Unexpectedly, Iver did not dislike the feeling this city gave him.
If he had to use one word to describe this city... then its keyword, unexpectedly, was "civilization."
In this savage and sinful desert, there was actually such a quiet and peaceful city. That truly made Iver revise his opinion of Adil.
He did not hate everything about Adil simply because Adil was his enemy, nor did he let his prejudice against Adil extend to everything associated with him. The people's relaxed, tranquil, and natural way of life alone was enough to demonstrate how comfortable they were.
That was absolutely not the sense of happiness a "Feudal Monarch" consumed by ambition could bring to his people. Nor was it something a madman could accomplish by brainwashing people and making them worship him as they worshipped the gods.
Both Iver and Sha Sha possessed extraordinary beauty. Neither wore Parthian clothing; instead, they wore the Nine Pillars God Church's priestly robes and Avalon-style long dresses. Anyone could tell they were outsiders who had only recently arrived in Parthia.
Even so, the local residents were remarkably friendly toward them. They neither tried to commit crimes against them in any form, nor crowded around to peddle things to them, nor simply detoured around them.
Iver and Sha Sha did not kneel and pray before Adil's statue... Yet no busybody in the city rushed over to demand that they follow the city's rules.
They were neither timid nor malicious; neither obsequious nor hostile to outsiders. They merely gave them a curious glance when passing by... This showed that they possessed a powerful sense of confidence.
They strolled leisurely through the city, crossing an entire street. Along the way, they encountered quite a few people; their numbers were certainly far beyond "three hundred Free People."
Clearly,