11. City Lord's Mansion
"I'm so sorry, I'd rather entertain you in the elegant restaurant of Saint-Nari if I could... The city was built in too short a short time, and there are many imperfections. ”
Fisher and Rafael followed Kerken into his carriage, which led them to his "City Lord's Palace", a more complete building than the others, located in the middle of the city's streets, and next to some of the banks and government offices of Saint-Nari.
It's just a few streets away from where Fisher buys things, so you can have a little conversation in the car.
"It's okay, this is already a very good city in the Southern Continent."
Fisher went south from Karl Harbour to many cities built by people from the Western Continent, and the city of Keken was already considered the best among them. I still remember that when he stayed overnight in some small cities, there would be shootings, residents were killed, and no prisoners were caught the next day, and the police simply ignored after searching for nothing.
Fisher's compliment made Kerken touch his head a little embarrassed,
"It's too much... I wonder where Mr. Fisher is going now? Do you want to continue exploring south or..."
"My destination for this trip is Karl Harbour, from where I'm going to return to the Western Continent."
After hearing Fisher's words, Kerken's face showed pity, but soon he thought of something, and reminded Fisher,
"Ah, Karl Harbour probably hasn't had any ships back to Nari in recent months, and if you want to go from Karl Harbour, you have to go ashore at Schwali first, and then from Schwali back to Nari... I've heard that the contract between the port and the Nari government has expired, and the council guys are not happy with the annual fee that Karl Port is asking for, and both sides are still discussing how appropriate the annual fee should be for this year. ”
Fisher was slightly stunned, and then sighed helplessly.
He wasn't surprised by what the council guys did, it reminded him of the proverb that was passed down from student to professor at school,
"The parliament's..."
"All the people in the council together can't put together a complete brain."
As soon as he wanted to speak, Keken in front of him had already said this proverb first, and then he was slightly stunned, looked at Fisher and laughed,
"Sure enough, the tradition of the Royal Academy is like this - to discredit Parliament."
"The premise is that there is always something to criticize in the parliament."
Rafael, who was next to him, couldn't understand the words of the conversation between the two men, and leaned against the window closer to Fisher's position and looked out. I don't know what I suddenly saw, but Fisher caught a glimpse of her pupils shrinking into a straight line again, and the scales stood up.
This sudden move startled Keken in the car, and he looked at Fisher,
"Mr. Fisher, is this the slave you bought here?"
"Ahh You don't have to care..."
Fisher didn't say much, he followed Rafael's gaze and looked out, only to see several cages standing on the side of the street, and outside the cages, a man wrapped in bandages was soliciting guests. And in the cage, unsurprisingly, there are several subhuman species, which should have been caught in the wild by hunters here.
In the top cage, a green male baby dragon breed is cowered in the corner of the cage, covered in scars.
Fisher saw Rafael's paws clenching the frame of the car window and understood what was going on in her heart. But Fisher just put the matter to heart, and on the surface without saying a word, he looked back at Keken and continued the previous topic.
"If Mr. Fisher still wants to take a boat directly to Nari, it is advisable to go out of the city and head northwest in the direction of the city of Filoen, where the port of Crete to the north of the city has not yet expired with the government. And..."
Keken's face showed a little envy,
"Philoon City is the most prosperous city in the entire Southern Continent, even if it is not far behind Saint Nari."
St. Nari?
Fisher couldn't help but wonder when he heard the other party's description.
No matter how early it is, the city of Philoon would have been built for no more than five years, and its evaluation can be compared to the capital of Narry, Saint Narry.
Should the council's governance be too bad, or should the governance of the city of Filone be too good?
"I see, I see, thank you for the reminder."
Keken smiled and nodded, indicating that you were welcome.
The carriage had already skimmed over the street where the sub-people had been sold before, so Rafael also withdrew his gaze, but the pupils were still constricted, and the whole dragon also seemed to have a strong desire to attack, which made Keken move his ass in the direction of the coachman somewhat unnaturally. If he had known that Rafael's slave article had been canceled by Fisher, would he have jumped out of the car in fright?
"Here we are, Mr. Fisher."
The carriage slowly arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and the guards who looked a little lazy with guns at the door stood a little straighter.
Leading Fisher and Rafael into the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, a black-haired and black-eyed woman in a milky white dress was already standing at the door dignifiedly.
"Welcome."
Fisher also saluted gentlemanly, and Keken walked up to the woman and raised his hand to introduce,
"This is my lady, Dora... This is Mr. Fisher, a gentleman of honour in Saint-Nari, and I am going to entertain him for lunch, could you please help me to prepare some more for the chefs? Ah, by the way, I will tell your sister too. ”
"No problem, I'll go."
Dora smiled shyly, bowed slightly, and left.
Fisher glanced at the two rings on Keken's hands, and couldn't help but smile and speak,
"She's a Kado?"
Kadu, one of the three kingdoms in the Western Continent parallel to Nari and Schwali, is known for its almost ascetic religious atmosphere. Most of the origins of the current religions of Schwali and Nari come from Kado, but some adaptations have been made to prevent Kadu from recognizing the legitimacy of their religion.
But Schwali and Nari don't care, after all, not everyone can tolerate daily prayer and holy baths, even the intercourse between husband and wife must choose a specific day, and the rest of the day must be slept in separate rooms, so as not to "the sun and the moon are reversed"...
In short, it's an ultra-conservative country, but it's unexpectedly the home of magic. After the reforms of decades ago, Kado has changed a lot, otherwise Fisher would not have been able to learn the "Complete Interpretation of the Magic Classics" compiled by Kado scholars in college.
Black hair and black eyes are characteristic of the inhabitants there, and Dora just now is exactly that.
"Ah, that's right, Dora and her sister were, at that time, Kado's seminary communicated with our school, hehe..." he smiled gentlemanly and looked at the ring on his hand, "Although there are thousands of bad things in the Southern Continent, there are still some advantages, such as the marriage law that is useless here." ”
There's no law committee here to ask if you're bigamy, and if you pay the Parliament, they'll give you permission to build a city - even though the Parliament has never claimed sovereignty over the continent at all, and doesn't know where it came from, but Schwali and other small nations do it, and Parliament won't do the same.
This has led to confusion in the current territory of the Southern Continent, where most people are demarcated by the city, and the wilderness outside the city is classified by default to the public... Together with the sub-people who live there, they are regarded as a common resource.
Fisher glanced at Rafael next to her, she stood behind her, vigilantly looking at the rich decorations in the city lord's mansion, as if she wanted to see through the stinger trap designed inside with her eyes, but after looking around, she found nothing, so she began to yawn sleepily again.
"Lunch will be ready soon, Mr. Fisher, please come over here and rest for a while."
Keken respectfully walked over and took Fisher's cane and hat from his hand, walked ahead and hung it on his exclusive coat rack, and then led Fisher in the direction of the restaurant.