Alien Knights

Following Freed, Maeve wandered in the market, gradually being startled by everything in front of her and slowing down her pace.

Fur and seafood from the northern region, famous religious paintings from the Holy City of the East, perfume and clothing from the Muxi City, and the sky-high priced tobacco leaves from Froststone... Maeve, who was once a queen, found that she had never seen it before. Thousands of commodities from all over the world can be found in this huge market.

"From here to there, these thousands of shops are uniformly divided into a vendor area. Whether you are a soldier, a citizen, or a slave, you can set up a stall here and sell your own items..." Fried accepted a question with a smile. The soldiers of the warband bowed and said to Maeve.

Maeve was a little surprised: "Slaves? Slaves are also allowed to own and trade personal items?"

Fried looked back at her, and said slowly, "Froststone City is different from other places."

"Everything you see, including buildings, property, commodities, and even the lives and souls of all people, does not belong to us mortals." Fried looked at dozens of towering statues of tyrants in the market: "Everyone The Son of God gave us our bodies and our souls. He let us live on the earth, with the ability to act and think. When everyone dies, we will naturally return everything to the Son of Gods, waiting for his favor again .”

Seeing Maeve's surprised face, Fried said with a smile: "Even slaves, their bodies and souls do not belong to the buyer, but to the children of the gods; those who bought them, at most, just owned The right to use..."

Maeve opened her eyes wide: "Those who buy slaves only have the right to use them?"

"As the ruler of all people, the teachings promulgated by the sons of the gods clearly stated: People are classified as high or low just because of their bad fate, but in essence, the souls of all people are the same. The same is true for slaves. Fate must obey the orders of others, but if their lives are taken from human persecution, those perpetrators are guilty of defying the gods, who deserve to go to hell after death."

Maeve carefully chewed on Fried's words: "Humans are divided into high and low, but their souls are the same. Even slaves, their life and death can only be decided by the gods, not their buyers. ?”

Fried nodded and said: "That's right, so the slaves in Froststone City are not like other cities. They are not as good as livestock. On the contrary, they are allowed to own certain private property, and are allowed to use their labor income to pay the buyer's money." After daily needs, the most basic freedoms are preserved...these are the expressly prescribed rules in the teachings of the children of the gods."

"This is really... interesting..." Maeve still couldn't accept this kind of teaching for a short time: "Then what if there are disputes between people? For example, the powerful see what the weak have? And hatred between factions?"

"Money, power, hatred, and desire... in front of great beliefs, they are like shadows under the sun. Although they exist, they will soon dissipate. Compared with pursuing those material comforts, people will think more about whether they will live in the future after death. Will be blessed by the gods."

Freed smiled and turned around: "Because of this, compared to other cities that believe in false gods, although there are distinct classes in Froststone City, there are few irreconcilable contradictions and confrontations between people. In the belief of the Son of God, people clearly understand that although fate cannot be changed, the choice of good and evil is in the hands of everyone. Only by accumulating enough goodness and being in front of the balance of fate after death in the future can one be qualified to step into the Holy Spirit. Domain. If you are lucky, you can even become a Heroic Spirit..."

Maeve lowered her head and said to herself, "The world after death...?"

Fried clapped his hands and woke Maeve up: "Child, you still have a long way to go. During the time you stay in Froststone City, walk around and see more, you will naturally understand the power of faith in my mouth... By the way ,Here we are."

Maeve raised her head, looked at the huge square column building in front of her, and asked strangely: "This is...?"

"This is the exchange of the Grand Bazaar. Different from those private vendors outside, the transactions here are usually bulk commodities or rare treasures." Fried took out a black dragon chest pendant made of gold from his chest, and turned towards The shaman apprentice who was guarding the door shook.

The shaman apprentice, whose face was painted with oil paint, nodded slightly and said, "Welcome, Falcon's Chapter Leader, what do you want today?"

Fried turned his head to the back: "I brought an outsider, and she has something she wants to sell."

The apprentice shaman talked to the guard behind him for a few words, and while taking out a small piece of oil paulownia wood from his bosom and handing it to Fried, he squinted at Maeve and the two boys, and said hesitantly: "Falcon Chapter Commander, I still want to remind you that this is not a place where outsiders should come."

Fried approached the apprentice shaman, and pointed to the two Valkyries not far behind Maeve.

The shaman apprentice suddenly understood and stopped talking.

Holding the tung oil piece, Fried said to Maeve while leading the way: "If you want to sell valuables, there will be a large auction this afternoon, but the auction items need to be registered, identified and numbered. You It may take a long time... There is another way, I can help you find a few suitable jewelry merchants, they will bid to buy your items, but the premise is that they can see it."

"Please take me to the jewelry dealer, I'm in a hurry to spend money now."

Speaking of this, Maeve was a little puzzled: "You didn't help me find a buyer in the vendor area, but brought me here directly, how did you know..."

Fried waved his hand and interrupted Maeve: "Although I am getting old, I still have some ability to infer the identity of others from the way I talk and behave..."

Pointing to a luxuriously decorated shop in the main hall, Fried motioned Maeve to go in: "The owner of this shop is an old friend of mine. Just say my name after entering."

Seeing Maeve walk into the jewelry store with the child, Fried stood at the door, turned his head, watched the two Valkyries getting closer, and said with a smile: "It's really rare, what is it? What kind of person is the guard who actually needs you to travel?"

One of the two Valkyries was the tall slender woman who refused Maeve's gift of the ring.

She stared into Fried's eyes and said softly, "That woman is the queen of the Kingdom of Connaught, and the Son of the Gods personally promised to bless her and those two children."

The smile on Fried's face slowly faded.

He was silent for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Kingdom of Connaught? Alas, so that's the case, I should have guessed... Froststone City will soon face that monster that devours people again..."