Chapter 48: Sophia Philinover (3) (1/2)

Chapter 48: Sophia Philinover (3)

As a child, Sophia Philinover was a very strange girl Usually, young girls liked things that were cute and pretty — ragdolls, cute teacups, shi+ny trinkets, etc But, it wasn’t that she didn’t like the she liked more — the view of the city from the steeple of the temple

“Woah…”

From the athered together to h it But best of all, unlike a doll’s house, this was an environment that people actually lived in Since the ht it was beautiful Fascinated by the sight, she continued to search for more

First, she looked at the history of the Capital’s beginning She studied the process it took to build Lorentia, the royal capital of Lester Kingdom At the tihed off her studies In the beginning, she studied just the history, but as time went on, she looked at the structure of the Capital and studied how a city was structured She looked at the houses people needed to live as well as the materials and construction methods needed to ether made a city After that, she was interested in the network of roads that connected one city to another and fell in even deeper as she looked at what it took to maintain those roads

While other noble ladies were enthusiastic about jewels and dresses, Sophia focused her attention on learning e at a ti process very eniuses cannot overcome those who put in the effort, and those who put in the effort cannot overcome those who enjoy thee, after a certain point in tie was comparable to the architects who had worked in the field for decades And once she had learned all that she could froan to want to see her own abilities in action This was the result of her unique tastes and her unusual obsession with architecture

But there was a problem — she was female, and a noble lady at that 99 of the architects were conized for his achievedoiven a noble title for his achievement, it was only the rank of a Baron and only that one title Although architecture was essential for a country, in this world, it is perceived as a job for the commoners And a noble wants to do it? A noble lady at that? Absolutely impossible

But Sophia really wanted to do it so e and told her father Unsurprisingly, Baron Philinover was furious He knew that his daughter had a unique hobby, but he never thought it would result in so so unusual like this That day, Baron Philinover burnt all her architectural books and the blueprints she had drawn She cried and begged, but he ignored her It was a pity the architectural books were gone, but it was even one The blueprints she had joyfully drawn full of iination day by day were very precious to Sophia Whenever she thought about how one day her blueprints would be used to build, she had been happy But it was all burnt She cried as though she was a child whose precious doll had been stolen Looking at his crying daughter, Baron Philinover just warned her never to do it again

But Sophia didn’t give up She didn’t even think about giving up Baron Philinover didn’t know this, but his daughter wasit from her father, she went out to look at construction sites and even continued to draw in secretShe was scolded every tie her habitHowever, there was a limit to what she could do without her father’s permission to beco happened to Baron Philinover’s house Her father, Baron Philinover was reprimanded and dismissed by the central ad done sooat by his superiors and wrongfully bla fired by the central administration, Baron Philinover believed that there would be no future left for hi business, squared away the family fortune and moved down South

For Sophia, this was like a thunderstoro down South Unlike other aristocratic young ladies, she wasn’t upset because she couldn’t attend banquets or buy expensive dresses It was because she liked the royal capital Lorentia with its buildings that had been preserved for over hundreds of years and its well-ordered and ed network of roads If a new construction method was created, it was possible to see it io down South? Born and raised in the capital, to her, the southern region only had endless barley and wheat fields She definitely didn’t want to go In the end, she couldn’t go against the decision made by her father, the head of the family, and moved down to the South

For a while, she was dispirited and dazed The fact that she couldn’t see the architectural style of the capital, which had been her only pleasure in life, sucked away her will to live She gave a deep sigh as she thought of giving up on everything and just cal the rest of her life e tea In the ed to Forrest Manor

Even when she was in the Capital, she didn’t enjoy banquets, but now, she had zero ot to Forrest Territory The moment she arrived, she perked up Was Forrest Territory as developed as the Capital and full of attractive architecture? No, absolutely not Instead, what fascinated her was the excite born The royal capital Lorentia was already a completed city where tradition and history breathe in every building But Forrest Manor was different This was a neorld where life was just beginning to be born It was still in its rough stages, like a roughly drawn sketch, but she felt that if handled well, it would becoo down in history She lied to her father saying she was going to buy a dress, when in reality she went looking through the entire Forrest Territory

‘You can’t just enlarge the port like that…’

‘If you don’t fix the sewage facilities now, it’ll be more difficult later on…’

‘Why didn’t he think of building a public square when he thought of building a central road? Ah… this won’t do…’

Anxious and frazzled, with her patience at its lian to draw the facilities that she thought Forrest Territory would need Fortunately, her father was too busyhis ideas to the other nobles at the banquet to care what his daughter was doing Finally, her ht it was a ree of co it, all she felt was despair

‘What’s the point of drawing a blueprint? Isn’t it useless if it can’t be used?’

She fell deep in thought She wanted to someho it to Count Forrest but would he properly look at her hen it had been done by a woman? No, more importantly, would she even be able to hter of a fallen noble house,star of the South? Worry after worry kept coood natured but impulsive, she closed her eyes and made a decision

‘Let’s just see how it turns out’

Count Forrest ht ridicule her, but that was a problem for later Even if it’s just once, she still wanted to trywith him Resolute, she went to his manor and asked for Count Forrest, and refused, she asked that he at least take a look at her blueprints

As a result…

“And that’s how I ended up in front of you, Count Forrest”

After co Sophia’s explanation, Milton had one response

“That’s a”

Sophia’s face reddened as she blushed Even she thought she had forced her way in

But if it was her lucky chance, then…

“I really liked it”

Thankfully, Milton thought highly of her pushi+ng her way in