December 10, 1996
From Lant's luxury carriage, you can already see the 40-meter-high city wall of Maned Wolf City and the tower inside the wall.
"Sir, ahead is the Maned Wolf City. The main part of this city was built 1,500 years ago by the first Marquis of the Maned Wolf. At that time, in order to help the Maned Wolf family resist the orcs,
It is said that the demigods from the imperial capital specially brought a magical elf queen, and that queen built the entire city wall in just one month. To this day, Maned Wolf City is still repairing the original city wall."
While driving the carriage, Peter introduced Lant who was in the carriage box behind.
Lant was eating dried fruits while listening to Peter's introduction. Now there was no need to move frequently. The assembleable lookout post behind the carriage was no longer useful and had been converted into an entire storage area.
Gandalf gave Wendy many simple and effective magic patterns.
Wendy used these magic patterns to repair some incomplete or damaged magic circles on the magic carriage.
According to Lant's idea, some space was added to the carriage's storage area to refrigerate food and preserve magic crystals. Now Lant's carriage looks more like a RV.
Sitting in the RV and listening to Peter talk about magical fairies again, Lant became even more curious about this legendary magical life.
"Sir, look at that magic tower. It is the magic tower of Cohen Maned Wolf, the most powerful great mage in the Maned Wolf family. However, Lord Cohen usually goes to school in Blue Dragon City and rarely comes back."
"Well, the great mentor always likes to find topics. It's enough to let the apprentices run the laboratory. I understand." Rant complained secretly in his heart.
"Pete? Have you ever seen a magical leprechaun?"
"Sir, I have seen that kind of magical life. I assure you that they are the most attractive existence in the world."
"oh?"
Maned Wolf City is located on a rocky mountain about 200 meters high. The highest core part of the mountain is the castle and family shrine of the Maned Wolf family, and the sunny side of the mountain is the Earl's castle of the current Earl of Maned Wolf.
The count's castle, together with the city's cathedral, theater, military barracks, meeting hall, guild hall, and arena, form the core area of the Maned Wolf City's public facilities. Outside this core area, there are shops, restaurants, taverns, and trading markets. and multiple residential areas, with a huge city wall on the outermost edge.
Cohen's Maned Wolf's Magic Tower looks like a tower from the outside. In fact, the group of rooms at the bottom of the tower are also several connected castle-shaped buildings, located in the corner of Maned Wolf City.
Those who can live in the residential areas of Maned Wolf City are either the direct subjects and demon-supporters of the Maned Wolf family, or they are the family knights of Earl Maned Wolf, as well as the vassals stationed in Maned Wolf City. represent.
Ordinary residents working in the city can only live in a few residential areas outside the city. Therefore, outside the walls of the Maned Wolf City, there is a large residential area, as well as corresponding markets, temples, churches, taverns, bathhouses and other facilities.
Because in the living space, families, nobles, and civilians live in the core of Maned Wolf City, inside the city, and outside the city, there are great differences in public security, religion, taxation, and management.
The Maned Wolf family has been a family that has been running rampant in the northwest territory for thousands of years. Various clans, big and small, are entangled in each other. The Maned Wolf family's castle occupies almost half of the area of the Maned Wolf city. The size of the core Maned Wolf family temple is the same as that of the city. The church is of a similar size, and the family priest has always been served by a family cleric who is a temple priest (junior magister level).
The cathedral in the Maned Wolf City is the largest religious facility in the entire city, and is also the headquarters of the Temple Alliance in the entire northwest territory. Its bishop is directly appointed by the Holy City of the Holy See. The cathedral enshrines all the righteous gods recognized by the entire human empire, and the city The various altars, places of worship, temples, and churches outside are places of worship for a certain god or several gods that are more prosperous than incense.
Not only religious places, but also in terms of security and taxation. The city is patrolled by the Maned Wolf Knights and a security team composed of demons directly under the earl, while the outside of the city is jointly managed by several branches of the Maned Wolf family.
The team of the Lant family has arrived outside the city. Obote and Metz, who have been to Maned Wolf City, found the warehouse where the goods are placed. However, doing business outside Maned Wolf City also requires the permission of the earl, so Lant went to The first stop in Maned Wolf City is to visit the Earl’s Mansion.
The team soon arrived in front of the city gate. There were 21 demon-lovers in Lant's team and 20 guards including Peter. The girls' carriage had already joined Neil and the others.
"Sir, when we pass through, the gatekeepers of Maned Wolf City will charge us tolls."
"I'm a viscount and I still have to pay?"
"Sir, this is the entry tax required by the Earl of Maned Wolf. You don't have to pay it, but the cavalry does. We still have to go from the Earl's Mansion in Maned Wolf City to Dragon Tooth City."
In large cities such as the Royal Capital and the Imperial Capital, there are agencies responsible for portal services. However, in a small city like Maned Wolf City, you can only go to other cities through the portal in the lord's palace.
According to Peter, feudal nobles above count in the empire basically have portals at home or in the city, and there are dedicated space mages from the Starry Sky Society who are responsible for running these costly portals.
Of course, the existence of teleporters is undoubtedly a great convenience for nobles like Lant, who need to travel far away but do not like the pain of bumpy roads. At least it saves Lant more than half a month of travel between several cities.
Originally, Lant's plan was to ride a horse or carriage directly from Maned Wolf City to Dragon Tooth City. Even Huck and Albert didn't know that there was a separate courtyard in Earl Maned Wolf's house specifically for teleportation.
According to Peter, this portal was established through the connections in the royal capital after the current Earl of Kempins succeeded him. He also secured his position as Earl in the family because of this portal.
At the gate of the city, Lant's convoy received extra courtesy because it was escorted by 20 fully armed cavalry. Not only did the demon-free people stay away from it, but even the demon-loving ones who were about to enter the city hurriedly avoided it when they saw it.
The chaos of the barbarians has just ended, and everyone is afraid that this is a small group of remaining wandering barbarians.
"Pete, your motorcade is quite large. If I hadn't recognized the flag of your galloping horse, I would have thought some marquis had arrived."
Fernando Maned Wolf, the earl's eldest son, knew that Lant was coming in the near future. He had been sending people to watch at the city gate, and planned to give him a blow.
According to Viscount Bob's account book, he spent three digits of gold coins to manage the eldest son, and sent several black-scaled horses to him so that he could communicate with the old count alone.
For this reason, Bob specifically described the future earl as a perfect inheritor of the character of the old Maned Wolf family when keeping accounts. He would always salivate about all valuable matters and walk into every person in the city like he was patrolling a doghouse every day. A shop where the desire for magic girls and magic equipment far outweighs the desire for food.
After reading Viscount Bob's accounts, Lant was very impressed by the maned wolf master, so he made preparations early.
"Fernando Maned Wolf Knight, long time no see, I would like to say hello to you and the Earl." After hearing the eldest son's voice, Lant opened the car door and said hello first.
