And so, Gyda ordered the guards to bring the first item they would bid on, which was currently stored in the adjacent room where the inventory of manufactured goods was kept.
The guards, who were regular men equipped with iron armor, iron helmets, and standard iron spears, walked in a straight line into the room carrying a wooden table. On this wooden table rested a glass box that was covered entirely with a red cloth.
The attendees were amazed by the design of the container before they even saw the invention itself.
The glass box allowed light to pass through it cleanly without visual obstruction, which was a physical property that these men of war and power had only previously seen in very small, imperfect pieces of jewelry or irregular window panes imported from distant territories.
