From a hired knight to a master of Game of Thrones

After exiting the Seal Gate, Don Quixote looked around.

A wide, straight cobblestone street comes into view.

The houses on both sides of the street are mostly white stone walls with dark gray stone slabs and steep roofs.

On the top of a distant hill.

The pale fortress of the Mandalay family—New Fort—stands proudly in the cold wind.

And the Seven Churches, also standing high in the city, is the Snow Church.

The magnificent vaulted ceiling of the Snow Sanctuary is topped with towering statues of the seven gods.

That was the core site of the Seven Gods faith within White Harbor City.

"The urban planning of White Harbor is surprisingly neat."

Don Quixote inhaled the rich, salty smell of the sea that wafted into his nostrils.

Meanwhile, focus your attention on the closer area.

Begin to observe the square in front of you, also paved with pebbles, with a fountain in the center.

There is a mermaid statue wearing a crown in the fountain pool, which is twenty feet tall from head to tail.

The mermaid's green and white curly beard was covered with moss.

The trident he held had one fork broken off long ago, but it still looked as majestic as ever.

At this moment, Fish King Square, like many other places in White Harbor, is bustling with activity.

Beside the fountain, a group of women carrying buckets and children holding wooden cups gathered.

These people are fetching water from the fountain.

Above these people, a woman was hanging her freshly washed transparent underwear on the trident of the mermaid statue.

Besides these people who are clearly local residents, there are also many vendors under the arcades around the square.

Of course, there were also acrobats, hired sorcerers, and women who bought herbs.

"This should be what the locals call Fish King Square."

Don Quixote and his party strolled over leisurely, not entirely to kill time.

Cole and his team inquired about information from many passersby, both openly and covertly.

The group already knew quite a bit about the basic information about White Harbor.

"That tall building with its iron-hooped oak doors tightly shut is the old mint in White Harbor."

"It seems there's a silver mine near Baigang."

"..."

Don Quixote compared the information he had recently learned, whether true or false, with the landscape before him, in order to gain a preliminary understanding of the unfamiliar city of White Harbor.

They walked slowly around Fish King Square.

I passed by a young girl selling goat milk.

I passed by many children who were making a ruckus with the chicks.

I passed by a young man selling apples from a cart.

After entering a sloping alley.

They passed by the vendor selling deep-fried snow-white cod.

"My lord, I really want to eat it!"

Adele bulged her little belly, feeling very hungry, and immediately looked at Don Quixote.

Upon hearing this, Don Quixote laughed and said:

"Let's buy some food to tide us over, and then we'll have a proper meal once we find a place to stay."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Cole, who had just walked up to the vendor selling deep-fried white cod, and said:

"Cole, go to the vendor over there and buy some fried cod, one serving for everyone."

"Yes, sir!" Cole replied immediately.

The group slowed down again.

They ate the crispy-on-the-outside, snow-white-on-the-inside fried cod while still on horseback before speeding up.

Soon they passed by a brothel that was said to be cleaner than most brothels.

Finally, we passed a brewery and went down a flight of stairs.

Suddenly, they spotted a tavern hidden beneath a sheepskin warehouse.

Tom glanced at the tavern, then suddenly smiled at Warren:

"Hey, Warren, that sign with the picture of a lazy eel that doesn't even swim."

"It must be that Lazy Eel Tavern that the locals have a terrible reputation for."

"I heard they offer the oldest prostitutes and the worst liquor in all of White Harbor!"

"I heard there are meat pies there filled with lard and cartilage that are hard to swallow and can give you diarrhea!"

"Haha, Warren, how about I treat you? Go try it and see if it's really that exaggerated!"

Along the way, the most frequent thing they heard from the vendors and passersby who asked them was this Lazy Eel Tavern.

Of course, this was because they all spent some copper coins when asking for information.

Therefore, the information you are given should have some credibility.

Warren chuckled:

"Tom, why don't you give it a try? It's on me!"

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We walked for a while longer.

Don Quixote and his party eventually stopped their horses in front of an inn famous for its lamprey pie.

Before the group could dismount, an old woman hurriedly came out of the inn.

The old woman glanced at the group a few times, then smiled broadly and said:

"Gentlemen, are you planning to stay long-term or just temporarily?"

Don Quixote said:

"For temporary accommodation, what types of rooms do you offer?"

The old woman was somewhat disappointed, but she quickly said:

"A large dormitory with multiple people sharing a room costs 2 copper coins per night."

"A small single room costs 6 copper coins per night."

"There are also large rooms with servants, 1 silver deer per night, breakfast and dinner included."

At this point, the old woman glanced at the group's twelve horses and then laughed again:

"Our hotel has a stable, and there are dedicated grooms to feed and care for the horses, so it's very safe."

"If you gentlemen would like our inn to look after the horses, it will cost 2 copper cents per horse per night."

Upon hearing this, Shane instinctively looked at his two knights, Cole and Alden, and asked:

"If we send our own people to look after the horses, and we're just borrowing your inn's stables, how would that be?"

Cole and Alden also hurriedly said:

"Don Quixote, we can take turns looking after the horses."

The old woman was not surprised by this situation at all, and quickly said:

"If it's just a matter of borrowing our stables, it's one copper coin for two horses for one night."

"If you still want to use our fodder, it will cost one copper coin per horse per night!"

At this moment, Don Quixote glanced at Shane, then looked at Cole and Alden, and smiled:

"Everyone had a tough journey to Baigang."

"You two go and get some rest. Leave the horse-keeping to the inn's stableman."

After saying this, Don Quixote turned to the old woman and said:

"I need a large room with a servant's room, as well as two single rooms, for one night."

"Then, we need your hotel to help look after the six horses."

The old woman looked at Don Quixote with some surprise, and after thinking for a moment, she said:

"This gentleman has a total of 1 silver deer and 24 bronze points."

Cole and Alden exchanged a glance, noticing the emotion in each other's eyes.

Cole then hurriedly said:

"Lord Don Quixote, Alden and I can share a room!"

Don Quixote waved his hand and said:

"No need. You'll have your share of hardships in the future, so a little bit of trouble won't matter."

The old woman then looked at Tom and the other two and smiled:

"My lords, what kind of rooms would you like?"

Tom and Warren thought for a moment and said:

"One private room, two horses that need to be looked after."

Shane frowned, somewhat dissatisfied with Don Quixote's decision.

After hesitating for a long time, he reluctantly said:

"I also need a private room; I need to look after two horses."

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