Book 1: Chapter 33
I was taken to a place where Dante-san would never have taken me – in other words, a red light district. Raikira-san took me to a similar place once, but this place was even more indecent.
However, it was morning now.
When seeing under the morning sun, the gaudy pink signboard looked to be in a miserable state with coating peeled off. A drunk man was sleeping behind a building — Is he dead? He is still alive, right? Right?
「This way.」
「Hyee!」
「…Don’t make weird noises.」
When we entered the back alley, there was not even a stone pavement. It was dim, full of foul odors, and puddles of unknown colour on the ground. I walked while looking at the ground, trying not to step on the puddles.
「Can you see it? The city wall. Because this area is close to the city wall and there is no water supply, it is the cheapest land in the city.」
「I see…」