The capital of the Empire, often regarded as the manifestation of the Empire's power, contained many aspects that surprised people. One of them was something which the majority of travelers that arrived at the capital were amazed—that every road in the capital was covered by bricks and stones.
Amongst the surrounding countries—even within the technologically more advanced Theocracy—the thought of having to cover the roads of an entire city in stones would make most cower. Of course, it wasn't possible to do the same for every city within the Empire, but the fact that the capital of the empire was capable of achieving this further reinforced its might. It was something which often made the diplomats from other countries sigh.
Especially the design of the roads; when one walked on them, one would immediately be able to appreciate their elegance and practicality.
Unlike the typical roads seen elsewhere, the roads in the capital were segregated into separate lanes where the ones in the center were the driveways for carriages and the lanes on the two sides were the sidewalks for pedestrians.
To ensure safety, the sidewalks were raised higher from the ground and were protected by a fence. At night, street lights which were placed insets on the side of the roads lit up, powered by magic. Furthermore, platoons of knights regularly patrolled the streets to ensure the peace
On one of these roads within the Empire's capital, a young man could be seen humming and smiling as he strolled leisurely on the sidewalk. The man was maybe 170 cm in height and looked around twenty years old. With blonde hair, blue eyes, and healthy skin color that suggested he had regularly been exposed to sunlight, the man's features could only be described as common throughout the Empire.
He was not the pretty boy type. If put in a group of ten people, the man would definitely not stand out. However, an indescribable charm radiated from him which seemed to attract other people. It might be because of the invigorating smile on his face, or his confident way of walking.
With every step, he took a metallic jingling which sounded like it was caused by the friction of chains could be heard from beneath his clothes. Knowledgeable observers would realize that it was the noise made from wearing chainmail.
Two swords hung from his waist. From their length, they seemed to be shortswords. Parts of the handles were completely covered by the handguard, with the blades hidden in the sheaths. One could tell that they were definitely not cheap. And finally, a mace and a yoroidoshi were stored behind his waist.
Possessing two weapons was considered normal for this world. However, it was quite uncommon to see someone with weapons which could be used to slash, pierce, and make bludgeoning attacks
To an average person, the man would seem like an adventurer. However, the well-informed ones would be able to tell that he was a worker simply from the fact that adventurers were required to wear metallic plates around their necks.
Worker. This word was used to describe people who left the career path of adventure.
The work given to adventurers was directly provided by the Adventurer'sGuild, where the content and difficulty of the tasks were thoroughly investigated beforehand. Only the ones that were deemed suitable were assigned to adventurers and had corresponding ranks according to the difficulty of the task. In other words, work that was deemed inappropriate such as ones that might endanger the safety of the public, or the law-breaking kind of work like investigating the plant materials used in the creation of narcotics. That kind of requests would be instantly rejected by the adventurer's Guild
also, work that might damage the ecological balance of an area was also rejected. For example, the Adventurer's Guild would never issue requests involving the removal of monsters that play certain roles in an ecosystem. This was due to fear that the removal of the monster might trigger the collapse of the ecological balance in an area, which might result in hordes of other monsters leaving their habitats and causing damage to human settlements. However, if said monster left its habitat by itself and entered the human territory, it would be treated as a separate matter entirely. In other words, adventurers were friends of justice.
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