The temples of the Nine Righteous Gods also operated cemeteries. That had always been one of the gods' primary businesses.
What surprised Charlotte somewhat was that the Brittany Family cemetery was located at the Temple of the Serpent of Destiny. The temple stood in the Lucavaro District, had an extremely long history, and had been built during the Sherlock Dynasty. It had existed for six eras by now.
As the City Patrol Commander of the Lucavaro District and concurrently the director of the Political Affairs Bureau, Charlotte had not returned here in a very long time.
Ever since the City Patrol had been converted into a Knight Order, not only Charlotte, but even the City Patrol itself had been largely deserted year-round, much like back when people had drawn idle pay.
The greatest power in the Lucavaro District now was the Bard Merchant Association.
The Bard Merchant Association was not a conventional gang organization. It was an alliance of seventeen shops that had formed a security force with gang-like characteristics. It rarely clashed with other gangs and only protected the business interests of those seventeen shops.
Ross Bard, the association's leader, had made two mistakes, but he quickly realized them and chose to throw his lot in with Charlotte. He moved into Machu Picchu and devoted all his efforts to helping him develop commerce.
Charlotte had recruited too many troops, and there was no use for so many people in war. Machu Picchu now had ample manpower, and the Bard Merchant Association had hired quite a few employees. Its scale had expanded more than tenfold. It had long since grown beyond seventeen shops; excluding the newly built shops in Machu Picchu, it already had more than fifty shops in the Lucavaro District alone.
Well, two of them were Anne's bookstores!