"Sugar pills! Excellent sugar pills!"

"Sakura snow, Bing Liang Liang, cherry blossom snow in Tianhu Lake!"

"Osmanthus cake, osmanthus cake, buy three get one free, buy six get two free, tonight only!"

"Takoyaki! Freshly made takoyaki!"

"My lord, how many will you buy for your wife?"

"Uh, no..."

The city that never sleeps is Dairakyo City, but in fact Heian-kyo of the Sakura Shogunate does not have this name, but it does have this reality.

Even though it's already dark now, the streets of Heian Kyo are still brightly lit and extremely lively.

Bright yellow and bright red lanterns, as well as water-patterned fish flags fluttering in the wind, are hung all over the market. Looking around, you can see that they are all full of shogunate-style buildings and furnishings.

In this bustling market, there are many vendors pushing carts among the crowd, selling their goods.

At this moment, a middle-aged man selling takoyaki shouted excitedly to Li Guanqi and Sophia who were passing by: "Sir, buy a few. Look at your wife, she loves to eat it!"

"Um?"

Li Guanqi originally refused, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but glance sideways at Sophia.

I saw this lioness looking eagerly at the takoyaki stall. She even raised her right hand and wiped the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand to prevent drool from flowing down.

"..."

Li Guanqi was immediately speechless.

He knew that the resources of the grassland were barren, but the question was that it wouldn't be so barren, right?

A lioness who has lived for more than 170 years and is a seven-star royal lioness can do this to a takoyaki?

That's outrageous.

How miserable is the life of the steppe orcs?

"Let's have 10."

Li Guanqi shook his head and stopped thinking about these things. He took out a handful of gold coins from the space necklace and placed it on the stall.

"Hey, that's good!"

The man selling takoyaki suddenly smiled. After picking up the gold coins, he began to pick takoyaki from the boiler. He quickly packed 10 takoyakis in a paper box, inserted four skewers, and handed them to the takoyakis with both hands.

Li Guanqi.

"Sir, please take it."

"Um."

Li Guanqi took it and then handed it to Sophia beside him.

Sofia's eyes lit up, and she quickly took it, grabbed a piece of takoyaki from the paper box, put it in her mouth, and chewed it.

Li Guanqi, on the other hand, took her and continued walking forward.

The two of them just followed the flow of people, walking neither in a hurry nor slowly.

It’s not that I want to experience the fireworks in the world, the main reason is that Heian Kyo has rules. Except for the palace or law enforcement officials, no one is allowed to fly in the city, nor is it allowed to use extraordinary power to disrupt public order.

What counts as disrupting public order?

Just a one-level human of different blood running wildly through the streets of the city, causing panic among ordinary citizens due to the high-speed movement, and causing damage caused by the air flow caused by the high-speed movement. This is considered a breach of public order and will be arrested by the Law Enforcement Department.

In fact, almost all towns and cities, not just Heiankyo, have similar rules.

The previous city guard said that the ratio of cherry blossoms to foreigners in Heiankyo is now about 5:1.

But in fact, the specific performance is even more exaggerated.

After Li Guanqi walked in the market for a while, he saw more than twenty foreigners with Western faces, more than ten of whom were golden-haired tulip men.

And I also saw several demi-human species.

One of them was a tauren, and the others were centaurs. Li Guanqi couldn't help but think of a centaur he once knew—Misha, the adopted daughter of Master Xiahou Li.

Heian-kyo is indeed tolerant, which can be seen from its acceptance of foreigners and sub-races.

"Is the takoyaki delicious?"

Li Guanqi looked ahead and asked casually as he walked.

"Hmm... delicious."

However, Sophia's response seemed to be a little tearful.

Li Guanqi looked sideways at her in astonishment.

I saw this beautiful woman with blond hair, holding a paper box in her left hand, and half a takoyaki stuck on a skewer in her right hand. There were a few residues left in the corners of her mouth, and in the corners of her eyes... there were crystal tears swirling.

"What's wrong?"

Li Guanqi said in surprise: "It tastes so good that it makes you cry? Is it so exaggerated?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and picked up a piece of takoyaki.

"As for what?"

Li Guanqi took two bites, feeling the rich aroma in his mouth, and became more and more surprised, "Although these octopus balls taste good, they are not so delicious that they make you cry, right?"

Sophia just wiped her eyes and said no more.

"Everything in life is nothing more than touching the scene and arousing emotion."

At this time, Shunkong's voice suddenly sounded in Li Guanqi's mind, "Humans, whether they are ordinary humans or alien humans, your taste buds determine that no matter how delicious the food is, it will not cause too much emotion.

.

If a food can make a person cry, then what gives it more 'taste' must not be the ingredients, but the memories...or, in other words, the emotions generated by the memories."

"Oh, Sophia is thinking of her younger siblings."

When Li Guanqi was mentioned like this by Shunkong, he immediately figured it out.

"yes."

There was a bit of emotion in Shunkora's voice, "She is a sister. How many sisters in the world don't love their younger siblings? I guess, when Sofia was eating this takoyaki, she must be thinking, it's so delicious.

How great would it be if my younger brothers and sisters could also have a taste of foreign delicacies?"

Li Guanqi was silent.

"It's a pity..."

Shunkong sighed softly, "Her younger brothers and sisters are already dead, and to a large extent, they were implicated in their deaths by her sister. Under such a mixture of emotions, she is just crying now, not wow

I cried out loud and tried hard to endure it."

"Don't be too sad."

Li Guanqi heard Shunkong's words, looked at Sophia beside him, patted her head gently, and comforted: "They will not blame you, you are their sister after all..."

"Wow!"

Before she finished speaking, tears suddenly burst out of Sophia's eyes and she cried loudly, attracting the attention of passers-by around her.

Li Guanqi was immediately stunned.

Then he looked at Sophia, who was crying, feeling a little at a loss. For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

"Master, haven't you heard a word?"

This time it was not Shunkong who made a sound, but Xiaoxue's soft voice, and she said faintly: "Don't comfort others when they are trying not to cry, because as soon as you comfort them, they won't be able to help themselves.

Oh...and your comforting skills are really bad."

"cry?"

Immediately afterwards, Demon Sword's surprised voice suddenly sounded, "A 178-year-old lioness has lived for so many years without any spiritual growth? How can she still cry in public?"

"Lumo!"

Shunkong's voice deepened, with a hint of anger, "If you also had five younger brothers and sisters, and they were all implicated to death by yourself, you wouldn't say such sarcastic words, and you would have some sympathy, Stinky Dao, even if

If you have no sympathy and don’t speak, no one will think you are mute."

"That's right, that's right... Sophia is already very pitiful."

Xiaoxue also echoed softly.

Demon Sword fell silent and did not reply.

"This man is really bad. Men who make girls cry are the worst."

“Shh!

! What should you do, you prodigal bitch, if someone hears about it? Dressed in a black robe, you are most likely a magician!"

"Why does wearing black robe mean you are a magician?"

"Who has nothing to do and wears a long black hooded robe? Is this standard equipment for a spellcaster?"
To be continued...