“Noproblem.IwillbriheirdinnermyselfasIwasabouttogoandvisitthem.”

        “Waitforme!”saidDornawhostooduphurriedly,hermouthstillfulloffood.“Waitforme!Iwillgowithyou!”AftertheyhadleftonlyAishaandDeannawereleftinthealmostemptydiningroom.Theytoohadfiing.DeannaturoAishaandsaid,

        “YourMajesty.WhiteFairytoldmeyouhavesomethingtoaskme.”

        “Yes.”repliedAisha.“Iwanttoknowhowtheminingprojectisgoi’sgoandtalkaboutitinthesmallparlor.”

        Inasmallparlorinthesidehall,thefireinthefirepcewasburningmerrily.AishaandDeannasatdownonthesofabytheFrendows.AishawasserenelydrinkinghercoffeeandDeannapinghercupofherbteafromtimetotime.Theatmospherewastranquindquiet.Aishabegantheversationbysaying,

        “Let’sbeginwiththeminingproject.Howisitgoing?”

        “Yes,yourmajesty.Afterwefoundthemineraldeposits,wesuccessfullymihem.Acctotheexperts,theironreserveshereareextremelyabundant.Weootapasmallportionofit.Furnaceshavebeenbuiltbyindigenousnativemethodsandtheyhavecutdowntreesfromtheforesttouseasfuel.Thefireinthefurnacesgoesonnon-stopdayandnight.Thestrooftheyouhetribeshavebeenchosentotreadthewindmillsandwereformedintogroupstoworkinshifts.Someofthefurnaceshavealreadyproducedironingots.Acctothetribaleldersweonlyhavetomelttheseironingotsintoliquidformanditisreadytobegildedontoothermetal.Butwehavenoideahowtodothegilding.”

        “That’sgreat!That’sgreat!Youhaveallworkedveryhard.PleaseveyKingDimitri’sandmyheartfeltthankstothechieftainsaribesmen.Siheworkhasproceededsosuccessfully,KingDimitri’spromisetoZeussoonbefulfilled.Nocostistoohighandnoworktoohard,ifitmeansKingDimitrikeephiswordtoZeus.”

        “Yes,yourmajesty.”

        “Idon’tknowwhy,butwehaveheardnothingfromRomi,whomwesentouttolearnaboutthetestteologyandgilding.Iamsurprisedandpuzzledandwillsendoutsomeoofindoutwhatisgoingon.”Theversatioforamoment.ThenDeannasuddenlysaid,

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