Lolo came to Seitvia once when he was very young. He was with his father. They lived in a hotel called Horseshoe in the center of the city. The owner was an old man with silver hair. He heard that he had been a scout when he was young. Once he encountered a group of vicious smugglers on the border patrol. He injured his legs in the battle and then kept on crutches.

In my impression, the old man always tidied his clothes very neatly, his hair was combed meticulously, and his expression was solemn, as if he was going to the battlefield at any time.

To be honest, he was still a bit scary when he first met.

Luo Luo was startled when he saw him. The old man stared at her motionlessly when he first met, his eyes still blinking, his eyes as sharp as a hawk. After a while, he sighed, "It really looks like it."

The girl was a little scared and shrank her body behind her father. The father gently patted her shoulder.

Then she saw the old man turn around and enter the kitchen, and after a while, she walked out from it. Her hands seemed to be magical, and several plates of pastries and dried fruits were added, and placed in front of the girl one by one.

Children of this age have no resistance to snacks at all. Lolo was quickly attracted by the exquisite snacks, forgot to be afraid, and feasted on the side.

The father walked to the other side with the old shop owner and whispered something. There was no fourth person in the room, but both of them pressed their voices very low, as if they were avoiding some terrible existence in the darkness.

After a moment, the two ended the brief conversation, and after that, it seemed that nothing had happened, the old man left their room with a cane.

The father smiled and touched her head, "Let's go, haven't you always wanted to see the big boat? Let's go to the port in the afternoon."

Lolo was immediately excited when he heard this. His father's territory was in the distant inland. The girl had never seen the sea before, but she had a little maid from a fisherman family. She had described the magnificence and prosperity of the port to her. Those unique shapes, merchant ships from all over the world, and enthusiastic sailors. All of this fascinated the girl.

Finally, the father and daughter spent an extremely pleasant afternoon together at the port. Lolo even boarded a merchant ship that had just entered the port. It was the most grand and beautiful three-masted sailboat in the entire port. The sailors on the ship also gave the girl a wooden bottle with a small seahorse. Lolo planned to take it back and give it to the little maid so that she could take it out and take a look when she missed home.

It was not until dusk that the girl stopped satisfied. Her father bought her a bag of maltose. The father and daughter sat together on a bench by the harbor, eating maltose while watching the sun sink to the horizon.

The girl's excitement of watching the sea for the first time gradually faded away. She ran wildly for the whole afternoon. Finally, she began to feel a hint of tiredness. She opened her mouth and yawned. She felt her eyelids getting heavier and he leaned against her father's arm, and she was about to fall asleep in a daze.

The man took off a coat and put it on her body, took out a pipe from his pocket, and held it in his mouth.

Many people don’t know that his smoking addiction has always been very high, but since he had a daughter, the responsibility called father has made him not take a cigarette for so many years.

However, tonight, he had to draw one.

Because he knew the truth that he had been pursuing for eight years, he was finally approaching him like never before, and he was about to break through the layers of fog and reach the final end.

The lame old man from the hotel walked out of the shadow like a ghost and lit the cigarette in his mouth.

"Are you ready to go to hell? If you give up now, it's still time to give up." The old man said lightly, pointing to Lolo who was leaning against his shoulder. "You can see that you care about her very much. Since this is the case, it's better to let go of the past completely and live with her well, grow up with her, watch her get married and form her own family. If you are lucky, you can still hold your grandson. Deep down in your heart, you are actually very eager for such a life."

After a pause, he said meaningfully, "You must know that things like truth often bring not happiness but pain in the end."

"Pain?" the man smiled sarcastically, "Since that happened, I have been living in pain all the time. I have lived in hell for eight years and don't mind going there again."

The old man nodded and stopped persuading, "Since that's the case, let's have a companion together."

The two didn't know that the girl in the man's arms had not completely fallen asleep at this moment, so the conversation between them was heard by her. However, at that time, Lolo did not understand the true meaning of the old man's words.

But after many years, the girl returned to the Port of Setvia, she was already alone.

And here it was already a different look. The hotel called Horseshoe was said to have been burned out by an unexpected fire three years ago, and the hotel owner also disappeared in the fire.

Because the old man had no children, the city hall sold the land to others the second year after his disappearance. Now it has become a fish shop, and the owner is a fat aunt.

Luo Luo did not delay much. He stood outside the fish shop for a while, as a memory of the old man, and then headed straight to the dock.

The ports to which the Holy Alliance belongs are relatively high in tax rates and strict in checking goods. In addition, some surrounding infrastructure are relatively backward, and have been complained by merchants. In contrast, people are more willing to go to ports of the other two major forces to do business. Overall, the ports of the Holy Alliance are not as prosperous as those of the Free City-State and the Lion Heart Empire.

However, because the church members and local security forces are responsible for maintaining order, the security of the port is the best among the three major forces. There are few people who are thieves on the street. The Thieves Guild is not very easy to live here.

Lolo made a round the port and found out that three ships were interested in going to Goodris University Town. One of the ships had just docked and was unloading the goods. The owner planned to purchase some local specialties and took them to Liberty City State for sale. It would take two weeks to fill them up.

Among the remaining two ships, they are planning to leave in the near future, but one of them plans to go to the Dwarf Kingdom first, which will take a long time. It is not uncommon for a whole year to float on the sea when it encounters bad weather.
Chapter completed!