"Thank you, sir. ”

The currency of the Norsines continent still uses the ancient decimal system, with the largest crowe, followed by the kith, and the smallest topi, one crowe is equal to twelve kis, and one kiss is equal to twelve topi.

Each currency comes in three forms, one, two, and five, and all of them are metal money.

At the same time, banknotes were also in circulation, but so far they were more often used among the upper classes and chambers of commerce, and relatively rarely among the common people.

As far back as Hoden can remember, he had never used paper money, because he had to pay a fee to the bank for metal money or vice versa, which was obviously something that the two brothers could not afford for the time being, and they did not have that much in savings.

At this time, Holden had three kies and six toops in his pocket.

He took out a toe from his pocket, gently checked it, and handed it to the newsboy, and Hoden asked seemingly unintentionally, "Last night I seemed to hear a commotion from the northeast, which was so noisy that I couldn't sleep, and the movement was really not small, do you know what happened?"

"Ah! Are you talking about the fire in Viscount Philo's private residence? There is not much news at the moment, the specific news report is on the sixth page, and the incident is still under investigation, but I heard that it was an accident, when Viscount Philo was cultivating, there was an accident, which detonated the weapon kept in the storage room, which led to a series of explosions. ”

At this, the newsboy lowered his voice and approached Howlen, as if he was about to say some secret—

The newsboy's height was also near Holden's waist, which made Holden have to bend down, and then the low voice of the newsboy came to his ears, "It is rumored that there are prohibited items in those weapons, so the vigilantes and the Umani Church have teamed up to block the news, and they are ready to investigate the whole matter with their own hands." ”

Before Hoden could reply, the newsboy winked at Hoden, as if to say, "This is a bonus," and then he turned and ran.

"You'll be in luck, sir. ”

The crisp and childish cry of the newsboy followed the wind, and immediately afterwards he began to sell again, and his figure was drowned in the noisy crowd.

"The 'Iwabuchi Mainichi Shimbun', the latest, fastest and most exciting news, don't miss it! You definitely don't want to miss the headlines on today's front page, so don't leave any regrets. ”

Newspapers are always the best way to quickly grasp a city and a microcosm of society, even the gossip after dinner, especially for the newcomer Hoden, who still has a lot to learn before he can fully adapt to the place.

After buying the newspaper, Horden did not immediately start reading, but rolled the newspaper into a tube, held it in his hand, and walked in the direction of the light rail.

He needed to change direction and go to the Umani church.

The churches of the continent of Norsis are a very important part of the daily life of society, and are divided into seven major churches according to the different gods of their faith:

Umani the god of light, Tanmuzi the god of darkness, Ogg the goddess of water, Aihanna the goddess of fire, Pomafu the goddess of wind, Dota the goddess of thunder, and Shuma the goddess of earth.

According to legend, when the heavens and the earth first opened, there was only chaos, and then chaos separated the two first male gods of light and darkness with a loud explosion of the universe, and they tore the chaos apart, and the fragments coalesced into the five elements that make up the world, and these five goddesses worked together to create all things.

This is the first era of the Norsnes continent, the Chaos Era, also known as the "Age of the Bright Gods", more than 6,000 years ago.

Over time, adherents of each deity formed their own church, named after the deity, which continues to this day.

There is no hostile relationship between the various churches, and every believer is free to choose his faith and church, and if he wants, it does not have any effect on choosing multiple churches, but he usually chooses more one church to worship and pray, but there are still slight differences in the number of believers between different churches, especially the relationship between the church and the aristocracy, and the aristocratic believers are all striving for the goal.

Remember the key news just now?

"The little princess of the Deca family is confirmed to be baptized by the goddess Pomafu on the first of the next month. ”

On the mainland, the most popular among the aristocracy was the Umani Church, while the most popular among the commoners were the Augur Church and the Shuma Church.

Of course, there are slight differences between different regions and different cities.

For example, the largest church in Iwabuchi is Tamqi - the male god of darkness, Tamqi, who is known as the "male god of knowledge", who rules wisdom and death, while the Umani Church, the Og Church, and the Shuma Church are dwarfed.

As planned, Hodden was going to buy a newspaper and head to the Iwabuchi Library to search for some information.

But according to the newsboy, in the case of Viscount Philo's private residence, the security forces and the Umani Church jointly blocked the news, is there any connection between it?

Or is it just a false rumor?

Either way, Hoden needs to go some digging and maybe find some clues.

The Umani Church has several churches of all sizes in Iwabuchi, the largest of which is the main church, which is not far from the Iwabuchi Library.

So, Hodden only had to take a slight diversion, first to the main church of the Umani Church, and then to the Iwabuchi Library, and that would be no problem.

From Princes Street, it's a 50-minute walk to the Iwabuchi Library and Umani Church in Central/Downtown, but only 15 minutes on the Skytrain.

When Horden saw the fare for the light rail, two toops, he blinked slightly, a little heartbroken.

First one toll, then two toots, it felt like the wallet was about to bottom out, and lunch and dinner were not yet settled, but Holden still didn't hesitate to buy a light rail ticket:

If it had been Holden before, he would have chosen to walk — at least, his thirty-five-minute walk to high school would have been done twice a day, in the morning and evening.

But now Howlden, it's a tough choice, but the outcome hasn't changed, and he refuses to walk for 50 minutes to save two pallets.

Walking into the old red leather carriage, Horden did not go into the box to find a seat, but opened a bench against the wall in the corridor aisle, sat down against the window, and then opened the newspaper, his eyes fell on the front page headlines, blinked, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook an arc:

"Baron Alexander's youngest son eloped hand in hand with his stepmother!"

The large black lead title has a powerful visual impact, and it seems to be showing the bloody storm inside Baron Alexander's family.

Originally, the fire broke out in the middle of the night last night, and the news was able to be seen in the morning newspaper today, which means that journalism is booming, even if it requires a pallet per newspaper — which is obviously very expensive compared to the price of light rail fares, but the work of the newsboy is still on the ground, which makes Holden have more hope for the newspaper.

However, the headlines on the front page were shocking.

Sure enough, no matter when or where, is it always gossip that cares the most?

After browsing with relish, Hoden shook his head slightly:

The level of storytelling still needs to be strengthened, not enough ups and downs and not enough thrilling and scary, and I am used to seeing the headline party and gossip party in the Internet era, and the popularity of this newspaper in front of me is naturally greatly reduced.

Immediately afterward, Hodden opened the newspaper, found the sixth page, and scanned up and down, successfully finding a palm-sized report in the center.

As the newsboy said, this is a very simple and objective report, describing the accident that broke out in the fire at the private residence of Viscount Philo last night.

In the second half of the report, it was said that the preliminary investigation results of the security team showed that this was an accident that no one wanted to happen, and that Viscount Philo unfortunately died, but no other casualties were found for the time being, and the specific cause of the accident needs to be further investigated, and the official investigation results will be announced at that time.

First, Viscount Philo had died, but Holden found no other figures or bodies at the scene - of course, the situation was so urgent that he didn't search every corner.

Second, there is no mention of the presence of others. At least, Holden's name is not mentioned for the time being.