Troubled Heart

Antis was rigid for a while, but he gradually relaxed.

He tried to smile though he was upset. "You're really smart to have guessed the intention of the royal family."

Roland chuckled. "Smart? This is just normal, all right? You haven't seen the real smart Golden Sons. They almost seem to have nine heads."

Naturally, Antis didn't believe in the existence of a world where everybody was like a dragon.

Even in Fareins, the most powerful country of all, the literacy rate was not much higher than that in Hollevin.

If the literacy rate in Hollevin was around 1%, that in Fareins it was about 1.5%. The difference was not huge.

The literacy rate of the elves was much higher. Almost all of them could read.

However, the fertility of the elves was too low. It was said that their population was slightly more than fifty thousand.

So, it was impossible for their race to rise.