Civilization Game

So I came to Eden and the first outing started. Rod wore a black robe covering his entire body with a hood to hide his identity. Rather, even though Lord asked if it would be more conspicuous to dress like this, Eve said that robe dressing is very common because there are so many suspicious people.

The first place Eve took Lord was in a commercial district. She said it was about the height of Underheim, located to the left of the palace.

"Oh."

The moment I entered the entrance of the commercial district, Rod's eyes grew in surprise. It was worth calling her a thriller, as she said. There were so many people coming and going that the streets were so crowded that it was particularly surprising that not only humans, but also Dwarves, Elves, Harpies, Demibeasts, and all kinds of species from the continent were gathered here.

"Hey, get out of the way!"

Bang, bang! A giant rhinoceros man, taller than Lord's height, passes by his side. I didn't have anything to say if I was dazed or crushed.

"Come on, let's go."

Eve looks at the dazed road and says as if she's in a hurry. She and Lord walk side by side, and Beatrice comes to the escort station a few steps back, keeping an eye on the perimeter and following them.

"Oh, girl! Are you off already?"

A street vendor waves his hand and pretends to know Eve. It was an ordinary sight that would be everywhere, but one difference was that the merchant's head was a 'wolf'. Eve, who was also a Demibeast, was almost the same as humans when the sharp bear cut off his ear, whereas this man only walked on two legs, one wolf. Eve smiles and says.

"I'm still working. There's a rookie in the royal family to show you around."

"Oh? You're new?"

The wolf merchant rubs his chin and looks at Rod.

I haven't heard the settings, but there's nothing I can't match them. Lord bows his head with a frozen part-time smile on his face.

"Starting today, I'm working for the Royal Abyss. We look forward to seeing you."

"Oh, right. Where do you come from?"

Other contractors would have been embarrassed, but Rod, who was a fan of Chaos World, was different. He thought of a continental map in his mind, a country with modest but okay settings that had fallen from Abyss.

"I'm from Evgenia."

"Ah, those talkers?"

Rod grins. Evgenia is a country of horses.

"But aren't you a little old for this? Why have you come to such a shabby place?"

"Oh, you're doing great. I don't know if they're warriors who have one horse for another, but it's the same in every country where the civilians are dying these days."

"Kuhahaha! I see! You're right!"

The wolf merchant smiles joyfully. It seemed to have been deceived somehow. This time, his gaze turns to Beatrice.

"Ouch! Our leader is here!"

Beatrice hesitates behind them and looks shy.

The wolf merchant's cheeks turn red. Hey, man. You and your kind are wrong! The faction!

"Khh! I feel like it. I'll give you half my price today! What do you think?"

"Yes?"

Lord was curious. By the way, what kind of street vendor is this? It seemed like a place to sell food because of the feeling.

By the way, Eve next door is watching Lord. She smiles shyly and says.

"Well, we're fine! And this guy has just come from the upper world, so he doesn't have enough to eat yet..."

"Oh! I wonder."

Lord quickly said.

"I want to try it. You two are going to eat, right?"

In the end, Lord took out the wallet he had received from Eve and paid for three of them.

And after a while, what the Wolf Merchant gave me...

Huff!

A scorpion skewer with a giant scorpion embedded in its barrel.

'Fantastic.'

It was not the same size as the scorpion skewers that Lord had seen in the Chinese night market in the past. Visuals were much worse and had several more legs.

Eve, who is watching, worries first. Although he came from a different dimension, he was only a king who ate expensive meat on a worthless day. There was no way I could get food out of the mouths of the lower-class people who had no money. She said as if she was tying it.

"Hey, if you can't eat..."

"Oh, that's more than I thought."

Lord grunts, chewing on the scorpion. The eyes of the two women who were watching were bent.

"Hehehe! I thought this was the upper world teacher, but I know how to taste it! Ah-ha-ha!"

"Are you eating all the pincers?"

"Yes! Yes! Crabs are the best!"

Lord is chewing on the scorpion, and Beatrice stares at him in wonder.

"What's the matter?

She hesitates for a moment and says.

"…… head."

"Huh?"

"… is your head okay?"

"Hey, do you really believe in those crazy toilet settings? '

*

The three men lightly filled their bellies with scorpions and began walking the streets again.

"Eve."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Is that scorpion really a popular dish?"

Eve smiles faintly.

"That's the best thing you can do for the Underhaims. especially good if you can replenish proteins like rats or big insects or little monsters' flesh."

"…… looks like the food situation is very bad."

"Actually, it is. This land has very poor geological conditions for farming."

She stops walking and picks up a handful of dirt from the floor. It was usually darker red than dirt. As she spreads her palms, the dirt flies into the wind like fine powder. Even Roads who didn't know much about farming could predict the conditions of lipids were not very good.

There is no desert in Eden's worldview. There was a wasteland that was undergoing desertification, which was an 'abandoned land' in the middle of the continent. And in this desolate place where no one lives, stragglers and troubled sons gathered from all over the continent, avoiding the eyes of the country. It was the Abyss that created it.

'Are the people who live on the abandoned land?'

As long as they have decided to live on this earth, the food shortage will be the same fate as the firewood. Lord thought of that and asked one question. This is how many people have lived in a wasteland with nothing but dirt and sand for a long time. Agriculture alone would not expect yields to meet this population, and it was likely that there would be a fixed source of income.

'Well, we'll know more when we look around.'

At that moment, someone slaps Rod's body, which is locked in thought. The wind knocks the rod off balance and makes it stagger.

"Oh, are you okay?"

Eve asked.

"Yes."

Lord turns around and sees two young children running past him.

Wait, is this real? '

Eve looks suspicious as she notices. Lord urgently examines Rob's inner pocket. My God, how did you recognize what you put in your pocket and pick pockets?

"Khh, what a country of outlaws. Pickpockets are different even when you're a kid. '

The boys were fast and swift. I wondered if they could run now and catch them. Moreover, there were so many people on the street that the small children had the advantage.

'Knng, what should I do?'

Right then, Beatrice Potts! I ran down the street with a voice.

She avoids cooking the crowds around her, but maintains a tremendous pace. Her appearance soon became invisible to the crowd.

"Let's go, too!"

"Yes."

The two of them also ran to find the children and Beatrice. And soon after, I could find them.

"Ah, ah!"

"It hurts!"

Beatrice grabs the children and lays them on the ground. It was a noisy scene, but people around me sometimes only threw their eyes once, so I went on my way. It seemed like a common sight in this neighborhood.

Beatrice said.

"…… Wallet?"

The children still looked surprised. I had never been caught by adults before, but I was totally caught in the blink of an eye.

Beatrice urges you to speak coldly as the little ones are dumbfounded.

"…… I'll ask you again. What about the wallet?"

A little boy wakes up late and pulls out Lord's wallet and lays it to the ground.

Shhh!

While holding the children down with their knees and left arms, I took out the dagger in my thighs with one hand of Beatrice's hollow body.

"Attacking and pillaging kings. I will execute you immediately with the authority of the Assassin Master."

"……!"

Her dagger flickers.

"Hey, hey! Stop it!"

Lord hurriedly approaches and grabs her arm.

"……?"

"What are you doing? You don't have to kill me for this."

Beatrice tilts her head as if she didn't understand. Then I put in the dagger, bleeding out the elasticity that made me realize something. Then he looked down at the children and said,

"Take it off."

"…… huh?"

"The king says he will take your bodies in exchange for saving your lives, so you should be thankful..."

"That's not it!"

Rod yells, his ears flushed. You can turn people into Roricoms!

Beatrice tilts her head back and asks.

"…… Then what kind of punishment do you want?"

"I won't punish you. I got my money back."

She looks at Lord in horror. What a surprise! The choice not to punish was not in her head at all.

"Well, you can't do that if you need a punishment."

Rod looks down at the children as he says so. Then, he personally smashed one on his forehead.

"Ah, ah!

"It hurts!"

"Are you done now?"

Lord turns to Beatrice and asks.

She hesitates in confusion, then nods. Lord cries out, looking at the wolf merchant in the distance.

"Hey, mister! The half-price sale is still valid, right?"

*

Lord handed two children a scorpion skewers and headed together to the orphanage where they lived.

The orphanage was right around the corner, and the owner of the orphanage was an old woman who reminded me of a witch in Maburiko.

"Ah, Michelle! Rau!"

She jumps up and grabs the two children at once.

"Do you know how worried I was that he disappeared without a word?... but what about them?"

She looks back at Lord's party and the children with sinful expressions and says,

"You guys have done something wrong. Did you steal again?"

The children sigh and murmur in a small voice.

"... because I'm hungry. I wanted to eat an apple."

"I tried to buy an apple and return it to you! Really!"

After the old man fed the two children's foreheads with honey balms (the sound was different from Lord's thunder). Go inside! Come on! 'After the two little children entered the burinake orphanage, she stretched out her ugly waist.

"Oops, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! My kids are a pain in the ass. The churches have had a hard time lately, so they only boiled grass and said they were hungry... What should I say to them to forgive them...?"

Lord's gaze rests on her hat. Mark, the black cat with yellow eyes, was a coven symbol of the Witch Country of Keltine. It wasn't just the impression of a witch, it was really a witch.

"What church are you from?"

Lord asked.

"Ah, the Kali Cult of Black Magic. I'm doing some research with birds in the building next to me."

Turning out to be a Black Magic Cult... Lord's eyes narrow. Witches and children. A witch runs an orphanage without parents. The picture is clear, but not too clear?

"Excuse me, may I ask why the Black Magic Cult is raising orphans?"

"…… Yes?"

As soon as I heard that, I began to shed tears in her eyes. And then I burst into song.

"Oh my Lord! Are you still doubting us?"

"Huh, huh? '

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kss0419/Premier Edition is "Game of Kings" and plays as Argon. It's a habit in Joara, and now you can't see it, but you can see it on the Kakao page or on the Naver.