When it comes to prosperity, compared to the Radiant City of Serokhia and the Sea Capital Neosfia, and even compared to the Sky City of Elichar, the Plateau Capital Carmellot looks deserted and old. While the vast cities were connected by the land of trade in the skies and seas, and wealth and commerce flowed through the veins of the logistics network, the Northern Empire of the People of the Sky was outside the system, still living a peaceful life of serving the people in peacetime and serving as soldiers in wartime.

Naturally, this way of life has also influenced the development and expansion of the city. The average population of Carmelo was just over 150,000 men, and that included the Praetorian Guard, consisting of 2,000 Nord royal knights and 2,000 Nord hoplite swordsmen, stationed in the capital, as well as their families.

That's just the usual, though. At the time of the Dawn Festival, a large number of nearby people who live by farming and animal husbandry will rush to the city with the goods they have prepared for sale, whether they are cattle, sheep and horses, or home-brewed wine and special food, or they can forge their own weapons and production tools. In this spontaneously organized large market, they sell their wares in exchange for the necessities of life, as well as gifts such as cloth, sweets, and snacks for their wives and children, and if they have spare money, they can also have a few drinks in the makeshift liquor store in the bazaar, and participate in some healthy or unhealthy recreational activities.

In addition to the natives, many foreign traders also arrived at Carmelo on the latest spring breeze in the land, and through the slippery roads where the snow had just melted. These profiteers know that only this is the best time to do business with this group of xenophobic and stubborn Nords.

Lu Xi and Artoria secretly leave the Sky Palace. As the moonlight passed through the city of Carmelo in the moonlight that had not yet faded, the sky had just turned a little white on the eastern horizon. But the market was already a lively scene.

Only then did Lu Xi know why Carmelo did not have a city wall. Because this makeshift market seems to have more than doubled the size of Carmelo's city.

"The house. Well...... It's really peculiar. There are wheels. Lu Xi looked at a strange wooden house and was amazed.

This house is not surprising from the outside, with wooden walls and wooden roofs and wooden beams, which should be able to accommodate a family of four, but there are several more detachable wheels at the four corners of the walls, which looks very strange. On closer inspection, such similar houses are not rare, and they vary in size. Some houses are simply several stories high, and the wheels are almost as tall as a person.

"Huh? You're talking about RVs! Artoria explains with a smile: "Many of the Virgians who lived further north of Carmelo grazed long-haired wildebeest and mammoths in the ice fields. Winter wolves and white bears are also bred by the way. They live in areas covered with snow all year round, and the pastures on which they depend are often shifted with the weather. The Nord ancestors invented this kind of movable house, which could be dragged away with a wildebeest or a mammoth by simply attaching it to wheels......"

To put it bluntly, they are nomads! If you want me to say, how fierce must the herdsmen who can breed mammoths, winter wolves, and white bears be...... Ah, no, it's not here that should be complained, right? Why do you have to use a house on wheels? I'll admit that this invention is quite novel, but where exactly is the practical significance? Wouldn't it be enough to use a tent?

Although I want to complain like this, Artoria seems to be very proud of the "exquisite" national characteristics of RVs. Lu Xi really didn't want to say much.

Artoria led Lu Xi all the way through the caravan and the caravan of the foreign theater, blushing and politely rejecting the couple rings and matching jewelry that an enthusiastic dwarven merchant had sold to the two, and then passing through an alley where halfling merchants were selling southern sweets and sweets, Lu Xi smelled a large refreshing fragrance. He stared intently. I had come to a huge motorhome about three floors long.

On the door beam of the motorhome hung a sign in Nord with the words "Uncle Halldorb's Gourmet Workshop" written in ancient Nord.

"Uncle Halldo's shop is only open in Carmellot every year on Dawn Day. His soups, side dishes, and grilled meats are among the best in the world, and I've always wanted to take you to try them. Artoria gazed happily at the old sign. It's like seeing a 100-carat diamond.

The concept of happiness of foodies is really simple to see at a glance!

"You came to call me before dawn today, just to call me to drink broth?" Lu Xi couldn't help asking.

"It's natural!" Artoria said categorically with a well-deserved mouthpiece: "For such a delicacy. You should come and line up before dawn, that's the minimum respect. ”

Looks like. This fly restaurant is about to become a holy place in Artoria's heart, if Lu Xi dares to express any objections, there will definitely be a system message like "Favorability -5", Artoria proposes a duel to you, and triggers the quest "The End of the Wood Knife".

This day was on the third day of the duel between Lu Xi and Char. In the past two days, Artoria seems to have been stimulated by something, and has not appeared, except for the undisciplined Olivier who still has a smiling face and wanders around with him. It seems that he, the prince, is too idle to do anything else.

On the second day after Lu Xi and his party arrived in Carmelo, a large number of outsiders began to gather outside the city, all of whom should have come to participate in the Dawn Festival, and today it has reached a climax.

Artoria came to find Lu Xi before dawn, and her bodyguards, bodyguards, and maids were all gone, and the two of them sneaked out of the palace like this.

"The Queen Mother said that one cannot always be in a high environment. Especially those who were born in the imperial family, if they don't know how to be normal, they will one day become a monster that everyone hates. Artoria said solemnly: "That's why I occasionally sneak out to hang out by myself without a single retinue." In addition, if you come to such a place and bring so many retinues, it will definitely bother Uncle Hardo and ordinary guests. ”

"I can understand that. The last time you went poaching, didn't you bring a single person? Lu Xi laughed.

Artoria had nothing to say, only to give the other party a disgusted look. Since she met Lu Xi, she has become more and more extremely girlish.

Artoria took Lu Xi up to the second floor and found a two-seater by the window, which was quieter and more elegant than the noisy and crowded first floor, and of course, it was still not out of the realm of the Fly House.

As soon as she sat down, Artoria skillfully picked up the name of the dish: "I want four large bowls of Uncle Halldober's special mutton soup!" Well, two servings of feta pralines, a baked apple pie, um, and a smoked leg of lamb and two grilled ribs. Well, let's ask for these first, and if it's not enough for a while, you can continue to ......."

Lu Xi's cold sweat suddenly fell. He suddenly realized that Artoria seemed to have a stomach pouch that could connect to another dimension, but even so, it was really okay to have such a strong taste of mutton soup and roast meat early in the morning?

The tall young man who came to keep the list was also dumbfounded, and only after a while did he say, "Little girl, do you have any friends to come?" Why don't you change to a bigger table? ”

"No, just the two of us."

"Can you eat all that stuff?" The tall young man showed a look of dissatisfaction, and said lukewarmly: "Food is a precious thing given to us by God, and it is not good to waste it." ”

"Todd, give it to her, maybe it's not enough to wait...... This little girl certainly doesn't waste food. A rough voice came from the kitchen, and then a fat man in his fifties came out, and greeted Artoria with a smile: "I will never forget the guests who come to my place every year and eat ten servings of food alone." This year, I remember to bring a friend. ”

"Lu Xi is from the Federation, so I want him to try Uncle Halldo's craftsmanship as well." Artoria stood up and nodded to the shopkeeper in a proper posture.

"Oh, it's a guest from heaven! Then please wait a moment and try my craft. The big man had the cool personality typical of the Nords, grinned and went back to the kitchen full of energy.

"Ah, I almost forgot." Artoria suddenly remembered something, stood up and said loudly: "Uncle's mutton soup should be paired with Aunt Asha's gray bread to bring out the fantastic delicacy that one plus one is greater than two." Lu Xi, you wait here first, and I'll go buy it back. ”

Before Lu Xi could speak, he saw that Artoria had already staggered down the stairs, leaving not even a cloud behind.

This usually serious and awe-inspiring knight girl seems to be so like a vigorous girl only when it comes to eating. Of course, this is also a strange contrast cuteness, and Lu Xi thinks it's quite eye-catching.

Before Artoria returned, the store brought a cup of hot honey milk, saying that it was a benefit from the boss to a regular customer. Lu Xi had just picked up the cup and was about to warm his stomach with hot honey and milk, when another man came down the stairs on the third floor.

The man looked to be thirty-four or five years old, and his body was very muscular, but when he walked, he walked softly and lightly, like a leopard. He has short dark blonde hair and gray-blue pupils, revealing a sense of indifference that no one can enter.

"Is it Lu Xi? Your Excellency Belencaster, right? ”

"So I'm already so famous!" Lu Xi shrugged his shoulders and said, "May I ask who you are?" Have we met? ”

"Our master is invited, please go upstairs for a while." The man looked at Lu Xi with eyes that could not see any emotional fluctuations, so authentic. Then he didn't wait for the other party's response, he turned around and went upstairs, it seemed that Lu Xi didn't follow or not, it didn't make a difference to him, and his style was simply noble and cold.

Lu Xi admitted: This cold style did make him very angry, but he also had to admit that his curiosity was hopelessly burning violently. (To be continued.) )