The night was rather long, Ayanokouji was reading a book with the help of his phone's light. He had now found a way to charge his phone with the magic stones. The efficiency was much faster than the charging cable of his original world, so he didn't have to worry about not having electricity.
Elsa was beside him, taking out some pieces of cloth and playing with them, and also taking out a needle and thread, as if she was making something.
Ayanokouji also raised his head and looked at her. In just a few minutes, Elsa made a doll with her hands.
"Can you actually make dolls?" He asked casually.
"Mm, I used to play with it as a hobby after finishing my commissions, and coincidentally, Meili likes to play with it too." Elsa said with a smile and played with the doll in her hand, "Besides, I haven't done anything for twenty days. I have to find something to entertain myself."
After finishing speaking, Elsa went over to him and put the doll in his hand: "Let this be the first gift I give to Master."
"So, thank you very much." Ayanokouji took the doll from her hand and looked at it carefully.
The doll was not very beautiful, but it was more than enough to be used as a toy for children in the slums.
He received a gift from Elsa, which surprised him.
Was it because something had changed in Elsa that he still couldn't fully understand?
"You're welcome. After all, we are on the same ship." Elsa said with a smile.
"Are we experiencing the same suffering?" Ayanokouji mused slightly.
Echidna once said that they were the same kind. The two sentences seemed similar, but their meanings seemed different.
This was worth studying further.
"Master, go to sleep. If you are tired, I will feel a little stressed." Elsa's fingers wandered slightly on his body.
"Alright, thank you for your hard work." Ayanokouji nodded and closed his book.
"It's not difficult." Elsa said with a smile.
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"This can also be considered a yandere character."
Katsuragi Keima pushed up his glasses at the bridge of his nose.
"Ayanokouji Kiyotaka is also a skilled person. He is very good at dealing with three-dimensional characters that seem to come from the second dimension. Maybe we can be friends."
"At this point, I have seen the end of the story."
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The scene changed, twenty days had passed quickly, and they had reached the outskirts of Priestella City.
The first thing that appeared in front of Ayanokouji and the others who arrived at the edge of the city was the outer wall that made people have to look up.
The large wall blocked the view of outsiders trying to peek into the city.
"This is just a prison!" Meili tiptoed and looked out the window, her face full of curiosity.
"Originally, Priestella was a city built on a lake. The city developed along the relatively low altitude difference area with a mortar-shaped center surrounded by an outer wall, using the whole city itself as the starting point of the trap. After considering it, the center is naturally the place where water can be concentrated more quickly and easily."
Echidna was looking at everything outside the window expressionlessly.
"It seems like the trap is made to deal with difficult monsters." Elsa also squinted her eyes and said, "But I haven't heard of it."
Ayanokouji watched all this, and there was no doubt that what they said was true.
"It's not a monster." Echidna shook her head, "It's a witch. Her bones are now buried right under the city."
What she said was the truth, and Priestella City was the tomb of the Witch of Pride Tyhpon.
It could even be said that this was the place where Typhon died, and the whole Priestella City was actually the trap that once captured Typhon.
And Echidna naturally knew this.
However, in her current spiritual world, Typhon did not pay attention to their conversation.
"Really? How do you know about this, Omega?" Meili asked with a confused expression on her face.
"Haha, I'm just saying it casually." Echidna said immediately with a smile.
"Tsk, I thought you really knew everything, it turns out you're just a kid who likes to brag?"
"..."
"Then, can we go in now?" Meili turned and looked at Ayanokouji.
"No." Ayanokouji shook his head, "Let's wait a while."
He winked at Elsa, who nodded and left the dragon carriage.
Although the outer wall of Priestella City could be seen here, it was still a long distance away. To prevent unexpected situations, he decided to split his forces into two groups.
He wasn't the only one going to Priestella City. He also secretly sent Rom and a group of his men to ride another dragon carriage on the road to Priestella City for a walk.
About half an hour later, the familiar dragon carriage appeared, and Elsa quickly entered another dragon carriage and headed towards the water gate. Rom stayed behind and spoke to him. Ayanokouji and the others waited where they were.
Elsa never appeared by his side in public. If she appeared together now, it would arouse the suspicion of others. Moreover, Ayanokouji also needed to let Elsa investigate the situation in Priestella City secretly, it was necessary for Elsa to disguise herself as someone who had nothing to do with him and enter the water gate.
When Elsa's dragon carriage disappeared from their sight, Ayanokouji asked Rom to drive the dragon carriage forward.
The dragon carriage that everyone was riding was now running along the main entrance of Pristila City, on the large stone bridge known as Tigracy Bridge.
In Ayanokouji's eyes, he had the same feeling when he saw the sea, but in principle, there was no sea in this world. The concept of the sea, at most, was just the sight of a river or lake.
He wasn't sure if the knowledge he had learned before was useful in this world, and whether there was a concept of the planet in this world, but there was no sea in this world.
It was also possible that there was once a sea, but it was swallowed up four hundred years ago.
At this time, everyone was looking at the lake on the opposite fence. It was as if they could see directly to the bottom of the lake from the slowly swaying surface of the water and the cans that were thrown. The effects of vandalism could not be seen, and this was almost completely different from the scenery in the royal capital.
"There's no garbage here at all! Are the people in this city so public-minded?" Meili asked curiously.
"Because Priestella City is very strict in maintaining the appearance and landscape of the city, and it is also recorded as a mandatory obligation. Therefore, although there is a simple immigration inspection when passing through the main gate, you also need to sign a related contract." Ayanokouji reminded.
He had done thorough research on Priestella City before coming, and had also informed Elsa beforehand.
"Contract?"
"In the royal capital, most dragon carriages with family emblems can be exempted as exceptions, but it's different here."
"Could it be the paper used to force oneself? Once the contract is signed, it will directly affect the soul of the oath holder. If the oath is broken, all functions will be directly lost completely, or the person will be burned to death?" Meimi's eyes widened and she asked with a confused expression on her face.
"Not that far, it's just like a regular paper agreement." Ayanokouji explained, "There are definitely things that must be strictly followed in the laws of the kingdom, but it's not like the whole city. The mayor and ruler of each city related to the operation have great authority. Even Priestella must have some regulations that are different from the laws of the kingdom. This should be carefully noted in the contract. If the time comes, you must pay attention to this."
As Ayanokouji spoke, he turned his gaze to Echidna: "Especially you, Omega."
"Hey? Why are you talking about me?" Echidna made a plain expression.
"I'm just worried that you'll do some unbelievable things to satisfy your thirst for knowledge." Ayanokouji said slowly.
"..."
As everyone was talking, the main entrance to Pristila City was soon visible.
They soon began the immigration inspection process. The content was just a detailed list of things to pay attention to when entering the city and the city regulations that were more strictly enforced than the usual regulations, but for Ayanokouji and the others, these regulations didn't have much impact.
Anyway, even if they violated them, no one would know.
After a brief inspection, Ayanokouji and the others received an inspector's permit with their names on it – they were allowed to enter the city through the main gate.
After passing through the main gate, there was a river between the outer wall and the city. After crossing the stone bridge over the river, the inner gate slowly opened, and finally the time came to officially enter Priestella City.
"This is the first time I've traveled with Brother Ayanokouji!" Meili said impatiently, "It's a pity that Elsa left first."
Ayanokouji directed his gaze forward, he had never seen such a sight before.
Although a high wall had been built outside, the scenery inside could be said to be very different. When he first heard information about Priestella City, he imagined it to be the same as the water city in his original world, but it wasn't exactly the same.
The circular city had an outer wall built all around the same circumference. Regardless of the scale of the city's internal structure, the city was somewhat similar to the ancient Roman arena. The altitude difference was formed in such a way that the outside was the highest and became lower towards the center. The open land at each level was filled with stone buildings, and the overall appearance had a retro feel like his original world.
In addition, there was a large waterway passing through various places nearby, and there was even a large canal dividing the circular urban area into four equal parts. They constantly saw boats coming and going on the river.
Sparkling, like a shining blue gem.
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"Wow! It's so beautiful..."
Looking at the scenery in the picture, Horikita felt like she was really there. The view was so beautiful that it even surpassed Venice.
"Is this a different world?"
At that time, she even had the idea of wanting to live in a world like that.
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Ayanokouji looked at the scenery in front of him and paused for a moment.
'Betty and Emilia would be very happy if they could see this.' Ayanokouji unconsciously thought of this idea.
He was stunned for a moment, feeling strange that he had such a thought, but doing so could indeed increase both of their liking for him.
It seemed that in a relationship, taking others to beautiful scenery like this could play a very important role, just like Venice, which was once a famous tourist attraction.
He took out his phone and immediately took many photos, deciding to wait until the next opportunity to bring the two girls here to see it.
"Brother Ayanokouji?" Meili turned and called him.
"Yes, I'll be right there." Ayanokouji immediately nodded.
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Ayanokouji looked at himself in the video and felt confused by the thoughts in the mind of his other self.
At first, the self in the video maintained an idea that was very consistent with his real self, which allowed him to confirm that the person in the video was himself.
But now the other self seemed to be contradicting his own thoughts, doing some 'unnecessary' actions and having some 'unnecessary' thoughts.
Was it because of the other people in that world?
Ayanokouji was a little confused, but felt a little curious about that country.
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Ayanokouji remembered that Anastasia had arranged for him a hotel called 'Water Plumage Inn', and Elsa should have gone there first to find out what was going on.
"Let's go." He said to Rom. Although boats were the main means of transportation in the city, there were still roads for humans and earth dragons to walk on.