Catherland is worthy of his infatuation, and leaves without any delay, as if he doesn't care about everything about Brito. Anyway, his only relatives are dead, and he doesn't want to stay alone without Brito. Even if there are superiors who value him and colleagues and friends who have deep friendships, they are not as important as Hermiya in Catherland's eyes!

It's no wonder he didn't have many real friends before he died. Not everyone likes friends who regard women as more important than friends at critical moments. |[2][3][w][x]}

Xia Lan drove on a wide and thick road in a carriage. Because the commercial atmosphere of Esdaq Trade City is extremely strong, Esdaq Trade City, which knows the importance of roads to commercial trade, has always attached great importance to road development and maintenance. Even remote towns have repaired flat roads. Moreover, Esdaq Trade City has always maintained neutrality in national policies and rarely had wars and conflicts with neighboring countries. Therefore, Esdaq Trade City can be regarded as a pure land paradise in the eyes of many countries west of the Xiafeng Strait.

Of course, although Esdaq Trade City is mainly engaged in commercial trade, Esdaq Trade City is no less than any country on the military level.

The predecessor of the Esdaq trade city was the Kingdom of Tataferro. Under the constant war contradiction between the Kingdom of Tataferro and the neighboring countries, the royal power of Tataferro began to weaken day by day. The princes of various places took advantage of the situation to rise and established a large number of cities in order to expand their own power. Later, the Tataferro royal family was defeated and destroyed. In order to protect their own interests, various princes established the early Esdaq alliance under the promotion of the Vaduz family. They defeated the neighboring teams that invaded the country in one fell swoop. However, the Esdaq alliance did not take advantage of the situation to fight back after expelling the army of the neighboring countries. Instead, they signed a peace treaty with the neighboring countries and announced a policy of alliance neutrality, which resulted in the Esdaq trade city of the official establishment.

The political system of the Esdaq trade city-state is different from other countries. Because the early formation of the city-state was a group of princes, the unique urban autonomy system and aristocratic parliament were formed after the establishment of the city-state. The aristocratic parliament decided on the city-state policy, and the parliamentarians were composed of princes from various regions. As for the towns affiliated with the aristocratic towns, they enjoy absolute autonomy and sovereignty. No one can violate and interfere at will, otherwise the members of the parliament will collectively activate sanctions!

So every time you go to a town in Esdaq Trade City, you can see different scenes. Some are strictly governed, some are loose, some are declining, and some are prosperous. In short, it is as amazing as you are traveling through various small countries.

For example, the town of Brito is under the jurisdiction of Baron Fabian, and Baron Fabian's autonomy is very relaxed. Because of the low commercial tax, many business travelers who come and go like to trade through Baron Fabian's town. However, after a while, Xia Lan and others were about to arrive at the rest of the town, the rule of another aristocrat was another aristocrat. The town under this aristocrat has always paid great attention to order and rules, and there are taboos in many things. If you are not careful, you will offend the laws of the town and be severely punished!

The sky gradually darkened, and the outline of the town began to slowly float on the horizon in the distance. Due to the rule of closing the city gate at sunset, Xia Lan drove a lot faster. Otherwise, if they would not be able to catch up with the city gate before it was closed, they would have to sleep in the wild overnight tonight!

Neither Catherland nor Hermiya had any experience in traveling far away, so Xia Lan could only warn them about something that needed to be paid attention to so as not to cause any trouble!

Compared to Hermiya's careful listening, Catherland seemed a little uneasy. Perhaps in his mind, he could easily get things done by fighting or paying some money. Anyway, he often does this in Brito!

Before nightfall, Xia Lan and her group finally arrived at the town called Grana.

The town seems not big, but it is much wider than Brito. However, Grana is slightly inferior to its prosperity. When the carriages are driving on the streets, the shops on both sides are locked in their doors, and even the shadows of pedestrians and travelers are few, so Grana looks a bit deserted and depressed.

However, the actual situation is that after the city closes the gate, the city is not allowed to walk around the streets at will without permission, otherwise it will be arrested and interrogated for violating the town laws, so the towns and streets will appear deserted.

In order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, Xialan quickly found a hotel to arrange accommodation, and the carriage was handed over to the service staff to arrange care. After eating some food, Hermiya and Ms. Andrelin returned to the room to rest, leaving Xialan and Katharan, who were still enjoying dinner in the lobby.

Xia Lan always eats very slowly when she comes down. She chews every bite of food before swallowing it. It seems that this way he can carefully feel the true taste of the food. Seeing all this, Catherland couldn't help but secretly despise her, feeling that the other person was eating like a woman, or even a woman, because even Hermiya was eating much faster than the other person, but he didn't dare to say this easily. Who knows if this guy would find an excuse to kill him?

He was already full, and he didn't leave and just needed to ask Xia Lan some questions, but before Xia Lan finished eating, he could not speak for the time being, so he could only absent-mindedly scooped the broth and wait patiently.

"I heard you know Hermiya's father?"

Finally, when Xia Lan finished her dinner and started wiping her mouth with a napkin, Catherland immediately asked. Along the way, he chatted with Hermiya in the carriage, and at the same time he had a rough understanding of what happened between Xia Lan and them.

"Yes!" Xia Lan wiped her mouth clean and reached out to signal the service staff to change into a cup of hot water. She almost never looked at Catherland directly.

Catherland endured the other party's indifference and suppressed his voice, "If I find out that you dare to deceive Hermiya and make her sad, I..."

"What can you do?" Xia Lan coldly interrupted Catherland after taking the hot water politely handed over by the service staff.

For a moment, Catherland was speechless. Indeed, how could he do to Xia Lan? In terms of strength, the other party might be able to poke himself to death with a finger. His words seemed to be causing humiliation.

"I want to know, why do you agree to me move forward with you?" Catherland clenched his fist under the table, trying hard to control his emotions and prevent himself from losing his mind.

"Because there are some things that are inconvenient for me to come forward, someone will always be dealt with!" Xia Lan slowly drank the hot water in the glass and thought indifferently.

"Do you think I will obey your orders?" Catherland couldn't help but sneer.

"If you don't obey, I have to kill you." Xia Lan said lightly. "You will never see Hermiya again from now on, and she will also be in the arms of other men in the future."

Facing Xia Lan's malicious answer, Catherland stood up in anger, which immediately attracted the attention of the employees and guests around her.

"sit down!"

Xia Lan stared at the other party coldly, and her dark eyes seemed to have mysterious and strange power that forced Catherland to sit down in silence!

"I know that in your eyes I am just an insignificant ant, but I also have my dignity!" Catherland gritted his teeth and said angrily.

"But your ridiculous dignity is worthless in front of Hermiya." Xia Lan snorted coldly.

Catherland was silent for a long time, perhaps Xia Lan's words hit him again.

"If you assure me that you will not hurt and deceive Hermiya, I will follow any instructions from you!"

"Compromising?" Xia Lan shook her head.

"Do I have a choice?" Catherland said unwillingly.

"No." Xia Lan simply said.

"You are such a devil!" said Catherland.

"You should be glad that you didn't meet me who turned into a real evil ghost." Xia Lan stood up and prepared to leave.

"You haven't promised me yet!" Catherland stood up again and looked at Xia Lan's back and said loudly.

"The strong never care about the opinions of the weak!" Xia Lan paused and said without looking back: "But the strong also disdain to deceive the weak."

Xia Lan left, while Catherland sat alone in the lobby for a long time. He asked for a bottle of wine, then one bottle after another, and finally he fell drunk on the table in the lobby.

When she was about to set off early in the morning, Hermiya smelled the wine on Catherland before boarding the carriage. She was a little angry because she hated men drinking the most. She scolded the other party a few words, but what she got was Catherland's silence.

It seems that something has changed him?!

The woman's keen psychology suddenly made Hermiya notice the changes in Catherland. She wanted to ask several times, but in the end she gave up. Men have their own secrets, so why should she ask the truth and make people feel uncomfortable?

However, she found that Catherland's attitude towards Xia Lan was obviously different. From the initial cold eyes and eyebrows to the later bowing, is this still the unruly Catherland she remembered?

It seemed that something happened between the two that she didn't know, but it was okay. Hermiya comforted herself in her heart. At least Catherland would not anger Lord Xia Lan again to avoid causing a murder!

The journey to Port Louis was safe and smooth. Although the long journey made people feel boring, it was already very fortunate that he had not encountered any trouble. Hemia often heard business travelers telling the experience of traveling far and wide in the tavern, and they seemed to encounter big and small disasters, such as meeting robbers, the weather was difficult to move forward, floods, landslides, etc. They had encountered these things more or less on the road of the journey, which made Hermiya worry for nothing.

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Chapter completed!