Affinity:Chaos

Grey and his friends soon got to Zivia's City gate, this was their first time here, and they didn't plan on staying long. There were two queues at the gate, and they joined the one on the right.

Klaus suggested they skipped the line, they were already in the Origin Plane, in a city this small, the mayor shouldn't even be at the Peak of the Arcane Plane, much less the Origin Plane. Grey and the others opted to go with the queue, they didn't want anything that would draw attention to them, especially Grey.

After waiting for a while, it got to their turn.

The guard looked at them properly before saying, "Fifty silver coins per individual."

He had a cross-shaped scar just above his left eye, it was most likely caused by a sword. These guards were only in the Fusion Plane, so they still relied on their bodies and weapons for battles.

"Oh!" Grey exclaimed slightly, not expecting that it would be this expensive.

However, he didn't bother about it since it was something they could easily cover. Although when he previously went to the Capital he didn't pay a dime to go in, he didn't want to make an issue out of this.

Just as he was about to take out the coins to hand them over to the guard, he heard an elderly man quarreling with one of the other guards on the other queue.

"What do you mean twenty-five silver coins, since when was the charges this high?" The elderly man asked angrily.

"If you can't pay then move to the side, there are others who would like to enter." The guard said without any shred of pity.

"It has always been five silver coins, in only two months you people increased it to twenty-five silver coins." The elderly man argued.

"Move aside old man, if you don't want to go in then leave this queue." The guard shoved the elderly man away.

Grey and his friends gaze switched from the elderly man back to the guard in front of them.

"Twenty-five?" Reynolds whispered to Grey softly.

"Just forget it, we'll be out by tomorrow." Grey waved.

He couldn't help but glance at the old man who was pushed aside once again, the elderly man fell on the ground after he was pushed aside.

"Should we beat them up?" Klaus whispered to the group.

"No need to cause so much trouble, it's just fifty silver coins." Alice said nonchalantly.

'Yeah, your family is rich, it really isn't much.' Reynolds and Grey who wasn't as rich as the duo thought.

They looked at Klaus scornfully, how could he be so stingy? Although, they didn't really support the idea of also paying so much to enter a city, especially one this small. After all, this doesn't usually happen.

"Maybe it's just their rule, we'll pay and head in." Grey said to the others as he prepared to go in.

"Are we going to let them do that to the old man?" Alice asked a little taken aback.

Grey glanced at the old man but shook his head. He didn't want to get into an unnecessary situation because he wanted to act as a hero. Even though there shouldn't be anyone on a higher Plane than he currently was in this city, he didn't want to involve himself in something that isn't related to him.

"Let's go, he should be aware of the rules here. I don't think this is his first time." Grey and the boys were the first to hand their coins over and head in.

Alice was a little more concerned for the elderly man, so she walked over to where he was.

"Hello sir." She assisted the elderly man in standing back up.

"These people are increasingly getting greedier, it was usually five coins to enter the city, now they've increased it by so much." The elderly man said sadly.

"Okay, I'll help you pay the entry fee." Alice smiled softly.

"Oh, thank you young lady." The elderly man almost bowed to her in gratitude, but she quickly stopped him.

Alice and the elderly man walked into the city, oblivious to the eyes staring at them from the carriage that was at the side of the gate.

Inside the carriage.

Two young men were closely watching the gates, they both looked to be around their early twenties, one of them had sharp eyes with a thick brow, and the other had a long face with short beards and long curly hair.

"What do you think of the girl?" The young man with sharp eyes asked his companion.

"Not bad. I don't think she would stay here for long." said the young man with curly hair.

"You can have her now, my father is the mayor here. And with your strength, she should feel honored." The young man with sharp eyes said fawningly.

"No, just find out where she's going." The young man with curly hair said calmly.

"Okay."

The young man with sharp eyes called a guard over to the carriage and told them to find out where Alice and his friends were heading towards.

Twenty minutes later, the guard sent someone to inform them about Alice's current whereabouts.

It wasn't really hard to locate them since as soon as Grey stepped into the city, the first thing he looked for was an Inn.

The group was currently eating on the ground floor, they were sitting at the table on the far end of the inn. There were few people in the inn other than the group.

Grey looked outside the inn with squinted eyes.

"We're being watched." He said calmly to the others.

A sharp glint flashed through the boys' eyes, while Alice smiled lightly.

"Stay, I don't think we need to go out." Grey held Klaus' hand just as he was about to stand up.

While the group was still eating, a carriage stopped at the front of the inn. Two young men stepped out of the carriage, walking elegantly into the inn.

As soon as the innkeeper saw them, he quickly ran over to them.

"What brings you here young lord?" He asked with a slight bow.

"Nothing, you can go now, we want to take care of something." The young man with sharp eyes patted the innkeeper's on the shoulder and threw a glance at Grey's table.

The innkeeper left quickly, while also telling the others to leave the inn, except for Grey and his friends.