Early the next morning I had to add one more thing to my shopping list.
carriage.
This is force majeure.
Although I have convenient spells that allow me to run very fast, I am not confident that I can hold so many things without dying of exhaustion.
Moreover, if you suddenly fall while using the Speed Walking Technique, all your previous efforts will probably be wasted.
"How did the previous boss go shopping..."
I didn’t understand, so I complained.
It's a pity that no one can answer my question.
The previous boss is probably in hell now.
Judging from the time, it is possible that Kellas has never seen him.
But it’s not a big problem. Anyway, this situation just adds an extra amount to my debt.
Too much debt does not weigh you down.
Although I am a very optimistic person, at times like this I have to lament my fate.
Two days ago, I was a brave man running around with a sword, but now I have to go shopping for ingredients.
The gap is still quite big.
The scenery outside the Immortal Fortress is still good, and the roads are also very well built. However, the main reason is that few people walk on it, so the cracks on the road caused by the passing of cars and horses are quite few.
There are dense jungles on both sides of the road, and the warm sunlight shines through the treetops, creating tiny shadows. There is some snow on the distant peaks, almost the same color as the clouds.
It's quite cool inside the forest, without the heat of summer at all.
And at the end of the line of sight, in the canyon formed between the towering peaks, is the Immortal Fortress.
If there was no threat from the demons, probably no one would have thought of such a scene outside the Immortal Fortress, right?
It is a pity that the front of the Immortal Fortress is completely bare.
Even this forest has only grown in recent years.
After walking out of the forest, the road immediately opened up, and branch roads continued to converge on this main trunk. When I finally reached the city gate, I was surprised to find that there were still many people here.
But after thinking about it for a moment, it might be because I have a fixed mindset.
Although the place I am in is a small village on the border, it doesn't mean that other places are also on the border of the demons, right?
Merchants from the neighboring empire also have to pass through the Immortal Fortress.
The inspection at the gate is very strict, and you have to pay a fee to enter the city to ensure the operation of the fortress.
But it's not expensive, just a few copper coins.
I brought nothing with me except money, so when I entered the city, the soldier looked at me twice and waved me impatiently to let me through.
After entering the city, I went straight to the horse shop.
Time was tight and I needed to buy a carriage and horses.
Then there are the daily groceries.
However, I was completely unfamiliar with the Immortal Fortress. When I realized that I was lost, I found that I seemed to have run into the residential area.
There is a smooth stone slab in the middle, simple houses are lined up on both sides, and there is sewage flowing across the ditch.
If I'm not mistaken, it's a slum, right?
Should I go back the same way or find someone to ask?
There seemed to be a few old men basking in the sun on the roadside. They might be people to ask.
So I walked over and planned to ask where the farmer's market was.
But before that, a small figure bumped into me.
He sat down on the ground, then apologized in a panic, skillfully pretending that he was really careless.
So when he was about to run, I grabbed his clothes.
"Hey... kid, don't take your money bag with you when you leave."
It's really too boring.
Often in novels or movies, we see little thieves from the slums using this method to steal.
In this case, when I grow up, I really can't imagine what kind of guy this is.
So I grabbed his clothes, then his wrist, and quickly pulled out his other hand.
"Damn it, let me go!" The little devil seemed to be planning on punching and kicking me, but I am not a holy mother.
Just when I was about to let him feel a little pain and let go, a bright fire suddenly bloomed.
——Did that little devil set the fire?
magic.
It surprised me a little bit.
But there was no sense of crisis at all in my consciousness. In other words, this seemingly scary flame actually did no harm to me at all.
But there was no way I could avoid getting my clothes burned.
So I simply let him go.
Then he mobilized his magic power and planned to use the magic of binding to teach him a lesson.
Unexpectedly, someone took action before me.
Turning around the corner, a man wearing leather armor like a mercenary stood out and blocked the street in the middle.
The little devil stopped, as if he didn't know what to do.
"Put down your wallet. If you know how to repent, you have not completely fallen into the abyss."
She's quite a beautiful woman.
She has neat short blond hair that barely covers her ears, and a curvy figure. However, her delicate and charming face has no expression at all, as if it had been covered by thousands of years of frost.
The little ghost head was probably frightened by the equipment she was wearing. After weighing it, he put his hand into the money bag.
Trouble.
The binding magic was applied to the little boy without any hindrance, and then all his movements seemed to slow down.
Because he is just an ordinary person who has mastered magic, [Stagnation Halo] unexpectedly works.
"If you are planning on spilling all the money and then running away while picking up the money, I'd better advise you to just give up the resistance now."
I sighed and walked over to him and took out the money bag from his hand.
There was an incredible expression on the little boy's face.
I was too lazy to say anything, so I just turned around and thanked the woman who had stopped the kid before.
"Thanks."
Although I can handle it without her, she still intends to help after all.
The woman who seemed to be a mercenary was silent for a while, looked at the little boy and hesitated, then said, "Just leave it alone?"
"There's nothing you can do about a child." Even though I've traveled through time, I still understand basic things like this. "There's nothing you can do about sending such people to an orphanage or anything like that. Send them to the city guards or investigators." There’s no way to impose a sentence or anything like that.”
The crime will not lead to death, and there is no such thing as a juvenile detention center in the other world. The most he can do is get a severe beating, and if he meets a city guard who dislikes the little devil, the little boy's life will probably be quite sad in the future. of.
As for adopting oneself——
But I'm free.
I'm not a saintly mother who overflows with compassion.
"If you really want to solve it, you still have to solve it from the root cause."
Improve the legal system and solve the problem of rich and poor.
However, in this place that is still an empire, it is obviously a foolish dream.
