In addition to the devotion of the believers, Alan was surprised by another discovery, the average city inhabitant lived inside the city, but Winston had a large part of the inhabitants living outside the city, and the vast plains outside the city walls were scattered with residential areas.

"A few bosses didn't know that Winston was founded four hundred years ago, when it was still a small city that could only accommodate tens of thousands of people, but inspired by the divine will, more and more believers came here and chose to settle here, resulting in the city can not live in it, and devout believers choose to build a residence outside the city and regularly enter the city for worship. ”

Knowing that Alan and the others were visiting Vanston for the first time, the coachman began to tell them about the history of the city, and it was difficult to hide the pride of being a resident of the city. In fact, there have been several records of the expansion of the walls in the history of Winston, but each time it was overcrowded within a few years, and these people were all devout believers, and the Holy See had little reason to prevent these believers from expressing their hearts to the holy places in their hearts, let alone keeping them all out of the walls.

After several expansions and overcrowding, the Holy See simply abandoned plans to continue to expand the city walls, leaving the inhabitants to live outside the city, resulting in the current state of the city, with most of the inhabitants living outside the city. Of course, not all of these residents are pure believers, and many of them rushed here when they saw the business opportunities of the believers. Therefore, the out-of-town area of Winston is not fundamentally different from other human cities, and it is also marketable. The real solemnity and sacredness is the inner city of Winston, which is the real Winston.

Passing through the vast and full of market color of the outer city, the inner city is full of strong papal symbols, the tall round dome, towers towering to the sky, exquisite statues on the roof and exterior walls, paintings full of mysterious atmosphere, etc., almost integrate the essence of human architectural culture for thousands of years, and the most conspicuous is the oracle crown flag hanging high on the dome of the Cathedral of Light.

For most believers, the outer city is already the end, and if you want to enter the inner city, you must go through an inspection, and the criterion for passing is that you must have a pious soul, and this piety is not only for the gods of light, but also for the Holy See, which represents the gods of light.

The destination of Allen's trip is the inner city of Winston, and the two large cartloads of gifts behind him represent his devotion enough. At the gates of the inner city, there was a long queue of people waiting to enter the city, and while waiting for inspection, he looked around and found that the carriages lined up in front of them were all stamped with the coats of arms of the famous families on the mainland, and it seemed that these people, like himself, were full of sincerity to the Holy See

Compared with the relaxation of the outer city, the inspection of the entry and exit of the inner city is very strict, and when it was Allen's turn to take out the seal letter that he had prepared to represent his disguised identity, the seal letter was stamped with the seal of the local church, proving that Allen and his party were people who had been confirmed by the local church to be harmless to the Holy See, even so, they were still subjected to strict searches by the guards.

"What is this?"

The guards found a few brightly colored stones from the little girl's dressing box, took them out and brought them to Allen for questioning.

"The decorations, my sister loved it. ”

Alan pretended to be calm, but the stones were magic crystals, but they had been smeared with some paint to make it look like a colored stone. Several of the guards flipped the magic crystal in their hands and looked at it for a while, as if they didn't believe the far-fetched reasons that Eren had concocted.

"My lords, what's going on?"

Just when Alan was a little unsure of how to deal with the guards' interrogation, suddenly a somewhat obese man jumped out of a luxurious carriage behind him and asked.

"Boss Elos, it's been a long time. ”

The guard seemed to be familiar with the fat boss, and let Alan go, waved at him and let him go, but the stone was not returned after all. Alan didn't dare to ask for it, so he could only hurry up and go to the city to see if there was a store to buy again.

After entering the city, Alan finally breathed a sigh of relief and observed carefully. Compared with the outer city, the inner city is much sparsely populated, an avenue from the city gate directly to the square at the entrance of the Temple of Light, on both sides of the passage there are Vanston Museum, Vanston Library and other buildings full of religious colors, there are a large number of antiques and books in it are telling every believer the glorious history of the Holy See, and at the back of the Cathedral of Light is the residence of Dith Hepburn - the Papal Palace.

"Little brother, wait. ”

While Alan was studying the architectural style of the inner city, there was a shout from behind, and then he saw the fat boss from behind him.

"Boss Elos?"

Although Alan knew the name of the fat boss from the doorman, he didn't know anything else, so it felt a little strange to see the fat boss catch up.

"Is the little brother from the Baker family in the Siri Kingdom?"

The fat boss ran to Allen's side and asked breathlessly.

"Exactly. ”

Hearing the other party's words, Alan was slightly stunned at first, and then realized that the identity he came to pretend to be this time was someone from the Baker family.

"My name is Eloth, and I've heard the name of the Baker family for a long time, and I'm really fortunate to meet them. ”

The fat merchant named Elos took the initiative to shake Allen's hand and enthusiastically approached the Tao.

After some exchange, Alan understood why Eros would help him, and it turned out that he saw that the supplies he was carrying with him were emblazoned with the badge of the Baker family, whose territory was famous for its olive oil in the southern countries. And Elos is a speculative businessman who buys and sells, the olive oil trade has always been a choice with high interest rates, Eros has long wanted to get involved, but has never had the opportunity, and today he saw Allen, the heir of the fake Baker family, of course, he refused to give up.

"Mr. Baker, I've always had a good relationship with the guards in the inner city, and I might be able to retrieve those colored stones of yours. ”

After confirming Allen's identity as the heir to the Baker family, Eros became more enthusiastic, and even went so far as to show his sincerity that he had to help Alan get back a few crystals disguised as stones.

"Thank you so much Boss Elos. ”

Alan was not polite, because those few magic crystals were the key to his next assassination of Hepburn, and if he lost it, it would not be easy to buy suitable magic crystals in an area like Winston that was against magic.

"Don't worry, wait for my good news. ”

Eros accompanied Eren to his lodgings before leaving, and gave Eren the address where he lived before leaving.

The five of Alan were placed in a religious reception center, and taking the opportunity to park the carriage, Stanny went out for a walk, and came back to tell Allen: "There are surveillance everywhere around here, and I have found at least three people with similar strength to me, and there may be stronger swordsmen in the dark." ”