Chapter 8: The Mirror’s Story.

While he was shopping, Xing Ye discreetly probed for some basic information about this world.

In this world, civilians were dependent on their land and rarely left their homes. Travellers were all wandering bards, knights who wanted to get stronger, and wealthy nobles with servants and horse-drawn carriages. They would generally stay at taverns, inns, farms, castles, or churches. Taverns were the worst of the lodgings, with noisy and unsanitary conditions. Usually only wandering bards or suffering church devotees would reside there. Unless knights needed somebody to watch their horses, they would rather sleep outside than in a tavern.

With regards to Xing Ye, a tavern was the best place to collect information. He wasn’t picky about his lodgings and could bear with it even if it was filthy.

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