065 What is it like to walk the ancient streets with a girl?
After washing their hair, Larry and Lily walked outside the royal city, where the inhabitants of Camelot had already woken up.
Mai and straw sandals are almost the standard dress of the people here, except for the knights who walk on the streets and wear armor, the people are all plain and sleepy, of course, there is no way, this era of Britain is very poor in resources, just to fill the stomach to do their best, naturally there is no time to think about dress and other issues.
In addition, the recent outbreak of war has increased the number of outsiders roaming the streets, although there are many people wearing leather clothes and walking on the streets with full spirit, but they are only a small number of people, most of these people have knighthoods and other status, and the worst is also merchants who walk all over the world.
Naturally, both sides of the street have been occupied by wandering people, and it is impossible for anyone to go out to set up stalls, this is not a question of whether the merchants want to or not, but a wartime special order issued by King Arthur, in order to accommodate the foreign Britons, all the resources of Camelot City must be opened as much as possible, in order to accommodate more people to come in.
It is said that even part of the royal city is being renovated, including the back garden and corridors, which will be appropriately transformed into temporary living quarters, so that these people who look like refugees have a place to stay.
It can be seen from this that the war provoked by France is by no means so easy to end.
Not only Camelot, but also other British cities are taking in the residents of the surrounding villages on a large scale to protect the lives of the people.
Unlike when they were at war with King Vottigan, the French army obviously didn't care about the lives of the British people, and once they encountered a situation that was basically a life and death, so King Arthur's actions Larry could also understand.
But can the problems of so many villagers flock to the city really be solved?
Although it is summer, there is no problem with sleeping on the streets, but if the problem of the source of the disease and the food problem are not dealt with properly, it is likely to directly cause a plague outbreak in the city, and then there is no need for France to send troops, and Britain itself will be destroyed.
That's what Larry felt after a short walk down the street.
Everything was full of gloomy atmosphere, and the faces of the people sitting on the side of the road were lifeless, and they didn't even have the strength to look up at the people passing by, as if they were dead, and if it weren't for the movement of breathing, I am afraid that they would have been treated as dead bodies.
And the people who live in the houses do not dare to go out, at most they only dare to look outside from the window.
"That's not going to work."
It wasn't as easy as he expected to go shopping with the girl, but it was the heavy mood that made Ryry's brows furrow.
"yes, that's not going to work."
Lily's expression was also much darker, no longer the light smiling face, but with a touch of melancholy.
For any person, it doesn't feel too good to see this scene, it's like a person walking into the realm of death.
"But this is also the current situation in Britain, oh, like ours, it's okay, but people's lives are always in dire straits." Lily said slowly, looking back at Larry, "Is Rome like that?" ”
Larry didn't know what to answer, after all, he wasn't really from Rome, but .....
"It's much better than here, at least, the people can go to the Golden Theater to listen to His Majesty the Emperor's singing."
It's hard to say if it's another hell, but Larry thinks it's a lot better than it is now.
The root cause of everything is brought about by war, Britain is a war-like country, from the humble king Vantigeng, to the invasion of foreign enemies, this small island country has been persecuted by war.
Therefore, in the history and legend of King Arthur, the people finally supported Mordred, who raised the banner of rebellion, and overthrew King Arthur, perhaps in the eyes of the people at that time, the suffering they suffered was caused by King Arthur's inaction.
[Bear with me, it's fine.] [Bear with me a little longer, and it will be fine.] 】
Larry remembers reading "The Court of Avalon" when she saw this passage, which was the king's reassurance to the people, but in the end, the king also said that she didn't realize that the people had long since become impatient.
Perhaps the current situation is no different from that of then, and although the cities were opened to accommodate the residents living in the villages, these problems were not fundamentally solved.
This disappointing situation, whether it is the official history or the peculiarity, seems to exist.
Before they knew it, the two had arrived at the gates of Camelot, the tall walls of which were impregnable but could not protect the fragile faith of the people.
This is actually an era when money is useless, the demand for food is far greater than people's demand for money, even if money is exchanged for food, no matter how high the price is, it may not be able to exchange much.
The result of the forced exchange was the anger of the people, which was one of the main factors leading to the extinction of Britain.
"Then Miss Artoria, what did you mean by bringing me out?" Larry had sensed that Lily hadn't really asked him out for nothing, but had some other purpose.
"Ah, do you feel it?" Lily smiled again, but very reluctantly. "Actually, it's just some of my personal thoughts, isn't Mr. Larry an intelligence merchant? You came to Britain from Rome alone, and since you are such a capable person, I wonder if there is any way you can solve Britain's problems? ”
There are times when it is better to let people see the current situation directly than to explain the problem.
"To put it bluntly, it's the problem of food, the perennial war has led to little food output, and it is already in short supply, and if it continues like this, even if no one attacks Britain, sooner or later it will be destroyed by itself."
In "The Court of Avalon", the reason for the barrenness of the land and the inability to produce food is attributed to the decline of magic, and the fall of Britain represents the end of the Divine Age, which is an irreversible trend and a historical choice.
But in this peculiarity, there is a different situation, Larry thinks.
It's just that he hesitated a little, although following Lily's question, he thought of some solutions to the current food problem in Britain, but this is a peculiarity, he knows it, even if he saves the people here, it is useless.
By the time the anomaly is resolved, the anomalies will eventually disappear, and what he has done is in vain.
It seems that Lily seems to have thought a lot before saying this to Ryry, which shows that her innocence and kindness have not changed, but Larry is not easy to answer her, after all, he knows that there is no point in doing things like that.
And he has other things to do, more than the life and death of the people here and the destruction of Britain, he still has to find the root cause of the change.
"I'm sorry, Miss Artoria, but I don't have much to do."
So Larry chose to refuse bluntly, after all, ambiguous words are the easiest to misunderstand, and it is the right choice not to let her have special expectations.
"Really..... I'm really sorry to say so many useless things and take up your time. Lily smiled slightly, and then the smile sank, and it was obvious that she was in the same mood.
"But..."But Larry thought about it, and it didn't seem so unnecessary. Maybe there's a way. ”
"Huh?" Lily jerked her head up, looking at Larry with hope in her eyes.
"Hmm.... Anyway, let's go back to the royal city to meet the king first, so as to determine whether this method is feasible. ”
Larry didn't pay attention to the girl's gaze.
Maybe he could take this opportunity to find out how many changes had happened to this peculiarity, and with such an calculation, Larry turned around and walked towards the royal city.