The carriage traveled for nearly two days. Shirou and Ghislaine finally arrived in Roa City around dusk.
As the largest city in the entire Fittoa territory, Roa gave people an unspeakable sense of prosperity and grandeur just from a distance.
Although compared to the various bustling cities that Shirou had seen in his previous life, Roa's level might only be that good, but in a world with an average medieval level, Roa was already a vibrant and huge city, so it was incredibly prosperous.
The carriage gradually approached, and the city walls came into view first.
About seven or eight meters high, the solid-looking city walls surrounded the entire city.
The city was surrounded by a moat, connected by only one road, obviously to prevent various stowaways from sneaking in.
A huge city gate stood in the center of the city wall, with carriages coming and going around it. Before entering the city, every carriage and traveler had to undergo inspection and review of their passes.
As a guard of the Boreas family, Ghislaine naturally had the relevant pass.
After showing her credentials, she was allowed to pass with almost no hindrance.
Shirou was then able to enter Roa City with Ghislaine.
After entering the city, Shirou immediately saw rows of outdoor stalls. The surrounding streets were filled with many houses, and there were several shops that looked like stables and inns.
Patrolling knights wearing armor went back and forth among the general townspeople and merchants, maintaining order in the town and preventing crime.
Faced with such a fantasy-style scene, Shirou couldn't help but feel complicated emotions in his heart, realizing that he had truly arrived in a different world that was completely different from his past.
At the same time, this also proved that he probably wouldn't be returning to Buena Village for a long time.
Meanwhile, Ghislaine noticed Shirou's emotions. The beast-woman swordsman seemed to be taking care of him as she said, "Shirou, is this your first time in Roa?"
"Yeah, or rather, this is the first time I've left Buena Village."
"Is that so? Then it seems you don't know much about big cities. Let me introduce you."
Ghislaine pointed to a building not far away. Outside the building, many people with large luggage were sitting on benches that looked like long chairs. "That's the waiting area for public carriages. Generally, when moving from one town to another, people use those carriages, or pay merchants some money for a ride."
Afterwards, Ghislaine pointed to the shops one by one, telling Shirou which one was a weapon shop, which one was a bar, which one was a branch of the adventurer's guild, and which one was a suspicious shop.
Although she looked rough and fierce on the outside, she was actually a kind-hearted woman that could even be called nice.
Shirou confirmed this again.
The carriage continued to move forward. After passing through a corner of the town, the atmosphere changed.
Weapon shops and armor shops, which served adventurers, lined the road. Further on, they were replaced by shops that catered to town residents.
This was obviously a special plan by the city's managers. When enemies attacked from the outside, the people around the gate and the adventurers in the outer areas would be responsible for resisting first, while the town's residents could take the opportunity to escape to the depths of the town or in the opposite direction.
At the same time, the city seemed to be divided into an outer city and an inner city.
The closer they got to the interior of the city, the taller the buildings became, and there were more shops that catered to high-end goods and luxury items.
In this situation, the area in the very center of the city was undoubtedly the most noble place in Roa. In fact, it looked incredibly prosperous and huge just from the outside.
"This is the residence of the lord of Roa, the Boreas family."
Ghislaine quietly explained.
Shirou stared at the huge building in front of him, stunned. After all, this house was more like a castle than a building.
Moreover, there were many traces of battle around the castle, and the walls were full of the wind and rain of the years, indicating that the building was definitely not built recently.
Seeing Shirou's confusion, Ghislaine quietly explained, "The main city of Roa was originally a fortress city that resisted demons four hundred years ago. After the Boreas family took over this place, they used this fortress castle as the core and expanded the surrounding town to its current size."
"Using a fortress city as the core?"
"Yes, the Boreas family has always advocated force and been eager to show off their abundant martial virtues. So even though many big figures in the royal capital see Roa's castle as just a crude and abandoned building, the Boreas family sees it as the best place to establish themselves."
Ghislaine quietly explained, "This has also led to the Boreas family having a bad relationship with the central nobles of the royal capital. But because the Boreas family's status as one of the four great lords is here, many nobles still can't exclude the Boreas family and have to maintain respect and enthusiasm on the surface."
"The complex relationship between nobles, huh..."
Shirou said with a helpless look. Although he was good at handling interpersonal relationships, he didn't like such a scheming environment. Fortunately, the Boreas family didn't seem like a traditional noble family, so it shouldn't be too unacceptable.
Ghislaine glanced at him from the side and couldn't help but say, "Shirou, the way you say that, aren't you a noble yourself?"
"What? When did I become a noble?"
"Huh? Didn't Paul tell you?"
Now it was Ghislaine's turn to be surprised. "Do you know the full name of the Boreas family? The full name of their last name is Boreas Greyrat."
"Boreas Greyrat?!"
"Yes, Greyrat is the highest-level noble surname in this country. Basically, only nobles at the level of the four great lords can use it. Paul used to be the eldest son of another four great lords-level Notos Greyrat family and enjoyed the right to inherit the Notos family, but he took the initiative to give up his noble rights, fled the royal capital, and became an adventurer. So, as Paul's son, you are strictly speaking also a noble, and a noble with a good status, even at the same level as Boreas."
"Paul is the eldest son of the four great lords families..."
Such shocking news almost scared Shirou to death.
Mainly, Paul's carefree appearance made it impossible to tell that he was a noble, plus he never mentioned his past. Shirou didn't realize until now what kind of story his old man had.
"Wait? You said the Boreas family is also Greyrat, doesn't that mean they're related to me?"
"They're distant relatives, I guess. Although they might have been the same family hundreds of years ago, now basically only the surname is related."
"..."
Shirou's heart was shocked again.
At the same time, the coachman had already nodded lightly to the guards at the entrance of the castle, and then drove the carriage into the territory of the Boreas family.
After entering the residence, Shirou was taken by the butler to a place that looked like a reception room.
There were two sofas side by side in front of him.
For Shirou, this was like an interview environment. He knew that he had to show suitable abilities in order to gain the approval of the Boreas family and get a job here.
As a result, he was instinctively a little nervous.
However, before his nervousness could spread, a sharp and even noisy sound suddenly rang out in the room.
"Where is he! Where is that kid who defeated the Red Dragon!"
Accompanied by the roar, rough footsteps sounded from outside the door.
A burly man opened the door roughly and entered the room.
"!!"
Shirou was startled and instinctively looked over, discovering that it was an old man who looked to be about fifty years old. Although there was some gray hair mixed in with his dark brown hair, he still looked energetic.
Although he didn't know the other person's identity, Shirou immediately said, "Nice to meet you, I am Shirou Greyrat."
"Greyrat?"
The old man seemed to not expect to hear such a surname.
Ghislaine immediately prompted by his side, "Lord Sauros, Shirou is Paul's eldest son."
"Paul's eldest son? Paul's eldest son defeated the Red Dragon?"
The old man seemed very surprised by this answer. He then looked at Shirou with an almost condescending attitude.
Ordinary people might be instantly overwhelmed by the other person's terrifying aura, and at least wouldn't dare to look directly at such an imposing old man, but Shirou didn't have this sense of awe. At least after experiencing that snowy night, fighting seven Servants, and even defeating the Red Dragon in this world, his heart was almost unmoved by external things.
Seeing Shirou's attitude, the old man's eyes seemed to become sharper. He suddenly grabbed his cane and slammed it directly on Shirou's back.
"Pa!"
A crisp sound rang out. Shirou didn't have time to dodge, or rather, he didn't think about dodging, and took the hit squarely.
"That hurt..."
Shirou being hit startled Ghislaine next to him.
She quickly said, "Lord Sauros, Shirou is just a child..."
"You shut up!"
Ghislaine didn't dare to speak after the old man's angry rebuke.
The old man then looked at Shirou again and snorted coldly, "That arrogant attitude is exactly the same as your old man."
"Sorry?"
Although Shirou made a painful expression on the surface, in reality, the cane hit didn't feel that bad to him. The old man didn't seem to really want to hit him, but was more like putting on an act.
This old man's name is Sauros?
Is he the lord of this territory?
Speaking of which, he hit me as soon as he heard I was Paul's child, so is everything really Paul's fault!
Shirou felt helpless about Paul's pit-son attribute in his heart.
The old man in front of him suddenly said, "Hmph, regardless of whether you really defeated the Red Dragon or not, don't think you'll have a good life here since you're Paul's son! I heard you're going to learn swordsmanship with Ghislaine, right? Well, I also have a condition, and that is that you have to teach my granddaughter swordsmanship. Only in this way will you be able to stay in this castle!"
"Teach your granddaughter swordsmanship?"
"What? You don't want to?"
"This..."
Seeing the old man's appearance, which seemed like he would hit him with his cane at the slightest disagreement, Shirou was really troubled to no end and could only nod silently, "Okay, I agree."
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