CHAPTER 673: CHAPTER 46 THIS PLACE IS VERY CLEAN

Miss Rabbit couldn’t wait to put on the down jacket, matching clothes, and shoes that Li Yu had given her.

When she walked out of the castle, Li Yu had a moment of daze, feeling as if it was the first time seeing his girlfriend walk down from the apartment building on a date.

But soon Li Yu snapped back to reality, remembering he was still in Bratis, and especially since Ireya’s jacket was still unzipped, now flapping in the cold breeze.

Li Yu walked over, bent down, and zipped up Miss Rabbit’s jacket. He demonstrated it once, then let the girl try it herself.

Miss Rabbit quickly got the hang of it, and once the zipper was up, she felt warm instantly, as if she had climbed into a tent with a charcoal fire inside, the outside cold completely shut out.

The most magical part was that the clothes on her body were so light, it was as if she couldn’t feel their weight at all.

It was just that the style was a bit strange.

The girl looked at Li Yu again, who was still wearing the same black suit he always wore, and couldn’t help expressing her concern, "Merlin, aren’t you cold? Why don’t you wear one of these down, downy jackets too? They’re really warm."

Li Yu said, "It’s okay, I’m not cold."

The prophet of the Double Rest Sect wasn’t just putting on a brave face, because underneath his shirt he had on a Mushroom Short Sleeve, an item of clothing purchased before the annual meeting that could keep his body temperature around 22 degrees.

Not only could it keep him warm in winter, but it could also cool him down in summer.

When Miss Rabbit had accidentally touched Li Yu’s hand while learning to zip earlier, she could feel the warmth coming from his skin, which definitely didn’t seem like it was frozen.

So the girl exhaled a breath of warm air and said to Li Yu, "Then let’s go."

"Yeah."

Although it was Miss Rabbit’s suggestion to go out for a walk, she didn’t actually have a clear idea of where to go.

After leaving the castle gate, she randomly chose a direction and started walking headlong into it.

The sneakers squeaked against the snow, reminding the girl of a few days ago when Li Yu asked her to take off her shoes so he could measure her foot size personally.

It must be said, these new shoes were indeed comfortable, even better than the boots she had custom-made by the best shoemaker in Black Stone City.

Li Yu seemed to have an endless supply of wonderful things.

The girl felt envious but also a bit depressed, reminiscent of her visit to the Royal Capital.

Although she had seen many impressive and novel things, they also made her realize her own... well, she had been living rather simply after all.

The clothes she spent a lot of money to custom order, the food she liked to eat, and even what she considered her proper etiquette, in the eyes of real Nobles probably didn’t differ much from those of country farmers.

She didn’t know if Li Yu would see her in the same way, in Miss Rabbit’s eyes, Li Yu coming from Divine Country to here was probably like someone from the Royal Capital suddenly arriving in the countryside.

Sensing the fluctuation in the girl’s emotions, the prophet of the Double Rest Sect spoke up, "What are you thinking about?"

"I’m thinking... about what Bratis Continent, my country, um, and my territory look like in your eyes?"

"This Continent is charming," Li Yu said, "and most importantly, it’s also very clean."

"Clean?" Miss Rabbit didn’t understand what Bratis had to do with cleanliness. Compared to those tidy streets and spotless transparent shop windows she had seen in movies and promotional videos, the towns here were full of dung and the stench of urine, obviously much dirtier.

"I’m not talking about cleanliness in the natural environment," Li Yu said. "The industrial revolution hasn’t arrived here yet, the demon of capitalism is still locked up."

"Capitalism, what sort of monster is that, scarier than a giant dragon? Where is it locked up now? Can it get out? Should we add a few more locks to the cage?"

The girl’s questions came one after another.

"It’s no use," Li Yu shook his head. "As long as productivity progresses, it will definitely appear, and its emergence isn’t entirely a bad thing.

"Those steel behemoths running wild that you saw in the images, the skyscrapers reaching into the clouds, the dazzling array of goods on the shelves, many exist because of it."

"I don’t understand, Merlin, why are you so wary of it if it isn’t a bad thing?"

"Because it can also bring about destruction. Those things that were once treasured in the olden days—loyalty, humility, integrity, self-control... even the knight spirit that the nobles take pride in will be buried along with it.

"From then on, efficiency becomes the only pursuit of humanity, the entire society is thrown into the eternal cycle of production and reproduction."

Miss Rabbit finally sensed something amiss and tentatively asked, "Merlin, don’t you like the Divine Country?"

Li Yu did not directly answer the question, instead, he said, "I love this land, and not just because of my job, so I hope to establish a different type of Divine Country here."

Miss Rabbit, not fully understanding but still without any hesitation, said, "I’ll help you."

"Good."

The two walked on, leaving the newly constructed town and arriving outside a small village, where they saw several farmers building a brick wall.

They didn’t recognize Miss Rabbit who had changed into a down jacket and sports shoes, but Li Yu’s perennial black suit was well-known in Green Field.

The farmers stopped their work and respectfully greeted Li Yu.

"No need," Li Yu said. "Carry on with your work, we’re just passing by."

"It’s still snowing outside, why don’t you come and sit in my house? Thanks to you and the Sabbath from the Double Rest Sect teaching us new farming methods and for distributing new farming tools.

"We had a great harvest this autumn, and together with the money saved from before, I bought bricks and hired a construction team to build a red brick house. It’s clean and warm inside," the farmer said enthusiastically.

Li Yu looked at Ireya beside him. The girl nodded and said, "Sure, let’s go and sit."

The two followed the farmer home. Perhaps because he had used all his savings to build the house, the interior was quite simple, with hardly any furniture.

There was only one chair, but the farmer told Li Yu to wait a moment and soon borrowed another chair from a neighbor.

He also introduced Li Yu and Ireya to his wife and three children.

"They, like me, are faithful followers of the Sabbath," the farmer said proudly, pointing to his eldest son, "Arthur is now farming with me."

Then he pulled his daughter closer, "I plan to send Jill to apply for a job at the textile factory. I’ve heard the conditions there are good, with two meals provided a day, and three silver coins of salary every week. The work is also pretty easy.

"As for my youngest son Conley, when he gets a bit older, I’ll send him to the church school to study. I hope he can study hard, recognize more words, learn some arithmetic, at least become an accountant, and maybe even become a Sabbath."