My Endless Life.

Chapter 165 Diya's Father
crime?

Li Qi heard the quarrel inside and subconsciously glanced at Diya beside him.

Dia looked grim, pursed his lips and looked at her for a long time before saying to Li Qi:
"There's nothing to see over there, let's go."

"What happened over there?"

Ronnie took over Li Qi's mouth and asked Diya on behalf of Li Qi.

Dia looked aside and whispered:
"It's just that someone has offended someone."

"Offended someone? Why does it sound like someone has committed a crime..."

Ronnie glanced at Dia meaningfully.

This little guy said at the city gate that at most he would be arrested and imprisoned for a few days for his crime.

But from the quarrel inside and the young man's screams of fear, you can tell that this is definitely not as simple as being arrested and locked up for a few days.

This little brat is lying!
Perhaps hearing the deep meaning in Ronnie's words, Dia said unconvincedly:
"You'll be arrested only if you offend someone! I just stole your money, and I haven't succeeded yet! Of course, I'll be fine!"

"What do you mean you'll be arrested if you offend someone? Who did you offend? And where will you be arrested?"

Li Qi asked Diya for key information.

Dia closed his mouth and didn't want to answer. Li Qi didn't think twice, flipped his right hand, and another silver coin appeared in his hand, which he flicked to Dia.

Dia took the silver coin, but his face was not as happy as before. He looked up at Li Qi and finally said:
"…If you really want to know, I'll go and find out…Wait for me here, I'll be back soon."

Dia said as she squeezed towards the crowd.

Li Qi did not stop him, but said to Ronnie:
"You go and take a look."

"Ok!"

Ronnie nodded immediately, followed Dia, and blended into the crowd to find out the situation.

While the two were away, Li Qi chatted with the angel:

"How is it? Have you sensed the aura of the original relic?"

"There are a few. If nothing unexpected happens, it should be number one. It's located over there."

The angel pointed into the distance.

Looking from this direction, Li Qi could see the center of the royal city, which was surrounded by walls and contained the royal palace with tall buildings.

It is also the most magnificent building in the royal capital.

Number One was indeed hidden deep within the royal capital, which was the main reason why the royal family was able to maintain a safe zone for humans.

In order to find out the truth in the words of the Light Chasing Society's president, Li Qi had to go to the palace to take a look.

I don’t know how many masters are hidden in the palace.

Li Qi chatted with the angel for a while, and soon Ronnie and Diya returned to Li Qi's side.

After finding out what happened over there, Diya said to Li Qi:
"I figured it out. He was an unlucky guy who accidentally soiled a noble's clothes during the day, so he was thrown into the 'prison of punishment'."

"Nobles? There are nobles in the royal city?"

Hearing this term, Li Qi frowned.

Because of his past life in Uno, he didn't have a very good impression of the nobles. In all these years in this world, Li Qi had never met any nobles, and he thought that this class did not exist in this world.

But now it seems that it is not that there are none, but there are none in the cities close to the border.

In the royal city, nobles still exist.

And it seems that they are still assholes.

Diya was not surprised by Li Qi's question. In his opinion, Li Qi and other Tanwu family members from outside the city were a group of ignorant country bumpkins. It was not surprising that they did not know about nobles.

He explained:

"Of course there are nobles in the capital. I heard that they are responsible for the stability of the capital. However, these nobles usually stay in the inner city and rarely appear in the outer city. I don't know how that unlucky guy offended them."

After Dia's explanation, Li Qi learned that there were a total of four noble families in the royal city.

These four noble families help the royal family maintain order in the royal city.

Dia didn't know much. He didn't even know the names of these families. He only knew that among these four families, one family was responsible for the production of relics, and one family was responsible for maintaining order in the city.

And now this unlucky guy was captured by the guards of this family who were responsible for maintaining order.

They are also the city's guard.

Because they wear black uniforms, people from other cities like to call them "black dogs".

"What is the prison?"

After learning a little about the backgrounds of the four noble families, Li Qi asked about what Dia had just mentioned.

Prison of crime.

Sounds like some special prison.

"The prison... that's the place that people from outside the city least want to go to..."

After some hesitation, Dia expressed his evaluation of the prison.

Then, he told Li Qi about what happened in the prison.

……

After Dia's explanation, Li Qi finally understood the complex structure inside the royal city.

The royal city is divided into the inner city and the outer city.

The walls that Li Qi saw were the dividing lines. Outside the walls was the outer city, and inside the walls was the inner city.

The outer city is mostly inhabited by ordinary people, living with the low-ranking Tanwu family, and sometimes there are residents who migrated from other cities.

The inner city is where the four great nobles and the royal family live. Some important facilities of the kingdom, including the headquarters of the Tanwu Association and the relic production factory, are all within the inner city. In addition, there is another more important facility that also exists in the inner city.

This facility is a prison.

The kingdom has laws, which apply to all cities. Generally, people who violate the law will be sent to the local prison.

Those with minor offenses will be released after a few days in prison, while those with serious offenses will be escorted to another place, and no one knows where.

The same is true in the royal city.

Those who commit minor crimes will be imprisoned in the law enforcement station.

Those criminals who committed serious crimes would be sent to prison.

Dia didn't know much about the prison. He only knew that no one who was sent to the prison could come back.

This also includes his brother who originally became a member of the Tanwu family.

Dia's brother was thrown into prison because he offended a noble in the inner city, leaving him and his old and sick father alone.

If it weren't for this, Diya wouldn't have to go out and steal money to treat her father.

"and many more……"

After listening to Diya's narration, Li Qi suddenly looked up at Diya:

"What did you say?"

Diya was startled by Li Qi's sudden question, but he still repeated what he had just said:
"I...I said I needed to steal money to treat my father's illness..."

"How old is your father?"

Seeing that Diya didn't get to the point, Li Qi asked directly.

Dia blinked, thought for a while and then replied:
"I don't remember exactly, but... he should be in his forties, since my eldest brother is already in his twenties."

"Take me to your house!"

"what?"

Diya was stunned. Wasn't it agreed that he would be the tour guide? Why did he suddenly want to go to his house?

"Don't ask so many questions. You won't lose any money. Just take me there."

Li Qi gave Dia another silver coin.

After being able to transform the materials, Li Qi no longer cared about the money.

Because as long as he prepares specific materials, he can produce gold and silver coins continuously.

In fact, Li Qi didn't bring any money when he went out. The silver coins he gave to Dia were all products made through alchemy, so there was no need to worry about consumption.

As long as Diya can fulfill Li Qi's requirements, he will give him any amount.

Diya didn't quite understand why Li Qi went to his house.

However, Li Qi was generous and didn't ask him to do anything excessive. He just went to his house to take a look, so there shouldn't be any problem.

After all, Diya felt that his family was very poor, and he didn't think there was anything special about his family that would be attractive to the other party.

After taking the silver coin and putting it in the small pocket on his body, Dia led Li Qi and his group towards his home.

Along the way, the people in the slums still looked at Li Qi and his group with either vigilance or curiosity, but after seeing Dia, these expressions disappeared a little.

It seems that they know Diya.

After walking along Baishui Street for a while, Li Qicai arrived at Diya's home near the end of the river and close to the city wall.

As soon as he entered the house, Li Qi smelled a sour and stinky odor.

It was a dizzying mixture of medicine and spoiled food.

Ronnie's face changed when he smelled the smell, but when he saw Li Qi walk in with a calm expression, he could only follow Li Qi into the room.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw an "old man" lying on the bed beside them. His body was as emaciated as a mummy and he looked as if he was dead.

However, it can be seen from the moving eyes of the old man that this 'old man' is not dead yet. He even sensed the coming of Li Qi and his group and opened his eyes to look at them.

"Dad! I'm back!"

When Diya returned home, he shouted at the old man.

The old man coughed a few times, turned his eyes away from Li Qi and others, and asked in a hoarse voice:

"You...you little brat, did you...go out and steal things again...?"

His words were not very harsh, but there was an inexplicable aura of authority that came from without him, which made Li Qi feel a little strange.

After all, this kind of momentum always feels like something that a poor person would possess.

Faced with his father's scolding, Diya didn't care at all. He took out the silver coins he had taken from Li Qi in front of his father.

Then he took out a locked box from under Dad's bed.

He unlocked the box, turned it over, threw the silver coins inside, and then said to the old man on the bed:
“…How can I afford the medicine if I don’t steal money? And the money this time was not stolen by me, but given to me by the boss here!”

"Oh?"

When the skinny old man heard this, he turned his attention to Li Qi and his group again.

But he didn't know if it was Li Qi's illusion, he always felt that he was not looking at himself, but at Ronnie beside him.

After staring at Ronnie for a while, Li Qi heard the old man mutter to himself:
"…The time is wrong…The person is wrong…What's going on?"

Dad's voice was very low when he was talking to himself, but Li Qi had excellent hearing, and with the enhancement of Qi to his body, he could hear what Dad said clearly.

He suddenly realized that it might not be a coincidence that he ran into Diya as soon as he entered the city.

(End of this chapter)