Chapter 5 - Chapter 5 : My copper Coins

Luna has to try her best to guide the mechanical engineer to invent her DC motor. It has been 2 days passed, now it's only 1 day left before she has to Join as a distinguished guest in THE Royal Scholars Board of the Palace.

Even though it seems like all the material has been constructed, the motor still doesn't work. Luna checked the formula and her notes again, it's all done why doesn't it work? She has its plan sketched by the engineer for the map. Everything seems right, but it still does not work no matter how they tried.

" How can I see the King if my electricity still not work?" Luna grumbled alone. Suddenly, the postman came to her, greeting and send her a letter from the King, "Your Royal Highness, this letter is sent from the King".

Princess Indradevi took the letter, "Thank you!". After he left, she started to open the letter. But, not a lucky day! All the characters written in the letter were in Khmer old character and she couldn't understand it at all. Luna complained in her head," Oh dear, why can't he just write it more simplified? I couldn't understand at all except letter ក (Ko) ​... ".

Luna looked at her maid standing beside her, she got an idea and handed it to her maid immediately. The maid was shaken; it was the precious letter from the emperor! She knelt down and said, " Your Royal Highness, this is the letter from emperor, this lowly one dare not even take a glance at it! Please leave my life!". As the maid was thinking that, the Princess thought she sneaked out to read her letter; in fear of die she must as for her life to be forgiven.

Luna handed her the letter and said, " I'm not killing you! I just wanted you to read this letter for me".

Hearing that, the maid was relief. But however, how can she read that?

" Your Royal Highness, but this lowly one doesn't know how to read..." the maid replied with hesitation.

The Princess then realized. Well, it's ancient period and the women wasn't supported to learn as the men. So, how can a lowly maid like her know how to read? She then pardoned her, and continued to hand that letter to the mechanical engineer to read it for her.

" Hey master! Can you read this for me? I don't know how to read" The Princess said.

The man smiled as hearing that, because however the Princess is the celestial immortal re transmigrated as a human, but in this life, women weren't allowed to learn much as the men, so that's why she can't read; as the proverbs said, " Women do not spin the stove".

He took the letter and read to her," Dear Princess Indradevi the sister-in-law of mine, the Royal Scholars Board meeting will start tomorrow morning in the big temple palace. Please do not hesitate to join as the distinguished guest to us...."

After hearing all the meaning in the letter, it made Luna more anxious. How can she be a distinguished guest at the Royal Scholars Board when she knows nothing about the topic to say? How can she be there when she never even learned the laws? Creepy! What can she escape from it now?

The anxious Luna knocked the system by using her mind power to call it out, " System! System! Come assist me! I need your help!".

The system suddenly appears as the response from her.

~~The System: What can I help you madam? ~~

" Broken system! How can I go into the Royal Scholars Board when I know nothing about the Laws?" Luna asked in her head voice.

~~The System: Absolutely, you can. Please tap the download button; to download the laws program for use. ~~

The button appeared in front of her, so she lifted her hand to tap it in space, which made the maid and engineers feel suspicious.

" What now? There are many laws, which one should I use?" Luna asked.

~~The System: It's depending on the situation; whenever you need it, you can choose from the category and it will display in screen for you to read. The logical error occurred by your misinterpretation it was concerned to the systems, since there are many laws in the world you should be wise to choose which one use. ~~

" But how can I know which one to use?" Luna asked.

~~ The System: as described above; it depends on the situation you face. ~~

Luna continued chatting with the system, when everyone beside her was looking at her with puzzled eyes. What is the Princess doing? Standing alone and playing with her facial expression?

The Engineers look at the maid who also was clueless about her master's behaviors.

After finishing conversations with the System, Luna turns back to her senses but to see the peoples' expression which was stumped. Were they looking at her?

In spite of this, she didn't care about their expression but went to check her DC motor instead. While checking the idea came to her, later she asked the mechanical engineer standing next to her, " Do you have copper coin?".

The head of engineer hesitated but still handed her the coins which were his money and each coin equal 1 damlung (37.49 gram or 1.2 troy ounce), and that was his salary. He handed her 1 dumlung coins, as a senior engineer how can he not have a big currency? 1 kak, 2 kak it would only count by the juniors, not him.

Luna got the coin and seems like it would in the appropriate size for her experiment to invent a battery. " Is it gold? Wow, you guys are rich!".

Hearing that the head of engineer smiled, took it as a compliment appreciating his wealth. Therefore, Luna reaches her hand to ask more, " I need about 5 more!". With that, it makes the man stunned, regret his life choice. Undeniable to the Empress's Sister, he was himself to hand her all his money, but his face became sad and disappointed.

Whereas Luna wasn't concern about his facial express, she is busy with her job inventing battery by using gold coin to create the electric power.

Those are his salary for this month and now he has spent all for her experiment? How about his family? The man sad, but tried to smiled when the Princess looked at him. What a good servant!

After the princess has tried to invent battery but was fail, she commanded the men to keep it for her for experiment later. Whereas the head of the engineer almost fainted after she left. His fellow came to hold him not to fall, asking with worry " Master! Master! Are you alright?".

" My salary... 6 damlung..." the man tried to hold his balance when he almost felt slighted and dizzy, losing all his money recently. However, he tried to convince himself, " That's okay! That's okay! Her Royal Highness is teaching us how to create the historical divine things, no matter how much I have spent..." even though he tried to use the good words to motivate himself, but his tears appear and he started to cry " I would do whatever Her Royal Highness told me to,". All his men feel pity for him and try to comfort him.