VRMMO: Am I The Strongest Yet?

"This is it from my side."

After landing on the ground and confirming Misha was alright, they all walked towards the grand gates of the big city.

"Thanks for the ride, Connie."

"Thank you, mister Librarian~!"

"Miu!"

"Muuu~."

The children thanked him after Alex and then Elio and Miss Rin thanked him for the ride as well.

It did not take them long and thanks to his help, they were able to cover the distance much quicker than they might have.

"It was nothing on my part, haha."

He had to leave now. He was on his way to some other place and they did not need him there at the moment.

Things about the mage tower master were taken care of so he was also free to do whatever he wanted.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Well then."

They talked for a moment, and he also helped them reassemble their carriage and place back their horses.

It was easy with his magical help, so they thanked him once again and then he bid his farewell to them.

"Call me when you are in the capital. I'll help you out with a little few things."

He smiled at them, took one last glance at Her white sword, and patted the little children.

"Look after them-."

"I Am looking after them. I'm not like a certain greedy dumb guy."

She wanted to curse at him but after their talk and scolding yesterday, she didn't really have any more curses left for him.

She really gave him an earful yesterday, so now that he was going on his way, she wanted to send him off with a few better words.

"Haha, yes yes. I'll make sure something like this doesn't happen again."

"I'll cut your legs if something like this does happen to anyone around me, Connie~."

She said it so cheerfully one might even ignore the malice hidden behind those serious words.

"…"

A cold shiver even ran down his spine when he thought about how she was actually capable of doing something like that.

And when that happened, he didn't want to stay there anymore.

"I'll see you all later, then."

He bid his last farewell to them and vanished from there.

-Swiiiiiiiiish…

Left alone, they were now looking at the tall gates of the pentagonal city.

There was no prominent structure here that would be visible from the high sky, but when they came down and looked at the giant gates from a distance away, the sheer size of the gates overwhelmed a few of them.

"Seems like we will have to wait in line."

"Nothing we can do about that part."

The gates made of old iron still stand as firmly as when they were just finished by the dwarven hands.

They were of a simple design. Yet, their functionality was impeccable.

"Mom. Why aren't there as many people on the walls here?"

"Because the wall here and the gates you see are different from a town."

They were back in their carriage so when Misha looked at the gate at the front, she couldn't help but feel amazed by the presence of the big structure.

There were a lot of people in the line in front and behind them so it was obvious that the city was a popular place.

"Have you heard about it? Can you believe such a thing could happen?"

"The prices dropped so I bought it~."

"I'm also here to see that! What a coincidence!"

There were voices all around them, most of which were mundane.

However, there certainly were some voices that were talking about the city and their experience with the things in the city.

"Unlike a town, a city is a much bigger, larger, diverse, and greater place in most of its aspects."

"I know that, Alex. We were just seeing it from above."

Even though they cannot compare a city with a city state like the real world outside the game, they can still compare a city with something much bigger than a town.

There was an obvious difference to both the places, and one could just see it in the population of that state, in the number of structures present, number of unique structures that might not necessarily be vast, or in its governance.

"You're a dummy. I thought telling you would be better."

To enter the city, the procedures were the same.

Showing them IDs and paying a toll if required was all they needed to do so the line was moving quickly.

It would be their turn soon, but by that time came, they had some free time to chat and talk about a few things.

"Miss Rin?"

"I don't really have experience with any specific inn in the city, but I've heard about a few of them."

"Hmm… how about (Hunter's house)? I've heard it's a good one."

"Ummm… it is good. But I don't like the vibe in that place. Too many scary looking people."

The place she was talking about was one of the safest places in the city exactly due to the fact that all the scary looking guys of the city gathered there.

They weren't bad, but even Alex didn't want to look at their ugly mugs every morning for the rest of the month.

"Alex? Weren't we supposed to stay at Viscount's mansion?"

Elio did not understand why they would have to go to an inn when they could live in a noble's house.

He had already heard a lot about the big places that the nobles own. And he had seen the place that was supposed to be their destination.

"We will go to the mansion later, dear. But we won't be staying there."

"I wouldn't suggest it either if you want to move freely."

"Hmmm?"

He didn't understand what they meant by that, so the little one took the opportunity to explain to her big brother.

"They have a lot of procedures to go in or out of the big houses, brother Elio.

It takes half an hour just to finish the process, and the more powerful the house is, the more checking there is~."

Misha told him how the invitational visits were an exception to this procedure, but they would still have to go through a lenient process.

It was mandatory.

"So, you mean we would have to go through those check ups regularly when going in and out of his estate? What the hell?"

Freedom was the most important to him.

He wasn't going to take permissions and go through those check ups every other day.

"Yeah, so we get an Inn and talk with the viscount later."

"Alright."

He didn't argue with her since their freedom was involved now.

They moved forward and, and just looked forward to seeing the big city beyond these grand gates.