From the morning departure, it was not until noon that we arrived at the city as a stopover.

The name of the city is "Black Rock City".

The moment she heard the name, Lucia almost wanted to see if she could see Blackhan or something.

However, this idea was very strongly opposed by Lamek, who said that there were neither gray-skinned orcs nor puppet chieftains of the Shadow Council in Blackstone.

"Blackstone is just a very common word, don't make such a fuss every time. ”

More strange than the name of the city is Lucia, why does Lucia always associate with things that are less important than common sense?

With Jonathan's unremitting efforts, Lucia reluctantly agreed to leave the carriage outside the city, and wait until she communicated with the gate guards before letting the carriage appear in the eyes of the sect people.

"You're so eventful, Jonathan. ”

Lucia had a look of 'I can't do anything about this bear child'.

There are as many things as a mountain to say, but Jonathan is just trying to keep his mouth shut and face Lucia, which is the right thing to do.

However, even so, the group still received unusually high attention when they entered the city, and even if they didn't have those beasts and horses, it would be impossible for this combination of women and children except for Jonathan Boy to not be noticeable.

When Jonathan went through the formalities to enter the city, he noticed that the guards' eyes were always looking back and forth between himself and the eldest lady and their group of girls.

Jonathan had no choice but to say something casually to distract the guards.

"The inspection here is stricter than other places, is it really because there is a princess here?"

After saying this, the guard gave Jonathan a strange look.

"There is also this reason, but the proportion of other group sounds is larger. ”

After a pause, the soldier asked rhetorically.

"Don't you know? The war is about to begin. ”

"War?"

This is really the reason why Jonathan didn't expect it, he had never heard of this kind of news before, and it was too sudden.

The guard looked at Jonathan for a moment, then asked.

"Where are you from?"

After receiving Jonathan's answer, the guard's face suddenly dawned.

"Well, I came from the other side of the border. ”

The guard was alone and entered a state of thought.

Now Jonathan really thinks that this guard is very troublesome, every time he speaks, he will finish his words, this way of speaking that he knows is really annoying, is it really okay to let this kind of guy who often deserts guard the city gate, after all, is this person really a guard, Jonathan can't see a little aura that a soldier should have in this person.

There was no way, Jonathan could only ask himself.

"What's wrong with the border, what's wrong?"

The guard, who was questioned, finally came to his senses, and he smiled apologetically.

"I'm sorry I'm not saying that the border is bad, I just want to say that the border will indeed get this news a little later. ”

'This news' deserves to be the news that the war is about to begin.

Looking left and right, the guard brought his face closer to Jonathan, I don't know why, seeing the guard's appearance Jonathan remembered his previous self, because this guard was as thief as he was a thief before, right?

"That's not what people like us should say. ”

As if to tell some earth-shattering secret, the guard said.

"This war is different from ordinary wars, it is a civil war, a civil war. ”

It is true that the words of civil war will lead to the later arrival of news at the border, but it is still the same question, why?

"Why so suddenly?"

Unconsciously, Jonathan also adopted the same head-to-head approach as the guards, should he say that this guard is too capable of influencing others, or should he say that Jonathan's old habits are difficult to change.

"It's really sudden, there were only such signs a day ago, but only a day later, the herald brought the news that the royal capital was ready to march, and it took a long time for the herald to get here from the royal capital, so the real situation may be a little more tense. ”

Hearing this, Jonathan raised his eyebrows and looked at the guard, he really couldn't figure out why such a guard who had no sense of tension could put the word 'nervous' on his lips, Karma couldn't this be an undercover agent running from the other side, right?

Not noticing the change in Jonathan's eyes, the guard continued.

"Maybe it's because the royal capital has discovered the power of our princess, but even the famous great alchemist has become a great figure in the same class, presumably the king and those princes and princesses are also afraid. ”

Tilting his head in triumph, the guard was as happy as if he had been crossed by someone else.

The princess is not great, Jonathan doesn't know, he doesn't even know the name of this princess, but he knows that this princess is very popular.

The guards continued to show off.

"It's because the princess is so great, and recently some nobles or wealthy businessmen often come here to serve, and I thought you were the same. ”

But Joanson didn't care about this kind of thing at all, and the eldest lady would definitely not be interested.

Jonathan was interested in the so-called Great Alchemist.

"Who is the great alchemist who took refuge in the princess?"

The guard froze, then began to remember.

"I think it was nicotine...... Nicotine scoundrel or nicotine eyebrows? Anyway, he is a very powerful alchemist, of course, no matter how powerful he is, he is not as powerful as Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Even if he didn't know that nicotine, Jonathan was sure that absolutely no one would use the name of a nicotine scoundrel or nicotine without eyebrows, but it would be nice to remember, isn't it a very powerful alchemist?

"It's His Excellency Nicolas Fleme, give me a good memory. ”

A slightly sophisticated voice came from the side, and a man in slightly more ornate guard armor approached.

"You don't need to guard here, go patrol the walls. ”

The moment he saw the man, the unreliable guard from before hurriedly stood upright, because he was too nervous, and his expression was ridiculously stiff.

"Yes, Captain!"

After answering this, the guards ran away as if they were running for their lives.

Looking at the guards who were abandoned, the captain sighed helplessly.

"Her Royal Highness the princess is too gentle, even if these civilians are given a chance to climb up, what can these people do?"

After that, the captain was changed to go through the procedures, and unlike the previous guards, the captain was much more reliable, which made Jonathan sigh that this is what a soldier should look like. The only bad thing is that the captain is completely businesslike and doesn't say anything outside of work. (To be continued.) )