On the dark street, Garen and the child were walking ahead. Just as they were about to get into a carriage, they heard hurried footsteps from behind.
Dany Hathaway was trotting towards this side. The little guy quickly ran in front of Garen and the two of them, bent down and panted heavily.
"It's been a long time, Xi Ya, why are you running away in such a hurry? Why don't you come and play with me?" She breathed a sigh of relief, and invited her with a grand expression.
It's rare to be bored on weekdays, and finally a companion who was able to play with him before appeared, and he also looks quite rich. It just happens that money is tight recently, as long as a little coaxing, it is estimated that there will be a lot of income. Dani has had a heated argument with her sister recently, so she would not let this opportunity go.
Since the turmoil began, she also faintly heard her sister talking about bad things happening in Vindman Manor, but she didn't have much contact with that uncle's house, and usually her sister often went there. I didn't really feel anything, but I had a little impression of Shia who played with me when I was a child, but I quickly forgot about it.
It was extremely safe in the imperial capital, but more and more refugees came because of the turmoil. But still a piece of peace and tranquility.
Dany has also heard how cruel the monsters outside are, and most people will be divided and eaten as soon as they go out. But she had never seen what the monster outside looked like.
Now that he met Garen who had rushed back from outside, he immediately became interested.
Garen glanced at Dani, then turned to the child.
"You go back first, I will come to the War Guild to find you later."
"Okay. I happen to be hungry too." The child answered honestly.
After paying the fare to the coachman, the carriage gradually disappeared into the night mist.
Garen then turned to face Dani.
"Okay, I have something to do later, I can accompany you for a while, but only for a while."
"Got it, got it." Dani rolled her eyes, and reached out to take Garen's hand. "I'll take you to see a good place."
"What a good place?" Garen also promised his cousin that he would discipline Dani well, so he followed her words.
"Just go." Dani pulled Garen and stopped another carriage.
The two rushed directly towards the edge of the Yunguang District and the Trade District.
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Amidst the loud music, two blood-red women writhed crazily on the stage. A large group of people below raised their arms and cheered, and from time to time, flowers and banknotes were thrown onto the stage.
This is a bar.
Located on the fringe between the trade area and the Yunguang area, it has a large area, and the guests inside are all young and half-aged teenagers. Most of them are dressed in a ghostly appearance that no one can recognize.
A band that looks like a non-mainstream killer is standing in a corner, frantically tapping and playing various instruments.
There are three oval bar counters by the wall in front of the gate, and the bartenders inside are all handsome and beautiful young men and women. He is preparing a variety of drinks for the guests at the bar in a fancy way.
Garen leaned in front of the innermost bar, looking at the crazy crowd on the dance floor intermittently.
He was originally worried that someone would recognize his uniform, but what he didn't expect was that there were a lot of gorgeous and cold clothes here.
Those of the royal guard, the special guards of the palace, the generals of the army, those of the totem master workshop, and many other servants who were obviously intentionally altered. The people wearing these clothes were all imitations made of ordinary fabrics. If there was not a trace of totem light fluctuations, Garen would have thought that so many people of various identities had really arrived.
But a closer look revealed that these were fakes.
Although this bar is lively, it is obviously too low-level. If you really count, there are definitely a lot of young totem masters in the imperial capital, but their entertainment venues will definitely not be of this level.
Garen scanned the crowd for a long time, barely seeing a single-digit number of young totem masters. They were all the best in the crowd, regardless of gender, they were surrounded by a circle of men and women. Although these people are only a type of totem master.
Obviously, most of the guests here are not from very good families. It is simply a place for ordinary people without qualifications to vent their anger.
During this period of great turmoil, the status of ordinary people who have no power to resist has declined sharply, while the power status of totem masters has risen significantly. In this extremely oppressive environment for ordinary people, everyone needs to vent. So these places came into being, all kinds of uniforms and various dresses, so that the guests can satisfy a false sense of vanity that they have become a privileged class. That's why people here wear very heavy makeup, just to prevent acquaintances from recognizing themselves.
When Garen came to this world, it was the first time he came to this kind of place where ordinary people were active.
Whether it was the former Ahishia or the current Garen, they were all in the privileged class of this world from the very beginning, with a noble status. The venues where they played were all cleared in advance.
As the son of a noble viscount in the territory, Ahishia's status is actually equivalent to the son of a high-ranking official in Huaxia on Earth. How can ordinary civilians be able to compare. Most of the big businessmen and small nobles who fawned on him on weekdays went to the sea. It was impossible for him to come to a place of this level to play.
And now Garen has been promoted to the fourth type of peak totem master, and his actual combat power has reached the average type five.
This is a pivotal figure in the entire empire. That is to say, the top levels of the three major organizations and the top levels of Kuwaitan can be compared with him. Changing to a position on earth is equivalent to the influence of high-ranking officials.
It's just that the particularity of his identity allows him to hide it. not known to the general public.
Leaning against the white bar, Garen lazily drank the purple wine in his hand, which was still full of pink bubbles.
In this kind of place, Garen's somewhat peculiar appearance became completely inconspicuous. There are only four or five people around who have all kinds of gorgeous symbols tattooed on the center of their eyebrows. There are not a few people with strange earrings on their ears and silver ornaments on their eyelids.
It's just that there are very few people like him with a calm face and no makeup at all.
Garen was just dragged over by Danni, and then watched Danni sneak into the dance floor to find her gang of cronies.
"Hey handsome guy? Alone?" A long-haired beauty with purple eyeshadow painted on her eyes approached, holding a glass of transparent white wine, flirting with Garen.
It's just a normal guy. Garen only glanced at the other party, then lost interest.
"Sorry, I have a companion." He replied politely.
The other party's face was a little stunned, as if he didn't expect that he would be rejected when he took the initiative to strike up a conversation. A little resentful walked away.
If it weren't for Dani, Garen would never have come here to waste time.
Although the life of ordinary people here makes him feel very fresh, but that's all. With his status and strength, being mixed in the lives of these people is not a good thing for them or for himself.
Seeing Dani writhing around on the dance floor, like a little lunatic, fortunately, the place where she was surrounded by a few girls, this little girl was also very good at protecting herself, but she didn't get raped by anyone.
Otherwise, Garen really wouldn't be able to explain to his cousin.
While drinking, she quietly waited for Dani to play with her friends.
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"Dani, is that guy really rich?" A little girl with short purple hair whispered in Dani's ear.
"Of course, didn't you see that all the materials of his clothes are not ordinary? Let me tell you, that set of clothes alone needs at least this amount!" Dany gestured four little fingers skillfully.
"Four hundred silver cloths!?" The little girl was only thirteen or fourteen years old, her face was covered with thick white powder, her eye circles were painted in two black patches, and she looked like a panda. What is speechless is that she herself seems to be very satisfied with her creativity. At this time, she covered her small mouth in surprise and let out a low cry.
"Four hundred? It's four thousand!" Dani laughed triumphantly.
Several boys and girls around also showed surprised eyes.
"Four thousand? My God, if you sell me, maybe the family won't take so much money to redeem me!"
"Four thousand silver wheel cloths are enough for my pocket money for a year!"
"Where did you catch such a rich handsome guy?"
"Dani, I envy you so much!! Isn't that richer than my cousin?"
Dani's vanity was greatly satisfied by the envious and jealous eyes of her companions. She secretly glanced at Garen in the distance. It has to be said that in such a chaotic environment, Garen slowly drank the purple wine with a lazy face, and his long golden hair poured slightly from his shoulders, casually scattered on the bar counter, matching his handsome appearance and delicate skin , upon closer inspection, it seems to be completely out of touch with the entire environment, giving people a sense of tranquility and peace.
"My cousin said it! He paid for all our expenses today!" Danny waved her small hand proudly.
"Oye!!" A group of young children suddenly cheered.
Guiltyly, Dani glanced at Garen again, just in time to see him picking up the wine glass as if observing the magnificent color of the wine inside.
Garen seemed to have noticed his sneak peek, put down his cup and smiled slightly in this direction.
Dani felt even more guilty.
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In the corner of the bar, there were sitting two girls who were completely inconsistent with the surrounding environment.
The place they are in is a single room with transparent glass walls. The sound insulation inside is good, and the glass wall is single-sided, so you can only see the outside from the inside, and you can't see the inside from the outside.
One of the two girls was wearing a black tunic skirt, showing a tall and good figure, and her appearance was not bad, she was considered a little beauty.
The other person's eyes were hazy, his slender legs were wrapped tightly in tight light white trousers, revealing the perfect waist and hip line, he was wearing a black and shiny close-fitting vest, and his dark shawl hair was scattered on the table along with the owner's head. Two exquisite light gold earrings are faintly exposed in the hair.
"My head hurts." The brunette girl moaned.
"Who told you to drink so much wine?"
The two of them often come to this bar. Although the environment here is a bit noisy, the level of bartending inside is very high, which is not available in other bars. At first they followed here quietly to protect the safety of the two sisters, but unexpectedly, they gradually got used to drinking here. They are also familiar with each other.
Whenever the two have any troubles and pressures, they will come here to meet and relax.
"But. It's delicious." The black-haired girl replied with a drunken eye.
"Forget it, pay attention to yourself, those little guys are starting to argue again." The girl in the black skirt shook her head and looked back towards the dance floor. Dani, the girl with panda makeup, and another black-haired girl in a black miniskirt, the three of them twisted their waists skillfully on the dance floor, their faces were flushed, and they seemed to have drank a lot of wine.
"The little guy Dani seems to have family members coming with him, Nini, do you want to go over and get to know him?" the girl in the black skirt asked in a low voice.
"Okay." The black-haired girl slowly got up from the table and shook her head, "In case we can't come due to some urgent business, we can ask someone to help take care of those two little lunatics."
The two got up, and the girl called Nini went to wash her face to wake up, and then they walked around the dance floor together and walked towards Garen by the bar.
When the two came to Garen's side, another woman who thought she was beautiful was rejected by Garen and left with an uncomfortable expression on her face. During this period of time, five women who thought they were excellent had already been rejected by Garen.
"If you're the one picking up a conversation, please turn around and turn to the right." Garen's faint voice came directly.
The two of them smiled immediately, they hadn't opened their mouths to speak yet, the other party started to push people away casually.
"I'm sorry, we didn't come here to strike up a conversation with you." Nini straightened her messy long hair, "Are you Dani's parents? We are also the parents of Dani's friends, and the purpose of coming here is actually the same as yours. He also came to guard his own children."
Only then did Garen cast a serious glance at the two of them.
"I'm sorry, I blamed you all just now." He showed a hint of apology, and stretched out his hand to shake the two of them.
"My name is Nini, and I'm Shar's older sister, the youngest one. Her name is Dylan, and she's the older sister of the purple-haired girl with dark circle makeup." Nini introduced herself.
"It's a pleasure meeting these two beauties." Garen smiled, "My name is Garen, and I'm Dani's cousin."
"I agree."
The three sat down next to each other and asked the bartender for three glasses of their favorite drinks. While watching the little guys on the dance floor, they chatted casually.
(end of this chapter)