Miss White Wolf's Terra Travel Journal

There are other theories. Some say that the gods need to rest, while others say that the gods need to practice. They sleep or retreat for hundreds of years. During this period, they cannot be taken care of even if a natural disaster occurs. They can only be awakened by humans. Therefore, there are often such folk stories in the Yan Kingdom:

A certain place suffered a great disaster. A certain young boy and girl were ordered to go to a certain mountain and a certain mansion to seek help from an immortal. During the journey, they went through countless difficulties and finally succeeded. Then the immortal came out of the mountain to wipe out the demons and afterwards accepted the young boy and girl as his disciples.

The folk tales of Yan country are accustomed to linking natural disasters with demons, and ultimately solving the problems with the help of the relationship between humans and gods, but the Yan people do not believe in any specific god.

Kjerag, on the other hand, regarded Yelagund as his patron saint and held regular ceremonies to worship him.

……

Just as Miss White Wolf was deep in thought, she suddenly heard the driver's reminder and realized that their destination was in sight.

Chapter 2023 Kalan City 03-21-12 00:03:

The city of Kalan can be regarded as the first modern city in the Kjerag region. It is located at the foot of the Holy Mountain and was planned and constructed two years ago by Ensiodis, chairman of Kalan Trade.

So far, the city has grown to a certain size. It not only integrates the railway transportation hub of the Kjerag region, but also has begun to explore various modern urban businesses, such as the tourism industry which just started this year.

The destination of White Wolf and his crew was Kalan City. When they arrived above the city, the aircraft successfully established contact with the city's communication network, and then, under the guidance of Kalan Trade staff, it stopped at a concrete square in the east of the city.

The hatch opened, and Miss White Wolf was the first to jump off the aircraft carrying her suitcase. The receptionist of Kalan Trade, who was wearing the company uniform, immediately recognized her identity and walked up to her enthusiastically, helping her take the luggage while saying:

"Hello, Miss Olicia. I am the receptionist of Kalan Trade. I will be responsible for guiding you later. Do you want to go to the Kalan Trade Directorate Office according to the normal process, or choose to stay in a tourist hotel in the city?"

At this time, the White Wolf was trying hard to adapt to the environment. On the one hand, he felt uncomfortable from the sudden contact with the cold air. On the other hand, he had been sitting in the aircraft for a long time, and he felt a strange sense of unreality when he touched the solid ground.

She thought about the receptionist's words, put her right hand on her forehead, and asked, "Is there any difference?"

"The board of directors' office is a place dedicated to receiving guests and conducting business negotiations. It is relatively serious. People from Thor Industries and the Londinium Chamber of Commerce have stayed there temporarily. But if you want to relax and experience Kjerag customs after work, it would be more appropriate to choose a local tourist hotel."

"Let's go to the board of directors." Miss White Wolf said without hesitation, "Let's deal with the business first."

Then, she pointed at Franca and the others behind her and said, "Can you help arrange for my friends to stay in a hotel? They have been busy all the way and they should have a good rest."

"Of course." The staff member said respectfully, "We will place your friend in the tourist hotel closest to the directorate office so that you can contact each other more easily."

"That would be great. Thank you very much." Miss White Wolf smiled and nodded.

"Of course, please follow me."

Afterwards, Miss White Wolf waved goodbye to Razer Franka. After learning that the journey to the Kalan Trade Directorate was not far, she declined the proposal to take public transportation and planned to walk there and visit the new city that was still under construction.

The first impression of Kalan City was quite deep for her. She thought it was a very special city and it was difficult to directly describe it as advanced or backward.

Walking along the street, you can see that there are many modern facilities arranged by Kalan Trade in the city, such as science and technology museums, cinemas, concert halls, etc., but in the gaps between these modern elements, there are also traditional elements of Kjerag, such as wooden attics and charcoal taverns.

Yes, they are so confident and unabashed, as if they want to compete with all modern elements. The people of Kjerag admit that they are short-sighted and backward in science and technology, but they fully recognize and are proud of their own cultural traditions.

Perhaps this is the peculiarity of a religious country. Under the dominance of the Yelagund faith, people always occupy the high ground in thought.

Miss White Wolf didn't know how to evaluate this unique combination. She found it very interesting and believed that academically, Kalan City was worthy of scholars' time for specialized research. Commercially, it also had the potential to become a tourist destination with culture as its selling point.

She even amused herself by helping Mr. Enthiotis, whom she had never met, to write advertisements for Kalan City, for example:

'One must visit Kalan under the snow-capped mountains once in one's life...'

"Perfect love can only be complete if it is witnessed at the foot of the Holy Mountain..."

Advertisements must choose definite words such as "certainly" and "only", supplemented by deep intentions that are beyond vulgarity such as "life" and "faraway", and try to shape Kalan into a certain cultural label, so as to give people who come to travel a different identity.

Thus, the little trick of constructing ideas and desires is completed. It seems simple, but it is actually very effective. Under the bombardment of Terra's modern network communication tools, people will naturally be influenced subtly.

If a person comes to Kalan because of its reputation, but feels cheated and thinks that Kalan is nothing special, that is normal, because he desires other people's desires, and his desires are constructed by others. There is naturally a gap between the reality he comes into contact with and the constructed fantasy.

The "dream builders" used such means to cheat money into their pockets. It is not really fair to say that it is cheating. When cultural symbols are successfully constructed, the arrival of symbolic consumption is also natural.

If such a day really comes, even if the tourists who come here to visit feel that something is wrong, they will probably not admit it, because what they consume is the cultural symbol, not the city of Kalan itself.

In other words, it doesn’t matter where you travel. What matters is whether the place you visit can show others your aesthetic taste or be different from others.

This kind of behavioral concept can be seen in many places. For example, there is always a type of person who must have poetry collections by Victorian romantic writers or obscure literary works from the time of the Witch-King of Leithia on his bookshelf. He himself probably doesn't understand what they are saying and doesn't understand what is so good about the works, but he still wants to understand the general idea, reads them from time to time, pretending to be fascinated by them, so as to show off his extraordinary and elegant taste.

If one day, the definition of high-brow works becomes the Victorian knight novels that Miss Qin Liu likes, then these people will immediately throw away their poetry collections and instead hold things like "The Legend of Qin Liu" and "The Legend of King Arthur" in their hands.

The definers here can be national power, cultural elites, or "dream builders" driven by commercial interests. Their common feature is that they have mastered the right to speak in some way.

Ok……

Speaking of knight novels, I haven't seen Miss Qin Yanagi for a long time. Her name is really cute. She actually used the protagonist of her favorite novel. It is said that Victoria is in chaos again. I wonder how she is doing now. Is she staying in Rhodes Island or following that bagpipe lady to become a soldier?

The cranky White Wolf seemed to hear someone calling her name.

"Miss Olicia? Miss Olicia?"

"Huh? Ah!"

She suddenly realized that it was the staff member who was calling her, so she clenched her right fist to her mouth, coughed, and asked seriously, "What's wrong?"

"We should turn the corner."

"Oh."

Chapter 2023 Exclusive Receptionist 03-22-12 00:03:

Going around the main street of the city and entering a new intersection, you can see a large building about five stories high standing at the end of the road a few hundred meters away.

The entire building gleams with a silver-grey metallic luster, giving it a high-end feel. If White Wolf had not known that he was in Kalan City, he would probably have thought that he had seen a technology center in Longmen.

She suddenly thought of Mr. Enchiodis, who had another common name in the business world, which was Silver Gray. She secretly wondered in her heart, could it be that this person had a special liking for the color Silver Gray?

The staff member leading the way turned around and introduced: "Ms. Olicia, as you can see, the building in front is where we are going. It is very close."

Miss White Wolf nodded, looked at the building in front of her and asked, "Well, is that the headquarters of Kalan Trading?"

"No." The staff member explained, "Our company's headquarters is located in the south, in the old territory of Lord Shivaash. The headquarters does not receive guests. The directorate office in front is where business cooperation is handled."

Miss White Wolf nodded to show that she understood, and at this moment she suddenly remembered a fact.

Under the leadership of the new head of the Shivaash family, Enthiotis, the Shivaash family has become a large warlord force in the Kjerag region. Since they are warlords, the armed groups they lead naturally have a base. The so-called Southern Headquarters does not receive guests. Can it be understood that the Southern Military District does not receive guests?

She knew better than to ask such sensitive questions and continued walking forward. However, as she walked, she suddenly realized another abnormal situation.

Along the way, she had seen many tourists, who were walking in groups of three or five, going in and out of various souvenir shops on the roadside. The strange thing was that these tourists seemed to be all Kjerag people.

Miss White Wolf remembered that Franka and Razer were also using tourist identities, and couldn't help but confirm: "Does your place not accept foreign tourists now?"

The staff member hurriedly clarified: "We accept all of them, but at this stage, the facilities in Kalan City are not yet complete, and there is no deliberate promotion, so the number of foreign tourists is very small."

"So the tourists here are all your locals?"

"To Kalan City, they are not 'locals'. Tourists come from all over Kjerag. Since the railway was built, many people come here every day to see the Holy Mountain and buy some souvenirs from the Saint Lady."

"A souvenir from the Saint Lady?"

"It's something similar to an amulet. It can be used to pray for blessings and ward off disasters. The price is very affordable. Do you want to buy one? There is a souvenir shop nearby. I can take you there."

Miss White Wolf looked at the staff who suddenly turned into a salesman, and couldn't help but think of some tour guides who took kickbacks. She felt it was very interesting, but she was not interested in that kind of illusory amulet. In order to avoid misunderstanding, she said:

"I won't bother you today. I want to bring my friends to buy it with me."

"Yes, yes." The staff member said happily, "Your friend also needs an amulet. Lord Yelagund and the Saint will protect everyone."

"Will the gods protect a stranger like me?"

"Of course, the Saint Lady said that anyone who comes to Kjerag's land with good intentions will also receive the blessing of Master Yelagund."

Your saint is so understanding, Miss White Wolf thought happily, doesn't this mean that as long as we give money to us Shelag, the gods can also bless us.

If someone had bad luck in Kjerag, would they be careful not to let others know? If they did, would it be interpreted as malicious and punished by the gods?

Hiss, it’s quite scary to think about it. In a place like Kjerag, I wonder if there will be fanatics like Lateran. I should learn more about it through various means.

Thinking of this, Miss White Wolf asked the staff, "By the way, you just mentioned the Holy Mountain. When tourists come to Kalan City, do they want to visit the Holy Mountain?"

"Normally, people just take a look from afar, because the Holy Mountain is Lord Yelagund's resting place. It is not open to the public except during the National Religious Day ceremony. But this time, the ceremony date is approaching, and tourists have the opportunity to visit the Holy Mountain, so there are many more people on the road than usual."

"Can I go to the Holy Mountain and take a look?" asked Miss White Wolf.

The staff member rejected the request awkwardly, “No, only the Kjerag people can participate in the ceremony. If outsiders want to watch the ceremony on the Holy Mountain, they must be invited by the Saint Lady.”

That's right, Miss White Wolf thought. The annual religious ceremony shouldn't be allowed to be visited by outsiders. Why was she asking this? Did she really want to go and see it?

I won't go, she said to herself. I won't go even if I'm asked to. In the middle of winter, a group of people climbing a snowy mountain, wouldn't it be cold? It would be nice to stay in the room and turn on the heater. Hmm, are the guest rooms here heated? It should be no problem.

As they were talking, the two of them walked to the door of the Kalan Trade Directorate.

After the fellow staff member led Miss White Wolf into the building, he took his leave, saying that a dedicated receptionist would be here soon and that he himself was just a guide.

Miss White Wolf politely thanked the other party and said goodbye. After the staff left, she carried her suitcase in both hands and walked into the lobby on the first floor of the board of directors' office alone.

This was an unusually empty and deserted hall, so empty that it made people feel abandoned. Miss White Wolf felt that if she shouted or stomped her feet hard, she would probably hear her own echo floating in the hall.

Who is the 'dedicated receptionist'? Where is he? Why hasn't he come yet?

She began to feel strange. This situation was very different from what she had expected from a meeting with the president. She also had a premonition that this negotiation would not go smoothly and that an unexpected situation might have occurred.

Past experience taught her to stay calm in the face of emergencies. Although she was full of doubts and confusion, she still appeared to be the most calm and composed, as if she was in her own back garden. She walked around the first-floor lobby of the board of directors' office at will.

Preliminary observations show that this office lacks a specific affairs department and is mostly used only to receive external guests. The real affairs department is located elsewhere, and perhaps this is why it appears so deserted.

Is this a way to protect Kalan's trade secrets? To prevent other companies from infiltrating?

It seems to make some sense.

Since Kalan City is opening up, its protection against the outside world will naturally weaken. Various people, especially the Chamber of Commerce, will most likely take the opportunity to spy on the secrets of Kalan's trade.

Therefore, it is not wrong to leave an empty shell for handling business cooperation in the most conspicuous place in the city.

Chapter 2023 Peeping 03-23-12 ​​00:02:

In a room on the fourth floor of the board of directors building.

The saint of Kalan, Miss Enya Shivaash, was extremely anxious and wished she had two more hands to help her comb her hair.

The thing is, because she stayed up late last night to study Miss Olicia's information, she was in poor spirits during the day. While waiting, she accidentally dozed off on the sofa.

This messed up everything. As soon as she woke up, she saw the message that Miss Olivia was already in the hall downstairs. She wanted to go downstairs immediately, but found that her hair was messed up by that sweet dream.

As a saint, she cannot go out without being well-groomed. As the matter is urgent, she does not expect to be perfect, she just hopes to deal with it as soon as possible and not let the guests laugh at her.

After quickly getting ready, Hatsuyuki looked in the mirror, patted her cheeks which had turned red from the intense action, and quickly walked out the door.

Although she had tried her best to save time, it was an indisputable fact that she had to keep the guests waiting. Along the way, she was thinking about the guests' situation while quickly walking down the circular staircase of the building.

She went all the way down to the second floor, and when there was only one flight of stairs left, Hatsuyuki suddenly stopped.

After going down, she will face Miss Olicia, but due to her deliberate arrangement and personal mistakes, Miss Olicia has been waiting alone for more than ten minutes. She will probably be angry.

According to her plan, she would disguise herself as an ordinary receptionist during this meeting, because only by standing in the shoes of an ordinary person could she observe Miss Olicia's character.

Her purpose was to find a partner for her brother, and if she didn't evaluate Miss Olicia while she didn't know her, she might not have the chance in the future.

The question now is, if Miss Olicia is the kind of person with a strong aristocratic temper, and I pretend to be an ordinary receptionist, will I be scolded as soon as I meet her?

Although she wanted to help her brother assess his girlfriend, she was after all a saint of Shelagh, and being scolded was too humiliating. Moreover, if Olicia knew the truth later, she would be extremely embarrassed, and it might even affect the cooperation between the two parties.

While hesitating, Chuxue's eyes noticed the circular glass corridor on the second floor, and suddenly she remembered that the glass windows in the corridor could be used to look down, which meant that she could see Miss Olisia's condition in advance.

So how about taking a peek, or rather, observing?

hmm~

Yes, yes.

In case Olicia is really furious or her face turns blue, she would simply not pretend to be a receptionist and just do her job impartially. She would meet her in person and apologize as a saint, and the other party would surely give her that face.

This is fine, just take it as a test for her. My brother will definitely look down on someone who doesn't even have this little patience and has an aristocratic temperament.

Yes! She could even go a step further. If she found that Miss Olicia looked normal, she could deliberately be late for a while to observe her reaction and see when she would lose her temper. Then it would not be too late for her to show up.

Thinking of this, Chu Xue tiptoed towards the glass corridor. The further she walked forward, the more uneasy she felt. In essence, she still hoped that Miss Olicia would be good-tempered. If things were really as she thought just now, it would be too bad. It would be more difficult to cooperate with someone with an arrogant personality.

When she was only a few steps away from the glass window, the uneasy Chuxue thought of a new problem: What if she was discovered by Miss Olicia below when she was looking from above?

The glass is transparent. She can see from above and the people below can also see from below. As long as they look up, they will find her trace. If they are misunderstood as peeping, then they will have no way to explain themselves.

Since difficulties have arisen, they must be overcome, and Miss Hatsuyuki quickly came up with a good solution.

She decided to pretend to be 'passing by' in the corridor. This way, if she was discovered, she could pretend to walk away naturally. If she was not discovered, she could act according to the original plan.

The nervous Miss Hatsuyuki was ready. After taking a deep breath, she stepped forward with her left and right legs, and "passed" by the glass corridor with a slightly stiff body, then "inadvertently" turned her head to take a look.

She saw the profile of Miss Olicia, who was lowering her head slightly, staring intently at the ground a few steps in front of her.