The urban planning structure of the capital city is ring-shaped, with a total of 14 rings, of which the imperial city where the first ring is located is a single district, followed by the second to third rings divided into three sectors, the third to the sixth ring divided into six sectors, and the sixth ring backwards to the fourteenth ring divided into twelve sectors. In other words, if you want to cross at least eleven districts from the fourteenth ring road to the second ring road, this is a long way, at least the two of them will definitely not be able to catch up with the family dinner tonight, if you let your father know that he actually ran such a long distance with Lan Yue, he will definitely be mad.

The actual situation was not beyond Xinghe's expectations, this distance was too far for the two children, and when they passed through the sixth ring and four districts, a crystal curtain at the entrance of the street began to broadcast the celebration, and the two of them were already tired, looking at Lan Yue who was hanging listlessly behind him, Xinghe stopped, he didn't really have to go to Victory Square to watch the celebration performance live, although he was a little disappointed that he couldn't get to the scene, but Xinghe decided to find a place to eat something first.

From here to the center of the capital is the real bustling place of the capital, unlike the dilapidated 14th ring road, the ultimate luxury of the metropolis is unobstructed here, with high-rise buildings, wide and spotless streets, lavish horse-drawn carriages and magic-powered steam cars on the road, even if it is dark, but here is brightly lit, like day, and the flamboyant dress of the upper class is endless.

Some shops were still open because of Glimmer Day, but due to their clothing and human status, they searched for a long time before they found a store that was willing to sell them food.

The two of them sat on the snow in front of a crystal curtain with their hard-won bread in front of the crystal curtain, enjoying their "Shimmer Day Feast", the bread was very hard, it seemed that the boss who sold the bread to them gave them the overnight inventory, Xinghe reluctantly put aside the bread and handed the softer part to Lan Yue. The area within the Sixth Ring Road is basically the living area of the demon spirits, and it is rare for someone to be willing to sell bread to ordinary human children.

The snow had stopped for a while, but the clouds above me had not yet cleared, and the stars could not be seen.

At the celebration broadcast on the crystal screen, the old man named Hegu Danmerson used his magic to create a grand fireworks in the sky of Victory Square, turning the sky into a colorful sky and winning the applause of the crowd in the square.

Xinghe watched the gorgeous magic in his hand fall silent, and Lan Yue seemed to think that the hard bread in his hand was difficult to swallow, so she tore half of the softer piece of bread she was assigned to him and handed it to him.

Looking at the piece of bread handed over by Lan Yue's small hand, Xinghe was stunned for a while, and quickly reacted to Lan Yue's meaning, he smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll just eat this." At the same time, he raised the hard bread in his hand.

In order to avoid Lan Yue's worry, Xinghe quickly wiped out his piece of hard bread, and almost choked on the bread cube in the process, but his mind was always thinking about the magic he had just seen on the crystal curtain.

Suddenly, he remembered something, Tiangong Academy seemed to be on the sixth ring and fourth district, and he ran to a sign on the side of the road with a map of the capital city under Lan Yue's puzzled gaze. After careful comparison, he found that it was not far from Tiangong Academy.

He ran back and picked up Lan Yue, who was still in the clouds, "Let's go, take you somewhere." ”

The two left a trail in the snow, running all the way through the crowd, almost bumping into some pedestrians during the process, and from time to time there were angry passers-by shouting and swearing behind them.

After a few moments, the two stood breathlessly in front of their destination.

"Brother, this... This... Where is it?" Lan Yue took Xinghe's hand, constantly panting around, and sweat was already hanging on the tips of her messy hair.

"Tiangong Academy. Xinghe pointed to the ancient characters engraved on the obsidian stele erected in front of the wide school gate, his chest also rising and falling violently, but it was much better than Lan Yue.

Lan Yue looked at the stone tablet for some reason, "What is that place?"

"It's just a school, but it's the most famous school in the whole capital. Xinghe looked at the closed gate of the academy and the faintly visible statue of Tiangong behind the iron railing of the gate, and his eyes flashed with a strange look.

"Oh. Lan Yue nodded her little head, but she didn't know if she really understood.

"It's just a grandstanding, third-rate school. Several eleven or twelve-year-olds from more than just there came to the school gate, "Are you two students at this school?" asked one of the red-haired boys, pointing to Xinghe and the two.

Xinghe noticed the obviously valuable clothes on the group of children and their identities, all of whom were demons.

"It's not. Xinghe answered the boy's question briefly, then took Lan Yue's hand and turned to leave, he didn't want to have anything to do with these demon spirit children.

But his attitude seemed to infuriate the children, and the two were surrounded before they had taken a few steps. The red-haired boy who asked Xinghe just now stood in front of Xinghe, with an aristocratic smile on his face, "Don't be in such a hurry, we just want to ask some questions, introduce yourself first, my name is Rudy." At the same time, as if to show his generosity as a nobleman, he stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of shaking hands.

But Xinghe only wanted to get out of here with Lan Yue, so he didn't catch Rudy's outstretched right hand, "Oh, I know, but we're going home, please let me go." Then he took Ranyue and walked away around Rudy before he could react.

"Rudy, you're being ignored. Behind him came the laughter of the children.

"Brother, doesn't it matter?" Lan Yue took Xinghe's hand and looked back with some concern.

"Don't look back. Xinghe lowered his head and took Lan Yue's hand while slowing down, he didn't want to stay and entangle with these children.

However, some people didn't seem to intend to let Xinghe and the two leave so simply, and a fireball suddenly fell on the snow in front of Xinghe and exploded, splashing Xinghe's face.

Magic! Xinghe turned around suddenly, and saw that the child named Rudy was still holding another fireball in his hand, this child actually knew magic, which was something Xinghe did not expect, because of the taunts of his companions, Rudy finally felt that he couldn't hold his face, and began to use magic.

Xinghe felt that things were starting to get troublesome, and he yelled, "Run." Then he pulled Lan Yue, who hadn't reacted yet, to run lifeless in the snow.

There have been a few snowfalls in the capital these days, and for some reason, the people in the municipal department have not shoveled the snow near this area of the Tiangong Academy, and Xinghe has a hard time running in the snow with Lanyue.

The group of children in the back seemed to notice this, and instead of rushing to catch the two of them immediately, they began to enjoy the hunt, and from time to time magic landed at their feet, splashing a snowflake. Xinghe gritted his teeth and glanced back at the children who were following behind him unhurriedly, and for a moment he really wanted to rush up and punch each of them in the face, but reason told him that it was meaningless, and he still had Lan Yue to take care of.

Probably because of Tiangong Academy, there are no large shops in the vicinity that are open in the shimmer of light, only dim street lamps can be seen along the way, there is no figure, and Xinghe can't even find a person who can call for help.

Suddenly, Xinghe accidentally caught a glimpse of a tavern with the door unlocked, he glanced back, the group of children were still relatively far away, and he immediately pulled Lan Yue to push open the wooden door of the tavern and rushed in. In the dim light from the tavern window, the tables in the tavern were neatly stacked, and it didn't look like there was anyone, probably because the owner had forgotten to lock the door.

Xinghe carried Lan Yue to the counter and asked her to hide, Lan Yue nodded obediently and covered her mouth with her hand, Xinghe glanced back, those children hadn't caught up yet, Xinghe turned over and jumped into the counter.

Just when Xinghe breathed a sigh of relief, a crisp sound suddenly remembered, echoing in the empty tavern, Xinghe looked down and found that he had bumped into a glass wine glass when he turned over the counter, and the wine and glass shards fell all over the floor, and at the same time Xinghe heard the sound of someone banging on the glass window of the tavern.

It was Rudy and the group of children, attracted by the sound of the glass falling to the ground, just in time to see Xinghe standing at the counter.

Under the leadership of Rudy, several children pushed open the wooden door of the tavern in turn, stood in a row in front of the counter, and looked at Xinghe with bad intentions.

Rudy fetched a set of chairs and sat down at the counter, with a formulaic smile on his face, "You don't seem to have learned how to respect others. ”

As he spoke, Xinghe tightened his grip on the only weapon he could find, a bottle with half a bottle of wine.

"Rudy, what are you doing with so much nonsense with them, let's teach them the basic etiquette of being a human being. The other kid sitting next to Rudy didn't look at Xinghe kindly, and at the same time snapped his fingers in his hand, and a small arc of electricity shot from his fingertips towards Xinghe.

Watching the child use magic, Xinghe reflexively threw the wine bottle out, and the wine bottle hit the arc of electricity in midair, bursting into pieces mixed with the wine, splashing the children, and a glass shard slashed Rudy's cheek, leaving a bloody streak.

The children looked at each other's embarrassed appearance for a moment, and then quickly reacted, this time they were really angry, they didn't use magic anymore, but rushed up, Xinghe kicked a boy away, but there were many of them, I don't know who punched him in the lower abdomen, and then Rudy rushed over and grabbed Xinghe's arm, threw Xinghe out with an over-the-shoulder fall, and then sat on Xinghe's back, cut Xinghe's hands back, and pressed him to the ground, Xinghe struggled but couldn't break free.

"Brother!" Lan Yue saw this scene and wanted to rush over to help Xinghe, but the other two children grabbed her and pushed her aside.

Rudy waved his hand, and two more boys took over Rudy's work and pressed Xinghe to the ground, while Rudy himself walked to the counter and took a bottle of unopened wine, skillfully opened the cap, took a glass from the counter, poured a glass of wine and walked back to Xinghe.

He grabbed Xinghe's chin with one hand, pinched Xinghe's mouth open, and poured the wine into it, "The first thing is that wine is for drinking, not for waste. ”