A Righteous Female Knight Never Compromises!-Chapter 72 : You Can Definitely Do Better
Chapter 72 - You Can Definitely Do Better
Is it possible that these past few days have all been my unlucky days?
It seems that Duchess Lusha is coming to visit today, so Anna has no choice but to go out and hide again.
And as if it were a joke from the heavens... Anna originally just planned to avoid the Duchess and the princess, and simply take a stroll in the outer city... but she ended up running into Princess Mia again.
“Princess Mia, why are you in the outer city...”
“Call me Milia,” Mia first corrected Anna's address, “I just wanted to see what life is like in the outer city.”
“Living in the inner city, relying only on s can be deceiving. If I really want this throne, I must see for myself.”
Fortunately, the security forces of the royal capital are strong enough to prevent a bunch of monsters and gangs from emerging in the outer city.
Otherwise, a princess who specifically comes to investigate the slums seems like something straight out of a novel...
...Thinking too much, not to mention the outer city isn't exactly a slum, with the princess's own strength, she's not someone an ordinary commoner could handle, right?
Moreover...
Anna glanced at Angelina, who was dressed in casual clothes and openly followed Princess Mia.
...The knight is directly by the princess's side, and with the three of them professionals, dealing with bandits would be a piece of cake.
Meeting those bandits who are paid off is another story, in that case, the enemies would also have professionals.
“I heard from Angelina that you two were dorm mates at the academy?” At this moment, Princess Mia speaks up.
“Yes... Angelina and I were good dorm mates, we even made a pact to join the Royal Knights together...” Anna nodded.
“Anna's abilities surpass mine, I always thought it should be you who joins the Royal Knights, not me.”
“Don't say that, Angelina, you're also very talented!”
Angelina brought this up again, and Anna was helpless.
It seems Angelina has been holding onto this matter.
“It's the truth, no matter how many times I say it, it's the truth.” After saying this, Angelina fell silent.
“...So, Anna, do you still have the desire to join the Royal Knights?”
“No,” Anna shook her head, “It's better to be a free knight now.”
“Why?”
“First, I already have three girlfriends, and I want to spend more time with them,” Anna scratched her head, “And now I don't have financial troubles, being a free knight is quite comfortable.”
“I see...”
Hearing Anna's reasons, Mia didn't continue to ask, probably because there was nothing else to ask.
She couldn't ask why she didn't join the Royal Knights, could she? Anna didn't believe that Mia, as a princess, didn't have her own intelligence?
“The difference from the middle layer is really big.”
If the middle layer is made up of brick and tile houses, then the outer city's houses can only be described as thatched cottages.
Apart from the at least seemingly splendid houses on both sides of the street that serve as the capital's facade, the houses hidden in the side roads, “squeezed” in the alleys, and illicit built additions are almost the daily scenery of the outer city, if one sits on the oversized Ferris wheel in the amusement park and carefully observes the outer city, these dilapidated buildings densely packed in the outer city can also be seen.
These are the houses where the largest population base of the capital's commoners live...
Some houses can almost only be described as the size of a “bedroom,” much worse than the house Anna lived in in the town, making it hard for nobles to imagine how one could live in such a house.
And yet, in this outer city where every inch of land is precious to commoners, a large number of commoners from all over the kingdom come every year to chase their dreams.
...And naturally, such an outer city cannot accommodate these incoming populations, now the concept of the outer city has extended to “the outer city area of the capital and outside the city.”
Under the outer city walls, countless wooden houses are densely packed, forming “satellite villages.”
“If we were to take a stroll around the outer city, it would probably take a whole day, right?” Anna said.
“I just wanted to see what life is like in the outer city, not to take a stroll around,” Mia shook her head, “I'm not that foolish.”
“Then... is there a market in the outer city?”
“There is one,” Anna had a rough understanding of the outer city, after all, when taking on commissions at the adventurer's guild, some outer city-related commissions will come naturally up.
Of course, Atala probably knows the outer city better.
Leading Mia and Angelina, both dressed in simple clothes, through the winding alleys, a foul stench hit them.
Then, a wave of noise.
“So many people...”
It's surprising to see so many people in this small market, considering the outer streets are not as crowded...
But as she looked, Mia frowned again.
“Can these vegetables really be eaten?”
Although there are fresh vegetables on the stalls, the more popular ones among the people are some slightly rotten vegetables.
“Vegetables that are about to rot, the vendors will sell them at a discount.”
The meaning is clear.
Moreover, the commoners and vendors walking in the market are quite interesting.
More or less, they are barefoot, some women don't even have pants, just a few blackened pieces of cloth wrapped around their lower bodies.
This is definitely something you wouldn't see on the outer city streets.
“...Has it really come to this?”
Mia seemed to have either gotten used to the stench from the market or was numb to it.
“Let's go.”
“...”
Leaving the market, winding back to the outer city streets, breathing in fresh air, Mia took a deep breath but felt somewhat melancholy.
“...I never thought my brother's inaction had reached this extent.”
Anna didn't respond, because she felt Mia still had more to say.
“When I was a child, I also came to the outer city, the outer city back then... wasn't like this.”
“Back then, my father took me to every corner of the outer city... it wasn't like this.”
“My brother is also a kind person... why has it become like this?”
“Milia, sometimes a person's kindness doesn't necessarily mean they will be a good ruler.” Anna quite believed in Charles V's kindness, after all, the child isn't that bright...
“I think your sister... Princess Margaret isn't a good person, but I think if she became queen, she could do better than the king.”
“Sometimes, good people are held at sword point, are used... just like the king now.”
Anna didn't mention the pure-blood faction, but it seemed every word she said was about the pure-blood faction.
“I... don't think I can do better than my brother.”
“You can.”
Anna shook her head.
“You, who can personally see everyone's hardships and know where the mistakes lie, can definitely do better than the current king.”
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Chapter 72 : You Can Definitely Do Better
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