Chapter 24: Rhine City

When Amelia opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was Eileen’s ruby-red eyes. The other had already woken up some time ago, but since Amelia was lying on top of her, she could only continue lying there.

The weather last night had been rather cold, so they had slept huddled together. As for why they ended up in this position after waking up… well, that wasn’t important.

“Good morning, Eileen.”

“Good morning, Your Majesty.”

“You’re calling me Your Majesty again.”

“…Good morning, Miss Lia.”

After Amelia got up, Eileen finally rose as well, rubbing her slightly numb arm.

“We should get going. Destination: the Rhine River!”

Amelia said, looking at the sunlight spilling in from outside the cave.

Heavenly Calendar Year 720, September 11.

After another two days of travel, Amelia and Eileen finally arrived at Rhine City.

Rhine City was a necessary passage to the north, because on both sides of the city lay vast mountains filled with miasma and poisonous hazards. One could not bypass them. Even a High-Rank Apostle might not be able to retreat unscathed from entering them. To travel north safely, Rhine City was unavoidable.

According to the bullet comments, chaos would erupt in Rhine City due to a dispute over spoils among the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces. The date was September 9th, and the chaos would last for many days.

Two days had already passed, and the disorder in Rhine City was now clearly visible.

On the streets, soldiers in different kingdom armors constantly passed by. Even if they didn’t openly rebuke each other when they met, they cast cold glances, giving the impression that a fight could break out at any moment.

Because of this, few ordinary people walked the streets—only scattered individuals. Those who had a place to stay mostly chose to remain indoors during this time.

However, many people had no place to live—refugees created by the war. At times like this, they could only huddle in alleyways and in corners of walls.

Very few shops were open either. Newspapers stuck to trash cans flapped loudly in the wind.

Amelia and Eileen crossed Rhine City and arrived at the northern city wall. Gazing from a distance, they saw a layer of purple barrier outside the wall.

It was a barrier!

Seeing this, Amelia frowned slightly. With a barrier in place, it would be impossible for her to leave. But hadn’t the bullet comments said there would be an opportunity to get out during this period?

Thinking this, Amelia looked at the bullet comments. They had appeared at that moment, also discussing this matter.

After watching the comments for a while, Amelia understood the situation.

Rhine City had indeed descended into chaos on September 9th, and it would last for quite some time. However, the viewers in the bullet comments only knew this much.

Because in the original plot, the protagonist Eileen had not personally experienced this. She only learned about the events of September 9th from others in the future. Therefore, the viewers also didn’t know that a barrier would be erected here to blockade the city.

[Isn’t that strange? When Eileen came to Rhine City in the future, there was no barrier here.]

[Could it be that the barrier here was broken during this chaos, so it doesn’t exist in the future?]

[That’s possible. So if we just wait a while, it’ll be fine?]

[But why did the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces activate the barrier at the north gate? They didn’t seal the south gate.]

[Because the north isn’t the territory of any of the three kingdoms. The south, on the other hand, is different.]

Looking at the bullet comments, Amelia grew pensive. Although the situation wasn’t exactly as she had anticipated, it seemed that simply waiting for events to unfold naturally would be enough.

With that thought, Amelia intended to ask Eileen to leave first. But when she turned to look at Eileen, she found that Eileen’s expression was off.