Pusius raised his head in surprise and looked at Katerina secretly: "Will Miss Katerina agree...?"
"It has nothing to do with me." Catalina said nonchalantly.
She just wanted to reach Midnight City, get the reward for "selling" Lu Li, and start a new life.
Pusius only raised his tail a little, and asked in frustration: "But how should I enter Midnight City..."
Midnight City does not allow weirdos to enter the city, at least on the surface.
Lu Li's eyes fell on the rat stranger not far away.
They asked about how to smuggle people to Midnight City. This group of mice and strangers whose talent is to dig holes patted their chests and said that they could take people to Midnight City safely and quickly, but the high price discouraged them. Catalina didn't have enough money.
Let Pusius sneak to Midnight City.
Catalina will not take out all the money.
Pusius could only stay in the old sewer and wait for Lu Li to get enough shillings or status to come to the old sewer to take him away.
Lu Li asked Catalina for some money, rented a nearby tavern, and asked Pusius to stay here and wait for them.
The eldest sister continued to follow, proudly claiming that no one from the Midnight City Church could discover it.
"Don't die, little one."
Katarina said goodbye to Pusius, and she and Lu Li stepped into the old sewer leading to the ground.
There were many fellow travelers in the old sewer. They were either wearing hunter leather armor or civilian linen clothes.
Katarina is looking forward to seeing Midnight City more and more, and her money.
"Remember to give me the money you lent it."
When she could smell the breeze blowing in from the dark wilderness, Catalina said to Lu Li.
The oppressive stone wall disappeared from the top of the head. The dark cloud-covered night sky was exposed above the earth without any cover, and the blowing breeze carried the atmosphere of the dark wilderness.
A majestic city without walls looms ahead.
Rows of houses stretch out, and low houses form the periphery of Midnight City. The closer to the center, the taller and brighter the buildings become.
Mysterious dark tower buildings are scattered in the city, and the light beams like lighthouse searchlights slant towards the low and thick dark clouds, illuminating the night sky.
There is no night here.
In the very center of the city, a bronze statue of Lady Midnight, 100 meters high and clad in black robes, stands quietly.
"She is more beautiful than in the painting..."
Catalina looked at Midnight City in trance and murmured to herself.
In a strange era where human beings can only survive, such a majestic and unprotected city standing in the dark wilderness is enough to shock people to the point of speechlessness.
Then be even more grateful and have faith in the Midnight Lady who protects them.
Humanity builds a new civilization on a land where weirdness is rampant.
Beautiful as a rose.
Also as fragile as a rose.
Lu Li will never forget the ending of the Allen Kingdom.
He turned back at this time and looked in the direction they were coming from.
My gaze crossed the old sewer and fell to the distant eastern sky. Faint fluorescence like fireflies flickered in the sky.
A giant, two-winged creature called the Flying Yeager roams the sky.
Looking back, Lu Li and Catalina, who was about to become a believer, walked toward Midnight City.
"What are those towers?" Lu Li asked.
They look out of place with the surrounding buildings, adding a lot of mystery to the city.
"I don't know...maybe the church?"
As we get closer and closer to Midnight City, more and more people are accompanying us.
Pilgrimage believers gathered and sang songs in chorus with the nuns of Midnight City.
The big sister in the hood hid because of them.
"The Midnight Lady comes to earth."
"Her mercy spreads, turning it into a place where the monstrous dare not tread."
"She doesn't need people's praise."
"I just hope the seeds will take root and sprout."
"Blowed by the wind, dropped by the rain, and written about, she is everywhere."
The singing reminded Lu Li of the rules of Midnight City that Pusius told them: Do not speak ill of Lady Midnight in any form.
The believers of the Midnight City Church are different from the believers in the small towns passing through.
Those believers are more indifferent and stay away from people because they need to wear a veil called mystery to maintain their majesty and mystery.
Midnight City doesn't need it.
Stepping onto the crowded streets of Midnight City, Catalina's steps suddenly became hesitant.
She doesn't know how to find a "buyer".
City lord? Church? Or nobles?
Catalina is a hunter.
And hunters have their own ways of dealing with problems.
Catalina stopped a passing fungus horse-drawn carriage. The coachman drew out his dagger and loudly asked the people in the carriage: "I came from Gange Town and want to know how to find the city lord or the church nobles!"
There was a slight silence, and an old reply came from the carriage: "Jangge Town? Is it that town where the rules do not allow harm to oneself?"
"Yes."
After waiting for a moment, the old voice continued: "The first question is that Midnight City has a parliamentary system. There is only a city hall and no city lord's palace. The second question is, what kind of church are you looking for? If it is the Midnight Lady's Church, it is easy to find. The last one
Question, you can go to the manor to visit those nobles."
The slow and methodical answer makes one can't help but imagine what an elderly scholar looks like.
"Are you a noble or a member of the city hall?" Katerina asked.
"City Hall? Maybe." The old man replied noncommittally.
A withered arm stretched out from the gap in the open car door, holding a parchment business card.
The driver took the business card and handed it to Catalina, who handed it to Lu Li: "What's written on it?"
【Kryns University】
【Professor of Archeology】
【Nuno Alexandrovich】
"Business card, there is a university professor on the carriage."
"University professor..."
Catalina seemed to have heard this term somewhere.
"So he is considered a rich man?"
"That's right."
"Very good." Catalina clenched her fists and lowered her voice and said to the old professor in the carriage: "I know the clues about purebred humans."
The voice of the old professor slowly came out: "Pure human? You should go to those powerful people, not a scholar."
Catalina frowned: "Are you not interested in purebred humans?"
"This is very complicated..." A low sigh came from the carriage: "Forget it, please come up, we will talk about it back to the academy."
Catalina did not respond, but focused her gaze on Lu Li.
"If his identity is true, he is more trustworthy than many nobles." Lu Li responded to her hesitation.
Moreover, being a scholar can help Lu Li understand some things.
Sensing Lu Li's tendency, Catalina agreed to get in the carriage and go back with him.
They did not enter the carriage, but sat on the edge with the groom.
The groom took up the reins, stepped on the stone bricks with the horse's hooves, and resumed its progress.
Lu Li looked up at the towers scattered throughout Midnight City, tilted his head and asked, "What are those black tower buildings?"
The old professor's answer soon sounded in the carriage.