Chapter 581: There is no night in Blood Harbor
"I'm sorry, Lady Nora! I was so anxious just now that I didn't pay attention. Sorry!"
Gwen stood in front of Nora with tears in her eyes and her head down. Nora was now being held by Nini, angrily scolding Gwen.
Zeus looked at this scene with a mixture of laughter and tears. Sometimes he felt that Big Gwen only looked older and had become more mature due to the war, but her nature was actually more like that of a child.
On the contrary, little Gwen always gives people a more mature feeling, which is quite a contrast.
Nora scolded Gwen for a long time, but still not satisfied, she jumped up and hit her head hard, then returned to Nini's arms angrily.
Nini held her up with both hands, gently rubbed her head with two hands, and wrote something in a notebook with the other two hands.
etc!
Xiu Si suddenly felt something was wrong. If he let Nini continue writing, tomorrow's newspaper might be contaminated. So he quickly stepped forward and came in front of Gwen.
"Long time no see, Gwen. Do you want to visit Blood Harbor first, or go straight to Castel?"
The agreement between Hughes and Nora was that "Castel is the home of refugees from the North" and that Hughes, as the lord, would provide shelter and assistance.
Since Castell was specifically mentioned, Castell Island must be opened.
Although due to the problem of Castell's syndrome, the number of people landing on the island has been strictly controlled, mainly due to the limitation of hospital beds.
But right now, Gwen seems to be adapting well to the situation and doesn't look like she's going crazy.
Gwen was looking around curiously, and secretly exerted force with her feet, leaving a shallow shoe print on the road.
Hughes glanced at the marks on the concrete road and sighed.
This is too good of an adaptation, isn't it?
Why is it that when other people come to Castel, they go crazy on their own, but when it comes to Gwen, it's Nora who goes crazy for her?
What is a displacement reaction?
Nora still looked angry now. She always had no expression on her face before, and Xiu Si had secretly wondered if she had no expression at all.
It seems that she just hasn't met anyone who is her nemesis.
"I, I'd better take a look at Blood Harbor first!" Gwen looked at the surrounding buildings eagerly. After she got out of the car, she was finally able to see the full picture of these buildings in this city.
"Okay, I'm in the building you're looking at. My office is on the seventh floor. Whenever you want to go to Castel, just go over and knock on the door."
"Seventh floor!?" Gwen's eyes widened. "It's so high, aren't you scared?"
Xius couldn't help but laugh. It was only seven floors. This house had only nine floors in total. It was nothing compared to the skyscrapers on Blue Star that had dozens of floors.
That is to say, this world is basically made up of bungalows, which is why they appear taller.
Reinforced concrete can easily build houses over a hundred meters high, but Hughes has no plans to build such a tall building now.
High-rise buildings are difficult to maintain. This office building was built with ten floors because of the consideration that banshees need to go in and out. The height of some rooms has been increased. The banshees only use four or five floors.
In the future, when land becomes scarce, perhaps more high-rise buildings will be built, but Blood Harbor does not need so many high-rise buildings today.
Wonders are a national disaster.
"Awesome, awesome," Gwen kept muttering, her face already filled with eagerness to try.
Hughes glanced at Nora. He wanted Nora to take Gwen around Blood Harbor, but seeing Nora's angry look,
"Let me do it."
Feeling Hughes' gaze, Nora returned to her expressionless face, but her eyes twitched when her eyes swept over Gwen.
"Are you okay?"
"What's the problem? I'm not going to die." Nora said with some resentment. "And we have to do what we promised. I promised to take Gwen out for a walk, so I should go."
After saying that, she exerted force, jumped up from Nini's hands, drew an arc in the air, and fell into Gwen's arms.
"ah!"
Gwen was still a little scared, not knowing whether to take it or put it down.
"Then I'll arrange a place for you to stay and tell you later."
"Okay, wanna come over to this office?"
"No need. Just go on your shopping trip. The Banshee Patrol or the Night Watchman of the Secret Order will send you a message."
Gwen knew about the Banshee Patrol, the Night Watchmen of the Secret Order?
"What is the secret society?" she whispered to Nora in her arms.
"It is a semi-official organization in Blood Harbor that assists Castel in managing this place. They share the defense of Blood Harbor with the Prince's Harbor Guards."
"Ah, won't that be a conflict? They are two different organizations after all."
"No, because Blood Harbor doesn't have much defense, and no one has dared to cause trouble here since the Mother Goddess' rebellion."
Gwen looked at the Banshees who were counting money in a circle not far away, and then looked at the expeditionary force guarding the station with live ammunition, and felt that there was some truth in what he said.
An organization that can cause trouble here can basically compete head-on with the Empire.
Zeus was very busy and had no time to take Gwen on a tour in person. After a hurried goodbye, he went back under the protection of the banshees. After Bazel's assassination, he was always accompanied by several banshee guards.
"Well, Lady Nora, what are our plans going forward?"
"It's getting late. I'll take you around here first. Tomorrow you can go see the priests at the Temple of Silence and see if they can treat you. Also, Bazel's retrial should be starting soon."
Gwen looked up at the sky around him. It was indeed getting late. The setting sun cast a golden edge on the city, but it was gradually losing its brilliance and was about to fall.
But Gwen didn't care too much. Well, she didn't know whether she was a supernatural being or not, but she could easily see at night.
But what surprised her was that the residents of Blood Harbor did not seem to be in a hurry. Aren’t they in a hurry to go home at this time?
Soon, her questions were answered.
There were more people carrying ladders on the streets.
They wore tall, straight hats and long poles around their waists as they walked towards the "pillars" on the side of the street.
These people first walked to the pillar and placed the ladder on it. The hooks of the ladder were stuck in the horizontal bars on both sides of the pillar. Then they climbed up and opened the glass cover on it.
Then he went back downstairs, inserted the key into the lock of the valve box on the pillar, lifted the cast iron protective cover, revealing the octagonal valve wheel made of brass, and reached out to unscrew it.
Gwen heard a hissing sound coming from the pillar. Could it be that the pillar was hollow?
The man took a step back, lit the candle at one end of the long pole with a match, and then handed it to the glass cover above.
A faint fire appeared above his head, then quickly brightened, illuminating the street.
"These are gas lamps. They come on when the day is getting dark. There is no night in Blood Harbor."
Nora said softly.
(End of this chapter)
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