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Chapter 21 Strange City

The Lion City, the largest city in the Emerald Empire, is an ancient imperial capital that has been around for thousands of years. It symbolizes the glory and pride of the Lionheart family and the most important virtue and courage in the pioneering era.

More than seven thousand years have passed, and the bloodline of the Lion Heart family has long been cut off. Now the royal bloodline that inherits the name of the lion has been replaced by several groups, and it has no connection with the Lion Knights of that year. However, even if the bloodline is destroyed in time, the name of the family is still immortal, and the thousand-year-old ancient capital is still as glorious as ever.

The city is hexagonal, and streets of varying lengths evenly divide the city into pieces, walls, roads, and even every building. The outside must be kept straight. Unless otherwise necessary, curved lines are never allowed. This makes every corner of the Lion City free of edges and corners, which looks strange, but also has a special geometric beauty.

Walking on the flat bluestone street and stroking the blue stone walls on the street, even if people who don’t like the Emerald Empire, they have to admit that the craftsmen here are quite powerful. After all, it is not difficult to make each building look different, but it is not easy to make all buildings fully meet certain standards like these buildings in front of you.

"But, although it is neat and clean, and there are people coming and going, it is indeed very prosperous, but I feel that the city is very strange." Holding the hands of two children, walking on the spacious road, Lisa looked at the various shops in the surrounding commercial district and blinked in confusion, "And is it my illusion? I always feel like I have been here."

"Well, it's your illusion. I have never been here to praise the Lord. The people of this city are indeed very pious. Even if I walk on the street, I will never forget to praise the gods. Holy, this is indeed a city that is deeply favored by the gods."

It’s not because of you, Lord Priest, can you stop making trouble? Whenever Pastor Talina feels that she can adapt to the boss’s bad behavior, he can do something to tell himself that I can actually be even worse.

For example, now, Shur, wearing a black holy robe, was holding a scripture book, and the holy glory was almost vividly emitted from his body, causing the pedestrians around him to be involuntarily infected when passing by, and praying in a low voice to praise the gods. Indeed, it was very harmonious and pious, but...

"Brother, you hate it. Take back the sacred glory. Even if you use magic to highlight your image in the downtown area, you will benefit from the mainstream beliefs of Lord Wendy and the others in cities. Take back the magic quickly and don't help them do vain work."

Tsk, Lord Priest, you are so amazing. Talina feels sad. It took only four years to twist the cute Lord Lisa into what she is now. Alas, omnipotent and kind Lord, please bless Lord Lisa not to become a person like Lord Lisa in the future, Holy.

"Yes, you can't do vain work." Shul could not hear Talina's roar. He quickly took back his magic and punched him in the palm of his hand. He said seriously, "When you go back, you ask Oranna and the others for compensation. We will help them improve their faith. They are embarrassed not to give some gold coins as rewards. I am not greedy, just a few hundred gold coins."

"Yes, that's right, it's only a few hundred gold coins." That's it? Haha. Under the careful teaching of Shure, the great Demon King Lisa may have completely lost his chance to the pure and kind priests. Well, there are not many priests who are truly pure and kind. "No, I've definitely been here. Look at the door and window, I noticed it just now."

"Absolutely I've never been here." Shuer sighed, "Didn't you find it? You'll feel familiar, just because the shape and layout of most parts of the city are exactly the same. Not to mention the building itself, the size, color, and even the fonts on it are exactly the same, and the shelves inside, no matter what they sell, they are placed very similarly, so you have the illusion of being here."

"Oh, that's true." Lisa was stunned. No wonder she always felt that the prosperous Lion City was not right. When Shuer said that, she also discovered that it was really like what his brother said. All buildings, from shape to color, from layout to decoration, are extremely similar. It would be strange if the places you walked by were not familiar with. The girl stared at these exactly the same buildings and asked with confusion, "Brother, what's going on."

"Haha, it's not just a building, look at the people on the street, those locals."

Ha? Everyone is exactly the same, that's really a ghost. Lisa was shocked and quickly observed the pedestrians around her. Fortunately, everyone's appearance is still different, so everyone is not the same template.

However, it is still very strange. Although they have different appearances, why do they always give people a very similar feeling? Is it also my illusion? But the more Lisa looks at it, the more she feels that her feelings are not wrong, and it is really very similar.

Ah, I understand, it is expressions and temperaments. These people with different appearances have surprisingly similar expressions and temperaments. They are humble and a little pride, polite and a little alienation, and they are all the same. They are not only for travelers from other cities, but also for locals themselves, but also for each other, and the same is almost templated, as if they have been imprinted in the depths of their souls.

"Suddenly I felt very bored." Lisa drooped her shoulders, and was still very excited just now, and now she was indifferent, muttering, "It is obviously an ancient capital that has been around for thousands of years, why is this happening?"

"Isn't this good? It's very prosperous and lively. And you can see that there are so many pedestrians on the streets but not many patrolling city guards, which means that the city is very orderly and is simply a model in the city. It's much better than Rose City. Tsk, a place like Rose City, in the commercial area, if there are hundreds of quarrels and dozens of fights one day, the city guards will feel uncomfortable."

"It's good, it's always good to be orderly, but I always feel that the city should be colorful and interesting. Just like life, everything is the same. Isn't this too boring?"

"You feel boring, but their citizens feel very happy. This is the sense of rules they are proud of. Haha, not only buildings strictly follow the rules, but people are the same, and the rules are the same, so gradually, people become the same."

"Hmm? How is it possible, everyone is born different."

"Yes, maybe it was different when you were born, but under the constraints of the rules, it will gradually become what the rules determine you should be. If you want to break the rules, you will be hostile and excluded by everyone, or even directly attacked, and you will not be able to live normally. In the end, you will either be assimilated by the rules or you can only isolate yourself from the outside world. These are the only two ways out."

"Lord Luna is here." Lisa is still a little girl, her mind is not mature, and she still cannot understand the truth. "Is there any rules wrong?"

"Whether right or wrong depends on what you think. For example, this city is pretty good, isn't it? Haha, but I think that everything needs to be limited. Overemphasizing rules will inevitably lead to the results in front of you. All buildings are the same, everyone is the same, and you can't even determine whether you have walked here or not."

"Hey? Is this the reason why you took a group of people around in circles?"

"Ha, I just said, brother has indeed taken the wrong path, and he is still quibbling." Lord Lisa finally reacted. Hum, stupid brother, he actually wants to deceive the great Lisa Demon King, so that you won't let you deceive. Huh? Wait, something is wrong. Who said this just now? This unique accent, this dazed tone, and this skillful skill of exposing scars, "Wow, brother, where is my axe, I want to cut wood!"

"Hey hey? Why do you need to hurt the forest? The plants are cute, don't hurt them casually. It's so scary, but fortunately I'm just a deer, not a tree, otherwise I'll be cut off."

"Oh, Moria, how long have you been with us?" Shuer rubbed his forehead with a headache. He was worthy of being the top hunter in the forest. His hidden skills were so good that even Shuer did not notice it.

"Well, probably from when you bought Lisa the first soran caramel, and deliberately hid the two extras, making the two little guys cry in grievance. It was not until Lisa spoke that you pretended to buy two more." Moria came out of the corner of the street, jumped to Shure, and said happily, "No, to be precise, it should be when you were holding the candy stick, degrading from the color and taste to the clarity, and finally let the owner count down your five copper coins."

"Wow, my brother is so awesome. You can save five copper coins in this way."

Alas, Lord Lisa, you are a priest and should not care about it like this. Talinna drew a circle on her chest, and she felt that the appearance of Sul was simply a test of the Lord's faith.

"Well, that's when." Shure was not embarrassed at all, as if this was what an excellent priest should do, "Why didn't you come out early?"

"Because it's very interesting to watch you go around in circles, especially when you passed by here for the third time." Moria pointed to several buildings next to her. "There was a pretentious appearance, and the look of doubting life behind her face was too interesting. Hehehe, the guy who had been following secretly in the corner just now was the victim of the authoritative rules. The guy you said to her almost couldn't help but come out to be a guide for you. Fortunately, I stopped it in time. It's so dangerous. How about it, I'm so awesome."

"If you hadn't been running too fast to catch up with you, I would have been over and beat you up long ago." She rolled her eyes in anger. She was too lazy to deal with the fool deer who was keen on teasing her, and waved to the corner of the street, "Come here, don't hide."

A gust of wind blew, and Shuer felt that there was more person behind him, hiding in his back.

"Bang", the skilled backhand slapped in the exact position, "Didn't you ask you to go back first? Why are you still guarding the door?"

"I'm not very relieved." Sav's voice was still so shy, "You asked me to go back specifically, I know something must be wrong."

"Then you should be with Dark too." Shuer remembered his previous arrangement, "Where did that idiot go?"

"He said that he hadn't started a fight yet, so there was no problem. He went to drink by himself and followed someone he didn't know. I didn't want to go, so I stayed here to guard."
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