Chapter 552

Mu En immediately lowered his head and gave in:

"I'm too arrogant."

"...for the time being." Celecia said suddenly.

"Wha...what?"

Celcia turned her head:

"I said you can call me that for the time being."

"oh."

Mu En blinked and held up his hat, trying to confirm Celcia's expression at the moment.

Tsundere? Are you being arrogant?

Tsundere is so awesome.

Unfortunately, Celcia didn't give him a chance to confirm his expression and stood up from the bench.

"Let's go."

The black umbrella rotated gently, and the girl walked towards the depths of the street.

Mu En followed, side by side with Celcia.

"Where? A restaurant?"

"Do you really think that I risked Wei'er being beheaded just to hang out with you?"

"It seems impossible... Huh? Wait, Wei'er? Did I hear some pitiful incident about a black boss squeezing a helpless secretary?"

"Do you think I went too far and sympathized with Weier?"

"...No, I think we should increase our efforts. In fact, I have been unhappy with Wei'er for a long time. That damn beauty lover has ruined so many good things for me."

"Ah."

"..."

The two chatted all the way, gradually passing through the deserted streets, passing by the signboards on both sides of the road and the wind chimes swaying gently in the breeze.

89. Things hidden deep underground

In the night sky of the big city, there are no stars.

Except for the footsteps of the two people, the street was extremely quiet. Only the occasional sound of hooves and the distant whistle of the guard patrolling in the distance could be heard.

"here……"

But as the pace deepened, Mu En looked at the surrounding buildings with increasingly darker outlines, frowned slightly, and a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he keenly discovered something unusual.

"Isn't this the road leading to a restaurant or hotel?"

"Why do you think I would take you to a restaurant or hotel?"

Celecia walked in front, her little umbrella spinning. She was obviously walking on a muddy path, and her pace was as steady as a lady going out for an outing.

"No...why would your previous invitation make people think you wanted something?"

Mu En touched his chin and said seriously.

"What do you mean, you can tell me directly."

Celecia's cold gaze pierced her:

"I don't care, and I won't be angry."

"I'm so sorry, I was talking nonsense."

Mu En was as quick as ever.

However, in his opinion, this is not cowardice, but just a roundabout tactic.

"So, where exactly is this place?"

"Can't you see it yet? Mr. Dark Emperor?"

"No... As a real princess, you'd better not call me that, it's weird."

"As you can see."

Celcia suddenly stood still.

"sewer."

Mu En was stunned.

After Celcia gave way, the noisy sound of water came.

The huge rolling water flowed down from a large number of extremely thick pipes, merged into a huge pool a hundred meters below, and then flowed along the artificially dug river channel into the ancient Rhine River in the distance.

Although Mu En had noticed the sound of water flowing just now, he still felt a bit shocked when he stood in front of this artificial waterfall.

Ordinary people feel so insignificant in front of this huge creation. It is difficult to imagine that with the industrial level of this world, there can be such a majestic creation.

But when I think about this being a fantasy world, I can only sigh as always: magic can do anything.

“This is where the sewer system comes together underneath Bellrand.”

Celcia stood in front of the railing, looking down at the huge waterfall at her feet:

"Countless sewage, rainwater, domestic water, production water, as well as all kinds of residues and waste materials, and even corpses that don't know when they died, will all gather here along the intricate and huge channels below Belland. After being purified by the huge magic circle below, it flowed into the ancient Rhine River and completely disappeared from this world, leaving no traces."

"It actually has a purification function?"

Mu En was shocked.

"Don't underestimate the empire, and don't underestimate Belland. This is the most prosperous city on the mainland."

Celcia said:

"Without the maintenance of these systems hidden in the depths, Belland would have long become a chaotic city filled with filth and plague."

"makes sense."

Mu En nodded.

Considering the population density of the following urban areas, if there is no special treatment method, domestic water and sanitation will be a huge problem.

Mu En thought of her old world. Before it fully entered modernization, malaria and pollution would always be difficult problems for every big city to solve.

"Not only these aspects, as you can see, Bellande is a city with rich water systems, with three major rivers crossing it. At the same time, there are always a few heavy rains every summer. These sewer systems also bear the responsibility of the city. drainage function.”

"I know this better."

Mu En's eyes swept over the huge waterfall-like water and nodded gently.

Drainage is arguably the primary function performed by most sewers in the world, and that’s not surprising.

"But I still don't understand, why did you bring me here?"

Mu En touched his chin and said doubtfully:

"Is visiting important public facilities in the city a new dating trend? Is it possible that without realizing it, I have fallen behind the times?"

"If you want to visit, I can use cement to embed you on top of the pipe, so you can see enough."

"..."

Mu En's expression froze and she silently withdrew her gaze.

Forget about being embedded in the pipe cement. If possible, he would rather be embedded in the beautiful girl's long black stocking legs.

"The reason why I brought you here is actually very simple."

Celecia walked along the platform and walked into a pipe. Her cold voice began to echo inside the pipe, showing a different sense of layering.

"In the meeting."

She said these three words lightly.

"Li Council?"

Mu En's eyes narrowed:

"You mean that the headquarters of the Li Council is in the sewers?"

"..."

Celecia raised her hand and gently touched her forehead.

Although her face was expressionless, Mu En understood that what she meant at the moment was probably that if this guy's brain was the size of an apple core, she wouldn't have to work so hard.

"The inner council is made up of part of the empire's nobles, including some of the top nobles. Do you think that a group of 'masters' who usually get angry even if they get a little mud on them would put their base in a place like a sewer?"

"...makes sense."

"It's still difficult to find out where the Li Council's home base is, but things related to them can be traced and analyzed."

Celecia suddenly stopped, turned around, and looked into Mu En's eyes:

"Just like...the black market."

"black market?"

Mu En's pupils shrank, and some unpleasant memories from the past came to mind, making his mood slightly shaken.

Elizabeth was also humming softly at this moment. Mu En touched the coldness and quickly returned to calm.

"woman?"

Celecia said suddenly.

"...No, this is very strange. Why do you, Celcia, always guess at the word woman? Do I look like the kind of scum who only has anything to do with women?"

"Yes or no."

"……yes."

Celecia snorted lightly from her nostrils.

Fortunately, she seemed to see that Mu En's expression was different from usual this time, so she did not ask further questions and continued walking forward.

The lighting technique cast by Mu En illuminated her path in the dark pipe.

And on the soles of Celecia's feet, all the places stepped on by her deerskin boots will be covered with a layer of uneven ice, and all the mud and dirt will be frozen in it. Mu En followed, not even knowing. Soil the soles of your shoes.

"Once upon a time, when this sewer system was being built, a large number of holes were dug out of the land under the entire Belland. Even today after the construction was completed, those holes still exist and have become the real accommodation under the city. A dark place."

"So, the black market exists in those holes?"

Mu En said casually, and then his thoughts returned to the past, remembering that the black market he went to before was indeed located in a huge underground cave.

"That's right, it's not just the black market. Many shady things will naturally be hidden in places where the sun doesn't shine. Belland's dark side can be said to be an adjective in a literal sense."

Celcia continued:

"However, those dark sides have been eliminated a lot in the previous disturbances."

"Trouble?"

"For example, the time when I was assassinated during your coming-of-age ceremony."

"..."

Mu En shrank her neck, feeling that she had accidentally stepped on some sensitive topic.

Celcia didn't look any different.

"After that assassination incident, my father sent the Royal Knights to conduct a series of cleansing of the lower city. Of course, in such a huge city, it is impossible to clean away all the darkness in one wave."

"So Queen Father came and took advantage of the Silent Moon incident to have a second wave."

Mu En: "..."

"In short, after two purges, and you, Mr. Bruce, have controlled most of the gangs in the lower city and cut off some smuggling routes, these dark trading markets hidden underground, no matter who is behind them, The vast majority have been forced to close, at least temporarily.”

"So...what we need to pay attention to now are the black markets that have not been closed?"

Mu En touched his chin and thought.

"No."

Celcia retorted: