Chapter 19 Baron Fiarta's Fief

Three and a half weeks later.

"We are here," Max said, looking at the big wall that was surrounding a city.

Beside him was Ravenna, who was eating roasted birds' legs. "Mo…eeeg!"

Thup

Max gave her a light head chop and said, glaring at her. "I told you to not speak while eating."

Gulp

"Sorry," After gulping down the meat, she said while getting her tongue out a little.

"Anyway, cover yourself properly. We will be entering the city through the main road, and there are many carriages and people walking on it. Don't show yourself." Max and Ravenna were currently in the forest, hiding behind a giant tree.

Just a few meters to their left was a big dirt road that led to one of the main gates of the city.

Max and Ravenna put on the hoodie and entered the road. They silently walked behind a carriage that was filled with boxes.

Max glanced at the city and pondered silently. 'I hope I find some useful information.'

…

"Max, look, what are those!?" Ravenna pointed her fingers at a vendor who was selling freshly made juices from the various fruits this world could offer.

Aside from apples and strawberries, which were from the earth, there could be seen multiple fruits that Max had no clue about.

"Those are fruit juices. They are good for your health, and they also taste very good." Max answered as his head rotated in every direction, trying to map out this city in his brain.

"Can we have those?" Ravenna asked eagerly and with much yearning too.

Max looked at the vendor where the vendor was. He could see many people giving gold coins after the vendor owner gave them juices contained in a cup which Max couldn't guess what it was made of.

"No, we will get those later on." Max denied it without any nonsense and dragged Ravenna away.

Ravenna threw tantrums on the streets and asked as if something unfair had been done to her. "No! I want it now."

Max brought Ravenna close to his face and whispered softly. "Listen, we are out of money now. The few I have will be used for our demon army."

Ravenna stopped her tantrum and asked with doubt. "Really?

Max squinted his eyes and said it with seriousness. "Do you think I would lie to you?"

Ravenna nodded her head, then quickly denied it by shaking her head left and right.

Thup

Max bonked on her head again, then said. "Okay, let's explore this city first."

He took Ravenna away so that she couldn't go away, like a child getting lost from her mother.

The next few hours, Max and Ravenna explored the entire city and got to know and witness many things.

They saw many varieties of foods, weapons, and clothes that this city could offer. They were marveled by those and wanted to buy a few to enjoy. Unfortunately for them, they were still poor and couldn't buy a single fabric.

They also saw the culture of this city. It was very kid-friendly, and because of that, nobody probed Max and Ravenna carefully, despite hiding themselves.

What caught Max's interest most was a giant building that had a big sign on its front entrance. -Guild Association-

All the people he saw walking on the street in fantasy outfits could be seen crowding inside. Max guessed that this was a sort of organization that would let everyone become a legal team and do many missions to make a living. This way they could control the strong people Max saw and maintain order because no functioning society would let these strong guys run freely.

However, despite finding all of this, Max was not satisfied. He was here to carefully get information about the world, but he couldn't do it properly because everyone didn't want to talk to him because he was a kid.

This made Max very frustrated. 'This is so annoying.'

Max, dejected, walked beside the big fountain that was situated in the middle of the city. The fountain was light brown, looking like it was made of mud. But all the people sitting there didn't make a bump, and the clear water it was holding that didn't wet its barrier, meant it was not made of ordinary mud. In the middle of it was the statue of a valiant man standing, holding his sword in the middle, and wearing armor.

Ravenna comforted Max by holding his hand and patting his head. "Max, don't be like that. We will know about those ourselves when we get a little bigger and gain more power."

Max felt ashamed getting comforted like that, but he had to say that he liked the optimism that Ravenna always has in her. No matter how bad it would be, she would see it as just a casual failure and be ready to try again the next time.

"Yeah, we will know it in the future; there is still time." Max returned to his normal mood and spoke to Ravenna with a smile.

"Hehe," Ravenna giggled, seeing that she was able to help Max. She then asked."Max, can we go get that candy we saw earlier? I think that man could give us. You did see how nice he was."

Max contemplated a bit and nodded his head, deciding to go ask that candy shop owner. He did see that owner giving away candies to children freely.

Max pulled Ravenna's hand and walked in that candy shop's direction. "Let's g-"

"The old man is back!"

Suddenly, he and Ravenna heard someone shouting, which caught their attention and that of many others too.

Kids, adults, and many adventurers bunched up around the fountain.

Ravenna asked curiously. "What is happening?"

Max was as confused as her; he couldn't understand who this old man was who would make everyone stop what they were doing, and come to see him.

"Let's take a look." Max took Ravenna and needled through the crowd easily.

After getting in the front, they were finally able to see the old man…