"At least, they act like they're getting it locally." Your beguiler continued.

"The prices tend to agree with that sentiment. Unless they're temporarily reducing how much it costs for the sake of competition, I can't see importing roc eggs as sustainable." Ayane chimed in. "In that topic, it was nice to see slime jello available." She'd eaten a cup of said slime jello when finding a stall that sold one. "I was under the impression it took until spring season to for slime ranchers to harvest them."

"Oh, that's all gonna change!" Bertha informed happily. "Back when I was in Riverdale my folks in Aquataine wrote about some new farming and ranching stuff that was getting popular. We're, like, gonna have slimes and other monster meats all year round!"

"Westphalia has been steadily advancing in foodstuffs and made it a priority." You said, recalling some of the things the merchants mentioned about the markets, and how Westphalia was getting more and more food stored up. "So it isn't unexpected they'd get a breakthrough." Unless there's active sabotage or they somehow shit the bed, there wouldn't be a famine in Westphalia anytime soon.

"Master is right." Ruby said. "In Westphalia, the only issues that would arise are the the competing autonomies that constitute the country as a whole."

"The nobles of Westphalia know what is best for the people there." Gerty replied to the perceived negative implication. "All nobles give their all for their subjects, with traitorous ones like the gentry from Aquataine failing to establish themselves."

"In military matters, I don't doubt it." Ruby spoke with a well sounding voice and which somehow fit that smug smile of hers. "But in civilian matters, there tends to be more friction between the myriad duchies, the countless baronies, and the borderland march of any marquis. There is a bad tendency of intrigue for the sake of personal gain back there, fufufufu... Look no further than Forthwythe if you want the evidence." The mention of that name made Gerty scowl.

"Can we talk about food again?" Mel requested before things could take a bitter turn. "Or some of that stuff about slime ranches?"

"I didn't really understand all that stuff about markets and politics." Bertha said. "But I can totally tell you guys about the monsters me and my family used to fight!"

"I'd be keen to 'ear about that, mate." Cattleya meowed, likely thinking about improving her fighting abilities. You doubted your catgirl would want to be left behind.

"It would be favorable to compare the differences for mass charges in familiar terrain and the skirmishes knights usually employ." Gerty admitted.

And from there, more idle conversation was held as you and your wives went this way and that.

While things were all fun it needed to be wrapped up— you couldn't waste the entire evening away with distractions. The patent always remained in the back of your mind.