Following Lurunaka's directions, they steered the Ingenious to the north of the King's Castle.
They passed by several large and small plazas along the way, which was an eye-opener for Julius.
The towering towers, as well as the statues in the plazas, were an eye-opener for him. He couldn't wait to get closer and touch those existences.
However, the towers didn't look like they could be entered by random people. There were always guards patrolling nearby, and the horsemen in armor and robes didn't look like they were easy to talk to.
Even now, Julius was still a little afraid of those riders, because their high and mighty eyes made people feel pressured.
As for those statues, they looked like they could be approached, but the ship wouldn't stop at these places, so he didn't have the chance to get close to those magnificent statues.
In terms of attracting attention, the ship wasn't inferior. Along the way, although there weren't as many people waiting to enter the city, there wasn't much difference. Most of them were local residents.
These residents of the King Castle were looking at this strange existence with all kinds of gazes.
These gazes made Julius feel a little uncomfortable, but he couldn't feel what was wrong.
He didn't feel any malice, but there was no kindness either, only a strong sense of strangeness.
Along the way, Julius asked Lulunaka about these gazes. "Those people's gazes are very strange."
When she heard Julius's question, Lulunaka had a rare reaction. Usually, she was too lazy to answer Julius's childish questions. "How strange?" She raised her head and asked with interest.
Julius followed beside the Ingenious, looking like an apprentice who was following a carriage.
He touched the back of his head, thinking about the gazes of the residents just now, he felt a little scared.
"I don't know what that feeling is, but it doesn't feel very comfortable."
"It feels like something is staring at you?"
Lulunaka continued to ask, "Tell me this first, if you can't say it clearly, then don't ask me."
Julius struggled for a long time, and finally came up with an analogy he could think of, "It feels like … I'm being stared at by a group of red-eyed rabbits."
When he said this, Julius lowered his voice. After saying it, he felt that his description was a little inappropriate, it sounded like an insult.
So he looked at Lulunaka with a little unease.
Hearing Julius's words, Lulunaka didn't show any signs of anger. Instead, she looked a little happy. "That's an interesting way of putting it." She turned to Pasta, "What do you think, is this rabbit analogy appropriate?"
"Why are you asking me?" Pasta said.
"I can't ask a local resident if this analogy is appropriate, right?"
Lurunaka laughed. "That's too rude. I think it's more objective to ask someone who's also an outsider, right?"
"Can I not answer this question?" Pasta said.
"Of course, it's your choice."
Lulunaka didn't continue to ask Pasta, "Then I'll take it as a yes."
Pasta didn't have any intention to refute.
Lulunaka turned to Julius again, "This analogy is not bad, it's very similar to the mentality of the residents of this place.
Since they are all rabbits, then why are they looking at you strangely, or at us outsiders? "
Julius wanted to ask this, he quietly waited for Lulunaka to continue.
"Because they are afraid."
Lulunaka said, "Since the birth of the Sovereign King Castle, they have rejected everything from the outside, to them, outsiders mean disputes, or even war.
At the beginning, they were lions, entrenched in the east, looking down on everything; then, they were wolves, guarding their own territory, whoever dared to come, they would bite off their flesh; then, they were poisonous snakes, using their venom to corrode everything around them, to protect their own little place; finally, they were rabbits, they only have two fangs, so weak that it's laughable. "
Julius listened to Lulunaka's words, he was confused, he seemed to understand, but also seemed like he didn't.
Lulunaka just laughed, she didn't care that she was playing the lute to a cow, "You don't understand?
It's okay, you will understand very soon, as long as you stay in the Sovereign King Castle for a long time, even the stupidest person will have their own feelings. "
Julius half believed and half doubted, but he didn't continue to ask, he felt that if he continued to pester Lulunaka, he would be the one asking for trouble.
He returned to the roof of the carriage and laid down, although he closed his eyes, he didn't feel sleepy at all, he was thinking about all kinds of things.
After Julius returned to the roof of the carriage, Pasta said, "You hate the residents of the Sovereign King Castle?"
"A group of arrogant fools, they think that they are still living a few hundred years ago, dreaming that they are still the center of the world.
Their glory days are long gone, they can't even grasp the light in their hands, but they think that they are still shining. "Lulunaka replied," Tell me, is this stupid and funny, or pitiful and sad? "
Pasta was silent for a while, after a long time, he gave an answer, "I think, it is stupid and funny, but also pitiful and sad."
Lulunaka laughed without any scruples, she looked like an innocent and cute girl who had encountered something happy.
When the afternoon sun became warmer, Pasta steered the Wonderful Idea to the north of the Sovereign King Castle.
If the things he saw along the way made Julius feel dazzled, but also made him feel uncomfortable, the north gave him a different feeling.
The main road split the north and south into two from the west to the east. More people appeared in their field of vision. Buildings were built together, and houses and shops were mixed together. Sometimes, it was hard to tell whether it was a place for business or a place for residences.
The feeling it gave people was completely different.
The people here didn't look at Julius with that kind of unsettling gaze, everyone looked hurried, as if they had a lot of work to do, which made them look cold.
The Wonderful Idea couldn't squeeze into the small paths between the buildings, it could only continue to head west on the side of the road.
The Wonderful Idea naturally attracted a lot of attention, there were barefoot children who came up to ask if they needed a guide, but they were all chased away by Pasta with one or two copper coins.
"They know we are new here."
Pasta said to Lulunaka after he chased away another child, "This means that everyone in the colony will know we are new here."
"Soon, we won't be new here."
Lulunaka said, "Don't worry, we won't be cheated of anything … Oh, my precious materials are still worth a lot of money, we have to be careful, don't let some bastard steal them."
Lulunaka thought for a while, then continued, "Speaking of which, for me, which side is the new one, this is a question that I have to think about carefully."
Lulunaka asked Pasta, "Now, which part of the colony is the main population?
The Republic of Weiss, the Genoese, or the Ganians? "
"No one is in the dominant position."
Pasta said, "The Republic of Weiss has more people, but on the other side of the north, there are the Genoese towns and the King's Castle. The Ganians don't have much of a voice, but they are not ignored."
"It's touching how all those who used to fight and bleed now live happily together," said Lurunaka, laughing. "Where do you come from, Mr. Edgar?"
"I'm from a place further west." Pasta's answer was short, as if he didn't want to talk about himself.
Lulunaka didn't ask any more questions.
At this time, another barefoot child came up to them, "Sir, do you need a guide?
I'm very familiar with this place, whether it's a place to rest or drink, I'm very familiar with it. If you want to see something interesting, I can take you there! "
Pasta wanted to chase the child away, but Lulunaka spoke first, "Something interesting?
I have one in mind.
Is there any place around here that is rumored to be haunted? "