Surdak returned to the city of Hiranza with a magic bag full of sulfur mines. When he arrived outside the city gate, it was already dark. There were several torches on the city head, and a group of guards carrying longbows came from the city.
He walked over. With his current status, Surdak could not allow these guards to open the city gate for him except for urgent military matters.
Looking at the closed dark city gate opposite the suspension bridge of Helensa City, Suldak could only stay outside the city and wait until the city gate opens tomorrow morning before entering the city.
Surdak planned to find a hotel outside the city. Otherwise, it would be really miserable to spend the whole night freezing at the city gate in such a cold weather.
The Golden Acorn Hotel is the best hotel outside the city. It was built on the edge of the temporary settlement. The three-story brick building looks like a small castle outside the city. Like Suldak, he did not close the city gate on time.
Travelers who rush back to the city of Helensa usually stay in this hotel for one night. Of course, the business of this hotel will only be better in winter. If it is summer, many people don’t mind staying on the roadside outside the city.
Set up a simple tent on the grass, or simply sleep on the grass and wait for dawn.
This hotel is a zigzag-shaped building. The carriage goes directly through the main entrance of the hotel and enters the huge courtyard. There is a special place for parking the carriage in the courtyard. The horses are led to the stables. There are some trees planted in the yard in winter.
The leaves of these trees have all fallen off, and they look bare and unattractive. However, well-trained shop assistants will come out immediately. There are grooms who lead horses, and there are also waiters who are responsible for guiding the way. The waiters will be the first to
Time distinguishes the identity of the guests, and the living areas of civilians and nobles are separated here.
Surdak hardly needed to speak. The ancient Bolai horse under his crotch, the leather armor and sword on his body, and the knight's badge on his chest were enough to explain his identity.
"Prepare a warm and clean room for me, a quiet place around it, don't let anyone disturb me!" Surdak jumped off the horse and handed the reins to the groom beside him. The snow in the yard was cleared cleanly.
, there are more than a dozen black magic caravans parked on the bluestone ground.
A waiter led Surdak into the building due north and said, "Okay! Sir Knight, do you need to prepare some food for you? We can provide some white bread and stew."
"No need!" Surdak replied.
There was a chandelier on the ceiling of the lobby on the first floor. The young waitress standing in front of the counter quickly handed Suldak a bunch of keys and told her the room number.
"Is there breakfast tomorrow morning?" Suldak asked the waiter.
"Yes, Sir Knight, do you need to be escorted to your room?" the waiter said immediately.
Of course, having breakfast delivered to the room is not a free service, a tip is required.
"As early as possible, before the city gate opens!" Suldak thought that if he entered the city early tomorrow, he should be able to catch the morning class at the Knight Academy.
"Okay, Sir Knight." The waiter agreed.
Walking from the lobby on the first floor to the room, you just pass by the restaurant of the hotel. The restaurant is still open at this late hour, and half of the seats are occupied by guests. The guests here are almost all nobles and knights. The smell of fried steak
Always so tempting.
Surdak's room is at No. 241 on the second floor on the north side of the building. The room is not big, but it is very clean. The single bed is covered with snow-white sheets, and there is a simple wooden table and a chair by the window.
, you can see the night view outside the window through the half-closed curtains, and you can just see a corner of the temporary residence.
There is a temporary settlement outside the city of Helensa. The people here cannot find a place to live in the city. They will go to the city to do some menial jobs during the day, and then go out of the city to live outside the city at night. Over time,
A temporary settlement was established outside the city, which was filled with a large number of hard workers, beggars, thieves and some idle vagrants.
It's so late, and there are still many people busy in the temporary settlement, probably preparing for the next day's work. Most of the buildings in this settlement are simple wooden houses, and there are oak forests everywhere.
, so it doesn’t cost much to build a wooden house. This kind of wooden house will be very narrow inside, and usually can only fit a bed. Everyone builds the kitchen outside, even if it is snowing heavily outside, and they want to
All the food had to be prepared in the wind and snow.
Suldak closed the curtains to block out the weak light outside, took off his boots that were hard from the cold, ice shards fell on the floor along his trouser legs, unbuttoned his leather armor, and the linen shirt inside was a little wet, and hung these clothes in the room.
He put on a set of dry shirts on the clothes rack. Suldak lay on the soft bed, his joints making a soft sound.
After walking in the mountains for a whole day, even a knight like Surdak will feel very tired, especially in such cold weather, both humans and horses are prone to frostbite, but this pair of Surdak is
It's nothing. Although the black curse on his leg was cured by Selina, his 'Blessed Body' buff was still there, so he didn't feel how cold it was.
Through the ceiling, the sound of the goblins fighting upstairs could still be clearly heard. Surdak frowned slightly. It was obvious that the surroundings of this room were not quiet.
Fatigue came like a tide, and Suldak soon fell asleep.
Surdak was awakened by the neighing of horses. A group of knights and two carriages slowly drove into the hotel yard. Several knights, covered in frost and snow, jumped off their horses. The groom took the reins from their hands and took them away.
Horses with manes covered with ice slag, several knights walked into the hotel first, and a few ladies got off the magic caravan and followed behind. The family emblem on the magic caravan was covered with a thin layer of ice. I didn't expect this
Weather, there are actually nobles coming from afar, I don’t know where they come from.
As soon as I lay down on the bed, I heard a loud noise in the corridor. It was obviously the waiter leading this group of new tenants to find their room. After such a long journey, these people seemed very excited, and several female family members laughed sharply.
It can easily penetrate the wall, and these people are still discussing the bad road conditions and hotels. There is a sense of superiority coming from the big city in their voices. In their tone, Helensa City is like a remote countryside.
.
The sound of leather boots on the corridor floor...
That was the sound of long leather boots nailed with iron palms. Usually only knights would wear leather boots covered with iron on the front and back. In battle, a kick could break the enemy's leg bones, but
This kind of heavy-armored leather boots are valuable only on the battlefield. Wearing a pair of leather boots on a daily basis has no other function except to look cool.
"Oh my God, the corridors in this hotel are not carpeted. It is indeed the origin of golden oak nuts. Even the floors are made of oak..." Someone among the group of noble women made a sarcastic voice. "I heard
The Hiransa people use oak to build their homes and make wine barrels.”
There were chuckles from a group of female relatives all around.
The sharp voice continued in an exaggerated tone: "Oh my god, I never thought... I would actually sleep on an oak bed one day. To be honest, I still prefer the heavy feel of indigo wood furniture."
A young man's voice in the crowd coughed slightly, and then said: "Ladies, we are only temporarily staying in this hotel for a few hours. Tomorrow night, you will sleep in the best place in Helensa City as you wish."
In a luxurious hotel.”
The lady with the sharp voice before said unceremoniously: "Trollope, to be honest, I don't have any expectations for the most luxurious hotel in Helensa!"
The chaotic footsteps got closer and closer, and someone in the crowd asked again: "Does your hotel room have a fireplace so I can light some golden acorns? I like the scent of burning acorns, it helps me fall asleep."
"...Sorry, we don't have a room with a fireplace in the hotel!" the waiter replied quietly.
"Forget it, I shouldn't have any expectations." There was unspeakable disappointment in the man's tone.
The woman with a sharp voice continued to express her opinion: "Runda, in such a remote and strange place, can you still expect to sleep peacefully?"
At this time, the footsteps suddenly stopped, and there was the sound of the door opening next to Suldak. As soon as the door was opened, the lady with a sharp voice exclaimed: "My God, this room is so small."
"There's no need to worry about this, we'll leave until dawn." The young man said helplessly.
"Don't you have a bigger room here?" the lady with a sharp voice asked tentatively.
"Sorry, the room on the third floor is full!" the waiter replied.
The lady said impatiently: "Sorry, sorry, what else can you say besides this? Forget it, prepare some food for me and send it over..."
"Yes, ma'am!" the waiter replied.
"Please call me Miss Fanny!" the woman with a sharp voice corrected.
Surdak covered his forehead with his hands. When he chose the room, he should have chosen the civilian building. Maybe it wouldn't be so noisy.
After these nobles checked into the room, the noisy noise obviously did not end. They were still noisily eating midnight snacks at such a late hour. When the midnight snacks were brought out, they began to ridicule how bad the food here was, and even the tender T-bone steaks were not included.
None...so, the noise made Suldak very annoyed, and then there was the sound of shaking the bed that lasted until dawn.
When Surdak had just fallen asleep, there was a knock on the door. Surdak opened his eyes and realized that the sky had brightened at some point. The curtains in the hotel were so thick that only a ray of light came through.
He came in, so he didn't even know when it would break.
Opening the door to the room, the waiter stood outside the door with a breakfast. Suldak took out five copper plates and put them in his palm. The waiter put the dinner plate on the wooden table in the room and saluted Suldak.
,leave.
The breakfast on the table is very simple. There is only a browned toasted wheat pancake with a slice of ham, fried egg, shredded onions and strawberry jam on it. There is also a corn juice on the side. It is a pretty good breakfast. Try to take a bite.
Feeling that it tasted very good, Suldak stuffed his breakfast into his stomach, then dressed neatly and left the room.
The room rate for a night in this hotel was only two silver coins, which was absolutely affordable. Suldak wanted to know how much a civilian room in the building opposite cost for a night.
After walking out of the hotel door, Surdak's ancient horse had been cleaned and was waiting in the yard. The groom handed the reins to Surdak's hand, and Surdak put a stack of copper plates back into the groom's hands.
With the palm of his hand, he rode his horse and prepared to leave the Golden Oak Hotel.
At this time, there was a soft creak above her head, and a window was pushed open. A head of long golden hair emerged from the curtains, and then there was a delicate face, as if someone was tickling her.
, she couldn't help but chuckle like a silver bell.
The sharp laughter made Suldak immediately recognize that she was the picky Miss Fanny last night. She had a pretty face. The curtains shook for a while, and Miss Fanny's shoulders passed through the window.
The inside was exposed, she was wrapped in a white sheet, lying on the window sill and looking curiously into the hotel yard. She didn't feel cold at all in this weather.
Suldak couldn't help but raise his head and take another look, and happened to see a blond man emerging from behind the young lady. He was young and strong, with muscles on his body like fine marble. He held Miss Fanny tightly.
He hugged her tightly and buried his head in her snow-white neck, which immediately caused Miss Fanny to burst into uncontrollable sharp laughter.
The young blond man did not notice Surdak who was about to ride out, but Surdak recognized the man at a glance.
Trollope the swordsman.
He, Darcy Christie, Hathaway, and Beatrice are all graduates of the same grade from the Bena Province Advanced Swordsman Academy.
He also participated in the training activities in the Warsaw plane. Surdak saw him several times in the city of Handanar and was deeply impressed by him. He did not expect that one day he would see him again outside the city of Hiranza.
to him.
However, Suldak didn't think much about it. He left the hotel on horseback, facing the rising sun in the morning, and passed through the city gate as soon as it opened.
At this time, the night watchman in the city had just transported the city's garbage by truckload to the outside of the city. The long convoy would emit some strange smell even in winter. Behind Surdak was a group of waiting people.
The vendors who entered the city were pushing some small stalls. Most of them were staring at the dark circles under their eyes and yawning one after another, looking like they were sleep deprived.
There were not too many people on the streets in the city, so Suldak rode his horse all the way to the Knight Academy. He happened to hear the bell ringing for morning classes, rushed to the stables of the academy, and handed the ancient horse to the groom.
He ran all the way into the teaching building and rushed into the classroom ahead of Mrs. Meredian. Finally, he didn't let Ms. Meredian write down his name in the lateness record book...