209. Knight of the Holy Light
After passing through the narrow folding steps, the group walked into the city from the airport wharf, and walked along the long street towards the center of the city.
The city is not very big, there is only one main street, but the main street is bustling with people, even at dusk, it is actually full of pedestrians and bustling.
There are a lot of trading houses on the main street, at least dozens of them, most of these trading houses are engaged in some leather business, and there are also a large number of small traders on the street, the small traders have a large basket on their heads, holding the bottom edge of the wicker basket with one hand, and the other hand holds the goods they sell, and they peddle along the street to the passers-by, and the vendors always have a faint smile on their faces, even if they are offended when they peddle goods, it is difficult to make people angry, at most they just stare at him coldly.
When passing by a butcher's shop, Surdak saw a two-foot-long short-tailed fat lizard hanging from dozens of iron hooks, and there were also a few on the meat table, and a local woman was standing in front of the meat table to pick and choose, and finally picked up a lizard tail and put it in her basket, this one looked like an arm's thick, less than a foot long, only two pounds of lizard tail, and actually needed to pay a silver pistol and more than thirty copper plates, which was really not cheap.
The meat that often appears on the table of the Grimm Empire is beef and yellow mutton, which may have some price differences depending on the region, but it only costs between fifteen and twenty-five copper plates per pound, and if it is a rib with bone, it is much cheaper.
Surdak stopped in front of a stall selling beef, pointed to a thigh-thick eye-like strip on the meat table, and asked the stall owner:
"A pound more for that?"
The stall owner was stunned for a moment, probably not very accustomed to Surdak's accent, and then reacted and said respectfully:
"Lord Knight, fifteen copper coins a pound."
Surdak nodded, but didn't mean to buy it, and walked to keep up with the crowd.
It seems that the cost of living of ordinary people in Darles City is not high, a silver coin can be used to eat a good barbecue for a family of three, obviously this is a very comfortable life, Surdak asked some vendors along the way about the price of vegetables and wheat flour, and it is also very cheap, basically the same as the price in Evorsen City.
Most of the buildings in Dar Es are mainly made of sand and stone, and the surface of the buildings will also be coated with a layer of mortar, some of the buildings are pale red or pale yellow as a whole, these buildings are generally only two floors, and the rooftops are covered with various forms of clotheslines, and there are always various kinds of tulle silk flying in the wind on the clotheslines.
Captain Kerry led the crowd across the main street to the front of a restaurant called Ship Sea, and at this moment a group of waiters stood at the door of the restaurant to greet everyone, and the manager of the restaurant stood at the front, and when he saw Captain Kerry, he greeted him with a smile and said, "It's a great honor to hold this dinner for you, Captain Kerry." ”
Captain Kerry didn't have a smile on his face, just nodded slightly to the restaurant manager, and asked in a hoarse voice, "Is it all arranged?" ”
Anyone who encounters bird tides, boat crashes, and ship repairs on the way to sail will not be in a good mood. In addition, the magic airship will be repaired in the future, the injured will need to be treated accordingly, and some passengers will be refunded their tickets, all of which will require Captain Kerry to pay out of his own pocket, and it is estimated that the voyage will cost a lot of money.
"Everything is ready." The restaurant manager replied respectfully.
Captain Kerry didn't wait for the restaurant manager to finish his sentence and walked straight into the restaurant.
Everyone went down the stairs of the hall on the first floor to the second floor, Captain Kerry took the entire second floor of the dining room, and feasted on the seventy-three boatmen on the magic airship who were willing to help resist the bird tide, and waited for everyone to take their seats in the dining room, and the restaurant manager reappeared in front of everyone, and asked Captain Kerry cautiously:
"Captain Kerry, will the dinner start soon?"
Captain Kerry nodded slightly and said, "Well, let's get started!" ”
The captain first expressed his heartfelt thanks to everyone present for their help in the most difficult time for the magic airship, and in short, he said a lot of words of thanks before starting the meal.
Then it was dinner time, the dinner was quite hearty and full of local specialties of Dar Es City, the kind of lizards that Surdak saw on the way did not appear on the table, there was a sandworm mustard soup, which Surdak remembered vividly, and the rest of the dishes were more common, but there were also many extremely delicious things, such as cheese beef pie, sea buckthorn juice and so on.
After receiving Kerry's hospitality, Surdak and his party were arranged to stay overnight in one of the largest hotels in the city, and the overworked Surdak almost lay in bed and fell asleep.
When I woke up, it was already three o'clock in the morning, I got up from the bed, took a hot shower in the bathroom, dressed up and looked in the mirror again, looking at the young sturdy man with blond hair and blue eyes in the mirror was actually himself, there was always an inexplicable sense of unreality.
Surdak was about to go downstairs to see if there was still some breakfast available in the hotel at this time, although it was almost noon, he only needed a bowl of oatmeal, white bread slices, and fried eggs, and as soon as he pushed the door open, he saw the waiter standing in the hallway, looking at it seriously.
The waiter reconfirmed it again before he walked over to Surdak and asked cautiously, "Are you a Surdak knight?" ”
"It's me!" Surdak stood in the hallway and closed the door to his room.
The waiter heard that Surdak had a foreign accent, so he deliberately slowed down the pace of his speech and said slowly: "Owen. Both Viscount Constantine and Captain Bright have told me that if you wake up, I must let them know, as if they want to talk to you, Knight, may I reveal your whereabouts to them? ”
Surdak didn't expect that someone would pay attention to him, but he felt that it should not be some malicious tracking, otherwise the waiter would not have been able to tell him like this.
Then he said cheerfully: "Of course, it shouldn't matter! ”
Hearing Surdak say this, the waiter looked very happy, and hurriedly bowed to Surdak: "Okay, thank you, Lord Knight." ”
Surdak nodded slightly at the waiter, walked past him, and thought to himself, "This waiter will probably receive two tips!" That's why I'm so happy......
Then Surdak thought about breakfast again, so he stopped, turned around and asked the waiter, "Oh, at this other time, do you still serve breakfast?" ”
"Breakfast has been suspended, Knight, but you can still order morning tea at this time!" The waiter was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied.
"Forehead ......"
Surdak nodded again and turned to leave the hotel hallway.
……
In the restaurant downstairs of the hotel......
"Really not ready to join us? I thought maybe ......"
Bright, the leader of the Shining Adventure Troupe, sat in the dining room and said to Surdak sincerely.
Surdak was struggling to deal with the cream cake and fresh milk matcha in front of him, he wiped his lips, raised his head and said to Bright:
"No need, I retired from the army this time, I just want to go back to my hometown for a while, there are too many companions who died on the battlefield, I should have said it...... I want to go back to Highland together, but unfortunately I am the only one who can come back this time. ”
Bright said with a look of remorse, "Well, if you want to join the Adventure Party, you might as well give priority to our Shining Adventure Party, if you want, I can give you the best treatment." ”
Probably before he thought of it, he asked Surdak to give up the cabin, which made the first meeting between the two not so pleasant.
Surdak took a sip of fresh milk matcha and said calmly, "It's really not necessary. ”
"Alright! We look forward to hearing that you can change your mind at any time. Bright said with some frustration.
Then he wrote down a line on a sticky note, handed it to Surdak, and said with a serious face: "This is the temporary contact address of our Shining Adventure Group in Bena Province, if you want to find us, you can send a letter here, sometimes we are on a mission and can't reply to you in time, but as soon as I receive it, I will definitely reply to you......"
……
"Thank you for your help, I owe you a favor, if there's anything you need me to do, come to me in Constantinople, the city of Nablade."
His name was Michael. Owen said this to Surdak on the magic airship.
A week later, the magic airship arrived in the city of Bena in the province of Bena.