Roa City was like a fortress. No, not just Roa, but in the northern part of the Asura Kingdom, even including the capital, the overall city was in the fortress style of a wartime period. This was a 'trace' left over from the Human-Demon War long ago. Four hundred years ago, the demons chose to invade from the north of the central continent, and the Asura Kingdom was the first pass for the human race during the war. But now, although the architectural style has been preserved, the former military fortress has become a transportation hub with a commodity economy as its core.
Even at nine o'clock in the morning, the city gate was still bustling with people. Three carriages slowly passed through the city gate. The armored soldiers guarding the gate just saw that it was the lord's mansion's carriage and let them pass without stopping to check. In this peaceful era, no one would dare to do something as bizarre as assassinating a noble and impersonating them to go to the city.
"What!! Is that guy from the capital as tall as Alan?? Are the calluses on his hands as thick as Alan's??" This was Eris's voice, her rising intonation 'jumping' out of the carriage window.
"About the same," was Ghislaine's usual steady voice, as she stated this as a fact.
"Hah? Are you lying to me, Ghislaine?"
"No."
"You're lying to me!"
"It's true, Eris."
"Hah? Sylphie, you think so too?? Didn't you say Alan is the strongest??"
"..."
Ever since Eris heard that she had a cousin in the capital, who even had the same name as Alan and similar sword skills, she had been referring to this relative with the word 'guy'. And in her words, she had always wanted Ghislaine to praise the Alan beside her to belittle the 'cousin' in the capital. This was very real. And also very wild dog-like. It made Alan himself not know whether to laugh or cry.
But this was also the charm of the wild dog. If you were recognized by her, she would think you were very good. Although limited by her level of education, she could only produce the idea of 'good' without any embellishments, this idea was a cognition that emanated from within and was then honestly expressed in her words and actions. It's just that she was not willing to say it directly. She was a tsundere little lion.
Eris's loud and noisy voice and Alan's slightly helpless and soothing words passed through the carriage window, drifting in the air, passing by the rows of open-air vendors on the roadside, and darting through the astonished expressions of the passers-by. Finally, it entered the carriage in front and scattered by Philip's smiling lips.
Rudeus had been leaning against the carriage window and looking out. This was his first time in a large city in this world, and his face was full of curiosity. And Sylphie, who had been looking at Alan, couldn't hold back after a while and joined Rudeus by his side. The two of them straightened up and knelt by the side of the carriage, their two small heads poking out, reminding Alan of the dogs sticking their heads out of passing cars on the road in his previous life.
"Eh? What's that? Do you know, Sylphie?"
"I don't know."
Hearing this, Alan poked his head out between the two of them and looked outside the carriage. Eris, on the side, raised an eyebrow and also came over. "What? Let me see too." A large and three small heads of various colors of hair drifted in the wind outside the carriage window.
In their eyes, was the waiting area for the public carriage. There were many people with huge luggage waiting by the side. This reminded Alan of the huge suitcase in Roxy's hands that could almost fit Blue Mama, and this public carriage was also the main means of transportation Roxy used for her travels. He couldn't help but blink. 'Roxy... by the way, the seven-day map search cooldown is up tonight. I can see her again.'
[Didn't you say you don't watch at night?]
'She's been busy with her teaching duties recently. She usually only takes a bath in the early morning. If I watch in the first half of the night, I can just see her writing a letter.'
[...6.]
[So is there any point in reading a letter twice?]
Alan looked at the city scenery passing by the window and smiled. 'Carriages are slow, and letters travel far, so the letters that take a full two months to go back and forth are particularly meaningful.'
'And...'
'I never said I only read it twice.'
Rudeus waited for a long time and didn't see Alan reply. He glanced over and saw that his brother was in a daze again. He turned to look at Ghislaine in the carriage. "Ghislaine, do you know what that is?"
Ghislaine glanced out the window, fiddling with the 'Heisou' in her hand. "Are you saying you're mocking me?"
Rudeus was startled and quickly waved his hands. "That's not what I meant! I really don't know! I just wanted to ask you to tell me!"
"Oh, sorry. In the past, when I first joined the team, Paul would always point at various things I didn't know and ask me like this to mock me. Later, he even got Zenith to join in... that's the waiting area for the public carriage. Generally speaking, people rely on this means of transportation to travel between towns."
As soon as these words fell, Rudeus and Sylphie both looked at Alan, and at the same time realized that he was thinking of Roxy because of this means of transportation. The former first pursed his lips, then shook his head with a slightly helpless smile. 'I thought that by getting close to Alan, some of his leftovers would fall to me, but in the end, I got nothing... was it a decision-making error? I don't know when I'll meet a girl who likes me...'
Fiery red hair swayed above his head. Rudeus looked up. Eris.
Rudeus smiled awkwardly. 'Alan's biological sister... a hot-tempered, reckless brat... by the way, was my direction wrong from the beginning? Instead of looking for a girl to raise, wouldn't it be more suitable for me to find a gentle and beautiful older sister? By the way, it's fine if there are no leftovers...'
'Even my god was dug away.'
'Alan, this guy...'
'Fortunately, I'm not a girl...'
And Sylphie looked up at Alan. In her reddish-brown pupils was Alan's smiling face. The latter was looking at the waiting area that was already far away. In a blink of an eye, a corner turned, and the waiting area disappeared from his sight. The 'atmosphere' around them suddenly changed. Those open-air stalls all disappeared, and rows of buildings rose up, coming towards them.
Not only were there weapon shops and armor shops, which were very much in the style of a sword and magic world, but there were also clothing stores, shoe stores, food stores, and medicine stores, which were more in line with the atmosphere of life. There were hired clerks standing at the entrance, displaying some of the goods and attracting customers.
The weapon seller hung swords and sabers at the entrance to display, "Swords for sale, swords for sale precious swords that can cut through iron like mud"; The food seller also laid out a small cart at the entrance to display the exquisite pastries from the shop, "Royal court special desserts from the capital, welcome to taste"; The medicine seller also displayed beautiful glass bottles at the entrance, "Aphrodisiacs, ah, aphrodisiacs, a fine product directly supplied by the nobles of the capital, guaranteed to be effective, you won't be tired all night"
At the entrance of a magnificent multi-story building that didn't know what it was selling... there were no people, and no goods. ?
Alan looked up in confusion. The goods were hanging upstairs—in each window, beautiful girls with good figures, wearing clothes as thin as gauze, were leaning out and lazily combing their wet hair.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem, ahem!"
"Alan? What's wrong?"
Alan couldn't stop coughing and quickly lowered his head, because as he had looked up just now, several girls had seen his movement and were all smiling and waving at him, with the main idea being that all who come are guests. He quickly turned his head to look at Sylphie, but found that she was not looking at the shops outside at all. At this moment, their eyes met. The latter subconsciously wanted to look away, but in the end, her neck only moved slightly, and she continued to look at Alan.
As they looked at each other, the hawking continued. "Come and see, come and see! The latest arrivals of clothes, with skirts of all colors, all good goods from the capital~~"
Alan blinked. "Sorry, Sylphie, it's not convenient today. We need to go to the city lord's mansion first. How about we come out and buy you a skirt another day?"
Sylphie's face froze for a moment, and she quickly explained. "I! I didn't mean that!"
Alan smiled. The amorous scene from upstairs just now had been completely replaced by the white hair and red pupils in front of him. "I know, but that's what I mean."
"..."
"...Okay."
On the other side of the carriage, Ghislaine looked worriedly at Rudeus, who had his whole body leaning out the window and was looking back.
As the carriage continued forward and entered the center of the city, the buildings on both sides of the street became more magnificent and larger. This area was more of a residential area, and the shops also tended to transition to high-end products. It was still prosperous, but no longer noisy.
Finally, the carriage turned a corner. In front of them was the center of the city, and also the largest building in Roa. The lord's mansion, like a castle. The coachman nodded slightly to the guards at the entrance of the mansion. The main gate opened. Three carriages entered.
In front of them was a huge fountain, with white stone floors and lawns distributed on the left and right, somewhat like the square in front of an ancient European castle. The servants cleaning the square saw Philip return and hurried into the mansion. At Philip's signal, everyone got off the carriage and waited.
Alan looked at the fountain on the side with a smile for a while, then turned and whispered something in Ghislaine's ear. The sound was covered by the fountain and could not be heard clearly.
At this time, a 'senior' with a strong build, white hair mixed in his head, and looking strong and vigorous, walked out from the main gate of the mansion with firm steps, followed by a stream of servants and beast-girls.
Sauros Boreas Greyrat. He looked like a tiger and a wolf, and his steps were extremely fast. An advanced-level swordsman. Before the person arrived... his voice came first!
"Philip!! I heard you took Eris to the countryside to find a tutor and didn't come back all night!!"
Before Philip could answer, Eris jumped up and ran towards her grandfather. "Grandpa! I'm back!"
"Father, we—"
Sauros grabbed Eris, who was running towards him, into his arms, took a few steps, and in full view of everyone, without listening to Philip say anything more, he suddenly raised his leg and kicked him to the ground! Rudeus, who was about to say hello, was startled.
"Finding a tutor for Eris and you can even run to the countryside yourself? To find some villagers? And you didn't come back all night? Philip, you, the mayor of Roa City, are too idle, aren't you? What are you doing!?!" After saying this, he immediately turned his head and, like a lion, cast his gaze on Rudeus and Alan. It swept past the former's face, but paused for a moment on the latter's.
Seeing this, Rudeus took a step back. Seeing that Alan was indifferent, he immediately bowed at lightning speed to prove that he was not a villager passer-by, but a member of the family. "Hello! It's nice to meet you. My name is Rudeus Greyrat."
Alan withdrew his gaze from Thomas, glanced at Rudeus, and bowed like him. "Hello, my name is Alan."
"My name is Sylphiette."
Hearing the name Alan, Sauros was slightly stunned. He looked Alan up and down, his gaze lingering on the other party's bowed posture for a moment, and then looked at his glasses, not knowing what he was thinking. After a long while, he finally spoke. "Hmph, didn't Paul even teach you the most basic etiquette?"
Philip had already gotten up from the ground and knelt on one knee to Sauros. "Sorry, father. These two are the young geniuses I mentioned before who exterminated the monster tide in Buena Village last year... one is Paul's son, one is the adventurer tutor hired by Paul, and the other is the beloved disciple of a Water King-level magician. They are all exceptionally talented and very young, very suitable for recruitment."
"Considering that Eris has been quite tired of her studies recently, introducing talented people of the same age as her tutors will also motivate her in her studies, so I went to take a look. Since they were recommended by Paul, it should be much more reassuring than recruiting from outside. After all, with the blood relationship, Eris will also be more receptive. And if they show excellent growth in these few years, they can be used by Roa as a matter of course." His tone was very sincere, and his words were very direct, as if he was afraid that his father would misunderstand. It was completely different from his usual roundabout way of talking.
Sauros moved his gaze from Alan's face and did not look at Philip, but first looked at Eris in his arms. "Eris, are you willing to have them as your tutors?"
"I allow Alan and Sylphie to be my tutors!"
Rudeus's mouth twitched, and he looked at Sauros in horror. The latter, however, did not care that one person was missing, or who that person was. His gaze, like a knife, then turned back to the kneeling Philip. "Why were you late? Did you stay at Paul's for a night? Why are your clothes so dirty?"
Philip raised his eyes slightly and looked at Thomas, who was hidden behind Sauros and whose expression had been normal since he came out. As a butler, the other party's simple and honest expression was as usual, very natural, and his body language was very respectful. Also an advanced-level swordsman, he had no presence at all standing next to Sauros. His clenched fist was exactly the same as usual. Very natural.
In the sound of the fountain, Philip's voice was also very natural.
"Reporting to father, because on our way back..."
"We were assassinated."
(Author's Note)
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