Ever since little Peter heard the news about his life from the old man, he seemed very excited for a while, and very frightened for a while. Sometimes he is fantasizing about his previous life when he has no memory, and sometimes he is constantly revering in his mind about the sound and smile of his parents. I spent two or three days in a daze.

That evening, when the sun was still setting on the horizon outside, exerting all his strength just to make the last of its rays, Uncle William returned to the hotel from outside with a pile of items that had just been replenished.

Little Peter was playing chess with the old man on the balcony, where pots of flowers were placed on both sides, and the transparent curtains were gently writhing in the breeze. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the balcony, and a layer of golden tulle quietly covered the chessboard. Little Peter's long black hair swayed gently in the wind, he sat upright, holding his chin in one hand, and constantly swinging the chess pieces in his hand with the other, pursing his lips tightly and frowning, his eyes unconsciously staring at the chessboard and trying to think.

The old man sat on the chaise longue, with a fur blanket draped over his lap, holding a teacup in his hands in front of his lower abdomen, his eyes were bright, and he smiled with satisfaction from time to time. When he saw William returning, he first took a sip of his teacup and moistened his throat and asked, "Everything is ready, then we can continue to set off in a few days." ”

Little Peter came back from his contemplation, and quickly put aside the chess pieces in his hand and stood up, wanting to help Uncle William share the items he was carrying. However, Eva, who had been standing on the balcony and waiting, was quicker than he could and had already taken most of the luggage from Uncle William. He could only nod apologetically at Uncle William.

William was amused by Little Peter's expression, he shrugged his shoulders to show that it was nothing, and then waited for Eva to take all the items on his body before he felt relieved, he stretched his waist, twisted his neck, and then walked a few steps, lay down on a wide sand square, let out a comfortable sigh, and then said: "Basically, Oakby City is worthy of being the largest city in the southeast of the empire, and many things have not even been heard of in other cities, and now they can be found in Oakby." It's so much more convenient, at least you don't have to worry too much about it when you go to the Holy Empire. ”

The old man laughed softly when he heard this, he put the teacup next to the chessboard, then held the armrests of the chaise longue tightly with both hands, bent his elbows forward to his side, stepped on the ground with his feet vigorously, stood up tremblingly, stretched out an arm, and walked into the room from the balcony with the support of little Peter, found a single sofa and slowly bent down and sat down. He first gasped a few times and then said: "Of course, after all, the border between the two countries is not far ahead. At that time, the two empires fought each other here for decades, and I don't know how many people died, and the city of Okobi never fell. Although the two empires are now allied, the royal family will definitely not let up here. ”

William was lying on the sofa looking lazy, he found a cushion to cushion under his neck and said contentedly: "Yes, by the way, when I was shopping today, I heard people discuss that the day after tomorrow is the annual gladiatorial tournament in Oakby City, if you are not in a hurry, I think we should go and see it." It's been a long time since I left the Imperial Capital to appreciate gladiatorial matches, and I think Peter will have some insights after watching this. ”

Little Peter heard them talk about himself and hurriedly listened more carefully, and the old man was stunned for a moment before he spoke: "Gladiatorial match, if you don't say it, I'll forget it." It's been more than 20 years since I thought about it. The day after tomorrow, let's go and see it again, I don't know if the Empire's current gladiatorial tournament has changed from before. As he spoke, the old man fell into his memories and was silent for a long time.

Little Peter first looked at the old man worriedly, and then looked at Uncle William and asked softly, "But Uncle William, the day after tomorrow is the competition, can we still buy tickets?"

William laughed, sat up from the sofa, touched his pocket, took out four metal pieces that looked like pieces of iron, and said, "When I heard the news, I knew that the old man would definitely agree, so you see that I bought a ticket directly from a nobleman." Uncle William threw the piece of metal in his hand to little Peter.

Little Peter hurriedly took the metal piece he had thrown over, first handed one to Eva, and then carefully studied the remaining three metal pieces in his hand. They were carved with a portrait of a thin man with a bald head wearing only a short skirt made of unknown origin, holding a spear and fighting a majestic adult male lion. The man's face was frightened, but he had to struggle under the hunt of the lion, and his expression was vividly depicted. Little Peter couldn't help but pout, and quickly turned over the back.

On the back, there was no portrait that made him uneasy, but a pattern that looked like a family coat of arms. A square banner with a blazing flame in the middle of the coat of arms, a spear on either side and a blood-dripping sword on the other, and above the banner is an eagle with its wings outstretched, its talons clutching the flag.

When William saw Little Peter staring at the coat of arms, he shrugged his shoulders and explained: "That's the coat of arms of the Duke of Oakby's family, and if you can see this coat of arms again in the future, you should know that it represents the Oakby family." ”

Little Peter nodded ignorantly, and handed the piece of metal in his hand to Eva.

Soon it was time for the competition, and little Peter was dressed gorgeously and neatly, and Uncle William and the old man came to the competition venue together.

The Colosseum was located in the center of the city of Okeby, where a huge oval-shaped building towered. The entire building is made of marble, with numerous intricate patterns carved on the outside of the walls

Little Peter secretly estimated the area of the gladiatorial arena, and could only conservatively estimate that it was about 200 meters long, and the width was not clear for a while, but it was at least 120 meters above the visual inspection, and the height was about 60 meters.

The oval-shaped building is simple, unambiguous, and has no beginning or end, and is extremely majestic in appearance, with a high façade divided into four floors, with Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns from bottom to top.

The whole building is divided into four floors, the bottom three floors are double-arched buildings, and each arch is supported by stone columns on both sides. The fourth floor, decorated with wall dwellings, is facing four large arches in four radius, which is the entrance to the cloister of the inner grandstand of the Colosseum. Each large arch is carved with the coat of arms of the Okobi family, and large crowds are lining up below the arches waiting to enter.

Finally, little Peter and his party entered the gladiatorial arena, and the stands inside the gladiatorial arena were divided into four groups from low to high, and the seats of the spectators were divided according to the difference between rank and inferiority. According to the label of the metal piece in their hand, they came to the first row.

When he took his seat, he found that the crowd around him was mostly nobles dressed in fine clothes and elegant manners, and occasionally a few priests and bishops were interspersed among these nobles. The atmosphere in the entire gladiatorial arena was very lively, and everyone was looking for something to do while discussing their opinions, and occasionally a few sentences were gossip about the recent high society.

Just as he was looking around, he heard the old man say to him: "You know, in the past, this gladiatorial arena was built to commemorate the great victory over the Holy Empire, when the Krent Empire captured about 120,000 soldiers of the Holy Empire, and His Majesty the Emperor ordered the construction of the gladiatorial arena as soon as he was happy. This gladiatorial arena is the largest in the entire empire except for the imperial capital, and can accommodate about 8w spectators. ”

Little Peter gasped, thought for a moment, and asked, "Why is it allowed to build a gladiatorial arena here?

The old man smiled and said: "This is the emperor's reward for the Obike family, and this gladiatorial arena is the glory of the history of the Obike family." ”