As soon as Yuffie entered the tavern, Leia turned her head and asked slightly anxiously. This made her want to laugh a little - it seems that this ranger who has always maintained a casual image is not actually that calm inside.
"It's basically certain that the attack has no direct connection with Shui Yun." She sat down opposite the young ranger, grabbed the cup on the table and took a few sips. "In addition, her purpose may have nothing to do with "your" Wei Feng.
It’s different. From the feelings she gave me, I couldn’t detect any hatred towards monsters... Of course, the same is true for humans.”
"What do you call my family's style?" Leia complained exaggeratedly and shrugged, "That's all?"
"And this." Gypsophila also came closer, knocked the bronze pendant in his hand on the table, and pushed it in front of the young ranger, "Do you know this thing?"
Leia reached out and picked up the hanging ornament, looked up and down, and then gently shook it a few times. The copper rings hanging feathers collided with each other, emitting a crisp melody.
"This is not Yennis's thing." He pretended not to notice the white eyes cast by the stars. "The culture inherited by monsters is very mixed. I can't guarantee that this is not a ritual prop of a certain branch of any race."
The young ranger coughed lightly, "But if I remember correctly, this thing... is more like a handicraft from the human tribes in the Far East."
"The tribe in the far east..." Lin stretched out a finger and poked the feathers under the pendant, "Is it a human country other than Innis?"
The young ranger sneered twice, with a bit of sarcasm in his expression.
"Or the previous human kingdom." He put the pendant back on the table and took another sip of wine - of course he still couldn't look drunk. "Decades ago, after His Highness Ying Zheng's term of office, this continent had nothing but
Inis, there is no more 'human kingdom'."
Yuffie had read this history when she was staying at the home of 'Luo Zhen'. Of course, the records in the history books naturally tend to be on the side of the empire. It describes that the emperor accepted all human races and treated them equally.
Those humans who once existed in the form of tribes or town federations and were often harassed by wild monsters or alliances were able to enjoy the protection of the empire and receive the same rights and opportunities as the imperial people.
This is certainly not a lie. Yuffie has seen many residents with different faces or skin colors in Xin'an City, and the Yinir people have no obvious dislike or rejection towards them. Compared with the monsters who once regarded them as 'servants', overall,
In other words, humans are indeed more receptive to these slightly different companions.
However, who can say that there are not some "exceptions"——
"What's wrong?" Leia raised her eyebrows and looked at her, "Do you think that Shuiyun can be a remnant of a tribe in the Far East?"
"It may just be that she likes the style of this pendant." Yuffie responded calmly. "The existing information is not enough to make a definite judgment. However, if she is indeed a member of the remnants, then some of her words
, you can get an explanation.”
"I lost my home when I was young...and was adopted by Sora..." Anya softly repeated what the woman in white had said, looking a little lonely, "Mr. Leia, those...foreign humans who did not join the empire, now
How's it going?"
"Anyway, the empire didn't kill them, but it also prohibited them from entering the empire's territory - to put it bluntly, it's not like driving them out of their original homeland." The young ranger sneered, "As for the current situation, whether it is further east
The wasteland or the monster-infested land in the south are probably not very suitable for human survival."
The facts contained in this sentence made everyone silent for a while. But it was still the girl who was the Demon King who started the topic again.
"I understand, Mr. Leia." Anya said softly, "Even if Shuiyun's purpose is not there, when I have time, I would like to go there and have a look... Maybe, I think... I can do something for them.
Something."
"For example?" Leia spread her hands, "Send them some food? That won't solve any problem."
"I don't know yet," Anya replied seriously, "but I think I will be able to find the answer soon."
"Okay, then I'll just believe you." The young ranger stretched out his fingers and fiddled with the hangings on the table, "If we don't mention this anymore, what should we do next?"
"It's still the same as we agreed before." Yuffie replied easily, seeming to have confirmed her intention, "Take me to the inn you mentioned."
…
The inn station that Leia mentioned is right next to the recently renovated trade road, less than a day's journey from Zecheng.
Although the Gurnor people's rune trains have gradually become popular in the empire, the traditional means of transportation such as carriages and horseback travel are still a long way from completely declining. It may not be as fast and comfortable as trains, but it is better in terms of freedom. And
, in the minds of many people in the empire, whether nobles, merchants or travelers, having a beloved horse that accompanies them and growing up and traveling with it is a romantic thing.
This has nothing to do with the current Emperor. According to Leia, Boyan himself is an excellent rider. He personally appears in the hunt at the beginning of every year and achieves outstanding results every time.
The inn is a place that serves these horses and vehicles. These small strongholds, usually with only a few dozen 'residents', include taverns, inns, stables and blacksmith shops, where travelers can rest for a night and repair their vehicles a little.
Carriage, or an iron paw to replace the mount. In addition, larger inns also provide rental of horses and vehicles. As long as you pay a large deposit, you can choose a mount to travel with and then return it at other inns.
That’s it.
Yuffie and others naturally do not need this - there is no way to travel that is more convenient and faster than using secret techniques to travel. For this way of traveling through the astral realm, some people may feel dizzy or nauseated at first, but young people
The Ranger seemed to feel no discomfort.
"Wow, this is 'teleportation'." He took a deep breath and gave a thumbs up to Yuffie who had returned to her original appearance, "I'm starting to envy you sorcerers... Or should I call the witches?
With?"
"Anything is fine." Yuffie had told Leia part of her origins, but she paid little attention to these so-called customs. She walked quickly to the inn, looking at the stables that could accommodate about a dozen mounts, and the horses parked aside.
Two cargo carriages, "Is this right here?"
The young ranger came over, looked around for a while, stopped on the right side of a carriage, and pointed at the criss-crossing ruts on the ground.
Yuffie followed his gaze and couldn't see any useful information except chaos.