Chapter 7: Strange Rules
"Lord Divine Envoy, we will arrive soon, and then over a hill is the branch stronghold, but there will be some stumbling on the road, it is not early now, if you are not in a hurry, we will rest for the night in the nearby inn, how about leaving early tomorrow morning?"
While Ifu was still immersed in thought, Anina's words interrupted her.
She looked up, the sky had already darkened, and there was a high mountain in front of her, in which only the stars and the moon brought a glimmer of light, and it was too difficult for ordinary people to climb over it at night.
"Okay, you can arrange it. β
There is a small town at the foot of the mountain, and according to previous knowledge, the night market in Shatania is almost everywhere, and now Ifu believes it.
The small vendors in the neighborhood lit magic lamps with starlight, and some poor merchants had to light torches, which were decorated with gold and firelight, which showed the characteristics of Chatania even more.
Before entering the inn, Ifu looked at the name of the inn, which was not a river pavilion, but a simple wooden board with an incomprehensible ancient script carved into it, which was supposed to be the family business of the indigenous people here.
While she was worried about whether Anina would have the money to pay for the inn, she took out a few copper coins and handed them to the shopkeeper. "We need two rooms, and we need to eat. β
"Okay, here's the room number for two. After taking the key to the store, Anina pulled Ifu to sit on a wooden table next to her, and handed her a brown paper menu with the food written on it.
"Lord Divine Envoy, I was supposed to go to the best place in the city to worship you, but I don't have much money, this is the best place I can pay, I hope you will forgive me. β
Yi Fu couldn't help but sigh a little, although they did some bad things, but Anina was really good to her, if one day her faith was shattered, would she become the other extreme?
"Those things are called money, doesn't your father need this? He's very sick, I have some silver coins that you have enshrined in the holy pool, and I can use themβ" She felt a little sorry for Anina, and tried to pull out the coins that Anlelov had given her earlier, but Anina stopped her.
"No, I haven't met you anymore, I hope that through my efforts, your mission will be carried out smoothly, if you are not very disgusted with me... When I return to the divine realm, can you help me say a few words to the healing god and ask her to save my father..."
"I will. β
Perhaps because of her weak heart, she looked down at the menu, but found the difference here.
The menu is divided into two categories of food, half of which are more normal mass foods, such as almond tofu and mountain risotto.
But the other half of the content is some "dark dishes", such as stewed lizard tail in ink, kudzu eagle eye juice, stir-fried crocodile skin with passion fruit, etc., some of which are similar to the diet of some races in Iraverne before.
"A blueberry bun would be fine. She pretended to be calm and ordered, then handed the menu to Anina.
She wasn't surprised by the strange dishes on the menu, which must be a common occurrence in the Tin Throne, and what really made Ifu intolerable was that she actually said to the clerk, "A roasted mole." β
"What, what?!" Ifu almost couldn't hold back her scream, Anina looked at her very angry, a little panicked, "Divine Envoy, you, what's wrong with you?"
"Anina, the god says that you are a devout believer, but you cruelly use other creatures as food to satisfy your appetite, how can you be worthy of serving the gods again?"
Ifu quickly figured out the wording and accused.
"I'm sorry, I... I want blueberry bread too. Anina said this to the clerk, and when the clerk walked away, she lowered her head and explained to Ifu, her tone full of confusion, as if for the first time she knew that something was wrong with her behavior.
"Your Excellency, I... The priest of the church said that these foods are all the blessings of the gods of the earth, and instead of picking fresh plants and vegetables, it is better to eat the corpses of these dead animals, which is the blessing of the earth, and I began to have some difficulty accepting these foods, but... When you think about what the priest said, there is some truth to it... And the Yuhua and Douding tribes also eat these things, so..."
"The Yuhua clan is a demon, and they can't adapt to the food of other races to eat these, and the living environment of the Douding clan has caused them to deal with these things since they were young, you are different. β
Then she forgot how she had returned to her room, and with Anina's apologetic voices and promises not to eat any more, she sat down on her shabby wooden chair in a daze, when Wild Rose's companions knocked on her doorβand they sat down a short distance from the inn as they had just entered.
"We heard the conversation just now, but we didn't expect the Twelve Churches to be like this... Eating these things, it is really not too short for the life span of the Hua Dai people. β
When they first arrived in Gallani, Ricles knew that there were many other races in the world, and that there were some special eating habits of some races, and although she showed respect for the preferences of various races, she really couldn't tolerate these things, so when she heard that someone was instigating the flower generation to eat these things, she couldn't help but substitute herself for a while.
"I think Anina may have been deceived. Xia Li said. "The Huadai tribe is the most populous race no matter where they are, and I believe that even if they knew the eating habits of other races since childhood, they would not accept these strange things, and if the Twelve Churches really had such strange regulations, they should not have developed to such a point. β
"So, Charlie suspects that Anina didn't join the Twelve Churches?" asked Canary.
"Yes, but now I'm just guessing, after all, she said the words World Tree, Hibernate for Two Months, White Nights Church, etc., so we naturally thought that she joined the Twelve Churches, of course, there is a possibility that she joined the Twelve Churches, but there are some problems in the area around here. β
"It seems that we won't be able to find out more until tomorrow, when Anina takes me to their stronghold. Ifu thought of poor Anina, and was even more intolerant of those who deceived her.
"Alas, tonight will be another sleepless night. There was compassion in Hong's eyes, and she couldn't help but sigh as sorry for what happened to Anina, just like Ifu.
"Anina, will it beβ" Iseti, who had not spoken, spoke, but did not continue. "It's nothing, even I've been thinking cranky lately. β
"If you have any ideas, just let us know, maybe you can come up with some new ideas. "Everyone knows Iseti's character, and she doesn't judge things that are uncertain, so Charlie has paved a staircase for her here.
"Understood. β
She nodded.
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