I had no idea where I was. According to history, seventeenth century French and English cities were supposedly gross. Europeans in ancient tis didnt pay attention to hygiene in the city. Romans constructed perfect sewers; however, the barbarians werent interested. I didnt see neglected sewers at Bryne City or the imperial capital. After all, the humans under Queen Sisis rule were rather advanced in terms of culture and civilisation, which translated into stricter hygiene practices. I do admit that it was limited to the places Queen Sisi and the nobles frequented. The commoners, especially those who were poor, didnt practice hygiene to the sa extent.
I decided the first thing Id do when I got back to the imperial capital was clean up the environnt there. Everywhere. Sure, a minister of business has no business handling environntal hygiene, but I insisted because it would be Leah and Veirya living there henceforward. I had to ensure there were no hygiene issues or contagious diseases.
The city in the South wasnt given as much attention as the imperial capital. Howbeit, thanks to it being newer and housing relatively more plants, it didnt look too ssy. With that said, I couldnt figure out why the place stunk. I didnt know what the sticky black stuff on the ground was, but it was more prominent than the actual colour of the ground and violated my nose. Also, there would be random things thrown out as if it was raining objects while Ross and I wandered the city.
I couldnt shake off the feeling that so small-ti hawkers or common folk would try and pinch my wallet. As such, I kept my hand pressed firmly to my wallet. I was even more worried about Ross being kidnapped. He had been kidnapped once, so he grabbed my hand tightly and looked freaked out.
We stopped at a black building. It appeared obvious that the building was built illegally high since the materials were horrendous and it was crooked It looked as though it was one gust of one away from collapsing. How it managed to stay standing so long was a miracle that escaped my comprehension.
Ross and I cautiously headed in. The rancid stench of alcohol mixed with smoke on the first floor was awful. God forbid I knew what they were doing. Smoking? Burning paper is smoking? We apparently didnt get anybodys attention when we entered. Perhaps they didnt care to acknowledge us. We had to cross through the wall of smoke, not to ntion squeezing past tables to finally get to the stairs. The steps creaked and wobbled underneath our feet.
Albert sent a letter to inform he was at this particular building, surprisingly. I had no idea how he found this weird place. I looked to Ross, and he looked back at with a nervous gaze. He expressed, Is Mr. Albert really here? Why would he choose this place? I I do not know It seems dangerous here
No kidding. The city had a blatant security issue.
I pondered, Please dont tell Albert discovered what I did and deliberately lured here to ambush or sothing No way Theres no way he figured out what happened unless Madam lissa betrayed . Did the two et again after that day? Man, I shouldve brought Veirya with Its silly of to be here alone. They say that, Ill marry you when Im back, is a death flag quote, yet I boldly ca here. Are my guts too large?
I hesitated before I knocked. No answer. I scanned the dangerous corridor. There were no exits in the front or back. I couldnt stop thinking that soone would rush out and hack to death at any given mont. Nevertheless, I knocked again. Still no response.
Umm, Lord Lin, shall we go downstairs to ask the owner for a key?
Yeah
Just when I considered going downstairs, I stubbornly knocked again. This ti, the door swung open. I peeked inside while making sure I didnt expose my neck. There was no blood on the ground. To the contrary, the interior was far neater and cleaner compared to outside. However, there was a strange sll coming from within. The sll was akin to sothing decaying.
Ross and I found wind blowing in as the window was open. Thanks to the wind, we could sll the citys unique stench. I didnt understand why the room had the decaying sll when the wind was blowing in. However, when I spun around in the next mont, the suspending thing in the air that was swaying similarly to a bell startled .
Ah! shrieked Ross.
I imdiately covered Ross mouth and slamd the door shut. He had no idea what to do. I solemnly looked at Albert. I have to tip my hat to him. I received his letter three days ago, so I presud he died three days ago. If that inference held true, then he mustve hung himself soon after he sent the letter.
I shooed off the flies that ward his corpse and then glanced over to the table where a letter, presumably his will, was pinned.
Mr. Albert Mr. Albert Ross was so scared that he shed tears and stuttered.
Ross, calm down. Calm down. Go downstairs and buy so food. Dont let anyone else notice. If word gets out that Albert died, your sister will collapse. Calm down, okay, Ross? Calm down!!
Uhm Uhm Ross froze in place for a while due to the overwhelming shock that he had yet to process. His wobbling and tripping run made chuckle.
Whilst rubbing my hands together, I jeered, Now, then, Albert, what shall I do to you today?
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