"Miss Amalia, are you still awake?"

Newspapers require fixed sales channels, intelligence gathering demands sufficient contacts and manpower, and purchasing paper for binding incurs significant costs.

These three factors alone can deter the vast majority of people.

The first two points are not difficult for Astrid.

She can leverage the connections of the Velmont family and the loyal maids provided by Charlotte.

Moreover, as the most favored princess of the empire, her official status ensures that most nobles and wealthy merchants are willing to accommodate her requests.

However, money is a pressing issue for Astrid at the moment.

To meet with Amalia every night, she has been consuming transformation potions, depleting even the small coffers she shared with Elise.

Understanding that she can't ignore objective conditions and leave all implementation difficulties to Elise alone, Astrid decided to take action.