Chapter 1576?(^?^)? Water Gate City

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A certain sad little girl was falling asleep in the dragon carriage, and at this time the carriage had parked firmly on a spacious stone bridge. Her maid seemed to be negotiating with some people. Who wants to wake her up at this time.

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Of course, Emilia didn't want to wake up the little girl who was sleeping on her back, so she withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the huge tower gate and the towering city wall.

At this time, after several days of driving, they finally arrived at this destination.

This is the natural border between Lugnica, the Qinlong Kingdom, and the free trade city of Kararagi, and the big river that can be seen in the distance is flowing into this vast lake like a sea. It is a tributary of the Tikura West that spans the entire continent, and the watergate city in front of you, this magical city named 'Pristella', is built in the very center of this huge lake.

Now Emilia can already see that the city of Priestella has built a towering city wall enough to surround the entire city, and it looks very impressive!

On the four directions of the city wall, there are four huge castle-like water gates and four bridges connected to the city gates and built on the lake. If you want to enter the city in front of you, you must pass through the four easy-to-reach gates. An impenetrable gate.

If Emilia can now look down at the city from the sky, it is not difficult for her to find that the watergate city of Priestella is more like a huge water basin!

That's right, it's a water basin, and it's the kind that's sunken in!

And the buildings and roads of this city are located in this huge 'big water basin'.

At the same time, the four directions of the 'basin', that is, the fortress towers at the entrances of the four gates are water gates or valves, and their four castle-like towers are just the power source for controlling water source valves, mainly used as water gates or valves. Adjust the water level, and the name of "Watergate City" comes from this.

Looking towards the city, the four converging straight waterways neatly divide the city into four blocks of equal size, and the people in this city live in such a "bathtub" divided into four. ', and the living environment is generally lower than the level of the lake outside. I don't know who would design a city like this.

But no matter what, today, due to being invited by Anastasia Hexin, the president of the Great Chamber of Commerce, one of the five king candidates of Lugnica, the pro-dragon kingdom, Emilia and Farandelli Ka, Rem, the two twin sisters of Ram, and a bad little girl who wanted to find something to do when she was full and idle finally came here together.

"Is the master still awake?"

At this time, Ram, who had just negotiated with Flandelika, came back with a piece of paper that he didn't know what it was.

"that……"

"Lord Emilia!"

"Now the information has been registered,

The supervisor at the main gate didn't make things difficult for us, and he quickly helped us pass the registration process. "

He pointed his toes and glanced at the carriage of the dragon carriage, and found that his master Anne didn't seem to be waking up yet, so Ram had to report to Emilia who was sitting by the door.

"what is that?"

"Why, do you still need to register when you enter the city?"

Emilia expressed a little strange, because when they went to Lugnica's capital, they didn't seem to have such troubles as they do now.

"Yes."

"This is the registration form..."

"The content is almost like an oath or a letter of guarantee. Only those who sign this form and express their willingness to abide by the relevant laws and regulations of Watergate City can enter."

"in particular……"

"A participant in the king's election like you, Lord Emilia?"

Ram didn't say too much, but directly handed over a copy of the information registration form that roughly registered the names, quantities, and items of all the people they needed to enter the city on their trip to the curious Emilia hand.

"like me?"

"ah!"

"Ram, you mean to say..."

"That Anastasia invited not only us?"

Glancing at the registration form, Emilia, who didn't find anything wrong with it, quickly came to her senses and exclaimed and covered her own lips with her hands, because she heard Ram's overtones.

"Yes."

"I just heard the supervisor at that gate say, 'Why are these king-chosen ones again, it looks like Priestella is going to be in trouble'."

"From this, it is not difficult to infer that the king elect who came to the city of Watergate these days should not be the only one, Mrs. Emilia?"

"As for how many people came, I didn't dare to ask more."

Ram didn't hide anything, and directly said what she heard, and nodded in agreement with Emilia's guess, and also vaguely felt that the matter that everyone came here this time might not be too far away. smoothly?

"So that's how it is."

"Oh well……"

Nodding, and returning the registration form to Ram for safekeeping, Emilia planned to retreat into the dragon carriage.

However, when she turned her head, she saw in astonishment: a certain distraught little girl who was supposed to be sleeping in the dragon carriage had disappeared at this moment. Only then was he surprised to find that the other party had already been sitting in a water dragon boat near the city gate in the distance, and was waving at them excitedly?

"Hello!"

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"Emilia, Ram! Come here quickly, it will be more fun if we go to the city and take a boat!"

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The distressed little girl in the distance yelled loudly, and successfully attracted the attention of many people who were also waiting to register and enter the city.

"ah!"

"When did she go there?"

"never mind……"

"Flanderica, can we really change ships?"

Opening her mouth, Emilia didn't intend to argue with Anne in the end, but turned around to consult a certain university who seemed to be very experienced, was sorting out the vehicle, and had traveled to various parts of the world with Roswaal. The maid's opinion.

"Yes, absolutely!"

"Master Emilia, after all, Watergate City is built on a lake. Of course, the roads here are mainly waterways. Although you can also go by land, the passage..."

"Maybe there are some detours and complications, and it's a little narrower than the waterway?"

Stretching out her finger and tapping her chin, Frandelika frowned and thought for a while, before finally grinning awkwardly and showing her fangs.

"In short!"

"Now that you are here, Master Emilia, you can take the water dragon boat with Master Anne to the inn 'Mizu no Yuyi Pavilion', and enjoy the scenery along the way. As for the dragon carriage, there are also gifts and items on the carriage. , I will drive slowly to join you all by myself.”

"Surely there will be no problem!"

"Ha ha……"

After finishing speaking, Frandelica couldn't help laughing awkwardly.

Anyway, she definitely wouldn't say that she herself didn't know the way to the 'Water Feather Clothing Pavilion', let alone the exact location of that place, and she wasn't familiar with the roads in Watergate City at all!

However, she doesn't think that's a big problem. If she's alone, she can just ask while she's looking for the way, and she can always reach the destination by looking slowly.

"Is this okay?"

"Oh well!"

"Then I'll leave it to you, Frandelika!"

Originally, Emilia wanted to decline, but she saw that Ram and Rem were already walking towards the water dragon boat together, and saw that a certain bad girl was already impatiently heading towards the water dragon boat again. After they waved their hands to urge her, she herself was also a little ready to move, so after thinking about it, she agreed instead, accepted Frandelika's kindness, and jumped directly from the door of the dragon carriage.

They had been riding in a dragon carriage for several days, and now it was a very novel experience for her to switch to a boat or something.

"Remember!"

"Be careful on the road, okay?"

With only time to warn, Frandelika waved her hand without looking back, and drove the dragon carriage along the land road of the bridge into the main entrance.

As a last resort, Emilia had no choice but to turn around and walk quickly towards Annie and the other three.

"Let's go!"

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"Let's find something delicious!!"

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Soon, with Annie's cheers, the water dragon began to twist its snake-like body and swim quickly in the water under the command of the 'captain', and then pulled the water dragon boat into the water along the magic valve. This blue city, the capital of water—the Watergate City Priestella!

Soon, Annie, Emilia, Ram, and Rem were surprised to see that this place was indeed a huge circular city just like in the legend, and the closer you went to the center of the city, the more existence there would be. With a ridiculous height difference?

Anyway, at this moment, they could clearly distinguish with the naked eye: the city center is really much, much lower than the water outside, and if the city has no magic and the water gate is controlling the water level, it must be built on the lake. , and the big bathtub sunken inward like death has already been completely submerged by the raging lake water?

"Wow!"

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"It looks like a lot of fun!"

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Annie doesn't care if the city is in the shape of a bathtub or a bun, anyway, she only knows that there must be fun and delicious things here!

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"What a strange city."

"I don't understand. Since it is a city, why not build it on the water surface, but instead waste magic power to control the water level, and then build the city under the water surface?"

"If the purpose is purely to defend against the enemy, the four bridges, towers, and the surrounding lake are enough, right?"

"But now..."

The more I look at Emilia, the more I feel something is wrong, and the more I think about it, the more frightened I feel!

"too crazy!"

"They actually designed the city in the water. In such a big city with so many people, what should we do if something unexpected happens?"

"Even if there are a large number of dragon boats, once a large amount of lake water pours in, everything here will definitely be swept to the bottom of the lake!"

Originally, Emilia would not care about this kind of thing, but since she is now one of the five king-chosen candidates of Lugnica Kingdom, in line with the principle of seeking power in her position, she must compare Ordinary people think about a little more things.

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"Rem thinks they should have designed it this way on purpose, maybe the city itself is also part of the trap?"

"Lord Emilia, think about it..."

"Once the enemy breaks through here and enters the city, and the defending side suddenly opens four water gates without being able to reverse the situation, so that the entire city is completely submerged under the lake, won't the enemy be wiped out immediately?"

Rem didn't know why the city was designed like this, but anyway, she only knew that if the enemy attacked the city, they would definitely pay a heavy price?

Even if it is captured here in the end, it will be a lose-lose situation!

In that way, presumably many potential external threats will be frightened by this terrible design that can die with the enemy, so it will become safer instead?

"!!"

"On purpose? How could they do this?"

Emilia couldn't help but gasped, and then couldn't help but exclaimed.

In fact, she does not object to taking special measures to defend against the enemy or certain threats, but she strongly opposes destroying a city and disregarding the lives of tens of thousands of people living in the city in order to deal with the enemy!

That is a very inhuman and evil thing!

If, one day in the future, she really succeeds in becoming the queen of the Kingdom of Lugnica, she will definitely work hard to change this cruel status quo, right?

"Rahm thinks this method is good."

"To deal with some cruel enemies, this method of flooding the entire city is the best way!"

The red-haired and red-eyed twin maid sister Ram also spoke at this time, and supported her sister Rem's speculation just now, thinking that such a method is very practical, especially when dealing with enemies like the Witch Cult.

"For some enemies, they won't leave any survivors, and trying to die with them is the most effective way to stop and destroy them!"

"It can only be done like that..."

At this time, Ram seemed to recall the incident when their village was massacred by the Witch Cult and caused her to lose the ghost horns, so her face became a little ugly.

Perhaps, that's why she agreed with the design of this watergate city?

"Can't!"

"That's terrible!"

"Protect the city by destroying the city, don't you think it's a bit contradictory?"

"correct!"

"Annie, what do you think?"

Seeing that the two twin sisters did not see the horror, tragedy and evil of the design of the Watergate City, Emilia had no choice but to look at a bad little girl who was lying on the side of the boat and playing in the water , I want to get a little recognition for her from the other party.

then...

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"What? Did you guys discuss something delicious just now?"

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"Where is it? Where is it?!"

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After speaking, a certain sad little girl began to look around.

Obviously, Annie must have not paid attention to the topic between the three of them just now, and she did not pay attention to the pleasing urban scenery on both sides of the waterway. As for what she was doing just now, she might only be pushed to the surface Only a certain bear under him will know.

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"never mind!"

"Let's put aside the topic just now!"

"I'll talk about it when I'm free tonight!"

At this moment, Emilia was very angry, so she had to fold her arms and close her eyes and sat in her own seat resentfully, not intending to continue discussing that topic.

"look!"

"Sister, that house is so beautiful!"

"Um!"

"Rem, that fountain over there is so big..."

"Yeah~?"

“That water park is beautiful!”

"Eh?"

"It's amazing. The waterway behind us looks dangerous like this. How did the water dragons pull the boat out?"

"Could it be magic?"

"Too……"

"Cut~!"

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"Then what's so interesting, why not look at the big fish at the bottom of the water!"

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"!!"

"ah!"

"Anne, Anne, what are you doing?"

"don't want!"

"I don't want to play with you, stop it!!"

At this time, the whole water dragon boat shook violently. It turned out that some bad little girl felt bored, so she directly reached out to pick up the water from the side of the boat, and then directly moved towards Emilia and the two of them. a maid?

Soon, under the worried eyes of the 'Captain', the four women started to make a fuss on the boat.

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And when the four women of all sizes on the dragon boat shuttled through the spacious waterway were having fun, in a tall building on the far bank, a person was secretly watching them from the window with his eyes.

But in the end, the person who was peeping at them still didn't dare to do anything. After looking at the water dragon boat for a while, he sneered contemptuously, and then proudly waved his hands and pulled up the curtains.

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