Lingeil City is the royal capital of the kingdom of Ravillis, and it is said that its predecessor was a floating city that fell to the ground at the end of the "Sky Civilization". The impact of the fall creates huge craters in the ground, which slowly form lakes that submerge most of the structures of the floating city. Later, a city slowly formed around the ruins of the floating city, and it became the current royal capital. In the middle of the royal capital is a lake formed by the water of the Rhine, in the center of which is the royal palace, and in addition to the royal palace, the city of Lingeil has six other districts, namely six street clusters from the first to the sixth avenue.

The First Avenue was the residence of the Princes and nobles, and the Ducal Palace of Isère is the most majestic building on the First Avenue. Second Avenue is the most prosperous commercial street in the south of Big 6, and it is also the stronghold of many chambers of commerce. Third Avenue is the industrial area of Lingeil City, which is one of the few places in the kingdom where airships can be built, but in addition to the royal family's arsenal, there are also some private workshops here, as long as you have money and doorways, you can also entrust private workshops to build airships, but its price is astronomical for ordinary people.

Fourth Avenue is Joy Street, a paradise for the rich and powerful, but there are also cheap pleasures open to the common people. Fifth Avenue is the residence of the common people, and it is also the largest of the six districts, and the living environment cannot be compared with the first avenue, but the royal family of La Velis has always had a tradition of pro-government and love for the people, and every year they set aside a large budget to renovate the facilities of Fifth Avenue, so even from a critical eye, life here can be called stable and convenient.

Sixth Avenue is the only part of the city that does not border the rest of the city, and is located at the rear of the royal city, surrounded by the Rhine River that flows through the royal city, with only a few heavily guarded arched bridges connecting the royal city to the streets on either side. At most, the residents of the royal capital can only look across the river at Sixth Avenue, and few know who lives in it. In addition to the above six streets, there are also floating city ruins sunk at the bottom of the lake, a maze of monsters buried deep underground, etc., but these are not related to the story for the time being, so let's focus on the second avenue in the business district first.

"When I heard that someone was looking for me, I thought it was who......

A richly decorated four-wheeled carriage ran briskly on the road, and the unicorn in the carriage moved its eyes back from the scenery outside the window and fell on the white-clothed young man opposite.

"It was you, Erie, I didn't expect to meet you so soon. ”

"yes, I didn't think I'd be able to run into someone from the Isère family on a country airship......" Erie replied with a wry smile. "To be honest, when I asked someone to report in front of the Duke's Palace, my heart was full of ups and downs, and I was shivering behind my back......"

Saying this, Yili shrunk his shoulders as if he was afraid.

"Hey, you're also a rich boy, aren't you so exaggerated?" Qilin recalled that when he first met Charlotte at the Duke's Palace, Erie did look nervous.

After the initial introduction, he already knew that Yili's identity was the young leader of the Greine Chamber of Commerce, which was one of the top ten large chambers of commerce in the kingdom. Even so, Kirin was surprised that Yili would find the Duke's Palace. Since the merchant's son left a very good impression on him when he was on the airship, even if Yili invited him to go out for a walk, Kirin agreed without much hesitation. He asked Charlotte to tell Noin that he would be back later, and then he and Erie walked to Second Avenue in a carriage of conversation.

"That's different. Compared to the 'uncrowned royal family' of the Isère family, which has stood for hundreds of years, other nobles are no different from commoners at all. Erie asserted. Although in the eyes of ordinary people, as the Shaodong of the Greine Chamber of Commerce, he can be regarded as a figure with a head and a face, but he has always been a commoner, and compared with the "uncrowned royal family" standing at the top of the power pyramid, the gap is as obvious as a world of mud.

"Oh, it turns out that Noyin's identity is so noble......" Kirin nodded in admiration, and then shrugged his shoulders indifferently. "Forget it, anyway, I don't have anything to do with the Duke's family...... Anyway, how did you find me?"

“...... Good question. Erie let out a long sigh. "At that time, I saw you walking towards the air horse, and then you were taken directly into Wang **'s base, but it scared me, and I thought something was wrong with you. Later, I bribed a soldier to help you find out that you were an acquaintance of the terrible duke and duchess...... It's really unseemly. ”

"I didn't expect it myself......" Kirin spread his hand helplessly. "And then, you're going to come to the Duke's palace to find me?"

"Well, I heard that you were taken home by the princess of Isère, so I mustered up the courage to come to the Duke's Palace today to hand over the sticker. I'm still wondering what I'd do if you're not there, or if you don't recognize anyone...... But it seems that my luck is good. Saying this, Yili made a reassuring expression at the Kirin.

“...... I said, you don't have to go through such a big deal, do you?" Kirin pointed out. Although there are indeed that kind of heroes in the world who meet in the water and are warm-hearted, Yili doesn't seem to be that kind of person, and strictly speaking, Yili's businessman aura is actually quite strong, so Qilin really doesn't understand why this young master of the Grayn Chamber of Commerce would do this kind of thing for him.

"I don't want to trouble like this, if my father knows that I came to visit the 'Uncrowned King's Family' without permission, he must break my legs......" Yili shook his head, and was silent for a moment with an unspeakable expression, as if he was hesitating whether to say it or not. "Actually, it's because the Greine family has a very troublesome family motto......"

"Family motto?"

"Well, the family motto is 'Receive a drop of water in return,' and the children and grandchildren of the Grein family must abide by this rule...... Therefore, what I owe you is a life-saving kindness, and according to the family motto, you must reciprocate something. ”

"Your family's rules are really strange......" Obviously a merchant family, but to set up such rules that seem to contradict identity, Qilin looked at Yili curiously.

It is said that the ancestors who set this rule wanted their children and grandchildren not to fall into the eyes of money when they were doing business. Although it sounds quite reasonable, it is a great problem for those who come after to set such rules casually......" Yili complained to Kirin. "You think, there is such a thing as a human debt, and it can't be measured by how much money, because there is this rule, and the people of the Grayn family never dare to owe others favors casually. Even if the other party has good intentions, it can only be accepted in the form of equivalent exchange, so they are often scolded as 'a guy with money in his eyes', 'an abacus who can walk', etc., which is really unbearable......"

“...... That's why you showed that reluctant look when I saved you?" asked Kirin with a sense of understanding.

"Well, sort of. Yili rolled his eyes like a fish on a board, and said in a tone of resignation: "All in all, because of this, I want to repay you for saving your life, and you can ask for anything...... Of course, jokes like fifty bucks, please don't let me hear them a second time. ”

"Hmm......" Lin Lin withdrew his hand in embarrassment, as if he was about to say this just now. "You don't have to go through a lot of work, it's just a gesture. ”

"I mean, did you save my life by your gesture?" or do you want to say that my life was only worth fifty dollars?"

"Even if you say that, I don't really want anything......" Kirin frowned in confusion. "Well, if I need help in the future, I'll tell you again. ”

"Hey, hey, if you say that, you'll make me carry this debt for the rest of my life!

"Long-winded! How can anyone force others to make wishes like you!"

"Who knows what is wrong with the ancestors of the Grayn family, who set that kind of ghost rules!"

"It's none of my business, don't use your family's rules to cause trouble to others!"

"Don't say that, I'm also repaying the favor, so you can cooperate, right?" Yili begged Kirin with a bitter face.

"Hmm......" Kirin pondered for a few seconds, and finally proposed a compromise. "Well, you can treat me to a meal, and then we'll be clear. ”

"Eat a meal...... Yili looked at Qilin with a bitter expression, and then lowered his head in frustration, and muttered something like "It turns out that my life is only worth a meal" from his mouth, which made Qilin cry and laugh, and couldn't help but have a wonderful good impression of the stubborn young man in white in front of him.

(That's a lot of fun...... Kirin looked at Yili with an interesting gaze, and under his gaze, Shaodong of the Gray Chamber of Commerce slowly raised his head, he seemed to be struggling to convince himself to accept Kirin's opinion, and looked at Kirin with an expression of awareness.

"I see, let's go. ”

"Where to go?"

"Go to my family's tavern. Yili turned back to the coachman in front of him and said the name of the place, and explained to the Kirin. "It's on Fourth Avenue, about 10 minutes by horse-drawn carriage. ”

"Is that close?" said the Qilin with a sudden look of interest. "In that case, let's walk, I haven't visited the streets of the royal capital yet. ”

........................

At Kirin's insistence, Erie followed Kirin out of the carriage of the Gray Chamber of Commerce and accompanied him on Second Avenue. Because the last time I went back to the Duke's Palace, Qilin and Nuoyin rode in the same carriage, so I didn't have the opportunity to take a closer look at the surrounding shops, but this time Yili, who was familiar with the streets of Wangdu, followed, and Qilin was finally able to stop and take a closer look in front of the shops he was interested in. Anyway, it was still early, and Yili didn't mean to urge him, and after looking at a few stores in a row, Qilin turned around and showed a look of wanting to say something to Yili.

"Erie, your family's ...... It's really called the Greine Chamber of Commerce, right?"

"Well, that's right. Knowing what Kirin was going to ask, Yili casually pointed to a row of shops down the street. "The ones you just saw, as well as the row opposite, are all properties that belong to the Graynes Chamber of Commerce, that is, my family's business. ”

“...... What the hell are you buying?" the Kirin thought back to the shop he had just shaken, from needlework to sword, from bakery to brewery, as if there was no focus at all.

"As long as it's something that makes money and isn't illegal, the Greine Chamber of Commerce will buy everything...... Well, in fact, even if it is illegal, the Greine Chamber of Commerce has a way to get it. So said Erie, with the shrewd expression of the merchant's son. "So, in the future, if you want to buy something, come to the Greine Chamber of Commerce, for the sake of our friendship, I will give you a nine-percent discount. ”

"Hey, it's just a few folds, don't say it as if it's great. Kirin protested dissatisfied.

"What's the matter! You can figure it out, if it's nine percent off, it's equivalent to taking out a quarter of the profits!"

“...... In other words, each of your products has a profit of more than 60 percent?"

"Uh......" Erie suddenly stopped, looking embarrassed haha. "So, that's what business is all about, and this kind of Cheng dù's profit is actually very common...... Anyway, you're pretty good at arithmetic, huh?"

"Well, the village elders taught. Kirin nodded.

"Do you still teach this kind of thing in your 'village'?" said Ely, looking unconcealably surprised. Basically, skills like arithmetic are only learned by the children of nobles who manage their families and those who make a living in business, even in the prosperous royal capital, the probability of catching a random person and writing their own name is less than one percent. In comparison, Qilin's village has already popularized the "higher education" of arithmetic, which really shocked Yili.

"That's the case......" Listening to Yili's explanation, Kirin scratched his head in confusion. "I thought it was a common thing to be able to read and write, didn't it?"

"That's enough, that's enough, in fact, when I see you, I can almost imagine how out of common sense your village is......" Yili smiled wryly and shook his head.

Just as he was about to say something, a noisy voice suddenly sounded in the street behind the two. The Kirin looked back, only to see that the center of the chaos was a galloping carriage.

The carriage was made of precious mahogany, and the body was ornately decorated, and dozens of horsemen rode tall horses on either side of the carriage. The cavalry chased the wagons and rampage through the crowded streets with extremely dangerous heights. Seeing them coming, the people who were strolling leisurely screamed as if they had seen monsters and scattered in all directions, many roadside stalls were knocked down, and the falling fruits were trampled into meat under the hooves of horses. The panicked cries of the people mingled with the arrogant and fierce sound of horses' hooves, forming a chaotic wave that spread through the streets.

"Is it from Embrion's family again......" The Kirin in the distance looked at the absurd scene in front of him with a blank gaze, and at the same time heard Erie sigh helplessly.

"Embrion?" Kirin suddenly felt as if he had heard the name somewhere.

The carriage rampaged through the street with a high height and rushed in front of the two men in the blink of an eye. Erie glared at the jeweled crest on the carriage in annoyance, and Kirin's gaze fell on the street in front of the carriage.

There was a civilian mother and daughter who couldn't avoid it. The mother was probably stunned by the rushing carriage and sat slumped in the middle of the road, unable to move, while the daughter was stunned at a loss. There is still a distance of more than 20 meters from the carriage to the mother and daughter, if the driver pulls the brakes in time, a tragedy can be avoided completely, but the carriage not only does not show any signs of reduction, but even the cavalry that follows is like to cut off the escape route of the mother and daughter, divided into two and rushed in front of the carriage, its intentions can be described as extremely vicious.

The people who saw this scene roared in fright, and many people turned their faces away on the spot.

And by the time of Yili Jue, the Qilin had already rushed out. Chasing the galloping carriage, his eyes fell on the little girl's immature and helpless face, and the moment he remembered Charlotte for some reason, a nameless fire sprung up from the unicorn's heart. The fire was so fierce that in the next second, the hard stone ground beneath his feet was trampled into powder.

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