When the agreement between the Desik Empire and the Nine Nations Business Alliance spread across the continent, Koster and his party had already settled down on the outskirts of Kyoto City, a small small building, which was said to be the empty house of Master Setty's friend's family, which was temporarily lent to Koster and his party to live in.

The Desik Empire finally got its claim back at the negotiating table. Forced by the threat of the Desik Empire, the diplomats of the Nine Nations Business Alliance, after rounds of discussion, finally accepted the agreement to import about 5 million pounds of grain to the Desik Empire every year at a price 30% below the market price, in exchange for Desik not to pursue the assassination of Prince Kuigang.

Desik is about to get a large amount of food, and the Nine Nations Business Alliance has been temporarily peaceful, but the Adventurers' Guild and the Principality of Kaman have suffered a huge amount of criticism within the Nine Kingdoms.

Archduke Edward's limelight was unparalleled for a while, and he was the first person in the Desik military, and his prestige reached its peak. And his predecessor, General Jin, who rashly accepted the demands of the Nine-Nation Business Alliance, was disgraced by the condemnation of the country, was deprived of his status as a southern general, and returned to Baiyan City to be questioned.

And what happened all this had nothing to do with Koster and his party. The three of them, who are temporarily living in seclusion in Kyoto City, are each immersed in their own lives.

Princess Lolita would receive magical instruction from Master Setty every night, and then throughout the day, she would lock herself in her room and meditate on her mind (Note 1), while Kerst and Ferda were much more at ease.

Especially for Koster, coming to Kyoto City, the capital of San Jose, gave him a completely different feeling from the Nine Nations Business Alliance's cities full of merchants and copper.

San Jose, the country of the East, the country where even the royal coat of arms is a golden book ticket, a country founded by scholars, advocating knowledge and culture, and the breath of art wafts in the air of Kyoto City. Every now and then you will find a college with a loud book, a gallery full of paintings, a mysterious laboratory, and the large white "Gothic" (Note 2) building in the middle of the city, the San Jose Library.

Even the markets where merchants gather in San Jose feel completely different. In Manning City, Koster needs to rely on his height and arm length to get around the market, and he has to fight the crowds and noisy crowds every minute and every second.

In Kyoto, the market is quiet, and the entire trade market is a fully planned area, with all the shops and houses designed in a unified manner, and the shops are simple and elegant, connecting together to form a large commercial area. And those shopkeepers, there is no hoarse shouting, some of them sit in the store to write and calculate, some sit in front of the door basking in the red sun dozing, some even hold a strangely shaped paper folding fan in their hands and fan slightly, in this late winter and early spring season, quite incomprehensible. All the shops are quietly doing their own thing, except for buying and selling.

For thousands of years, the people of Kyoto City and San Jose have been adhering to the unique style of the Oriental country, advocating culture, art, and scientific research, and here in Kyoto City, there are many seowon and art museums, and artists and scholars from all over the continent come here every day.

Gothic white columns left over from the era of the Magic Empire can be seen everywhere in the city. On both sides of Kyoto's roads, the royal family planted a kind of cherry tree, a tall plant, and in spring, the purple-red petals are all over the branches, and when the breeze passes, the sky is full of flowers.

When Caster first arrived, he felt that his eyes were not enough, but fortunately there was a local girl, Feida.

In fact, according to Caster's habits, when he came to this new city, the first thing he should look for was a tavern and a casino, but with this little girl Feida by his side, Caster had to be patient, listen to Feida's chatter, and follow her to visit this historic oriental city.

Felda would sometimes ask, "Cast, why did you come with us to San Jose?"

Caster said in his heart, of course, it was for you, but what he said was true, "Well, we are nobles, of course we need to travel to various countries to increase our experience, such a great Kyoto city, of course I want to come and see, you also know that our small manor is too remote." ”

Therefore, in the early spring of the first seven years, the cherry blossoms of Kyoto Castle fell and the breeze was blowing, and all corners of the city were sprinkled with the laughter of Feida silver bells.

The history of Kyoto Castle is very long, dating back to antiquity before the Magic Empire. At the end of antiquity, the founders of the Magic Empire took a fancy to the excellent terrain of this plain, rich in products and close to water, so a new city sprung up here.

Later, as the Magic Empire grew in power, the city became more and more prosperous. As the capital of the Magic Empire, Kyoto Castle is home to famous buildings such as the Imperial Palace, the Magister's Palace (Note 3), and the Grand Market. Later, the war broke out, the Magic Empire collapsed, and countless beautiful buildings disappeared into history with the demise of the Empire.

The rebel coalition of that year, after a hard battle, finally invaded the city of Kyoto, and the last struggle of the nobles of the Magic Empire ignited the entire city of Kyoto, and the continuous fire lasted for nine days and nine nights. In the aftermath of the fire, a thriving Kyoto city became a satanic courtyard, littered with burnt limbs and wood, and the stench of burnt air lingered.

Only the Kyoto Magister Palace, a monolithic stone Gothic building, survived the fire. Later, the Scholars of the Rebel Army, inheriting the afterglow of the Magic Empire, established the San Jose Empire in this ruins.

It took several more years for the whitewashed Magister Palace to officially become the residence of the royal scholars of the San Jose Empire, and slowly eventually evolved into the scientific and cultural center of the entire empire, and later generations called this white giant complex the "Great Library of San Jose".

According to Feda, the San Jose Library has the largest collection of books on the continent. Moreover, a large number of remnants of materials left over from the Magic Empire are also kept in the depths of the library. San Jose's court magicians were also stationed in the library, studying the materials day and night.

Kerst wondered how Feida knew so much, and Feida blushed in embarrassment. A few years ago, she had secretly entered the library's forbidden area several times in order to help Lolita find some magic books, and it was in that situation that they became acquainted with Mage Syty.

One of the most important destinations for Kester's visit to San Jose was the Great Library of San Jose, and when he actually stood in front of this huge white building, he really felt the power of the Magic Empire back then. A thousand years ago, they built such a majestic building, and the strength of the Magic Empire can be seen.

The large library has a section that is open to the public, allowing scholars from all over the mainland to come and consult books. The requirements are not complicated, the nobles can apply for access at any time by virtue of their identification, while the commoners ask to be attached to a certain academy or scholar organization and apply for access in the name of the organization.

So when Koster showed off his snake crest, the staff member at the library, who had a bad eye, took out a huge parchment book, flipped through it for a long time, finally raised his head, lifted the lens on the bridge of his nose, and said, "Welcome, Lord Koster." ”

The mirror on the man's eye, according to Feida, was also a magical material, the product of a failed experiment by a court magician, and was said to be worn on the eye to make people see things more clearly. However, Kester looked at the man's clumsy appearance, and thought to himself that such a person could also use magic tools, and San Jose was really a luxury.

"Koster, why do you nobles show their coats of arms and enter here at will, you are not from San Jose. ”

Kerst smiled, "You can't ask me about this." Feida, do you know how the current mainland nobles came to be. ”

Feida shook her head, "Aren't nobles born?"

"Of course not, the current nobles are basically the families of the witnesses of the First Continental War, and they are all leaders and meritorious servants in the war. For example, your San Jose royal family was the advisor of the rebel army and the leader of the scholar community. The Kaiser, whose ancestors were the chieftains of the barbarians in the northern frontier, led the wasteland cavalry to resist the tyranny of the Magic Empire during the First Continental War, and after the victory of the war, they naturally became the royal family of Desik. Another example is our Kaman, Xiao Mu's ancestor, who was the chief medical officer of the rebel coalition army, because he saved tens of thousands of lives in a famous decisive battle, he was named the Grand Duke of Kaman after the war, and he can be regarded as a hero of the victorious side. ”

"Oh, that's right. Feida nodded. "And Xiao Mu's ancestors are really powerful, they can save tens of thousands of people at a time. I don't think Xiao Mu can do it, a half-hung blessing technique, it's barely enough to save me. ”

Kester scolded Xiao Mu in his heart, "Let you dangle in front of Lolita all day long, and provoke Feida to see what you do." He went on to explain, "Therefore, the San Jose Library was originally a souvenir of the victory in the war, so it is natural that there will be some preferential treatment for the descendants of those victorious partners back then." ”

"Oh," Ferda understood, but she asked mischievously, "what is your family like?"

Kerst smiled bitterly, "We are a small nobleman in the countryside, naturally it can't be compared with the big nobles, in fact, I don't know very well, the family records are unknown." I haven't told me before, but Uncle Drew simply mentioned that our family also participated in the First Continental War, but our background is not high. So I'm guessing we're probably squires or bodyguards from the Kaman Doctor's Officer. You also know that medical officers need to be protected. ”

"That's a lot better than us. Somehow, Feida suddenly lost interest, probably thinking about her origin.

The topic of aristocratic origins did not continue, and Kerst and Ferda had already entered the Great Library of San Jose.

Note 1: Spiritual meditation. Magicians need to enhance their spiritual power through a way of spiritual meditation, which is a way for magicians to cultivate. For example, Xiao Mu, if he casts too many blessing techniques, his spiritual power will be exhausted, and he will have a headache. This is when spiritual meditation is needed to recover. Of course, it's okay to sleep, but it's a little slower to recover.

Note 2: "Gothic", the architectural style of the Magic Empire's royal family. Pure white, stone buildings, mostly in the form of large stone pillars arranged and supported.

Note 3: Magister's Palace. During the era of the Magic Empire, the Wizard's Academy of the Magic Empire, located in the Magister's Palace, was the symbol of the Magic Empire, which was destroyed in the war and rebuilt under the name of "San Jose's Great Library".