Chapter 1: A Chance Encounter at the Station

Woooooo

The melodious whistle roared like thunder, and a huge steam train came to a halt along the tracks with a cacophony of friction braking under a tremendous force.

This is a behemoth with a golden iron skin, its round lines and outlines, like a beauty wearing a golden holy robe, anyone who sees it can't take their eyes off it.

This is the iconic metro train of Edinburgh, the capital of the new Roman Republic, and the Golden Vestment, as its name suggests, is not only luxurious, but also eye-catching.

At this time, the door slowly opened, and as pedestrians with backpacks and suitcases stepped off the train, a girl wearing suspenders, a white shirt, and a peaked cap walked down from the train with a depressed face.

Her name was Winnie, and she was a descendant of the old and great Cadiz family, and she was supposed to be riding through the city in a comfortable carriage under the heavy protection of servants and guards, but her father slapped her hard because she had gone to the cemetery behind her manor without permission, and she left the house alone in a fit of rage.

"Father is really, isn't it just curious to go to the cemetery? As for hitting me so fiercely? ”

"Hmph, I'm never going home again, and I can't kneel down and beg me!"

Winnie looked around with the small suitcase for a moment, and finally landed on the rental panel in the distance.

This is the characteristic of the new Roman Republic, as long as it is the place where the station will have housing rental information, the main reason is that the housing prices in the republic are too expensive, and many people cannot afford to buy a house at all, so they can only rent a house to live in.

Since she decided to run away from home, she naturally had to find a place to stay first, so she trotted over with the suitcase.

"26 Paul George Street...... Townhouse ...... Weekly rent of 12 gold ......"

"Via Roma 6...... Detached Villa ...... Weekly rent 18 gold coins ......"33

"No. 55 Red Rose Block...... Duplex Residential ...... Weekly rent of 6 gold ......"

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Winnie had thought a lot about where to live before she ran away from home, and although the city of Edinburgh had a population of nearly 10 million, she still had to beware of the possibility of encountering her family's guards - especially in the area of Roma Street, the administrative center of the kingdom, where the royal family of the kingdom lived, the Roman palace was the most likely place to meet the family members.

Therefore, Winnie first excluded the Roman neighborhood where the Roman palace was located, and the most wealthy, economically developed and lively Paul George district - these two districts can be said to be the calling card of the city of Edinburgh, and they are also the places frequented by the nobles and wealthy of the kingdom, and she wants to exclude first.

Then it was to exclude the private areas in the northern suburbs, the factory areas in the southern suburbs, the dock area, and the western district where the poor gathered.

Then there are not many options left, only the relatively mediocre, but very convenient life of the Red Rose district, mainly here lives the elite of Edinburgh City, not only the various financial exchanges of Edinburgh City, but also the headquarters of major banks, chambers of commerce, bulk goods trade centers, and even embassies of various countries are also located here.

"Hmph, if someone from my family finds out here, then I'll flee to the embassy of the Kingdom of Augustine and apply for political asylum, huh...... I heard that the Kingdom of Augustine attaches great importance to human rights, and the parents of children who commit domestic violence will also be punished by law...... Woo woo, such a good law, why is there no one in our republic. ”

Winnie muttered, her gaze sweeping over the rental panel in front of her.

- As the eldest lady of an ancient family, it is absolutely impossible to let her live in those cheap and dirty hotels, so this time she left home, and she took all her pocket money, a full 32,456 gold coins.

Of course, for the sake of safety, she only put 3,000 gold coins on her body, and the rest of the money was all in the bank card.

Wow, wow!

Just as she was carefully choosing a suitable house, the barking of a puppy suddenly sounded behind her, and she glanced back curiously, only to see a small earth dog barking at her in the distance.

Hey!?

She was wondering what the puppy was trying to do, when the puppy suddenly rushed towards her with fierce eyes.

"Ahh

Her face turned pale and she subconsciously screamed, but then she noticed that the puppy was rushing towards her box at great speed, oh no, it was a thin middle-aged man next to the box who didn't look like a good person.

"!"

The middle-aged man's hand happened to be on the suitcase that Winnie was putting next to him at this time, and suddenly saw a soil dog rushing towards him, and he panicked and instinctively kicked it.

However, the puppy is extremely nimble, with a sudden stop and a slap of the left hook, well...... That's right, it was a puppy that jumped up after a sudden stop, and hit this fierce middle-aged man with a very powerful left hook paw.

The middle-aged man suddenly screamed, covered his face and let go of the small box in his hand.

At this time, Winnie finally reacted to what was happening, and screamed as she grabbed the box, "Help! Someone is robbing! ”

Everyone in the station looked at this side, especially the policeman who maintained order at the station, and even pulled out the baton on his waist and walked over.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man's face changed, and he glared at Winnie and the earth dog viciously, then turned his head and ran into the distance.

Seeing this, the policeman who had already walked nearby immediately understood what was happening, cursed in a low voice, and chased after the middle-aged man.

Winnie patted her chest in shock, looked at the little earth dog in front of her with docile eyes, her eyes were full of joy, she squatted down and touched its head, and said gratefully: "Thank you so much." ”

The earth dog grinned, barked, and was about to turn away.

Winnie didn't know what to think, so she picked up the earth dog, looked around, and said in a loud voice, "May I ask whose puppy is this?" ”

The earth dog who was picked up by Winnie was stunned, and then rolled his eyes, as if speechless about the girl's actions in front of him.

The pedestrians around all laughed and shook their heads and left, until after a long time, Winnie saw that no one responded, so she happily touched the head of the earth dog again and said, "Are you homeless?" ”

The earth dog was stunned for a moment, and then nodded hesitantly.

Winnie's eyes widened suddenly, and she was pleasantly surprised, "Can you understand me?" ”

The earth dog rolled his eyes again.

Winnie was even more pleased when she saw this, and said happily: "You saved me today, then in return, you will follow me in the future, you can rest assured, I am rich, very rich, I can buy you a lot of meat and bones." ”

The earth dog grinned disdainfully when it heard the front, but when it heard "I am rich, very rich", its eyes lit up, and it immediately arched meekly in front of her chest.

Winnie giggled at her and said happily, "Great, then from today onwards, you will be called Rome." ”

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Some people died, but not completely......