Rome.
After having briefly mentioned it when the last journey began, it was finally its turn to take the stage.
It had existed as early as more than seven hundred years before Christ. Spanning the long river of time, with over 2,500 years of history, who could possibly count all the glory this city had once known?
From the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire, spanning Europe, Asia, and Africa and dominating the entire Mediterranean Sea of its time, that era bore the names of Caesar and the Senate, Octavian Augustus, and the later Emperor Nero, notorious for his brutality.
The rise of religion in the Middle Ages, the independence of kingdoms in modern times,
The Roman Colosseum, the Circus Maximus, the Pantheon, countless churches and monasteries—
What humanity had accumulated through history to this day was ancient architecture covering 40 percent of Rome's entire urban area.
The night faded into dawn, and daylight brushed the horizon.
At the moment the world began to brighten,
Rome's retro-hued city streets were faintly illuminated as they welcomed a new day.
Outside the tracks of Termini Station in central Rome,
Before that international train arrived, Fang Ran and Osphia used the power of the Divine Art Coordinate to leave reality once again. Borrowing the last remnants of darkness before dawn,
They took Tang Bing and Klim, flying at high speed through the hazy night sky toward one part of the city.
Finally, they landed at an estate with vast stretches of green lawn.
Entering the second-floor living room of the villa directly from the open-air balcony, Osphia rang for an elderly, gentle-looking man and gave him a few instructions. Then she looked at the still-bewildered Tang Bing and Klim.
"You can rest here as you please for now. If you need anything, just