Chapter 14 The Imperial Capital
"For some reason, Lord Shadow Dragon always looks down on himself too much and always thinks that others are more useful than themselves in life."
"He may be so inferior for the rest of his life, and never dare to refute the silence of others in his whole life, and he can only laugh it off in embarrassment in other people's sarcasm; but he will be brave and hard-working for others in his whole life, he will be invincible for others, and he will do everything for others. This is enough, even if he always feels that he is not worthy of the prosperity of this imperial capital, that doesn't matter."
——Excerpt from the narrative poem "Plano - Shadow Dragon Chapter"
Garno watched Flynn drive a carriage and leave with the old laundry worker and the girl, and he asked Sercy: "Teacher Zhuoga did the last time..." "Zoga made a bet with Duke Ganing to bet whether he could get Nita. Obviously, he succeeded. Nineteen-year-old Nita lived in the laboratory for many years and was still ignorant of the world, so naturally he could not defeat Zoga's methods. Later, at a party, Zhuoga proudly said to Duke Ganing in front of Nita: 'I won, I have sex with her more than once. Why, do you want me to give it to you to try?' Nita laughed out loud at the time, and she said to Zoga: 'Okay.' Then, she became the current Nita." Sercy tightened her robe and said lightly, "Sooner or later, he will die on this one."
Gano asked again: "When will we release the antidote?" "Wait, wait until the poison is out, the tears of the gods can only be detoxified after they occur. In the past few days, you will first look at the magic books in the Imperial Capital Library. Moreover, you need a set of clothes that match your identity." Sesie quickly left, "I'll check the tears of the gods. You may be able to use you soon. At that time, you should not just hide in the environment."
Scy left him some money and left first. Garno decided to listen to her and go to the library first, and at least learn about some things about the thorny wilderness.
The center of the imperial capital is the palace, surrounded by the residences of princes and nobles. The outer periphery is the main body of the imperial capital, with residential areas and commercial areas, and places for rich people. Next is the inner wall of the imperial capital, where the imperial guards patrol the city wall day and night. The outer city is a place where civilians stay, with shops and vendors and tourists in a constant stream. Most of the workers in the imperial capital also live in the outer city. The outer city and the inner city are completely different worlds. The outer city can be said to be lively, and the inner city is the prosperity of the empire.
Gano took the pass prepared by Sesi to the city gate soldiers to look at it, and then entered the inner city. He went to the Imperial Capital Library as Sesi said. The administrator looked at his ordinary clothes, looked at the permit for a while before agreeing to let him in. According to the book list provided by Sesi, Gano found the book mentioned by Sesi in the most remote corner of the library. The pages were yellowed, but they looked like Sesi's new look that few people read.
As Xi said, since the rise of the node theory, ancient magic has gradually declined. According to Sexi, the magic taught by Ai Yinwen mainly depends on the learner's personal talent and natural magic feeling, so few people can learn it, but once they learn it, they are all powerful magicians. Gano agrees with what Sexi said, that everyone should have the right to learn magic, but geniuses should not learn in the same way as idiots.
This book is a magic commonly used by assassins, and it is placed on the bookshelf so brightly because it is written in the words of the ancient Aibo Dynasty. No one except ancient philologists would learn the words of a destruction empire. Garno naturally couldn't understand what was written in the book. He came to copy a copy as Sci said. Garno stayed for an afternoon. He put down his quill, rubbed his shoulders, and prepared to go to eat first, and then stay until the store was closed.
The library is surrounded by various royal societies, and it has to go around a lot to eat. Garno didn't see a small restaurant until he walked near the inner wall. He walked in and looked at the menu on the wall. He didn't look at the dishes, but was shocked by the price. The prices of some dishes were calculated based on silver coins. Dozens of copper rye bread had been enough for ordinary families to eat for a week. Garno sat down crampedly, and a waiter came to order dishes. He said carefully: "Come... come... a bread..." "Sir, our bread is provided with the meal, and we can't order it alone." "Then... a portion of onion soup and a portion of roasted potatoes." Garno's eyes dodged.
The waiter said with a little sarcastic mocking: "Sir, we don't have these home-cooked dishes here. If you don't order the dishes, go out." Gano's face turned red. He felt embarrassed and felt ashamed. The money Sci left him was a lot of money, enough for him to order more than ten dishes in the store, but he felt unbearable. Gano felt that he did not belong here.
I am not part of the imperial capital. Gano stood up and walked out in shame. He heard the servant cursing softly: "Poor! The inferior man is indeed the inferior man." If Sesie was there, she could use a few words to make the servant lose face, but unfortunately he is not Sesie. When he walked out, there were magnificent shops around him, and they walked by him, and the light swept over his coarse cloth clothes and looked contempt. So he suddenly lost the pride and confidence when reading the heroic epic. He was indeed at the bottom and there was nothing worth boasting about. He was not a name for himself. Even if he was really as Sesie said, he could become a savior, and his future achievements could not support his current dignity.
Gano decided to find a shop in the outer city. He smiled far-fetchedly and showed it to himself, telling him that nothing was wrong. They were nobles and lived in the imperial capital, and looked down on him. He patted the dust that did not exist on his body and was about to walk to the outer city. Suddenly, he clamored in the restaurant, and he couldn't help but stop and watch. Two restaurant servants walked out with a child about six or seven years old, threw it out of the door, and shouted loudly: "You all want to get out of the imperial capital, are you still thinking about having your last meal here? It's all bad luck, don't get dirty." The child was thrown into the middle of the road and was stepped on several feet, almost causing a noble lady to sprain her ankle, so the lady's waiter kicked him a few more and told him to get away.
Gano hurried over and pulled the child over, patted the ashes on him with heartache, and asked, "What the hell is going on?" "The messenger of Katina is coming. The king is going to build a gorgeous residence for them, so he confiscated all of our houses. They didn't let us take anything away, not even their own things. Before leaving, I wanted to eat the cheesecake from this house, but they wanted to drive us away." The child was covered in dust and tears, and replied in a low voice. Gano wiped his tears and asked in confusion: "Then why don't they let you in? Are you not rich? If you are short of money, I still have some money here, you can take it." The child shook his head, and tears fell. He choked and told Gano: "They said we are going to become inferior people and are not worthy of eating here."
While speaking, two more people were pushed out. The woman begged hard, and was kicked in the heart by the servant. She fell to the ground with a pale face and couldn't speak for a long time. The child ran over and cried and shouted "Mom and Dad".
Gano held a calm face, and he pulled the child over and walked straight to the store. The servant who had greeted him had hurriedly said, "This is not the place where people like you changed it!" "Where is this place? Could it be that the palace was not successful? Only by making any contributions and winning battles can you be summoned?" Gano kicked over a table directly. "What do you want to do?" Several people surrounded him and saw that he was just a half-grown child, but they disagreed. "Is this the King of Children coming to take care of the child?" The customers in the store burst into laughter and thought it was for fun.
The child hid behind him in fear and did not dare to move. Gano pulled him in front of him and said to the servants: "Where is the owner of this restaurant?" "Stop looking for the boss, just tell us." The servants looked at each other and said.
Gano took out a handful of gold coins from his arms, let go, and let the gold coins fall all over the ground. For a moment, the restaurant calmed down. The Asmod continent's gold mines were rich in storage. However, most of the golden veins were located in the residences of the elves or the coldest places in the extreme, and it was difficult to mine. Therefore, although gold coins were also currency, it was not common for people to use them. Most people kept the gold coins at home and were reluctant to spend them. This time, Gano took out a handful of gold coins, which scared everyone. Seeing that he was taking out a huge sum of money, the servants couldn't help but soften their attitude: "What do you want to say?"
"I will throw these gold coins here. If you pick them up, it means you agree that the child and his family will have dinner here. They will agree that they will spend the money here until they spend it; if you don't want these gold coins, I will take the same amount of gold coins and hire dozens of people outside to smash all the things in your restaurant. Since you don't come in for dinner, what's the use of you still driving? Let's smash it as soon as possible! How to spend the same money, you can choose your own choice!" Gano said coldly, and after that, he looked at them to see if they would pick up these gold coins.
The attendants looked at each other and did not dare to move. Finally, they slowly knelt down and picked up the gold coins one by one.
Gano pulled the children over and looked at them lying on the ground, afraid that a gold coin would be missing. He said, "He is a inferior man, then you are just a dog! No matter how noble aristocrat is, he will have to compensate him if he kills a inferior man; but killing a dog will cost at most a straw mat!" The attendants did not dare to say anything, but nodded repeatedly and said yes.
Gano squatted down, looked straight into the child's eyes, and said to him gently: "You go and help your parents in, okay?" The child nodded, and Gano said again: "Go and call the confiscated people over here to have dinner."
The parents helped each other and walked in, holding his hand and thanking each other, and cried again as they cried. They cried, "What's your name?" He almost blurted out his name, but he stopped, and he said, "Just call me 'Shadow Dragon'." Garno was just a poor country boy who had never left the Black Stone Jungle. He would never leave for the rest of his life. Outside the Black Stone Jungle was the Shadow Dragon.
Gano walked towards the door and a servant asked, "Sir...you, don't you eat something?"
He shook his head.
The emperor does not belong to me. It is too prosperous here. I am afraid that I will always be separated from this prosperous outside.
When he walked out of the restaurant, he saw Sexi waiting for him outside. He didn't know how Sexi knew he was here, but she always had a way. Sexi joked: "Shadow Dragon is really good at making money. It's not his own money, but it's not his own money. It's just not sad to spend it." Gano was speechless and couldn't speak for a long time. He could say silly: "Sorry..." "No need to be sorry, you did a good job." Sexi didn't care much, "You're ready to dispense medicine. In another two or three days, it's time to detoxify."
Chapter completed!