Although the name "Royal Academy of Magic" stirred a momentary impulse in Gao De, the distance of several thousand kilometers quickly calmed him down.
Never mind several thousand kilometers—even Bremen City, two hundred kilometers away from Hogan City, was a city Gao De found difficult to reach at present.
This was not his previous life, with convenient transportation like high-speed rail and airplanes.
Beyond the city lay vast, undeveloped, uninhabited forests, brimming with danger.
With somewhat complicated feelings, Gao De left the commercial district and returned to the herb garden.
The news he had heard today still left him uneasy.
Although the disappearances had previously occurred in the commercial district and the Slums, who could guarantee that would remain the case?
Perhaps next time, it would happen in the Slums, the Upper District, or the Outskirts.
The wealthy people in the city shared precisely this concern, which was why they had put pressure on the City Guard, making them take the matter so seriously.
I need to arrange for people to take turns keeping watch at night. Even if the "murderer" really appears, the apprentices' paltry skills in the herb garden would be useless, but at least it would give me some peace of mind. Otherwise, I won't even be able to sleep. Gao De thought to himself.
I just want to live peacefully for a while, farm some land, sell some medicine, and develop properly for a bit. Is even that so difficult? At the same time, he felt rather helpless.
Gao De considered himself restrained and honest enough.
Even when occasional impulsive thoughts arose, he suppressed every one of them and never did anything risky.
But helplessly, just because he did not go looking for trouble did not mean trouble would not come looking for him.
*I hope