Surdak returned to the city of Hylanza with a full of magical waist brimstone mines, and when he arrived outside the city gates, it was already dark, and there were a few torches lit on the city's head, and a group of guards with longbows walked past the city, and Surdak's current status could not allow these guards to make an exception to open the city gate for him, unless there was urgent military business.

Looking at the closed dark gates across the drawbridge from Hylanza, Surdak could only stay outside the city honestly and wait until the gates opened tomorrow morning before entering the city.

Surdak planned to find a hotel outside the city, otherwise it would be really sinful to freeze at the city gate all night on such a cold day.

The Golden Acorn Inn is the best hotel outside the city, it is built on the edge of the temporary residence, the three-story brick building looks like a small castle outside the city, Surdak does not make it to the city of Highlandsa before the city gates close, usually stay in this hotel for one night, of course, this hotel is only in the winter when business is better, if it is summer, many people do not mind setting up a simple tent on the grass on the roadside outside the city, or simply sleeping on the grass and waiting for dawn.

The inn is a hollow-shaped building, and the carriage passes directly through the main entrance of the hotel into the huge courtyard, which has a special place for the carriage, and the horses will be led to the stables, and the yard is planted with some trees, in winter. The leaves of these trees have fallen and they look bare and unaesthetically unaesthetically pleasing, but the well-trained shopkeepers will be the first to come out, including horsemen who specialize in leading horses, and waiters who will guide the way, and the waiters will be the first to identify the guests, where the common people and nobles are separated.

Surdak barely had to speak, his crotch. The leather armor and sword on his body, and the knight's insignia on his chest are enough to indicate his identity.

"Prepare me a warm and clean room, a quiet place around, don't let people disturb me!" Surdak jumped off his horse and handed the reins to the groom beside him, the snow in the yard was cleared, and a dozen black magic caravans were parked on the bluestone slab ground.

A waiter led Surdak into the building due north and said, "Okay! Knight, do you need something to eat? We were able to provide some white bread and stew. ”

"No, you don't!" Surdak replied.

The chandelier lit on the ceiling of the hall on the first floor, and the young waitress standing at the counter quickly handed Surdak a bunch of keys and said the room number.

"Is there breakfast tomorrow morning?" Surdak asked the waiter.

"Yes, Knight, do you need to be brought into your room?" The waiter said immediately.

Of course, breakfast delivery to your room is not free, and tipping is required.

"As early as possible, before the gates open!" Surdak felt that if he entered the city early tomorrow, he should be able to catch the morning class at the Knight Academy.

"Yes, Knight." The waiter agreed.

Walking from the lobby on the first floor, you just passed the inn's restaurant, which was still open at this late hour, and half of the seats were filled with guests, almost all of them were nobles and knights, and the taste of the fried meat steak was always so tempting.

Surdak's room at No. 241 on the second floor on the north side of the building was not large, but it was clean, with a single bed covered with snow-white sheets, a simple wooden table and a chair against the window, and a half-hidden curtain to see the night view outside the window, just enough to see a corner of the temporary residence.

There was a temporary dwelling outside of the city of Highlandza, where the people could not afford to find a place to live, who would go to the city during the day to do menial work, and at night they would have to go out of the city to live outside the city, and over time a temporary settlement was established outside the city, which was filled with a large number of laborers, beggars, thieves, and some idle vagabonds.

It's so late, there are still many people busy in the temporary settlement, probably preparing for the next day's work, most of the buildings in this settlement are simple wooden houses, surrounded by oak forests, so it doesn't cost much to build a wooden house, this kind of wooden house will look very cramped inside, usually only fit a bed, everyone has to build the kitchen outside, even if it is snowing outside, if you want to get something to eat, you have to do it against the wind and snow.

Surdakra closed the curtains to block out the faint light outside, took off his frozen boots, the ice slag fell down his trouser legs to the floor, unbuttoned his leather armor, the linen shirt inside was a little wet, hung these clothes on the hanger in the room, changed into a dry shirt, Surdak lay on the soft bed, and his bones made a soft noise.

After a whole day of walking in the mountains, even a knight like Surdak would feel very tired, especially in such a cold weather, both men and horses are prone to frostbite, but this is nothing to Surdak, although the black curse of the leg injury was cured by Selena, but his Divine Blessing Body buff effect is still there, so he can't feel how cold it is.

Through the ceiling, the sound of goblins fighting upstairs could be clearly heard, and Surdak frowned slightly, obviously the surroundings of this room were not quiet.

Exhaustion came like a tidal wave, and Surdak soon fell asleep.

Surdak was awakened by the neighing of horses, a team of knights and two carriages slowly drove into the courtyard of the hotel, several knights wrapped in frost and snow jumped off their horses, the groom took the reins in their hands, and took away the horses with their manes covered with ice slag, several knights were the first to enter the hotel, and several noblewomen followed from the magic caravan, the family crest on the magic caravan was covered with a thin layer of ice, I didn't expect this weather, there were nobles from afar, and I don't know where they came from.

As soon as he lay back in bed, he heard a cacophony of voices in the hallway, apparently the waiter leading the new tenants in search of their rooms, these people seemed very excited after such a long journey, the shrill laughter of several ladies could easily penetrate the walls, and these people were still discussing the bad road conditions and hotels, and their voices revealed a sense of superiority from the big city, and in their tones, the city of Highlandsa seemed like a remote country.

Leather boots clattered on the floor of the hallway......

It is the sound of long leather boots nailed with iron palms, usually only knights will wear leather boots with iron at the front and back, when fighting, kicking a foot can break the enemy's leg bones, but this kind of heavy armor leather boots will have use value on the battlefield, usually wearing a pair of leather boots in addition to cool, but no other purpose.

"Oh my God, the corridors of this hotel are not carpeted, and they are really the source of golden oak nuts, and even the floor is oak...... "One of the noble ladies said sarcastically." I've heard that the people of Hylanza use oak for their homes and make barrels out of oak. ”

There was a chuckle of a group of ladies around.

The shrill voice continued to say in an exaggerated tone, "Oh my God, I never thought about it...... I will sleep on an oak bed one day, and to be honest, I still prefer the heaviness of indigo wood furniture. ”

The voice of a young man in the crowd coughed lightly before saying, "Ladies, we are only staying in this hotel for a few hours, and tomorrow night you will sleep in the most luxurious hotel in the city of Highlandsa." ”

The lady with the sharp voice before said unceremoniously: "Trollope, to be honest, I have no expectations for the most luxurious hotel in the city of Highlandza!" ”

As the chaotic footsteps got closer, someone in the crowd asked, "Is there a fireplace in your hotel room for me to order some golden oak nuts?" I love the aroma of the oak fruit when it is burned, it helps me fall asleep. ”

“…… Sorry, we don't have a room with a fireplace in our hostel! The waiter replied in a whisper.

"Forget it, I shouldn't have expected anything." There was unspeakable disappointment in the man's tone.

The high-pitched lady continued: "Lunda, in such a remote and unfamiliar place, can you still hope to sleep peacefully? ”

At this moment, the footsteps suddenly stopped, and there was the sound of the door opening next to Surdak, and as soon as the door was opened, the high-pitched lady exclaimed: "My God, this room is so small. ”

"There's no need to worry about that, we'll wait until dawn and leave." The young man also said helplessly.

"Don't you have a bigger room here?" The high-pitched lady asked tentatively.

"Sorry, the room on the third floor is full!" The waiter replied.

The lady said impatiently, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, what else would you say besides that?" Forget it, prepare me something to eat and send it over......"

"Yes, ma'am!" The waiter replied.

"Please call me Miss Fanny!" The high-pitched lady corrected.

Surdak covered his forehead with his hand, when he chose the room, he should have chosen the civilian building, maybe it wouldn't be so noisy.

After these nobles moved into the room, it was obvious that the noise had not ended, and they were still eating supper noisily at such a late hour, and when these supper was brought out, they began to mock how bad the food here was, and there was not even a tender steak...... The noise annoyed Surdak, followed by the sound of a shaker that was about to continue until dawn.

When Surdak had just fallen asleep in a daze, there was a knock at the door, and Surdak opened his eyes only to find that at some point, it was actually bright, and the curtains of the hotel were very thick, and there was only a trace of light penetrating in, so he didn't even know when it was bright.

Opening the door of the room, the waiter stood outside the door with a breakfast, Surdak took out five copper plates and put them in the palm of his hand, the waiter put the plate on the wooden table in the room, saluted Surdak, and left.

The breakfast on the table was simple, just a browned baked wheat cake topped with a slice of ham, omelette, shredded onion and strawberry jam, and a corn juice on the side.

The price of a night's room in this inn was only two silver coins, and Surdak was eager to know how much a night would cost in the civilian room opposite.

Walking out of the hotel gate, Surdak's Gubolai horse had been cleaned and was waiting in the yard, the groom handed the reins into Surdak's hands, Surdak put a stack of copper plates back in the groom's palm, and rode his horse to leave the Golden Oak Fruit Hotel.

At this moment, there was a sudden creaking sound above her head, and a window was pushed open, and long golden hair peeked out of the curtain, and then a delicate face, as if someone was tickling her, and she couldn't help but chuckle like a silver bell.

The shrill laughter made Surdak recognize at once that she was the fussy Miss Fanny of the previous night, with a pretty face, the curtains trembled, and Miss Fanny's shoulders peeking out of the window, wrapped in white sheets, lying on the windowsill and looking curiously into the courtyard of the hotel, which did not feel cold at all in this weather.

Surdak couldn't help but raise his head to take a second look, just in time to see a blonde man emerge from behind the young lady, young and muscular, with muscles like delicate marble, he hugged Miss Fanny tightly in his arms, and buried his head in her snow-white neck, which immediately caused Miss Fanny to burst into a burst of irrepressible shrill laughter.

The young blonde man didn't notice Surdak as he was about to ride out, but Surdak recognized the man at a glance.

Trollope Swordsman.

He and Darcy. Christie, Hathaway, and Beatrice are all graduates of the same year as the Bena Provincial High Swordsman Academy.

He also saw the training activities of the Warsaw plane, Surdak had seen him several times in Handanar City, and he was very impressed by him, but he did not expect to see him again outside the city of Highlandsa one day.

However, Surdak did not think much of it, rode out of the hotel, and passed through the city gate as soon as it was opened.

At this time, the night watchman in the city had just transported the whole truck of garbage from the city to the outside of the city, and the long convoy would exude some strange smells even in winter, and behind Surdak was a group of small vendors waiting to enter the city, pushing some small stalls, most of them staring at the dark circles under their eyes, yawning one after another, looking sleep-deprived.

There weren't too many pedestrians in the streets of the city, so Surdak rode his horse all the way to the Knight Academy, and just as he heard the bell ringing for the morning class, he rushed to the stable of the college, handed the Gubralai horse to the groom, and trotted all the way into the school building, and rushed into the classroom before Mrs. Meredith, and finally did not let Ms. Meredith write her name in the late logbook......