Chapter 578: 'Countryman' Al Ain (Part I)
"Look, that's the 'landmark' of our Wende City, the Maid Master's Mage Tower!"
Suddenly, Ein looked up, beyond the top of the tree, to the top of the building in the distance.
The former adventurer's eyes narrowed, "That'...... Isn't it a mountain?"
He had been to Greenland, and he had been to the Kurkut Empire, and had seen quite a few tall and majestic mage towers, so he didn't think it was a mage tower.
They sat in a bullock cart, and Chorral, who had forgotten Ein's rude words a few days earlier, sat beside him to hear him talk about his adventurous life.
Ein expressed surprise that Red was able to return home, and he was also surprised that Red was originally in the 'Fortified City'.
He didn't know much about the Sadwind Lord, but from the words of Jolar and Red, he knew that Fortified City was one of the three fortresses in the northern part of the Duchy of Sorrow.
Will the soldiers of this principality still be able to 'take a vacation'?
To this question, which made Ein feel ridiculous, Rhett replied at the time: "Originally, we also had vacations, but it was about once every five years, and after the maid became in charge, we were able to take vacations almost every year. As long as we are on duty, we will be able to go back home and see our families, but it will only be about 10 days. ”
"Of course, it's the maid master's mage tower!"
Jolar snorted a few times, "That's Wende City, how can it be a mountain?"
Ein's mouth opened, but when he saw the unpretentious smiles on the faces of Joral and Red, he gave up asking questions.
Maybe that's true, but he doesn't know...... After a few years as a lumberjack there, what else did he know?
After smiling self-deprecatingly, Ein told Joral next to him about his past.
Now, the experiences that kept him awake at night no longer make him feel painful, and these memories will become treasures for his life.
Only those who have experienced the experience of dying know that the pain they have experienced is nothing at all, compared to death.
Only death is the most terrible thing, and once you think back to the scene, if Choral had abandoned him at that time, then just thinking about it makes Al Ain feel afraid.
Fortunately, he is alive again, it's good to be alive......
Riding in an ox cart borrowed from a neighbor, Red takes Al Ain and Jolar down the trail to Windtown, and the slight bumps along the way will also stir up some memories of Ein, a former adventurer, who is no stranger to them.
The main purpose of their trip to Wende City this time was to buy some things that they needed for spring sowing, which was supposed to be for the others, but Red wanted to take Jolar to the city to play, so he let him go.
After passing through a forest, the eyes suddenly opened up.
Ein's eyes widened, and she stuck her head out of the open-top bullock cart, her eyes fixed on the ground.
"Hmph, scared, right?"
Jolar laughed a few times: "Let me tell you, this is the 'public road' built by the maid chief and connected all the towns and cities of the principality! Not only is the road surface flat, but there is also a 'service station' not far away! This is something that no other country in the world can do, you should not have seen it, right?"
Ein shook his head blankly, and he suddenly realized that after coming here, all his 'common sense' seemed to have failed.
He thought that he was a normal person, and as a former adventurer, he was well-informed, but he didn't expect that since he came to this place, the things that he thought were common sense were no longer 'common sense'.
But he always felt that it was not that he was crazy, but that the world was crazy!
It's like the road now, if only the road to the capital was like this, he would be able to accept it, but this is actually a road that spreads all over the country......
Wait, is that the same for other territories?
"Isn't that a matter of course?" Choral rolled his eyes, not quite understanding why Eyal's would ask.
Choral asked rhetorically, "Isn't it true that all the nobles and all the territories are under the rule of the maid and the lord?"
"No, how could we be like that there......" Ein laughed dumbly.
He finally decided that it wasn't he who was crazy, but the world who was crazy!
It was as if there was a world between him and Choral, and the gap between his thoughts had reached a point that gave him the idea that 'this world is crazy'.
What the hell is going on with this territory? It's only been a few years since he's out of mainstream society - can a road like this be paved for a principality in a few years?
After that, Ein never said anything about the Sadwind Leader, because he thought he was a little embarrassed.
It's like a countryman entering the metropolis for the first time, and he used to have such an experience, but now it only makes him feel ashamed.
And now, he's once again a 'hillbilly'.
This duchy is so strange, what the hell is going on in this place? Also, who is the 'chief maid' that Joral has been mentioning before, and why it is not the 'grand duke' who rules this principality, but a 'chief maid', don't they think it is strange?
Because it's a rare thing for a black dragon to become the lord of a human territory, even Ein, who works as a lumberjack in a small town where the news is closed, can know about it.
But he didn't know much about the follow-up, so he felt so surprised now.
When the ox cart came out of the woods, Ein was sure that it was indeed a tall building, not a 'high mountain' as he had imagined.
Here, he could already see the majestic city wall in the distance, and the upper part of the tall building went beyond the wall and into the clouds.
Just looking at it was shocking, and no matter where he was, he had never seen such a tall building.
As for whether it was a mage tower or not, he didn't know very well, but since they all said it was a mage tower, then it should be.
The wheels of the open-top bullock cart turned slowly, and when the cold wind blew, it was deliberately blocked by Ein and Red, so Choral didn't feel any cold.
Looking at the thick cotton coat on Choral's body, Ein once again had a sense of absurdity.
Originally, he thought that this might be the reason why Joral's family was relatively wealthy, but after listening to Joral's words just now, he thought, is it true that people in the entire principality have this kind of clothes to wear?
The question was ridiculous and crazy, and Ein was taken aback by his whimsical conjecture, but what made him even more puzzled was that he himself was expecting it?
Is there really such a rich territory in this world?
It's as if the dream that has been sleeping in my heart has been awakened, like a dreamy fairyland, a territory that can keep most people well fed and clothed, does it really exist?
As Red said, Apple Village was indeed not far from Wende City, and it only took them about an hour or two to get there in an ox cart.
The tall walls were in front of him, but the long line in front of them shocked Al Ain even more.
"Isn't it winter?" he couldn't help but ask.
Red smiled and nodded, "Yes, of course it's winter, but Mr. Ein, why don't you think there's snow on the road we were on?"
In the face of Red's rhetorical question, Ein replied without thinking: "Someone has cleaned it!"
And then he understood.
Since someone has swept it, then there is naturally someone in front of them......
But there are too many of them, aren't they? When will they be able to enter the city?
Soon, Ein knew the answer to the question: fifteen minutes!