Snowflakes floated down from the leaden sky, like goose feathers, and fell on the city. The whistle sounded from the harbor, and the train passed through the streets. It was snowing, and pedestrians hid under the eaves. Only a few Chocobo cars were still soliciting customers on the street, cursing the damn weather in boredom.
Harry and Peter jogged through the drifting snow and got into a covered Chocobo car.
"Go to the city police station," Harry told the driver.
"Have you brought your documents? You have to pass through the city gate." the coachman reminded.
"Bring it with me. Run quickly and get there before the police station closes."
"Don't worry, this chocobo has just grown up and is very energetic!"
The driver waved the reins, and the chocobo started running wildly, pulling the cart towards the inner city.
The cold wind, covered with frost and snow, blew into the frame of the carriage, making Harry shiver from the cold.
Peter was okay. The thermal underwear and sweater under the cloak were enough to keep out the cold. After all, his life attributes were much higher than ordinary people.
"Aren't you a magician? Use some magic to warm your body."
So Harry put a flame shield on the chocobo.
The billowing heat wave suddenly blew towards the back, and the driver was startled, but driving the flaming chocobo was unexpectedly exciting, and it was a Ghost Rider experience.
"Do you really only know defensive magic?" Peter complained as he looked at the chocobo running wildly, "You haven't learned any other magic?"
"How can it be."
Harry said confidently: "Magic circle construction, blacksmithing and alchemy, Hogwarts basic charms, I have perfect scores in these."
"Isn't there any magic in there that can warm the body?"
"Yes, yes... I just spent too much energy last night. I'm afraid I'll pass out again if I use the heat spell."
"...Is the consumption of the heat-hugging technique greater than that of the flame shield?"
Harry nodded solemnly.
"That's true for me."
"Awesome."
Peter was amazed.
The Houhai District where the two were located was right next to the inner city. Soon, the Ghost Rider version of the chocobo car drove to the towering wall that separated the inner city.
In order not to attract the attention of the garrison, Harry snapped his fingers and extinguished the shield.
In addition to the city wall, there is also a saltwater river that flows into the sea between the inner city and the outer city.
The inner city is built on an island in the city very close to the shore, just like Naihe Island in Gotham City. Ten steel bridges span the river, connecting the city.
Driving across the bridge, you can fully see the entire ancient city wall of Aknaiz.
The wall made of gray-white mountain rocks has withstood thousands of years of wind, frost, rain and snow, but still stands tall and majestic on the earth.
The city gates alone are each thirty meters high.
The flag of Ron Kingdom and the flag of the royal family were flying on the left and right above the opposite city gates.
There are ten sets of door openings in the entire city wall, seven of which are opened daily, and nine sets are opened during major festivals.
When the king comes in person, all ten sets of gates will be opened.
There are two entrances and exits under each city gate. The passages, which are more than ten meters long in total, are equipped with layers of security checks. Residents from the outer city who want to enter the inner city must declare one day in advance and obtain a pass before entering or exiting. At the same time, identity documents and residence information must be verified to ensure that criminals are not sneaked into the inner city.
In the afternoon, it was snowing again, and there were not many people lining up to enter the city.
Harry directly directed the coachman to walk into an uninhabited avenue in the middle of the city gate.
This road seemed to be for the powerful. The Chocobo car was quickly stopped by soldiers carrying flintlock rifles. But after Harry got out of the car, he didn't know what documents he showed. The soldiers' attitude immediately became respectful and they just checked. After seeing the identity of the coachman, he let him go without even looking at Peter who was sitting in the back.
"What did you show them?" Peter asked in surprise, "You can let a homeless man like me with unknown origins into the city."
"Hogwarts student ID card."
Harry took out a strange card from the inner pocket of his coat. On the back of the card was a very typical European coat of arms, consisting of a gold lion on a red background, a copper eagle on a blue background, a black badger on a yellow background and a symbol of the four houses. It consists of a silver snake on a green background, surrounded by a black dragon and an "H" shaped symbol.
On the front is Harry's photo, a message and a black dragon emblem actually swimming on the card surface.
"This is Longyuan's student ID card."
Harry said calmly: "With this student ID card, you can travel to more than a dozen countries in the Southern Continent without a visa, and you can also enjoy the status of a Lord in Ron."
"Guigui, the national flag of my hometown is not as good as yours in Africa."
Peter gains a new appreciation for the influence of Hogwarts.
And the symbol on the back of the card...
It's the initial H for Hogwarts.
The possibility that the brave man who founded Hogwarts is a time traveler is even greater.
"So, you told him that I am also a student of Hogwarts?"
Peter asked thoughtfully, this thing works so well, it seems that he can get a fake one to use.
"no."
"Then why didn't he check on me?"
"I said you are a dead person who was just dug up from the Western Continent. I turned you into a magic puppet and prepared to send it to the inner city to be sold."
"...I thank you."
No wonder the soldier didn't even look at me, there was something dirty.
Harry seemed to have guessed what he was thinking and warned:
"Not all Hogwarts students have this treatment. They must be from Nibelungen College. There are only more than thirty people in each class of our college. Not only does the card have the number and imprint of Hogwarts, but also With our own original magic power, we can detect it with a very high degree of recognition, and fake evidence cannot deceive anyone."
"Don't I look like a magician?"
Peter refused.
"You look..."
Harry looked at the world-weary face hidden under the hood and felt that if he entered the city gate and had his ID card, he would be checked ten or even nine times.
Organized the wording.
"Those who advance to the prison system."
"Thanks."
As soon as we entered the inner city, we suddenly became enlightened.
If the outer city of Aknaiz has refreshed Peter's understanding of the world's cities, it is like Victoria in the steam age. Then the inner city, like Paris in the 20th century, is filled with the luxury and elegance and humanistic beauty of the Champs Elysées, and the word money stands out.
"It seems a bit too urban." Peter lamented.
"Indeed," Harry entered the inner city of Aknaits for the first time, but his expression was much calmer, "it is indeed the oldest city in the Southern Continent."
Unlike the densely packed houses and shops in the outer city, the buildings in the inner city clearly have urban planning, leaving comfortable spaces between buildings to prevent overly dense high-rise buildings from blocking the vast sky.
The island in the inner city is a gradually climbing mountain. Different from the Houhai hills that can be seen all the way, this mountain is the highest promontory in the southern continent. The magnificent Baroque style buildings and antique red brick high-rise buildings are magnificent along the mountain. Its spiers, intricate carvings and magnificent rose windows are dazzling. The wide roads are spotless, smaller and more delicate trams run through the city in large numbers, red telephone booths, green mailboxes, bronze street lamps, patrols on black horses, vegetation covered with snow, monasteries, opera houses, churches, museums , the Colosseum, the aristocratic palace complex, the garden-like schools, the luxury business district, the fountain square with the doves falling, the government building that looks like a post-modern building...
Finally, the Chocobo car stopped in front of a solemn and square building.
The Ron police emblem consisting of shield, hunter and eagle is engraved in front of the gate.
