Lord: Marry the villain's daughter at the beginning?

As the convoy crossed the border, the entire opera house was inspected. Fortunately, it seemed that they were only checking the physical condition of the Nightingale Opera House members to prevent plague and disease from entering the western part of the North.

The entire inspection process was very quick and smooth. No one, including Graya, was troubled. Even the weapons of the opera house guards were not confiscated. However, there were still people who secretly cursed the governor here, claiming that this violated their freedom.

Many people were worried about the journey to the western part of the North, and some even advised Graya to give up. After all, it was estimated that it would be difficult to raise much donations in such a poor place as the western part of the North.

But as the saying goes, since they are already here, the other members have no choice but to go ahead with it.

However, the situation along the way was somewhat different from what the Nightingale Opera House had expected. Even without the escort of the nobles' soldiers, and only with the Nightingale Opera House's own guards, they still did not encounter a single robber on the road.

On the contrary, there were merchants with various flags along the way, and Graya even saw merchants from Doug's territory traveling on the road.

Some businessmen recognized the Nightingale Opera House and came up to ask for Graya's autograph. Although the person in charge originally wanted to refuse, Graya still generously got out of the car to give him an autograph. These businessmen were very generous and directly donated a large sum of money to Graya.

Graya encountered the same situation as when she first entered the North. She basically stopped and started along the way, and the progress was slow. Although the reasons could be said to be completely different or even opposite, the donations Graya received before she even reached the gray-collar worker were almost catching up with the total amount raised from Doug.

After meeting another fanatic fan, Graya couldn't help but ask, "Are there any needy families in the nearby towns? Why aren't there people begging along the road?"

Seeing his idol asking, the businessman did not dare to neglect it and thought carefully: "I am not familiar with the nearby towns. There is a new alchemist couple who came to Gray Collar recently. They are very worried about their son who is with Doug Lars. I heard that they have not been in contact for a long time."

"As for those begging on the streets, they were all arrested. You can hardly see beggars in the entire West, let alone on the main roads."

"He was captured? What for?"

Graya's heart immediately rose, after all, the western part of the Northern Territory had no reputation at all in the capital.

"There are all kinds of people. The road was almost finished before the winter. Now they are all working in the factory."

The businessman pinched his beard and said enviously, "That's great! I heard they get subsidies and days off in the winter. We don't have to run around in the middle of winter like we do."

Of course, this sentence is definitely meant as a joke, and it is more about envy of the other party's welfare benefits.

"Can you tell me more about it?"

Graya grabbed the businessman's hand, speaking in a sincere tone and looking at him with clear eyes.

The merchant and the guards behind him immediately fell in love with him, nodding like chicks pecking at rice: "Whatever Miss Graya wants to know, I will tell you everything I know."

In this way, the businessman told everything he knew.

Afterwards, the businessman donated a large sum of money, and was so generous that even the director of the Nightingale Opera House personally received and saw him off.

“So rich…”

The person in charge looked at the caravan going away and sighed, "Are all the merchants here so rich?"

But Graya had already laid down in the carriage and began to think.

Although she had anticipated that no one would come out to greet her along the way, Graya never expected it to be for this reason.

The governor here sets standards for all officials who manage the territory, and any officials who fail to meet the standards will face re-examination.

It is winter again, and the coldest time in the North is approaching. I heard that the Governor's brother-in-law Colin will now randomly refresh in various places in the western part of the North to check whether the officials are loyal. In this case, no one will care about a singing girl passing by.

But the most unbelievable thing is that there is still a lot of work to be done in the western part of the North, and the governor really pays wages, and it is not cheap money like Doug Coin, but real universal currency.

Even in the royal capital, people in the outer city basically do not work in winter. Everyone is waiting for winter to pass. Only professionals and nobles will start their social activities in winter.

In order to confirm the true situation in the western part of the North, Graya took a detour and stayed in the town for a day. During this day, Graya's biggest feeling was that the magic scroll for heating was really cheap. Now the entire team has used this heating scroll called "Warm Baby".

No wonder the businessman said that almost everyone in the gray and white-collar industry can afford magic props. This statement is still conservative. At this price, probably everyone with a decent job in the entire western part of the North can afford it.

In the town, Graya waited until the factory closed and the school was over before she stopped a few civilians who looked ragged and wanted to visit their homes. In the others' puzzled eyes, Graya saw that they had actually cooked a table of dishes to entertain her.

Although the person in charge insisted on testing for poison, Graya happily finished the meal, left some silver leaf coins for the other party, and left in the confused eyes of the family.

Ordinary people here not only have enough to eat, but they even have surplus food to entertain guests. It is hard to imagine that this is still the North. Greya even suspects that she has returned to the capital during its most prosperous period.

Although the imprint of ideas left by Kodick still exists in the minds of most people, Graya is more willing to believe the facts she has seen.

After returning to the carriage, the Nightingale Opera House's convoy set off again. In the carriage, Graya took out a pen and paper and crossed out several plays that were originally planned to be performed.

It was already night when the Nightingale Opera House's motorcade pulled into Gray Collar.

Because Graya stopped and walked along the way, she arrived a few days later than the scheduled time. In the end, in order to hurry on, she could only enter the city after the sun set.

Fortunately, there was no curfew for the white-collar workers at night, and the lights were still brightly on. Even some people in the Nightingale Opera House convoy shrank their necks, looking at the surrounding scenery curiously.

Even though the Nightingale Opera House is located in the inner city of the royal capital, and the lighting is more gorgeous and prosperous than here, when it comes to comparing the inner city of the royal capital with the place where the other party just entered the city, it has already lost.

Especially the huge obelisk emitting faint light in the distance. Under the obelisk, the light of various magic circles is shining, which is particularly eye-catching at night.

When the convoy entered the city, it still attracted quite a lot of onlookers, but they were all relatively polite. Not only did no one rush to the middle of the road to beg, but everyone even kept a certain distance. Of course, there were also people who excitedly ran around to tell others, and all of this was seen by Graya.

Until a costumed bard blocked the caravan's way.

"Welcome to Gray Collar, members of the Nightingale Opera."