Chapter 102: Squirrel Street

Joshua hired a carriage, and it took more than two hours on a slightly bumpy journey to reach the edge of the city of Nolan.

The slow efficiency of the carriage made Qiao Xiu already look forward to the complete popularization of the magic-driven vehicle at the World Expo.

The carriage stopped not far from the entrance on Squirrel Street.

"My lord magician, I only dared to send you here. Maybe it was your curiosity that attracted you here. Be careful of some strange things living in this street."

"Weird?"

Joshua pushed open the door of the carriage and came down. The driver in ordinary clothes reminded him kindly, but when Joshua wanted to continue asking him the next question, he drove the carriage away.

Qiao Xiu was no stranger to the word strange. When he was playing Dungeons and Dragons in the past, creatures like strange were extremely dangerous creatures.

If the monsters with deformed tentacles openly lived on the streets of Nolan, Joshua felt that the city would not be far from being destroyed.

In fact, Squirrel Street was much neater than Joshua imagined. Although there were some bits and pieces of rubbish on the street, at least there were no dark red blood stains or fragments of corpses.

People walking here are basically in a hurry, and only some races whose body size is completely different from humans will stand on the street and chat with other races.

Qiao Xiu walked into Squirrel Street, and felt that the atmosphere had changed instantly, and there were more eyes peeping at him in an instant.

This kind of sight also made Ciri beside Qiao Xiu raise the spear-like staff in his hand.

This feeling reminded Ciri of the nights she spent in the forest. In the shadows of the dense forest, there would always be a few malicious creatures staring at her.

"The architecture of this place will drive anyone who studies architecture crazy."

Qiao Xiu looked at the buildings on this street. The biggest feature is that they are too chaotic. The architectural styles in other areas of Nolan can at least maintain the same style, but this place looks like several countries. Rising doodles.

But not long after entering Squirrel Street, Joshua quickly found a hotel called 'Black Pigeon'.

"Are we going to stay here for one night?" Shirley glanced at the sky and it was already approaching the afternoon. If there was a delay, it would definitely be dusk.

"If you're scared, you can sleep with me." Joshua said.

"..."

Hearing what Joshua said, Ciri blushed, her lips parted, but she couldn't say anything. She could only watch Joshua walk into the hotel named Black Pigeon.

The interior of this hotel is very old and slightly crowded, but there is a strange floral fragrance in the whole hotel.

Joshua looked around, and soon his eyes fell on the hotel reception, where a middle-aged man who looked like a human was teaching several non-human children the most basic magic.

These children even include half-dragon people and gray cat people, two races that are already extremely rare in this world.

"This is the inscription of vitality, this is the flame..."

When Qiao Xiu stepped into it, the middle-aged man's voice stopped abruptly. He looked up and saw Qiao Xiu, and quickly pushed the non-human children out of the front desk.

"Go upstairs soon, there are guests coming..."

He urged the children of non-human race to run up the stairs, and when they disappeared on the second floor, he turned his head to face Joshua.

"You two... plan to stay here for one night?"

He took out a pen, then opened an old notebook, as if he really planned to help Qiao Xiu check in.

Qiao Xiu carefully looked at this middle-aged man who looked like a human being. Although his expression was a bit dull, the perception from his blood gave Qiao Xiu a completely different judgment.

"I didn't expect to meet my compatriots who are also demons here."

Qiao Xiu's crimson pupils reflected the true posture of the middle-aged man in front of him. It was a wriggling phantom without any human form at all.

He opened his mouth as if he wanted to refute Qiao Xiu, but finally, under the gaze of Qiao Xiu's calm eyes, he gave up his defense.

"Don't worry, fraudster, I'm just here to see the inn."

Joshua knew his identity as a demon. He belonged to a special race among the demons, a race called faceless demons or fraudsters.

This race has a certain connection with the birth of Chaos Demons, for the Deceiver's body is an erratic gray ball, but they can change the appearance of any shape according to their needs.

The stronger the fraudsters can change their appearance, the weaker ones can only become humans or ordinary demons, but the powerful existence of this race, from small birds to powerful ogres can be converted successfully.

It's a pity that although fraudsters can pretend to be human beings, the appearance of the human beings they become is fixed and cannot be changed by the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, this race is definitely an excellent choice for actors.

Joshua might also be able to catch a glimpse of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, the most popular actresses on Earth.

"This...is not where you should be."

After Qiao Xiu found out his identity, he continued to maintain a calm attitude, and said to Qiao Xiu in a cold tone.

"You seem to know me?"

Qiao Xiu wasn't sure how many demons lived outside the world and were not ruled by the Lord of the Demon Realm, but the fraudster in front of him was probably one of them.

"..."

Regarding Qiao Xiu's question, he chose not to talk about it, and the topic was interrupted at this moment.

Qiao Xiu didn't intend to keep embarrassing him any longer. Although Nolan appeared to be an ordinary citizen, Qiao Xiu was well-known to those who followed "Beauty and the Devil" or Hearthstone.

"Don't care about my identity, I'm just an ordinary guest now."

Qiao Xiu took out a bag of gold coins from the suitcase and put them on the table. There were about a hundred gold coins in it, which was considered a huge income for such a down-and-out hotel.

"I need to rent all the rooms in your hotel for one to two months. In the next period of time, a group of humans will be active here. I don't know if you are willing to accept this deal."

The fraudster casts a quick glance at the gold coins on the table...it doesn't look like the demon is one of those saints who isn't swayed by money.

But the type that is very short of money.

That's easy.

"This is just a deposit, one-tenth of the deposit."

Qiao Xiu didn't think that life in Nolan was easier than in the Devil's Realm. The atmosphere of Squirrel Street meant that it was not a place for rich people.