By evening, Julius and Pasta had returned. It's just that there is a clear difference in the mental outlook and state of the two. Pasta has not changed much from when he went out early in the morning, but Julius's words are completely different. If Julius was a full ball when he went out, he is now leaking, from the ball to a few broken skins, and there is no chance of sewing it back.

Julius was dejected, hunched over when he entered the door, and when he saw Lulunaka, his waist bent even harder, and he couldn't straighten up at all.

Lulunaka was not at all surprised to see Julius at this, "How's it been today?" she asked Pasta.

"Not a single copper plate was left. Pasta said, then pulled a money bag out of his pocket. The purse had been given to Julius by Lulunaka this morning, but now, like its owner, had become a shriveled rag. "As for why this money bag is in my hand, I didn't get it from him. ”

Julius remained silent, as if he was ashamed to speak.

"So you got it back from someone else, but what about the money?"

Pasta shook his head, "It's long gone." Half of them were scammed, and the remaining half were stolen with money bags. ”

Pasta tossed the money bag to Lulunaka, "It's just a bunch of copper plates and some silver coins, if it's gold, you'll lose a lot." ”

Lulunaka took the purse in her palm and pressed it into the shape of a small ball, "Isn't my loss now? For the average person, it's probably a few months' expenses, and without it, even eating is a problem—right, Julius?"

Julius didn't answer, just kept his head down. Ward came in through the door, tugged at Julius' trouser leg with his teeth, and barked at him a few more times.

"Even Ward is comforting you. Lulunaka smiled and shook her head, "You look so depressed, you can't do anything, even a dog can see it." Although Ward is not a real dog, it is. ”

"It's my fault, the money was cheated and stolen by someone else. Julius whispered, it seemed that he had realized his mistake, and now was not the time for him to be stubborn and stubborn.

"I'm interested in how you got cheated out of your money and how it was stolen. Lulunaka crossed her legs and sat cross-legged on the counter, looking excited, "It's not strange to be scammed, to be honest, I've been deceived by clumsy tricks before, and it took decades to realize that I had been scammed, but the fact that the money was stolen may be a bit of a stretch...... What kind of thief approached you so that you were taken away without any defense?"

Julius did not reply, for the events of the day were a humiliating memory for him, and he could not say them now—and he did not know what to say.

"He fell for all the scams and traps that rookies could encounter. Pasta said to Lulunaka, who returned to the inside of the counter and opened the door to the inner hall, "As I told you this morning, just because he killed someone doesn't mean he's not a rookie. As for a rookie like him, except for killing people and having some actual combat ability, he is no different from other brand-new young people. ”

Pasta returned to the inner hall and went to prepare dinner. The only things left in the store were Lunaka and Julius, and Ward's dog. The atmosphere here seemed to freeze, and there was no sound or movement. Luluna sat on the counter, her eyes closed, not knowing what she was thinking, and Julius stood by the doorway, looking like a child who had been out in trouble and was afraid to come home to face his parents. And Ward, wagging his tail, looking at Luluna and then at Julius. Eventually, Ward went into the inner hall and went to Pasta to ask for something to eat, maybe a large bone, or maybe a few rotten fruits.

When only Lulunaka and Julius were left in the store, Lulunaka spoke, "This is also expected, I didn't expect you to really use that money to do anything in a place like Rat Road, but I didn't expect the money to fall into someone else's hands so quickly." Lulunaka sighed, "The world is sinister, and there is no warmth in the rat way...... A young man took all the money, and I remember that the old practice was to leave a few copper plates for a meal. ”

Lulunaka looked at Julius and asked, "What do you think of the rat path?

Julius replied after a while, "It's not interesting at all......

Lulunaka chuckled, "Don't you think that the kind of place like the rat road is very different from your impression of this city?"

Julius didn't answer.

"Be happy, you're so pathetic now. Lulunaka laughed, "It's just that you lost your money, and you're lucky." Somebody is in that kind of place, and it's not just money that is lost. The young woman loses her body, and the reckless man loses his life...... Those who sell their bodies, sell their lives, sell their self-esteem and souls. You have only lost the least important things, and you have left the precious things in you. But I guess it's also because Pasta is secretly protecting you, otherwise you'd probably be tricked into selling your life. ”

Julius looked up and looked directly at Lulunaka, "Why does that place exist?"

Lulunaka touched her chin, but her small, smooth white chin didn't have a beard, "That's an interesting question, let me think about how to answer you." ”

She stepped down from the counter and walked to the side of the booth to sort out the oddly shaped merchandise on it. She turned her back to Julius, and after a while, said to Julius, "The rat passage is under this city, what else is under this city? Sewers, a healthy city, in addition to having elevated canals, also need sewers so that the city will not get sick frequently." ”

Lulunaka looked at Julius, who looked puzzled, "I may be too early for you, after all, you are a stunned young man who has just come out of the countryside. In the future, you will have to let Pasta teach you to read and write......"

As Lulunaka said, Julius was a country boy who didn't know a word, and he didn't quite understand what Lulunaka was saying about the sewers. "What does a sewer have to do with a rat?" he asked.

"In Castle Kings, where there are sewers, there are not necessarily rat paths, but where there are rat paths, there must be sewers. "You've been to the Rat Path, and you know that the Rat Path is actually a part of the sewers, but it has become a place for human activity. ”

Julius listened quietly to Lulunaka's words and did not interject.

Lulunaka continued, "All the sewage and filth goes to the sewers, and the rat drains do the same. The brighter the place, the thicker the shadows. The rat passages connect the sewers to the slums of the King's Castle, the underground streets, and the derelict catacombs of the Castle, as well as all sorts of strange little spaces...... What do you think is the best place to use for this kind of place?"

Julius didn't answer Lulunaka's question, and he didn't know how to answer it.

"It's about the things that aren't glamorous and get rid of them like filth, leaving only a perfectly clean city. Lulunaka laughed, "As for whether there are innocent people in the filth, that's not the city's rulers' concern." ”

"Hasn't anyone thought of changing that place?" asked Julius.

"Can you try?" Lulunaka said that Julius was speechless, and he didn't know how to answer. He couldn't say "I'm going to be a hero" to Lulunaka when he met for the first time.

Being a hero is much heavier than he imagined.

"It seems that the underground world is a great irritation, and at night, that kind of place really wakes up - and the rancid smell is even more suffocating. Lulunaka walked to the inner chamber, and then turned back to Julius and said, "You haven't forgotten what I said to you last night and this morning, have you? There's nothing left for you in the store. ”

Lulunaka smiled at Julius, "I don't think you're so cheeky, after you owe me a bag of money, continue to ask the family for food, right?"