Chapter 67: The Capital Basta
In the afternoon, after the lunch break, we left this beautiful manor in two magic cars, and drove towards the city of Basta, along the way we can also see a lot of beautiful mansions and manors, no worse than where we live, after Mr. Daken's introduction we learned that these are the places where other dignitaries and rich people in the capital live, this suburb is like the so-called rich residential area. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The view from the window was fascinating, but the environment inside was also very interesting to me, after all, it was my first time making a magic car. The car is so comfortable to sit in, the whole seat can be adjusted to your favorite position, and it is smooth and fast, much better than riding a horse-drawn carriage or a magic bus. The magic car I was in was driven by Mr. Daken's chauffeur, and I sat in the passenger seat, and in the back seat sat Mr. Dacon, Alice, and Anne, and Alice sat in the middle of the seat and kept pulling Aini, pointing out the window to introduce her. It was also the first time for Anne to ride in the Magic Car, and it was obvious that she was also curious about everything in the car, and she kept nodding her head while listening to Alice's introduction. As for the second Magic car, it was driven by Harvey, and inside sat Neil, Link, Alan and Emma, I guess they are also very curious about this trip, after all, magic cars are rarely seen in the republic, only the rich and high-ranking officials can sit, we civilians occasionally take the magic bus, in our Salem province there are only a few magic bus in operation, and it is often prone to breakdowns, Neil sometimes helps with repairs, so more of us choose to take a carriage or walk on foot.
The car finally drove into the city, the streets became bustling, high-rise buildings abounded, and the crowd was bustling, with citizens in various costumes walking around, including elderly people walking with pet dogs, middle-aged people in a hurry with briefcases, and couples flirting in beautiful clothes.
At this time, Alice pointed to the tallest building outside the car window and said to us, "Look, this is the headquarters building of Daddy's company!" I looked out the car window, it was indeed a very tall building, about 100 meters high, and the shape of the whole building was also very unique, not as square as ordinary buildings, but in an elliptical shape, and the roof was also rounded, and there were no edges and corners in sight. The windows of the building are filled with dark blue glass, which glows blue in the sunlight, like a giant blue crystal standing on the ground.
Suddenly, a bell rang in the car, and I was wondering why there was a bell here, when the driver in the driver's seat turned to Mr. Daken and said, "Lord Daken, there's a communication from the company!"
"Take it. Mr. Daken said lightly, as if he had become accustomed to it.
"Smack!"
The driver pressed a button on the right side of the steering wheel with his hand, and suddenly a young woman's voice came from the whole car: "Lord Daiken, I heard that you are heading to the city, I have a few materials that you need to see in person, I wonder if you can take the time to come to the company?"
"Got it, I'll be there in five minutes!" Mr. Dyken replied briefly.
"Roger, I'll be waiting for you at the door of the company. "In the next second, there was no sound in the communicator, it should be the person over there who cut off the communication, right?
"Daddy~" Alice shouted dissatisfiedly in the back seat: "You said that you came out with me to buy books, why did you go to the company?"
"I'm sorry, Alice, I'll try to get it done as soon as possible and come back with you. Mr. Daken said apologetically.
"Hmph, I hate Daddy the most!" said Alice, pouting, angrily ignoring Mr. Dyken.
The car quickly drove to the door of Valero's corporate headquarters building, "Chris, Annie, please help me take care of Alice, accompany her around the city, and I'll come back to you as soon as possible." Mr. Daken said helplessly to Aini and me.
"Well, yes, Mr. Dackon. Anne and I agreed.
"Hmph~" Alice still looked angry, looked out the window, and ignored Mr. Dyken. Mr. Daken had no choice but to open the car door and walk out, say hello to Harvey and Neil, who had stopped the car behind him, and then hurried into the building while talking to a female secretary who was walking towards him with a thick stack of papers in her hand...
"Miss, I'll drive you to the high street!" said the driver, turning back to Alice. Alice didn't speak, nodded silently, and then our car continued down the street, turning a few corners, and came to a stop on the side of a very spacious and lively street.
We got out of the car together, and Harvey and Neil, who were following us, also got out of the car and walked up to us.
"Let's go, miss, let's wander around, and I'm sure Lord Daken will be back for you soon." Harvey said to Alice.
"Hmph, Daddy doesn't talk much, I hate him the most! I'll buy books by myself!" Alice walked briskly with the teddy bear in her arms in her arms, and we hugged her and walked with her.
Walking on the commercial street, it is really an eye-opener, here the ground is paved with red bricks, just like walking on the red carpet, surrounded by all kinds of shops with very distinctive decorations, there are clothing stores, food stores, jewelry stores, magic guide stores, etc., etc., there are a variety of goods on it, absolutely dazzled and dizzying.
My companions and I looked around and were surprised by everything, and the people around us were all citizens who came to consume and have fun, but they seemed to look at Link and Allen with strange eyes, and wherever they went, the crowd would disperse and keep some distance from them, and from time to time I could hear the voices of people walking past us muttering:
"I've heard that the black elf has a strange temperament, so we'd better stay away from him!"
"The fur on this dog Terran kid must be very dirty, it's best not to come near me!"
"Why are these young people so brainless, walking with a group of aliens?"
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At this time, I realized that almost all the people on the street were humans, and there were almost no people from other races such as orcs and elves, but there was no need to discriminate against Link and Allen so much, right? It was not at all like Salem and Pazm provinces, where people of various races lived in harmony, which was really disappointing, and I didn't expect this kind of discrimination against other races in the capital.
"I'm really sorry, the vast majority of the residents of the capital Basta are human beings, and after a long time, they don't like people of other races, and there are more and more low-quality people like this, it's really a shame for us Basta people!" Harvey apologized to us, I always thought that the various races in our republic lived in harmony, but now I know that Bastar is no better than our Salem Province, although our life there is simple, but the people of all races really live in harmony, fortunately Link and Alan are also quite broad-minded, and do not care about this little episode.
On the way to the shopping street, I took a look at the clothes in the window of the clothing store, and a piece of clothing costs more than 20 gold coins, which is really expensive. Alice didn't stop a step, didn't stop at any store, went straight to a large bookstore at the end of the street, I heard that girls don't like to go shopping, she really went straight to the point, but Emma stayed at the door of a jewelry store and couldn't take a step, her eyes stared at a necklace in the window, it seemed that she liked it very much, until Link reminded her, Emma reluctantly caught up with us.
We walked into the bookstore, there are really a lot of books here, rows of books are neatly stacked on the shelves for customers to choose from, the books in the front row are best-selling novels or celebrity biographies, such as "Three Hundred and Sixty Days of Fighting with the Dragon", "The Legend of the Heroes of the Magic Knight", "The Legend of the Prime Ministers of the Starlight Empire", etc., and a large group of people are standing around to look through it. Alice still didn't stop, and walked directly to the depths of the bookstore, where the crowd was getting sparser and thinner, because the books behind were all professional books, quite advanced and unpopular, what "The Principle and Analysis of the Use of the Magic Guide", "A Detailed Study of the Principle of Restraint of Magical Attributes", and "Thirty-six Tactics of Dealing with Lizardmen" are all books that make me look big.
At this time, Alice had already picked up a thick book in the historical and antiquities area and looked through it (thanks to her small hands), I looked at the people around me, Harvey stood next to Alice and helped her remove the books placed on the high shelf, Neil picked up a "Practical Manual of Magic Combat" and read it, Link was reading "How to Use Magic Auxiliary Weapons to Attack", Alan was looking through mechanical books, Emma was looking for all kinds of books on the rapier attack, and Anne ran to the bookshelf where the priesthood books were placed and browsed... Seeing that everyone was immersed in the sea of books, I couldn't help but want to read the book a little, and just as I caught a glimpse of a copy of "Dragon Origins" on my right, I took it out and opened the cover to read it from the beginning.
"Dragons are an unknown race, no one knows when they appeared on this continent, they are like comets, they suddenly appear on the stage of history, stay for a while and multiply, then suddenly disappear without a trace, and after a long time, they suddenly appear again... These are all recorded in the literature of the ancients. Although they are not many in number, they have great strength and superhuman intelligence, even the lowest level of dragons cannot be described as ordinary giant beasts or demonic beasts, their huge bodies and terrifying power are enough to make ordinary people fearful, let alone higher-level dragon clan members... We're going to take a closer look at the history of the dragons, the moment of their origins, when and where they appeared on this continent..."
"It's time to go, Chris!" I hadn't finished reading before Neil came over and interrupted my reading, as if Alice had already chosen the book they wanted to buy.
We walked with Alice to the cash register, each with a book in his hand. Reading books is like this, I usually can't think of reading them, and when I see others reading with relish, I can't help but want to buy a copy and go back to read a good book, reading has such a charm.
Alice read a thick history of ancient books, written by the ancients hundreds of years ago, she bought three copies at once: "General History of Human Evolution", "Ancient Human Exploration", "Speculation of the Great Historical Changes", this kind of book I even look dizzy with the title, and the content of these books should also be written in the ancient words of the old man Nikolai, but she is still a little girl who is only twelve years old, and she actually likes to read these, which has to be admired.
Everyone bought the book they wanted, even Harvey took a magazine and paid the bill, and I bought the book "The Origin of the Dragons", I want to taste it slowly in the future, since I found out that my fighting spirit is a giant dragon, I want to know more about the dragons, and I don't know why, that is, I became interested in the dragons.
Walking out of the door of the bookstore, Anne suddenly stopped, pointed to a building and said to Alice, "Alice, can you go there with me?"
I followed Anne's finger and looked in the direction of a tall building on the outskirts of the street, plainly shaped, not at all comparable to so many shops of different shapes on the street, but it was so unique because there was a statue of the goddess of light on its roof. At this moment, the goddess with huge wings on her back and a halo on her head is looking at us with open arms and smiling...