"We can't go on like this anymore." Panis said in a stressed tone: "We have wasted too much time and we must set off right away."

Four days ago, in order to save people, Catherine took the full force of the armored cow, and at least one quarter of the bones in her body were broken. Even with Lina's immediate treatment, she had to go through at least seven days of weakening. Therefore, in order to recover from her injuries, Catherine never even went out after returning home. She just watched the farce between Freya and Penis at home every day.

"Don't laugh." Panis supported his hands on the table and looked at the girls' eyes seriously: "Have you forgotten? We once promised others that we would go to the City of Innocence within a month, so now is not the time to relax. We must start preparing immediately, otherwise it will be too late. Do you want to be someone who breaks your promise?"

"Did you want to set off?" Lina looked at Panis strangely: "Are you sure you want to set off so quickly?"

"Of course, time is very tight! Ten days have passed in a month." Panis knocked on the table and said excitedly: "We must hurry up. Time is money, time is life, and we cannot be wasted."

"Well, that's right." Lina closed the novel in her hand with a snap: "Actually, I wanted to tell you that Freya would go back to her teacher's place this afternoon to continue studying. It will take at least a few months to come back, so you can rest for a few days quietly. However, since you are so active and want to set out, it is not appropriate not to satisfy your wish."

"No, you misunderstood." Panis waved his hand and said firmly: "I just said that time cannot be wasted, that is, we cannot set off immediately. If we go too early, we will waste our rest time, so we must seize the spare time of the ten days in the middle and have a good rest, and we cannot work for a minute, otherwise it will be too wasteful."

"Hey." Catherine looked at Panis helplessly and said, "Give me a little bit, and set off in two days when my injury is healed. So everyone should prepare well in the next few days. Although when it comes to the City of Innocence, they are indulging them in charge of reception, it is absolutely right to be careful. Everything is prepared according to the standard of no one to receive. I can't go out these days, so I'll ask you everything."

"No problem." Lina nodded and said, "Let's make a list tonight and we'll go buy it tomorrow."

"By the way. Do you know the City of Innocence?" Catherine asked, "I haven't been there yet, and I don't know at all."

Lina and Vivian shook their heads together, but Penis raised his hand and said, "I've been there, I've been there many times."

"Huh?" The girls looked at Panis in surprise: "You have been there, but you haven't been to the Sanctuary?"

"Yeah. I went there a long time ago." Panis replied, "I just went to do the business and left after the work, so I didn't go around the other places in the neutral place."

"You can do some serious business?" Lina exclaimed incredible, but was immediately suppressed by Catherine: "Lina, don't make trouble, Panis, if you have been there, why not introduce the situation there."

"Uh, the City of Innocence." Panis recalled: "It...is a very interesting place. The women there are very enthusiastic and beautiful. Walking on the street, you can often see girls in cool clothes poking at people everywhere on the street. There are also beautiful women who take the initiative to tease passers-by. It's simply paradise. Hey, why do you look at me so strange? Did I say something wrong?"

"What do you think? My dear Mr. Pannis." Lina clattered her fist, with a gloomy smile on her face, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you sure you are introducing the City of Innocence, not a certain Nightingale Street? Also, are you sure we want to hear this information? Or... Since many years ago, there are only these things in your eyes, bastards."

"Calm down." Panis waved his hands and stepped back step by step in fear, "Wait. Let me think about it, there are other things. There must be other things. I think about it, by the way, the snake soup in the boiling oil alley northwest of the City of Innocence is very delicious, and there are also the Naked Foot Storm Tavern in Shadow Street, where...ah!"

"Hey, Lina" Vivian blinked his big eyes, looking at Lina who was riding on Panis's back and strangling his neck and pulling it back hard: "Why did he roll his eyes? There was foam on the corner of his mouth? Are you sick? Treat him quickly."

"Stop making trouble." Catherine pounded the table in pain: "Can you still talk about serious business? Lina, stop first, you are about to be strangled to death by you, and you, Panis, talk about serious business well and don't make trouble. If you can be more serious, you don't have to buy tomorrow, and you will have a day off."

"Really?" After Lina let go, Panis, who was lying on the ground and coughing with his neck a moment ago, instantly returned to his seat and said with a serious expression: "Okay, let's talk about the City of Innocence in detail."

"Hey." Lina said in horror: "This change is too fast."

"Be serious." Panis looked at Lina indifferently: "Now we are talking about serious matters, sit down."

"The City of Innocence was founded more than 300 years ago by the Shadow of the Thieves Guild. At that time, the three semi-god leaders of the Thieves Guild joined forces to make a bet with the leaders of both the Free City and the City of Knowledge, so that the leaders of the two cities would choose three items together and stolen by the Thieves Guild within one month. If it can be successful, the Thieves Guild will gain the power to build a city in a neutral place. If it cannot be successful, the Thieves Guild will then be vassalized in the two cities." Pannis told the information that everyone knew very seriously: "You all know later. The Thieves Guild won, so there was a City of Innocence."

"Continue." Catherine nodded and said, "We still understand this history, let's continue to talk about the City of Innocence."

"The City of Innocence is heaven and hell. By the way, do you know the source of this name?" Panis asked: "It can represent the characteristics of the City of Innocence."

"I remember someone said that no matter what sin you committed on the Yara continent, as long as you are in the city and do not leave the city of sin, you are innocent." Catherine said disgustedly: "So, it is one of the most filthy cities on the mainland."

"It's not complete." Panis said: "The City of Innocence actually has two meanings. The first is just like you said. No matter how big a crime is, as long as you enter it, no one will pursue it. But there is also the second meaning. It is also the most critical meaning. In that city, no matter what you do, you will not commit crimes, steal, rob, murder. Forced or rape, any act is innocent."

"That is to say there are no laws or rules there at all?" Catherine widened her eyes and said in disbelief: "How can someone live in such a city?"

"So after the establishment of the City of Innocence, countless criminals flocked there, and it became a paradise for criminals. However, the control of the city has always been firmly held in the hands of the Shadow Hand. After all, those are criminals, not madmen, and no one will be stupid enough to provoke the authority of the three demigod leaders at will." Panis smiled and continued: "After decades of complete disorder, the city slowly accumulated into an order with blood and life, and it is also the first law of the City of Innocence. The law is very simple, and only one crime is established. In fact, it is still innocent of anything. However, with a premise, it cannot be discovered by others on the spot. Once discovered, the thief broke his hand. The other crimes were directly sentenced to death."

"Simple and crude." Catherine sneered: "This kind of law cannot be called a law at all."

"It's for the special environment there." Panis shrugged and said indifferently: "However, these situations were 150 years ago. Starting from 150 years ago, Shadow Hand found that such disorder was difficult to maintain the existence of the city for a long time. After all, a land without an affiliated village had no grain output, and in order to maintain the city, it was necessary to engage in commercial interactions with the outside world. But the disorder of the city would cause a situation where few merchants were willing to interact with such cities, which eventually led to the city's decline. So later Shadow Hand added another law. Then these two laws remained until now."

"What law?" Lina asked curiously: "It can actually alleviate this almost unsolvable dilemma."

"For merchants certified by Shadow Hand, any infringement will be investigated by Shadow Hand. Once discovered, the death penalty will be executed on the spot, and the certified merchants have once infringed on the urban residents." Panis said: "Then, some economically savvy urban residents and cooperative chambers of commerce tried to apply for merchant qualifications and began to develop business in the city. At the beginning, many residents stole and robbed these merchants with a lucky mentality. However, within a month, the planners and executors of hundreds of cases were executed without exception, and none of them could escape by chance. Since then, few people dared to challenge this rule, and the business of the City of Innocence has gradually developed and became today's holy place to sell stolen goods and black market capital."

"It seems like it sounds dangerous." Lina wiped the cold sweat from her forehead: "Even if there are these two laws, it can be ignored. It is basically unordered and has no security."

"Actually, it's not that exaggerating." Panis said: "Do you remember what you said enthusiastically? She invited us on behalf of Shadow Hand. This is the certification of Shadow Hand, so it is theoretically completely safe. However, no matter what, you must always be vigilant around you and always pay attention to safety, because we are innocent faces after all, and there will not be too many people who know that we are certified customers. It will be too late to punish the criminal if you suffer any harm or loss."

"I get it." Catherine knocked on the table and attracted the attention of others: "Anyway, since she has promised, she must go to the City of Innocence. Then, the items that need to be prepared this time, besides exploring and tracing the utensils, are mainly focused on alert and protective utensils, and there is no doubt."

"The best choice." Penis gave a thumbs up.

"Then make a list tonight." Catherine said: "Please ask you three to go and buy tomorrow."

"Wait." Panis interrupted, "I promised to have a holiday tomorrow."

"Well, it seems like that." Catherine pointed her lips with her fingers, tilted her head and thought for a while, and said with a smile: "I regret it."
Chapter completed!