Before long, night had completely fallen.
If this were the royal capital, light from magic lamps would be spilling out from all sorts of buildings by now, and the magic lamps lining the streets would have begun operating as well, making the entire city brilliantly illuminated without the slightest hint of gloom.
But Jeritry was not the bustling royal capital. Every household still used ordinary oil lamps, and using magic lamps to illuminate the streets would be an extravagance. Replacing the Magic Crystals that supplied those lamps with magic power every year alone would be no small expense. That was why the nights here were so dim. If knights were not patrolling, people probably would not dare go out onto the streets, would they?
It gave Shien the feeling that he had returned to Lamigium.
The nights in Lamigium had been just like this as well—dark and desolate.
From that perspective, the royal capital truly deserved to be called the center of the world. Every household could afford magic lamps and did not hesitate to light them every night. It was clear just how wealthy the people of the royal capital were.
In other cities, aside from those serving as the capitals of territories where lords were stationed, the rest were probably like this too. They would not set up magic lamps along the roads and fill the city with light at night.
At this hour, perhaps only businesses that operated at night would have magic lamps shining out to attract customers.
Before the sun set, Shien's group had successfully found an inn and checked in.
Naturally, it was Lasha who found the inn, not Shien or Aiyi.
While Shien and Aiyi had been fooling around, the maid had vanished for some unknown amount of time. By the time they