The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 478 The Little Guides
All eyes were fixed on the tall tower in the distance.

Only when the carriage gradually slowed down and arrived at the city gate of Lance did they reluctantly turn their gaze away.

The Mage Tower is a powerful defensive structure for mages, and also a crucial military stronghold.

Apart from mages who are studying in the mage tower, no one else is allowed to approach or enter.

They could only look at it from afar; to go inside, they would have to be prepared to board the Duchy of Lance's ship and accept its orders.

This is true in every country of the Magic Empire.

While receiving training, monks always pay a price, usually losing their freedom and becoming bound to the state, obeying its orders.

However, it's not impossible to sneak in.

Moran found many guides written by alchemists on how to infiltrate and steal techniques from the magic empire's mage tower in the clan library.

The older generation had already thoroughly explored the path for them.

There are still witches in many mage towers in the Magic Empire!
However, most of them are in the Empire, since they need to learn from the big picture.

The truly profound magical traditions are all housed in the mage towers of the Imperial Magic Academy; the alchemists in the vassal states look down on those from here.

Moran shared the same idea: to infiltrate humanity and learn their magic, he needed to choose the best location.

The amount of Lance Mage Tower is not enough.

Their focus in Lance was to ignite the spark of the Dawn Society.

The magical heritage of mages is icing on the cake; the abilities of witches and sorceresses are their foundation.

Lance City needs to make the right move.

Lilith and the others knew this too.

Vasita has taken Squeak's place and started driving the carriage.

Lilith stood by the window, and when the carriage reached the mage-only entrance to the city, she showed her magic badge to the soldier guarding the entrance, and was immediately allowed to pass.

The Magic Empire has no census or household registration certificates.

The checks at the city gate were simply to prevent unqualified individuals from overstepping their authority and using passages they shouldn't have taken.

All cities are like this.

Ordinary people have ordinary channels, merchants have caravan channels, and mages have noble channels.

The regular passageway is the most crowded, yet it only has one small door.

The caravan route was spacious, but goods were subject to strict entry inspections, and an entry fee had to be paid based on the quantity of goods before they could enter the city.

The mage passage next to it, however, only requires a mage badge to pass through easily.

Just from this way of entering the city, you can see who the real privileged class is in the Magic Empire.

However, in the Duchy of Lance, although mages are still the only privileged class, ordinary people and merchants are treated quite well.

The cities within the duchy have more regular passages and merchant passages than other countries.

There are queues, but the wait isn't long.

Moran had just glanced out the rolled-up car window when she saw several ordinary people who looked to be in good spirits.

Turning her gaze away, Moran said, "Let's stay at the Golden Flower Inn in this city first, and then look for another place to live!"

Lilith nodded: "Vashida, move to the slow lane!"

Vasita twisted the little wooden horse's head, and the carriage turned into the slow lane.

The main street of Reims has five lanes.

The three lanes in the middle are carriage lanes, each capable of accommodating two carriages side by side. The middle lanes are for fast travel only; you cannot stop. If you want to slow down or pause, you must first go to one of the two slow lanes on either side.

Next to the slow lane is the pedestrian crossing.

Carriages and pedestrians each went their own way, without interfering with each other.

This is a common method of city road planning in the magical empire, and even wild mages cannot be completely unaware of it.

Moran had recommended books on this subject to Lilith and the others beforehand, so they were all quite relaxed.

The carriage moved into the slow lane and walked almost as fast as the pedestrians. After a short stop, Lilith and Sylph got out of the carriage.

The two looked around by the car, and soon several children ran over.

"Do the adults need a guide? I grew up in Lance and know the streets and alleys here like the back of my hand! Let me show you the way!"

"Sir! I know which inns in town are the most affordable and which restaurants have the best food! I can be hired for a whole day for just three copper coins!"

"My lord! I know all the gossip in the city! Choose me! Choose me!"

……

The children eagerly introduced themselves, while Lilith and Sylph swallowed almost imperceptibly.

Just as Moran said, as soon as they got out of the car and looked around, a guide came to find them!

I never expected that the guides would be a group of children.

When they were this age, they were the ones who followed their mothers around mischievously!

These children, however, went out to work as tour guides to earn money.

Although the children were enthusiastic in their presentations, they all knew their place and didn't swarm around, keeping their distance from Lilith and Sylph.

After introducing myself, I looked at them expectantly.

"You, you! You two come here!" Lilith and Sylph each pointed at a child.

The two children immediately stepped forward happily and gave them an awkward, ladylike bow.

"Sir! My name is Jenny!" She was the one who knew which hotels were cheap and which restaurants were good.

"My name is Lina!" She was the one who knew all the gossip.

The other children immediately left to find their next target.

"Can you two sit at the front of the carriage by yourselves?" Lilith asked gently. "I need you to give us directions and take us to a hotel to settle in."

The guides were two children, and she was a little worried that they were sitting in the front seats of the carriage by themselves. She didn't know if the monk would sit with the guides outside the carriage, and there wasn't enough room for three people there.

"You...you want us to ride in the car?" The two children's eyes lit up instantly.

That's a magic carriage!

"Of course! There's plenty of space ahead, we won't fall!"

The two little girls were just competing with each other for business, but now that they heard they could ride in a magic carriage, even if it was just a seat on the outside, they were overjoyed. They weren't tall enough, so they helped each other climb onto the carriage.

He didn't rush to look around after sitting down, but just sat there steadily: "Sir, you see, we can do it!"

"Click~" The small door at the front of the carriage opened, and Vasita poked her head out, startling Lina and Jenny: "My advisor told you two to sit a little further in, so you don't fall off."

Lina and Jenny nodded hurriedly, not daring to look into the car, and half of their buttocks were placed inside the car door.

When Lilith and Sylph heard Vasita say "mentor," they knew there was nothing wrong with the trip and got into the car with peace of mind.

“Two little guides, we’re heading to the Golden Flower Inn. Which way do we go next?” Vasida asked.