After leaving Pipi Castle, they took the carriage all the way back.
During the journey, a small incident occurred.
They were robbed.
Yes, robbed.
And the place where they encountered the robbers was within the inner city, universally acknowledged as the safest area.
Of course, the robbers were swiftly subdued. Luigi gave them a thorough beating, then pressed a certain white button on the carriage. Within minutes, the city defense team arrived to arrest them.
It was indeed a minor incident, but Angel noticed many details in the process.
The robbers were three green Pirus, but one of them had dyed himself. Not his teeth—he had dyed his face red and put on a bright red robe, pretending to be a red-skinned Pirus as he stood at the back.
According to the city defense team, they dyed themselves into red-skinned Pirus specifically to swindle outsiders. Every race knew that red-skinned Pirus held high status, so upon seeing one among the group, people would not dare call the guards. That allowed them to successfully rob some money and valuables.
This practice of dyeing one's skin was strictly forbidden in Pipi Castle. Every one caught was imprisoned, and the punishments were exceedingly harsh. Yet even so, it remained common in Pipi Castle.
From this small detail, one could see that some Pirus possessed crooked hearts willing to "brave danger" and "take the sword down a narrow path."
Since such brazen Pirus dared gather within the inner city to rob other races, it was little wonder the various races did not think highly of the Pirus Clan.
The efforts of Grand Duke Pi Xiu and Sage Pika were being undermined bit by bit by these common folk.
Beyond gaining a deeper understanding of the Pirus Clan's "traits," Angel also noticed things he had