it was impossible to establish a kingdom unless someone of that era obtained a World Magic Aether.
Yet even kingdoms were still a level below empires. For a kingdom to evolve into an empire, more than one member of the royal family had to obtain a World Magic Aether.
Aside from the many kingdoms and empires, there were also vast lands without lords—regions in complete chaos where crime was impossible not to encounter at every moment.
