Chapter 493: Arrival
Two days later, Mickey and Lu Tao followed Magina and set off, and there were no big bags and small bags as Lu Tao imagined, three carriages went along the road to the west, the first carriage sat on Makina, the second carriage contained some luggage and a wooden box containing something I don't know, and the third carriage was Mickey and Lu Tao.
The three carriages carried a group of people leisurely, and they didn't know when they would arrive at the unknown destination, but in any case, Issos was still the capital of a country, and Lu Tao's curiosity was not weak, and it was also a good thing to be able to see some unusual exotic customs.
Joseph and Duma came to see off that day, as well as Mickey's good friend Harry, Lisa and Xiaoying did not come, Lu Tao naturally did not meet Scott who came back from the 15th Legion, the restoration work of the Cathedral of Light has begun in advance, no one knows better than Lisa what the Cathedral of Light was originally like, so Lisa stayed, and helped diligently, naturally there was no way to say goodbye to Lu Tao and Mickey, this matter, Lisa had already said before, so Lu Tao did not have any feelings of loss, I just hope that the rebuilt Cathedral of Light can make Lisa's mood betterγ
On the first day of the journey to Scott, the capital of the Republic of Carr, the six people, including the coachman, did not have any superfluous words, except for the time when they needed to rest at night, the three carriages did not stop, and several of them ate dry food, and Magina also ate dry food, and there was nothing special for the others.
The same is true the next day, dry food mixed with cold water, delicious and naturally delicious nowhere to go, just to be able to satisfy the stomach, Lu Tao began to miss things such as spicy rabbit head, or spicy sheep's trotters, if he can go back, Lu Tao must eat a big meal after going back.
On the third day of the trip, the situation finally changed a little, and a city finally appeared on this road, although it was not a big city, it still made Lu Tao very excited, especially since he didn't have to eat those shriveled dry food all the time, it was enough to make Lu Tao feel thankful.
"Take a day off here and find a place to stay. β
Magina's voice also came from the first car in the front row, and the coachmen naturally went to find the place where she lived, and Mickey winked at Lu Tao: "I used to pass by when I came out of this city, and there are a few taverns where the food is okay, and when the time comes, I will take you to taste it together, it is much better than the things you eat along the way." β
"Okay!" Lu Tao swallowed his saliva, he really couldn't stand the tasteless dry food along the way, now even if he gave him a roasted sweet potato and sprinkled it with a little salt, he would feel that it was a rare delicacy, one piece was not enough, maybe two pieces.
The coachman who drove the carriage obviously came to the city, they successfully drove the three carriages to the open space behind a hotel, and then successfully checked in, it seems that this is the largest hotel in the city, Magina lives in one room by herself, three coachmen live in one room, and finally Mickey and Lu Tao still live in one room, after the room is allocated, Mickey said hello to his Aunt Magina, and pulled Lu Tao out of the door.
This small city is called Harias, and the scale is equivalent to the town next to the Cathedral of Light that Lu Tao once visited, Harias was built at the foot of a mountain, and even extended to the gentle slope above the foot of the mountain, so that the whole town became concave and convex, and the bluestone slabs on the ground were polished for a long time, and green moss grew between the cracks, and there were only a few pedestrians on the street except for empty or fully loaded carriages
The buildings on both sides of the road are only two floors highest, which seems quite quiet.
Lu Tao followed Mickey and turned left and right, and came to the door of a tavern in an alley, it was just noon, and through a door, Lu Tao could hear the noise in the tavern, not only that, the sound of cups and cups touching each other was brighter than those noises, mixed with laughter, as if playing a cheerful music.
Mickey pushed open the door and walked in directly with Lu Tao, the lively scene inside was finally displayed in front of Lu Tao, probably because the window was relatively narrow, the tavern was not very bright, and there were a few candles hanging on the lamp holder overhead, which made the whole room a little drowsy, and added some of the atmosphere of the tavern, but it was not used for electricity here, which still made Lu Tao a little stunned, obviously even the town next to the Cathedral of Light had already used electric lights, and it was still candles used here, and I don't know what the situation wasγ
Lu Tao and Mickey entered the tavern, just to make those who were eating and drinking look up at them, and then continued to turn their attention to the food on the table and the wine glass in their hands.
The two of them found a corner and sat down, and soon, a waitress dressed in cool clothes came over, but her voice was not polite at all: "What do you order?" I recommend today's beef chowder, the unicorn just slaughtered this morning, it is very fresh. β
Mickey nodded: "Then two beef chowder, two more roast beef, two ales, thank you." β
The waitress didn't say a word, nodded and turned back, Mickey looked at the waitress's back and shook his head: "These taverns don't want to work the taste of food, and it's really not interesting to engage in these crooked ways every day." β
Lu Tao looked at Mickey, he didn't look young, he didn't look like he didn't understand anything, although the waitress just now was not very good-looking, but her figure was still good, just like this small city called Harias, Lu Tao guessed that it was probably Mickey, who was a nobleman, and he didn't look down on such a waitress at all.
Soon, the food and wine were served, and the candle on the head was not very bright, so that whether it was beef chowder or roast beef, there was a layer of shadow, and I couldn't see what was inside, but fortunately, the fragrance was still normal, and Lu Tao couldn't care about it so much, picked up the knife and fork on the side, chose a piece of meat that looked good and pierced it, completely ignoring how honest and hard-working the unicorn was before his death.
The meaning of chowder is that there is everything in it, the meat pieces that Lu Tao put in his mouth are very chewy, Lu Tao tasted it for a long time and didn't taste which part of the cow it was, but the good taste is very good, and I don't know if it is because this shop handles it very well, there is no fishy smell.
Lu Tao, who had eaten clean for several days, didn't care what he knew, and Mickey also put down his aristocratic reserve and ate the food in the bowl in a big gulp.
The taste of roast beef is better, maybe because of eating too much light dry food, and putting the roast beef with a somewhat spicy taste into his mouth almost activates all Lu Tao's taste buds.
The last is the ale wine, no matter what world Lu Tao is in, he has never tried a drink like ale wine, the reason why it is a drink, it is naturally to distinguish it from those high liquor and beer, the ale wine here is drunk in the mouth, there is a sweet feeling, but also with a fresh fragrance of wheat, and a little sour taste left after fermentation, if you have to say that it tastes similar to something, it is probably another fermented drink called kvass.
"Did you hear that? Her Royal Highness the Princess of Issos is getting married. β
The conversation at the table next to him fluttered to the table on Lu Tao's side, making Mickey who heard this stunned for a moment, and then continued to eat the barbecue in front of him.
"Really? I remember that the princess of Issos was the most beautiful girl in all of Issos, where was he going to marry?"
"I heard that it's the Kingdom of Luce, the country next door, so it's very convenient to marry into a neighbor's territory, so it's very convenient to go home. β
"But as far as I know, it doesn't seem that there is a failed prince in the Luce Kingdom, and their eldest prince is only eleven years old, so it shouldn't be suitable, right?"
"Who said he was going to marry a prince?
"It's not okay to marry the king, I remember that the king of the kingdom of Luz is already forty or fifty years old, but he is two rounds older than the princess of Issos. β
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Lu Tao was trembling a little when he saw Mickey holding the knife and fork, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you, Mickey, why are you shaking?"
"It's okay...... The ale was so cold, I just felt a little cold. β
Lu Tao touched the cup containing the ale wine, the turbid liquid in the cup didn't seem to be particularly cold, naturally it didn't feel cold, and after thinking about it, Lu Tao didn't have a clue, so he had to continue to lower his head and eat the food in front of him.
After eating, Lu Tao and Mickey came out of the tavern and walked on the stone road in the city, and Mickey suddenly became a lot silent.
"Is there anything I can go to in this city, is it too early to go back?By the way, did you bring some food back to your Aunt Magina?" Lu Tao looked left and right, and returned to a relatively civilized city, Lu Tao suddenly felt a lot happier.
Mickey shook his head: "It's still not, I'm not in the mood today, I'll take you around the city tomorrow, Aunt Magina doesn't eat meat food, we don't have to bring him it, those coachmen will find food on their own." β
Lu Tao glanced at Mickey inexplicably, and finally nodded, and returned to the hotel with Mickey, sure enough, when they arrived at the hotel, the three coachmen had already gone out, and Magina's room was still closed, and I didn't know if she was inside.
The food at night was relatively simple, it was the simple food provided by the hotel, there was nothing to say all night, and the convoy continued to move forward early the next morning, I don't know if it was his illusion, he always felt that the convoy that had been a little slow before began to speed up.
In the afternoon, Lu Tao felt that there were suddenly more people and carriages on the road, and the three of them mixed in the advancing traffic and became quite normal.
In the evening, when the sun began to change color, Lu Tao finally saw the huge city gate at the end of the road in front of him, the first-level city gate left and right ~ Heng went out of the city wall far away.
"Is this Issos?" Lu Tao asked Mickey as he looked through the window on the side of the carriage.
Mickey glanced at the gate in front of him and nodded, "That's right, this is Issos, the largest city within a radius of a hundred kilometers, the capital of the Republic of Karl." β
After passing through the city gate, the coachman turned to a relatively quiet road, and the surrounding buildings became fewer and fewer, until the end of the road, a white building appeared, and there was a solemn feeling that could not be ignored floating from the front, so that Lu Tao couldn't help but pay more attention to the building in front of him.