Kyle Sichi passed through the town and walked in the direction of the Redwater River.
Today, Border Town was already a bustling place. It was hard to imagine that it used to be an outpost to detect demonic beasts' movements. Under his feet was a dark gray hard ground, and on both sides of the street were neat rows of bungalows. Unlike the residential buildings, these houses were not used for living, and the space was much more spacious than that of a residential building. It was like a small warehouse.
According to His Highness, these houses would be sold in the future.
In front of the bungalows was a deep drainage ditch, which was covered with stone slabs, which seemed to draw two boundaries on the black street. In addition, a large tree would be planted on the side of the road at regular intervals, sandwiched between two bungalows. The branches were close to the center of the road. Not only could they keep out the sun and rain, but they were also pleasing to the eye.
He had to say, the biggest feeling he got from this place was the regularity.
Whether it was the houses, roads, ditches or trees, they were all located in a planned location, and the degree of care was even no less than that of a noble's garden. The feeling of walking in Border Town was comparable to the feeling in the main city of Redwater City. Although the scale of the buildings in Border Town was denser and larger, the extremely coordinated arrangement made these ordinary houses exude a unique sense of beauty. This feeling overshadowed the size of the individual, and showed a higher level of grandeur as a whole.
Just like those neat and uniform chemical formulas, he thought, this is the beauty brought by order.
Nowadays, Kyle was quite famous in Border Town, and passers-by would nod to him and respectfully call him Sir Sage. However, compared to Sage, he preferred the title of Master of Chemistry, but unfortunately, His Highness Roland said that he had to comprehend "Intermediate Chemistry" before he could get this honor.
Walking out of the central area, he could see the Redwater River, which ran across the Western Region. The number of laboratories on the river had increased to four, but the last two were temporarily idle because they didn't have enough manpower.
Kyle was about to call a few apprentices to complete the task given by His Highness, when a soldier wearing the uniform of the First Army came over.
"Sir Sichi, a sailboat came to the dock area, carrying more than 50 … civilians," he said after saluting. "Because there were too many of them, and they didn't look like merchants, the garrison stopped them. One of them said he wanted to see you, and he claimed to be an alchemist from Redwater City. His name is … "
"Chavez!" Kyle excitedly grabbed the soldier's shoulder, "Take me to see him!"
…
Pulling the soldier to the dock area, he saw a familiar figure, it was indeed Chavez.
"Master Mentor!" The other party also noticed Kyle at the first moment and immediately waved his hands at him.
"These are the alchemists and alchemy apprentices I invited," he walked to the captain of the garrison. "Let them in. I'll take them to the City Hall to register."
"Yes, sir. But please allow me to send a squad to escort them. "
"It's fine."
Although it was said to be an escort, it was actually surveillance and control to prevent anyone from leaving the team and sneaking into the town center. However, these were the rules set by His Royal Highness, so Kyle had no intention of interfering.
"Sir Mentor, what's going on with them? Why would there be someone guarding the dock in such a remote town? " Chavez, who was allowed to pass, quickly walked to his side and complained with some dissatisfaction, "Moreover, the checks are even stricter than the city guards of big cities, even their names and origins must be asked, I used silver royals to make them change their minds."
"Silver Wolves?" Kyle asked with great interest, "How many?"
"Of course, only one," Chavez was slightly startled.
"Ha ha ha," he stroked his beard and laughed, "Of course it won't work, you must know that their monthly salary is around fifteen silver royals."
"Ten … fifteen?"
"Well, compared to the city patrols who rely on extortion of merchants and travelers to survive, the First Army is much more comfortable. But because of this, extortion, looting, or accepting private property are strictly prohibited, once discovered, they will immediately be expelled from the army, and at the same time be sent to the dungeon for trial. " Although Kyle wasn't an official official of the City Hall, but after attending several meetings on behalf of the Minister of Chemical Industry, he had a certain understanding of the policies of the upper class.
"Can they really control their own hands?" Chavez asked with a little doubt.
"There are also some who can't control their own hands, but they are all sent to the mines." He curled his lips and said, "When you came here, didn't you notice the uniqueness of this town?"
"Well … there are a lot of them," the young alchemist scratched his head, "For example, along the river there seems to be a lot of people cutting down trees to build roads, which are already so far away from Border Town, in the end, where do they want to build? Also, what are these iron towers on the riverbank used for? To store drinking water? "He paused," That's right! Before arriving at the pier … I actually saw an iron bridge under construction! It's neither wood nor stone, I'm sure it's made of iron! "
"And it's much longer than the bridges I've seen before, isn't it?" The chief alchemist smiled, "So don't bring your experience of living in Redwater City here, this is a completely different city, of course … right now it's only a town, but it's enough to make people feel surprised. Just like the contents of the 'Elementary Chemistry', before you see it with your own eyes, you will never think that there is such a possibility in the world. "
He didn't know why, but when he said these words to his former apprentice, his heart felt inexplicably carefree and happy. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that he had already regarded himself as a member of Border Town, just like how he would show off his new home to his guests.
…
After completing the registration, the apprentices were handed over to the City Hall officials to arrange their accommodation, while Kyle Sichi directly pulled Chavez back to his own residence.
"Although I knew that you would definitely accept my invitation in the end, I didn't expect you to come so soon."
"I …" Chavez somewhat embarrassedly bowed his head, "I should have promised you before."
The chief alchemist smiled, he was completely obsessed with alchemy, but he wasn't completely ignorant of the affairs of the world. At first, Chavez didn't choose to leave, most likely because he had high hopes for the Lord, hoping to obtain the position of chief with the two-acid method. Until Capora became the new chief, he still had a lot of prejudice against him, which led him to make up his mind to leave Redwater City.
However, Kyle didn't care about this little thing, yearning for the position of chief of the workshop was the ultimate pursuit of every alchemist.
"You don't have to worry about what happened before, alchemy is meaningless here, the glory of an alchemist is also not worth mentioning, in this place, there is only one thing worth pursuing: Chemistry."
"I understand." Chavez took a deep breath.
"Although you will definitely be allocated a separate residence, but tonight you will sleep here, just like before … We haven't had a good talk for a long time."
When he was teaching Chavez alchemy skills, he had pulled this young apprentice to talk all night long, if they were sleepy, they would squeeze into the same bed and sleep together.
The other party obviously understood what he meant, excitedly said, "Yes, mentor!"
After dinner, the two went to the study, Kyle Sichi cautiously took out the book "Elementary Chemistry".
"Is this the ancient book that you hold in such high esteem?"
Chavez solemnly opened the first page and began to read it carefully. Kyle stood at the side, pointing out the parts that he didn't understand. This scene seemed to have returned to several years ago, when the other party once again became his apprentice.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
