One day, at dusk, the street lamps on both sides of the street began to flash with orange halos.
Most of the people walking on the streets were Delk aborigines in black robes. Few people walked in sweaters and jackets, and Darwin was one of the few people on the streets.
Darwin dug into his pockets and walked with his head down.
A sudden shout from the street scared Darwin so much that he stopped in his tracks to look.
He had to imagine everyone on the street as his imaginary enemy. Only in this way could he feel nervous.
In front of them was a food stall that was queuing up to sell things, and the voice just now came from that direction.
Therefore, Darwin rubbed his stomach and his stomach growled in response.
"Alright then." said Darwin to himself.
Smelling the smell of roasted meat in the air, Darwin flew to the food stall and lined up.
There were a lot of people queuing here, and the stall owner was especially slow when he finished cooking. He estimated that he would have to wait another half an hour or so before he could get his turn.
On the street.
The two children opened their arms and playfully chased each other on the street. There was a trash can on the side of the sidewalk, and thousands of flies were buzzing there.
A few white-collar pedestrians walked over and casually threw the trash on the ground before striding forward.
When the surrounding passersby cast envious looks at him, his walking posture became even more unrestrained!
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"Come, come, make way! Let me cut in line!"
Hearing this, Darwin turned his head around. Then he felt something bore in front of him, so he looked back, and a head suddenly appeared in front of him, startling him.
"Hey, how can you cut the line?" Darwin jabbed at his shoulder, looking a little angry. If it weren't for his mission, he would have punched this guy who cut the queue.
The man turned around and looked at Darwin with disdain. Then he replied,"I-I just cut in line, so what?"
That person's words were reasonable!
As soon as he finished speaking, the man turned his head around as if he was righteous and snorted.
"Forget it, it's better to avoid trouble.”Darwin thought. He suppressed his anger, loosened his clenched fists, and ignored him.
A bespectacled man with a refined appearance saw this scene. He adjusted his glasses and walked towards Darwin.
"I'm sorry, sir. I'll cut in as well.”After the glasses man finished speaking, his body naturally squeezed in front of Darwin.
Not long after, another person cut the queue. That person even explained to Darwin in a righteous manner before squeezing in front of him.
Darwin didn't say anything. He was so angry that he grabbed the shoulder of the bespectacled man from behind. The force of his grip was enough to crush the bones in his shoulder.
"Aiya! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts. Big, big brother, let's talk things out…"
The intense pain made the bespectacled man in front of him turn around to look at Darwin and try to break free from his hand.
"Come here." Darwin couldn't take it anymore and coldly whispered into his ear. Then, he wrapped his arms around his neck and walked away.
Darwin had planned to drag him into the alley and beat him up. Unexpectedly, he escaped halfway. Then, that person stood on the street and ruthlessly humiliated Darwin. Then, he turned the corner and slipped away.
In the end, Darwin sat on a bench by the roadside to rest, panting. "This bastard!" He punched himself in the thigh, so tired that he could barely breathe.
This really confirmed what Yu He told him before he came: You have to be careful. The Delk people of the Winter Treasury are very cunning.
Now, Darwin finally realized it.
"Since you don't wear the Delk robe, you are naturally treated as a foreign tourist.”
Hearing the voice, Darwin looked up. It was an old man in a long black robe. His skin was dark and his face was wrinkled. He looked skinny. He stood in front of her with a faint smile on his face.
"Are you all so unfriendly to foreign tourists?”Darwin sat up straight and talked to the old man in front of him.
"Not all of them. If you went to a restaurant, you would have already eaten the hot food.”
The old man's calm tone made Darwin suspicious. He panted heavily and stood up to look at the old man.
"Are you spying on me?" Darwin frowned and immediately questioned him. At the same time, he put one hand behind his back.
"I'm helping you, young man.”The old man chuckled.
Darwin noticed the look in his eyes. He kept staring into his pants pocket.
The pocket of his pants was bulging, but it was just a small notebook. Could it be that he treated this as a stack of coins?
With this new question in mind, Darwin lowered his head and touched his pants pocket before raising his head to look at him. "What do you think?"
"Do you see this restaurant behind me? Why don't you come and try my food? It's much better than the food stalls on the street…"
The old man finally revealed his true colors. Darwin looked at him impatiently. He put his palm into his jacket pocket and shook his head.
"No need. Thank you for your kindness, old man."
"The food stalls here are all like this. If you wait, you won't be able to line up even if you wait until the next morning. You might as well eat in a restaurant!" Seeing that Darwin didn't react, the old man dug up his previous bitterness again.
"Alright then, please lead the way.”
The old man's words made sense. Darwin thought about it in his heart. In the end, he had no choice but to agree to the old man's suggestion.
So he followed the old man to the restaurant opposite to eat.
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He pushed open the door, but there was no one inside. When Darwin saw this, he froze at the door and did not dare to walk in.
"Please come in." The old man smiled kindly and patted Darwin on the shoulder, letting him walk in.
Darwin looked inside and an old aura assaulted him, making him stop and not dare to move forward.
"You're not a black market, are you?" A second ago, Darwin was still wondering if he had been tricked, but in the next second, he didn't think so.
He saw a portrait of an old lady on the counter and turned to look at the old man walking into the kitchen.
Hearing Darwin's doubtful voice, the old man stopped at the kitchen door. He turned to look at Darwin, looking rather excited.
" Sit down," he begged,""Sit down, young man. Please take care of my poor shop!”
Faced with the prayers of a lonely old man, Darwin fell silent. The old man's voice was like a broken glass on the ground, fragile and hoarse.
"Oh-I won't go, you see, I'm sitting down.”Darwin twisted his wrist, pulled a chair over, and sat down cooperatively for the old man.
The old man's emotions calmed down. He nodded and turned to walk into the kitchen.
Although the sliding door was open and there were many Delks walking on the street, Darwin couldn't hear anything outside.
He turned around and looked at the counter. There were a few bottles of red wine of unknown age standing on the counter, covered in a thick layer of dust. However, the old lady's portrait was brand new, as if she had just passed away.
Darwin turned to look at the clock hanging on the wall. The time on the clock was forever fixed at 2:15. He couldn't tell if it was daytime or midnight.
However, it was still early in the real world, so Darwin had plenty of time to prepare for the rendezvous.
Dinner was ready.
The old man placed a bowl of steaming ramen in front of Darwin, then walked back to the counter and wiped the table with a rag.
Darwin hesitantly picked up his chopsticks and stirred the noodles. A ball of hot air rose from the bottom of the bowl, so he blew on the noodles gently.
"Is the business not good?" Darwin deliberately asked the old man standing in front of the counter. He picked up a pinch of noodles and sucked it into his mouth.
The old man nodded.
Perhaps because he was old, his cleaning speed was slow. It took him half a day just to wipe the corner of the counter.
"More than forty years ago, my wife and I came here to do business.”As he spoke, the old man glanced at Darwin and saw that he was listening attentively. " At that time, business was good and there were many repeat customers," he continued." That was until the era changed.”
"What happened after that?" Darwin picked up the noodles and asked urgently.
"Later, hehe. This city has developed, but the people are getting worse and worse…"
Darwin guessed what he meant, so he asked,""Do you mean, for example, being robbed of business?”
The old man nodded eagerly." Something like that."”
"This kind of thing doesn't happen often." When Darwin compared this situation to the federal government and the monarchical regime, this was actually the case.
"Right, the one on the counter is…"
"Yes." The old man turned his head and took down the portrait of his wife. He looked at her with his wrinkled eyes and said in a trembling voice,""Two years ago, she died of heart failure.”
"Do you have a child down there, old man?”
" We don't have children." The old man wiped the frame and placed him back on the counter.
He added,"The money earned over the years is donated at the beginning of every year. As a result, when one was old, they did not have a single penny in their hands.”
"Why donate?" Darwin didn't understand. He picked up a leaf and ate it.
"Donate it to the Monarchies so they can finish the war faster.”
Hearing the old man say this, Darwin suddenly stopped.
His heart suddenly felt like it was stabbed. The guilt he felt made him have to comfort the old man a few times before continuing to eat his noodles.
……
The noodles were finished.
Darwin stood up and went to the counter to pay the bill.
The old man stood in front of the counter, quietly waiting for Darwin to finish eating. He smiled when he saw how skillfully Darwin put down the bowl.
"How much?" Darwin took out a stack of platinum coins and prepared to pay.
" The price is 1 gold coin."
"What?" Darwin's voice was very loud, as if he was questioning again.
He held a stack of platinum coins in his hand. This bowl of noodles was at least 1 platinum coin or 15 Keskill coins. Why would he ask for 1 gold coin?
"Only 1 gold coin, young man." The old man raised his index finger and told Darwin.
Charles looked at the faded pupils, the crooked fingers; Her waist was baggy, and she looked like she was about to suffocate.
Darwin gritted his teeth. A vegetable leaf was stuck between his teeth. He quickly pulled a long face and placed a platinum coin with a face value of 1000 on the table before pushing it in front of the old man.
The old man looked at the coin, not understanding what it meant.
"Leave this city as soon as possible, and you will thank me.”Darwin said to the old man.
"When the war is over, I will naturally leave.”The old man put away the platinum coin and turned around to put it in the drawer under the counter.
"Then…farewell." After saying that, Darwin turned around and left, disappearing into the crowd.
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The restaurant he had just eaten at. When he turned back to look, there was a big iron lock on the door, and there was a seal on it.
Looking inside through the window, the environment inside was dark and gray. However, what was visible at a glance was the portrait of an old couple standing on the counter.
……
[To be continued]
Cannon flatten the Winter Treasury City. it's a trap
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