The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 365: Reporter Karl, the persistent.

Lady Iryne gathered all the Thorin’s in the living room when she got home and she told them the story of the phantom midwife.

Mrs. Cravelle told her husband the story and she urged him to hire story tellers to tell the story about the truth behind the phantom mage’s help.

He did not just hire story tellers, he wrote a letter to the newspaper and another to the television station. That did not feel enough, he wrote a formal letter of complaint to the ministry of magic.

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Come morning, the royal couple and some ministers went out for an official tour of Nemoris, witnessing with their own eyes, the changes in the city. The wall which separated Nemoris from the city of Quillfen had been torn down.

In it’s place was a large billboard with a magical hologram that had the words, "Welcome to Nemoris, the green city."

The road had been widened, cars, horse carriages and horses were entering or exiting the city. This road was very busy, and a little overcrowded, especially the footpaths.

The changes in the city were very obvious. As soon as one entered the city, they were welcomed by lush green farms on which corn and other grains were planted. As they drove further into the city, they came across fields of flowers that would be turned into perfumes or sold as they were in various flower markets around the empire.

Next to the footpaths were irrigation canals. Buildings had vines and were woven into living trees. The rooftops of every building seemed to be a garden.

"No wonder they call it the green city." Sigrid murmured.

When she made a plan to turn it into the agricultural hub of Eldoria, she did not think that ministers of Nemoris would take it so far and make the entire city green.

She lowered the window of the car and took a deep satisfying breath. Spring in Nemoris was wonderful. The air was fresh, people wore smiles, the sun felt warm, the city was beautiful.

It was more beautiful than Doria which was crowded, had too many horses, too many buildings and heavy competition for who was more wealthy, who was the biggest rake, who was most popular and all the vanity.

"If this city becomes anymore green the people will have to live with animals." Roland noted.

As he said this, the cars pulled into a large nut farm. It was the property which was conjointly owned by Eldoria’s royal family and Lord Alexander. The nuts that had been in the soil for only a fortnight were already growing.

Their green leaves were peeking from the ground, healthy and bright. They were new nuts to Eldorian’s but not to Sigrid. She had recognized them as pecan nuts, just bigger and naturally sweeter than the ones she was familiar with.

Their growth cycle was also different. According to Lord Alexander, it wold take four months for them to mature and start producing nuts.

From the nut farm, they visiting mage estate owned fruit farms, royal family owned grape, orange and cherry vineyards and orchards.

The city, overall, was thriving and the royal couple was welcomed by the people with enthusiasm. It had been a while since Roland and Sigrid last took pictures with babies. They took many pictures in those flower fields and the reporters that had followed them on the trip were very glad for it.

"Crown princess, I have a question." Reporter Karl shouted.

Sigrid handed the two year old that was trying to push flowers into her hair back to his mother and she looked at Karl. Knowing him, he would not surrender until he got to ask his question.

"Yes, reporter Karl." She faked a smile.

"What is your opinion on the phantom midwife? News has been circulating since morning that she was eating the souls of the children she helped birth. Are you aware of this?" He asked.

Sigrid was expecting another kind of question, something noble related and scandal related because that is what Karl liked.

Roland and the ministers on the trip were befuddled. This was an official trip to show that the economy was on the rise and Nemoris was thriving. The empire was moving forward.

Did Karl have to ask the question at such a time?

Two royal correspondents that were in charge of handling the media stepped in to remind Karl of the list of questions that had been approved. Sigrid stopped them.

Karl was like a storm with a quill. If he was stopped, he would just write what he wished and it would be ugly. He would make it seem as if the crown prince and princess did not care about the women whose babies had lost their souls.

This issue was a big one. It needed to be addressed.

She put her hands behind her back and replied, "The actions of the phantom midwife are deplorable and as the crown princess I condemn them very strongly. It should be known that her actions do not represent mages or what we stand for.

Magic, like anything else can be misused. An example I can give you is this field of daffodils. They are beautiful and harmless but someone can still use them to poison another. The blame does not fall on the daffodils, it falls on the one that chose to misuse them.

Magic is beautiful, the blame for what happened falls squarely on the phantom midwife and her alone. I advise expectant mothers to go to the hospital when they are about to give birth. Not just on that day but throughout their pregnancy, they should visit the hospital at least four times.

In case of discomfort or risky pregnancies they should go even more often. Do not wait until you are already having a baby to realize that you need help. It cuts off your options and you end up accepting help from anyone, qualified or unqualified.

The phantom mid wife did not work for the mage state or ministry of magic. There is no mage that has a stamp of approval from any magic institute to help women in child birth. If there is one, they will be announced by me, on behalf of the mages and office of the crown princess.

I urge the mothers of the affected children to remain strong. We are together with you right now."

"Do you mean together as the crown prince and princess or a member of the Thorin family that also acquired the services of the Phantom midwife when your sister-in-law Lady Deanne was having difficulties giving birth?" Reporter Karl fired another question.