Cat Princess and Human Knight

Sass, standing to the side, smiled wryly.

"Please allow me to introduce you to Edmund, my friend, a member of the Society for Knowledge Without Borders, and an expert in agronomy."

Sofia looked at him with newfound respect and put aside her grudges against the uninvited, indignant gray cat for arbitrarily intervening in the meeting.

The Knowledge Without Borders Society is composed of highly educated individuals from the cat community. They are elites from all walks of life, proficient in knowledge from various industries.

Under the feudal manor economic system, nobles could not afford to support too many scholars. When scholars encountered problems, they would often seek help from outsiders, and the platform for communication among scholars was the Knowledge Without Borders Society.

Because knowledge knows no boundaries and people communicate with knowledge and wisdom, there is very little of the stale air of royalty and nobility. The school is filled with a large number of commoners who are good at taking exams, and their political views are often very radical.

The gray cat scholar before him was clearly an elite from a commoner background. Judging from his indignant attitude, it was his anger at seeing the commoners being driven away by the lord, which made him feel sorry for them.

As a member of a noble lord family, Sophia could choose to be tolerant, but her knight Luna was indignant.

"Scholar, I must remind you that sitting before you is Lady Sophia. Please watch your words and refrain from uttering any defamatory remarks against noble lords."

Edmund gave a cold laugh.

"Slander? Do I need to slander the dirty things that royalty and nobles do?"

I'm just stating the facts!

He levied exorbitant taxes and levies on ordinary days. When the people could not tolerate it and resisted, he would violently suppress them. If he could not suppress them on his own, he would join forces with the surrounding lords. If they could not suppress them even with their combined forces, he would hire mercenaries.

Unable to pay their servants, they allowed mercenaries to plunder their territory and capture their people as slaves as payment.

Anyway, there are plenty of starving stray cats everywhere. If we kill all the locals, we can just recruit another batch of cats to farm. If we set the tax rate low at the beginning, we won't have to worry about cats coming to us willingly.

As long as they can secure their positions, what are the lords incapable of doing?

In normal times, their plunder of the people was simply a matter of peeling off layers of skin, piling up firewood day and night, waiting for the day the firewood would be lit before watering it out.

This time, however, Catback Mountain collapsed, and water shortage in the south is a foregone conclusion. The lords expect that the grain production in their territories will not improve in the next few years, so they began to drive away the cats in advance to save food.

These selfish noble lords are plotting to kill cats, and I'm just expressing their thoughts. How did that become slander against the nobility?

It's really a big joke in the world!

"If Sass hadn't told me about a new crop called corn that had appeared here, I wouldn't have bothered coming to witness the disgraceful behavior of these local nobles."

Luna was speechless after being rebuked by Edmund. Enraged, she stood up and drew her sword.

"presumptuous!"

Bell quickly stopped Luna, and Yi Yin, who was listening nearby, chuckled and came to her rescue.

"Don't be angry. Let the cat talk. It's just letting it say what's on its mind. It's not like the sky is going to fall."

Luna and Bell looked at the cheerful Yi Yin, and for a moment they lost their competitive spirit.

Because this enormous disaster was man-made, Yi-yin's conciliatory attitude as the creator of this man-made disaster is truly speechless.

Sophia looked at Yi Yin, and Yi Yin smiled.

"They were cursing the noble lords."

Your Mankik royal family has long since declined and has no power whatsoever. Exploiting the common people is none of your business; what does it have to do with you?

Sophia was speechless, but suddenly realized that what Yi Yin said made a lot of sense.

Although Sofia publicly claims to be a duchess of Huru, in reality, she is still regarded as a royal princess by royalty, religious figures, and even Sofia herself.

It was just a facade of feudal nobility, a mere fig leaf; nobody took it seriously.

Edmund's scathing attack on the feudal lords for not acting like cats and mistreating their people was a sweeping generalization that couldn't possibly hit Sophia.

The royal family is so poor that all they have left is the imperial city. The Huru Territory has been practically unmanaged for years. Even if all the lords in the world were beasts, Sophia could calmly listen to them, as it really had nothing to do with her.

Edmund cursed for a while, then took a breath, looked at the tall Yi Yin, and said.

"The corn brought by this human lord is indeed a good thing. The outer seeds can be eaten, and the corn cobs inside can be ground into flour and used as food."

May I ask you a question? Is the yield of this crop high?

Yi Yin shrugged.

"I don't know either. I've never grown it before. A friend gave it to me. Why don't you give it a try?"

Edmund nodded and bowed to Sophia.

"I hope Your Excellency can allocate some land for me to try planting corn."

Sophia was completely bewildered. You were just cursing the lords in front of me, calling them beasts instead of cats, and you've already forgotten? You want to discuss something with me again?

Sass explained with a wry smile.

"That's just Edmund's personality; he'll speak out about things he doesn't like, without hiding or concealing them."

In fact, most lords are responsible, and royalty and nobles have their own sense of honor, so they would not do anything to tarnish the family's honor.

The wicked lords Edmund mentioned do exist, but they are not the majority. This cat of his is simply ignorant of the ways of the world and speaks too extremely.

However, his expertise lies in new crop cultivation and grain production, making him a rare agricultural elite. With him optimizing agriculture in Huru Territory, I believe the territory's grain yield will increase significantly.

Sophia nodded, and Yi Yin chimed in with a grin.

"So, Edmund, you're done after you've finished your rant? Don't you want to plead for those homeless cats outside and ask Sophia to help them out?"

Edmund sighed.

"That's their fate, what's the use of begging?"

I am a scholar, not a charlatan; I believe in being practical in my work.

With my expertise, I have a clear understanding of how much grain is planted in Huru's fields, how much will be harvested, and how many cats it will support, based on what I've observed over the past few days.

There are so many homeless people, Hulu can't afford to adopt them.

To be honest, there's nothing I can do to help them, and neither can the Duchess of Huru. That's just their fate.

Looking at the sad yet honest Edmund, Yi Yin suddenly felt a surge of affection for this Chinese country cat who was focused on agronomy.

These days, people are everywhere venting their emotions, and honest people are rare, let alone a cat from a feudal society in another world who has such a compassionate and open-minded heart.

But Yi-eun still retorted seriously.

"Aren't ordinary people's lives worthless? They are cats too, born of parents and raised by their parents!"

Now that we've seen the injustice, why can't we try our best to help them?

On her way back to the manor, Duchess Sophia witnessed the plight of the homeless and wept several times. She resolved to find a way to help these poor stray cats and provide them with as much relief as possible.

The straightforward Edmund felt a chill run down his spine, bowed deeply to Sophia, and apologized sincerely.

"I was being superficial, I'm so sorry!"

I never expected that Your Excellency would be so considerate. I should have said so many inappropriate things in front of you.

If you are willing to help these poor homeless cats, I am also willing to offer my humble assistance. Please let me know.

Looking at Edmund's deeply bowed head, Sophia stared at Yi Yin, wondering what her knight was up to this time.

When have I ever shed a tear for those stray cats? I'm a dwarf cat who has sacrificed my conscience, why would I care whether other cats live or die?

Yi Yin winked at her, nodded toward Edmund, and raised his chin, implying that everything was up to him.

Sophia suppressed her many questions, helped the scholar Edmund up, hesitated for a moment, and then said.

Let's work together.