Chapter 17: Larante
The cold wind blows in the early morning of Larante, and a thin mist hangs over every part of the city.
Soon, however, the morning light shone through, and as the gates opened, the fog cleared, revealing the vibrant town below.
Clang! Clang! Clang! The ringing of the bells in the morning wakes up the whole city, people begin to come out of the houses one after another, newsboys shout for the news of the day, washerwomen pound their clothes by the river in the early morning, and coachmen busily pull the things that the city needs to run around the streets and alleys, bringing the raw materials needed by one shop after another.
This is Larante City, a border city of the Star Maple Kingdom, but it is said to be a border, but in fact, it is quite prosperous, and it is also the number one big city among human beings.
Because Larante was only two or three days away from the Monster Forest, that dense primeval jungle brought countless gifts, animal skins and bones, monster cubs, all kinds of minerals, medicines, everything.
This is a trading city, and adventurers and speculators enter the forest, risk their lives to collect the bounty, and then sell it to the merchants, who then send the goods produced in the city to other places and sell them at a high price.
And today, with a horse-drawn carriage slowly driving into the city gates, everything is normal, as it has been repeated a thousand times over the past few decades.
When the carriage arrived, the coachman waved his whip: "Sir, Larante has arrived." ”
"Okay, thank you." In the carriage, a hand stretched out and lifted the curtain, it was a little girl who covered half of her face with her hair, and she deftly lowered the steps of the carriage: "Master, you can come down." ”
Out of the carriage came a young man, who looked to be about twenty-five or sixteen, with black hair and black eyes, richly dressed, tall and tall, carrying a leather case in his hand, and neatly dressed.
It was Lu En and Nana.
The coachman glanced at the young man, and then at Nana, who was dressed in an adventurer's outfit but was very attentive, and thought to himself which rich man or nobleman's son brother had come here.
There are many such people in Larante, because of the prosperity of commerce and trade, and for those who like pleasure, this place has everything that should be in this place, and there is also a lot of game that cannot be tasted in the civilized area, and it is full of opportunities and challenges for those who hone themselves in order to inherit the family business, and money is constantly circulating here, which is turned into materials and sent to the world.
But it had nothing to do with the coachman, he just watched the two men walk towards the side of the street, then whip the horses and go on to the next business.
Lu En walked down the street, looking around the city, and what surprised him was that this world was far more developed than he imagined, although the human kingdoms were still medieval in terms of political system, but it was obviously much higher than the Middle Ages in terms of technology, probably because of the existence of magic, which made it look quite shocking.
With so many tall buildings, it's hard to imagine a world without even concrete that could build such skyscrapers, and the city is quite busy, full of businessmen haggling, and secretaries and secretaries with memos in their hands hurrying to write down something on paper.
There are equipment shops for adventurers who need all kinds of potions and rune products, and there are also various blacksmith shops that provide cheap but relatively reliable weapons and armor for mercenaries or adventurers, but more shops for all kinds of goods, including a variety of goods.
There are stalls and shelves everywhere, and buyers from all over the country pick and choose in front of the goods.
There are all kinds of people on the street. Laborers in ragged clothes, civilians in old clothes, and some slightly well-dressed people can be seen, arrogantly directing some naked and upper-body laborers to carry the goods.
But even the people who don't wear fancy clothes, the big people usually don't come to the most basic market area, they like to talk in high-rise buildings.
Therefore, Lu En's appearance attracted quite a lot of attention.
There is nothing particular about it, just because very few rich people walk on this lowest street.
"Sir...... I said, the realm of humanity has arrived, what are you going to do? Nana had a headache, saying that she was going to come to the human side to do things, but she couldn't figure out what this demon lord was going to do.
"How? To make money, of course. Lu En squinted his eyes and looked around, while answering Nana's words.
"How to earn? Steal? Or rob? It's a bit of a lesson to steal from me, but you probably won't be able to learn it. Although Nana said about the master, she still didn't see how much respect she meant.
"Steal? Rob? That's not going to work, that's too slow to get money. Lu En smiled.
"Is this slow? Well done, you can have six or seven moons of money a night. Nana rolled her eyes, what can Lu En do faster than stealing? She is a veteran of this industry and is very familiar with the market.
"It's too slow, it's only so little in one night, how can it be enough?" Lu En shook his head, he knew what moon money meant, Nana had explained before, it was their black language, a moon money meant a silver coin.
"So what does it mean to be fast?" Nana was at a loss.
"Of course, it's the fastest time to let them take the initiative to send me money." Lu En smiled and replied.
"Why did they take the initiative to send you money?" Nana looked at Lu En suspiciously, what is this demon king's idea?
However, faintly, she felt that the other party seemed to really be able to let others send him money.
After all, even such a thing as escaping from the encirclement is absolutely impossible, and he has done it all, sending money...... It shouldn't be that hard, right?
"Why? Hey, hey, with you, little Nana. Lu En pinched Nana's chin with an evil expression.
I don't know why, Nana shuddered.
"Which ...... I'm still a chick and can't sell it for much. Nana winced.
Lu En rolled his eyes, didn't answer, and walked forward.
Nana hurriedly followed, worried about whether the Demon King would want to do the skin and meat business?
But even with this concern, she still didn't run away, not even the idea of escaping.
Inadvertently, Nana herself didn't realize that she already had a certain degree of blind trust in Lu En.
A few hours passed, and in a clothing store, Nana looked at herself in the mirror with a dull face.
"How is this guest, are you still satisfied? You are such a merciful man that you would buy such clothes for your servant. The shopping guide next to him flattered Lu En and said, this rich man is so generous to his subordinates, it's hard to give a lot of tips!
However, the subordinate girl he brought was too thin, how could she be so thin, and the smallest clothes were loose on her, like a sack of high-quality fabric, he finally found the right one, but he was more envious, this person had a good life and found a good master.
Lu En didn't speak, just nodded.
Nana, on the other hand, was nervous.
She didn't expect that the first thing Lu En did when she came here was to buy her a dress.
It's a pretty good costume, and although it has the same design as a maid's outfit, it's very meticulous in terms of fabric and workmanship.
The workmanship of the uniform is really good, Nana thought to herself, her fingers unconsciously rubbing on the hem of the skirt, trying to find a thread to rub to relieve the tension, but she found nothing, this dress has no exposed thread, which is different from the ones she used to wear.