Tubat Town is a very peaceful and peaceful town. It is built at the front end of the Tubat Plain, between two mountains. The mountains on the left are gently undulating and covered with green grass, while the mountains on the right are very steep and steep.
There are also many. After passing through the town, you can enter the surrounding area of Tubat Small Plain. Not long after walking further, you can see the majestic Tubat Volcano.
In the impoverished Kingdom of Guiniz, this area is considered a relatively fertile place in the country. Relying on the prosperous biological resources on the plains obtained by the Tubat volcano and lava, several towns here can live a relatively good life.
rich life.
According to people in the town, the town of Tubat was originally built under the Tubat volcano. Because a volcanic eruption two years ago destroyed the town, the residents moved here.
"This town is so quiet, there are not many people and it's not noisy." Alice put on the slippers provided by the hotel and leaned against the wooden fence outside the bedroom on the second floor, admiring the style and characteristics of this town.
"Hey, you got up so early too. Didn't you say you wanted to sleep in yesterday?" Hullington from the other room also came to the balcony of his room, brushing his teeth with a water glass and toothbrush in his hand.
, while talking to Alice inarticulately.
Alice ignored him. She seemed to have always disliked this "temporary traveling companion" with low moral character.
Hurlington said: "Hey, don't be angry. It was my fault that I peeked at you taking a bath yesterday. I always have this bad habit, that is, I can't control these curious eyes... Speaking of which, you are the princess I have ever seen.
Among them, the most beautiful."
Alice said: "Humph, have you seen many princesses?"
"Finally you talked to me. You haven't talked to me since I checked into the hotel yesterday." Hughington rinsed his mouth and smiled: "Do you know that, like your master, I also started traveling when I was very young?
But I haven’t gone to as many places as him, and I rarely go to dangerous places. I also went to Cosilua four years ago and met a princess of Cosilua. She was not as beautiful as you.
There are many small freckles on my face.”
"Ah, you mean Princess Sarah?"
"You know her?"
"Of course I know her." Alice said, "She is five years older than me. She has come to our Demon Moon Empire twice. She and I are good friends. You are not allowed to say bad things about her."
Hullington smiled: "I didn't say anything bad about her, but she is indeed not as beautiful as you."
Alice snorted. But even though she still looked angry, everyone could see the happy smile on her face. Any woman likes to be praised, especially beautiful women, and this also includes girls and
The princess is included.
"Smiled." Hullington said, "Then you forgive me."
"Who has forgiven you?" Alice said with a straight face again.
Hurlington said: "How can we be regarded as companions now? When traveling, which companion does not have some problems? Since companions, we should be more tolerant to each other, otherwise how can we trust each other when we encounter danger?
How about fighting side by side?"
Alice hesitated for a while: "Okay, if you are right, I will forgive you this time."
Hullington smiled broadly: "I've finished washing up. Let's go down and have something to eat. It's time to hit the road."
There are no big hotels in the town. Bing Zhixie and the other three stayed in a home-style hotel. Staying in this home-style hotel seemed very warm and comfortable, and it felt like home.
The eating area is in the large living room on the first floor. For breakfast, there are cakes baked by the hotel owner himself, secret miso soup and an apple.
Perhaps because there were so few tourists, apart from Bing Zhixie and the other three, there was only one fur trader who was traveling alone in the hotel.
The owner of the hotel is a kind old grandmother. Her husband died of illness last year. After her son married his wife, he moved to another country. The old lady was unwilling to leave the land where she was born and raised. She relied on the meager income from running the hotel to make a living.
Come down.
Bing Zhixie finished her breakfast quickly, wiped her mouth and said, "I'll go to the stable to get our six-pointed reindeer. After you finish eating, grab your luggage, and get ready to leave."
"Yes, Master." Alice responded happily and took a piece of warm cake from the plate.
Hullington said: "You seem to be in a good mood?"
Alice took a big bite of the cake and smiled: "It's a new day, of course you have to be happy."
"Too."
Alice saw the old lady in the hotel knitting a sweater in front of the door: "Grandma, I have a question I've been wanting to ask you."
"Okay, just ask."
Alice said: "Isn't the country of Guiniz rich in gold? It is said to have the third largest gold mine in the northern continent of the mainland. But I saw that the people in the town don't seem to be very wealthy, and I walked all the way here
, I saw that people in several villages were living in poverty.”
Before the old lady could speak, the fur trader sitting at the other table laughed: "Huh, gold? That's just the king's private wealth and has nothing to do with us common people."
"How can a king use so much gold?" Alice asked.
The fur traders ridiculed and said with resentment: "In your eyes, gold is wealth, but in our eyes, gold is not something that brings a good life to our poor country. Instead, it brings disasters and nightmares. Since we
After the country discovered gold mines, we ordinary people have never had a good day."
Hullington joked: "It's not that exaggerated, is it?"
"Why not!" the fur trader said angrily: "I see you are a foreigner. Let me tell you, almost all the people in the country are looking forward to some other country to attack our country and save us every day."
Seeing the angry expression of the fur trader, Alice was surprised: "How could this happen?"
The fur trader, however, stopped talking and sat there angrily without eating anything.
The old lady at the hotel sighed: "The thing is like this. About fifty years ago, an amazing gold vein was discovered in our country. For a long time, our country's special soil characteristics and poor supplies have made the lives of us civilians difficult.
Life was not very good. When gold mines were discovered, the whole country was very happy, thinking that good times would come. Moreover, the old king at that time was also determined to improve people's lives and did a lot of things."
"But he was already very old at that time and died within a few years." The fur trader said: "After his son, the previous king, took over the throne, he changed completely. He only cared about his own enjoyment, built big palaces, and bought
He gave the most precious treasures in the world to his beloved concubine, but he didn't care about the lives of ordinary people. But that's okay. What's worse is that after his death, his son, the current king, was more greedy and extravagant than he was. Not only
All the mined gold mines were collected for his own enjoyment, and prisoners from all over the country were sent to mine gold mines."
"It's normal for prisoners to serve as miners. I know many countries do this," Alice said.
"Yes, the old king did this in the past." The fur trader said: "But it is not like this now. If the king does not govern the country, those ministers and local officials will do evil, exploit the people, and arrest you under various names.
Go and punish the crime, now we don't have a good day."
The old lady's expression also became sad and angry: "Little girl, there is a story. Once you hear it, you will know what's going on."
Alice was very interested when she heard the story.
The old woman put down the sweater in her hand: "The story goes that a child accidentally bitten his leg by an official's vicious dog. The child's father took the child to the house to argue and demanded medical expenses. Unexpectedly, the official not only did not pay compensation, but also asked for medical expenses.
He even unleashed a dog and bit the child to death."
"Ah!" Alice was frightened: "How could he do such a thing?"
"The matter is not over yet." The old woman continued: "When the child's father saw his son's tragic death, he killed the official's dog in a rage. As a result, the official ordered the arrest of the child's father and sentenced him to death for murder."
The fur trader said: "I have also heard of this incident. It seems to have happened last year."
Alice said: "Just because you killed a dog, you were sentenced to death for murder?"
"This... this can't be true, right?" Hullington couldn't believe it either.
The old lady said: "This story happened in our town. The official was the mayor of our town. The father of the child who was executed lived in the small house next to the church."
Hullington and Alice both opened their mouths. This thing sounded simply appalling.
"I've always heard that Guiniz's regime was dark, but I didn't expect it to be so dark," Hullington said.
"It's so abominable." Alice said angrily: "Doesn't anyone care about this kind of thing?"
"Who cares? Who will care?"
Alice thought for a while and said: "Shengyuan, why doesn't Shengyuan come out to stop this kind of thing and sanction this country?"
The fur trader sneered: "Just a few years ago, our country was rated as the country with the most stable society and the lowest crime rate in the northern part of the mainland. Will the Holy Garden sanction such a country?" He added: "The people of our country, now
Every day we look forward to our neighboring countries liberating us, and we are willing to do so even if our country is destroyed."