Chapter 207 - Under the Moon and Stars (2/2)

“Hmmm… But if everyone in this line stays there…”

I scanned the procession once again. Hmm. There were a lot of people. The tournament was to be in three weeks. But we were surely the late-comers.

Well, there may at least be a very low-quality inn we could stay at. It wouldn’t be bad as long as they had a bar.

I told Daniela this and she agreed. It would be annoying that we had to be more careful in regard to security, but it was better than staying on the streets. We would probably wake up in prison after being robbed blind.

“But, well…the gates will close when the sun goes down. We’ll have to camp out here then.”

“Oh, the gates are closing?”

I thought maybe a place as big as this city would be open twenty-four-seven.

“They usually are open at all times. But you know, there is the tournament.”

A lot of dangerous folks had gathered from across the land. Mister said this in a whisper. I whispered back that we would be sleeping outside amongst them… We had to hope that nothing would happen.

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When the red sun had sunk completely, the west gate closed with the sounds of creaking wood. A guard came out on horseback and shouted to us that we would be received on the following morning.

Well, there was nothing to do then. Those who were in the line gave up and started to prepare to camp for the night. Though, people did not want to give up their positions, and the tents were all made in or as close to the lines as possible.

As we did not want to move either, we pitched the tent right in front of the wagon. One of Mister’s tents, that is. As we had used our own tent up until now, we had not seen this tent until its debut.

Ours had been made of two triangles, a pole and large rectangle cloth to go on top.

But this tent had one large pole in the center with a circular cloth that spread out from it. It was like a cone…like a mountain that I child might draw. As the pole was long and the cloth large, it was very spacious inside.