Chapter 13: The City of Caesar
When Zoe and Vivien slowly arrived at Caesar's City, it was already dusk. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoAs the sun sets, the whole land is dyed pale gold, and Caesar City is no exception, and the whole city is bathed in the afterglow, like a palace made of gold bricks.
At the gates of the city, the church father, dressed in a robe that symbolizes holiness, speaks to passers-by. Beside him, stood three knights in silver armor.
Zoe suddenly became nervous, and quickly patted Vivien, who was sitting drowsy on the cart.
"Don't sleep, do you think someone from the church has come to arrest you?"
Vivien instantly sobered up and looked around in a panic: "Where?" Where? β
Zoe pointed to the city gate, and Vivien looked in the direction he was pointing, her little face turning pale. As if recalling what happened that night, Vivien's whole body trembled slightly, and she subconsciously lowered the brim of her hat and hid behind Zoe.
"Hey, hey, the more you do that, the more suspicious they are." Zoe turned around and directly ripped off Vivien's hat, "You've already taken the medicine anyway, they shouldn't be able to see it, so they just walked over in the open." β
"But, butβ"
"There's nothing to do." Zoe looked at poor Vivien and said word by word, "Do you still want to find that guy named Randy?" Do you still want to save your eldest sister? β
At the mention of the word eldest sister, Vivien's face changed. Then she bit her lower lip, looked into Zoe's eyes, and said firmly, "I see." β
"It's good to understand." Zoe put Vivien's hat in the bag, then spread her long black hair, "Just go in like this, and you'll say it's my sister later." β
Vivian didn't seem to expect that Zoe would make such an intimate gesture, her cheeks flushed in an instant, and she lowered her head a little embarrassed, and replied hesitantly. Zoe looked at Vivian's appearance and was triumphant: Look, look, look at me so good to you, won't you help me persuade your second sister in a few days?
This was what Zoe was thinking, and as for the godfather and knight at the city gate, he really didn't pay much attention to it. He knew what this lineup of godfathers with three knights was for, it was for missionary purposes, the godfather was to persuade people to become religious, and the knights were to prevent the pagans from attacking the godfather.
The so-called infidels probably mean witches.
As the two of them passed through the gates, the godfather didn't even look at Zoe, his attention was all on a merchant covered in gold jewelry, trying to persuade him to become religious. As for Zoe, he'd been to Caesars a few times, and had never seen the godfather pay attention to him.
But every time he passed by, he would look at the knights, and look at the daggers at their waists. Their daggers were also inlaid with a red gem, which made Zoe drool, so every time Zoe would think in her heart that when she had money, she would also get one of these daggers.
Compared to Zoe's calmness, Vivien passed through the city gate with a nervous look. Although Zoe had already told her to be natural, she still couldn't get up naturally, looking at her godfather's eyes, there was a trace of fear and a trace of resentment.
"It's so late, and the Chamber of Commerce is almost closed." Zoe said as she drove the donkey, "Let's find a hotel in the outer city first, and then go to the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow." β
"Outtown?" It was the first time Vivien had heard the name, "What's that?" β
"It's just outside Caesar's City, it's a messy place, and most of them are poor. The inner city is the inner city, more than the outer city, more, more-" Zoe couldn't find any words to describe the inner and outer city.
"Luxury?"
"It's not luxurious, but the inner city is much better than the outer city." Zoe shrugged, "The most obvious gap is that no vendors like me are allowed on the streets of the inner city, let alone donkeys are allowed to walk casually on the streets. In addition to people, the only people who can go to the street are the knights' tall horses. β
Vivien nodded as if she didn't understand.
In fact, the best word to distinguish between the inner city and the outer city is status. People who live in the inner city basically have a much higher status than those who live in the outer city. Most of the people who live in the outer cities have migrated from other towns or villages, and those who want to settle here are basically poor. And the people who lived in the inner city were the natives of Caesar's City long ago, the rich merchants, the estates of various dukes and counts, or the homes of the clergy.
In Caesar's City, the people of the inner city looked down on the people of the outer city, and the people of the outer city looked down on the outsiders, and at the same time they envied the people of the inner city.
These things were also told to him by others when Zoe was setting up a stall.
However, the outer city also has the advantage of the outer city, that is, there are not so many rules. Zoe found a random hotel, and there was a stable under the hotel, where he could put the little black donkey. The owner of the inn is also a nice person, warmly receiving the two of them, and helping Zoe set up the cart that is about to fall apart.
But the boss is also too kind, for example, he is very concerned about how the little black donkey's butt has so little hair. Zoe rambled over and asked for a double room.
The double room is not big, and even a little cramped, with two small beds almost next to each other. But there is no way, after all, it is not realistic to open a large hotel in a crowded outer city. Anyway, he and Vivien didn't have any courtesy, just a bag, Zoe was going to come to the hotel to take a shower, he hadn't taken a shower in days.
It's not that he doesn't like to be clean, but on a regular basis, he takes a dip in the stream in Tashi Village. But with Vivien there, he was too embarrassed to go, and he thought, what if the little witch peeked at him, wouldn't it be a big loss?
I've never seen a girl take a shower! But he was looking forward to Vivien taking a shower there.
Vivien sat down on the cot by the window, straightened her slender legs, pouted, touched her stomach and said, "I'm hungry." β
"When you're hungry, go eat." Zoe also sat down on the bed, "What's the use of talking to me." β
"But I've given you all the gold." Vivien looked at Zoe pitifully, "I don't have any money to eat." β
"Oh, tooβ"
Thinking of this, Zoe had to get up helplessly: "Let's go, let's go eat." β
"Okay." Vivien also sat up from the bed and said with some excitement, "I saw a restaurant last time, it looks delicious, let's go now!" β
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