The girl who was punished by the gods counterattacked and became the group's favorite

Everything seemed so normal, but Tia always felt that something was wrong.

“Is that a logo? I see so many stores have it.” Clem pointed at a star-shaped logo printed in a small corner next to the store.

Tia looked in the direction of Cleeb's hand and saw a very small star, which was visible in several shops around it.

Is this the symbol of this city?

As the carriage turned onto another street, Tia saw the shops on this street again, most of which had forsythia carved on their sides.

Once she started paying attention to these things, Tia discovered that every street and every store had their own exclusive signs, but these signs basically covered the entire street, rather than a certain type of store having a certain type of sign.

Tia's heart gradually sank to the bottom. She couldn't help but sigh at her luck. She still knew too little about the rights of the nobles. Those shops obviously belonged to a certain family.

She was very lucky to be rewarded with a territory by the king, but the king deliberately made things difficult for her, so there were very few nobles in this area, which led to her being able to carry out everything so smoothly.

Otherwise, if it were placed here, the major families would monopolize all the enterprises, forming a complete monopoly, and they would cooperate with each other and have their own dabbles.

The lord of this place must have also made great efforts to restrict the nobles from arbitrarily setting prices, and finally reached an agreement, which led to the current relatively peaceful situation.

"Let's go down and take a walk. Call me Miss or Master, don't get it wrong." Tia still needs to go down to verify her final guess.

"Ok."

Clebe got off the carriage first and supported Tia from below.

After getting off the car, Tia ran to several different streets and asked about the prices of things in the stores.

The same items have the same price, and are only divided into different grades and rarity levels.

This is the ultimate means by which they, the nobles, now control the business of this city. They harvest and gather everything together and then sell it at a higher price.

In order to make a living or meet their own needs, people have to sell their labor, which makes everyone afraid to stop what they are doing.

This was the initial feeling of disorientation she had when she entered the city. Everyone was busy as if they were robots.

By asking about the prices, Tia also learned some tricks and knew how to survive here.

She walked into a random restaurant and said, "I'm a tourist here. I'd like to ask which family this place belongs to?"

"The Mason family, the head of the family is the respected Duke Thierry Mason. His Excellency the Duke is a very kind man..." The waiter introduced incessantly, and he sounded dull as if he was reciting lines.

But even in this situation, many waiters still looked at him with envy.

Tia did not interrupt the clerk and nodded in response from time to time.

After finishing reciting a manuscript, Tia watched the clerk go to find the store manager, and the store manager gave the man a copper coin in front of everyone.

The dull, robot-like clerk finally showed a smile on his face.

Tia got goosebumps just by looking at them, not to mention that each of them was wearing the same clothes and had the same smile.

When they saw Tia's inquiring gaze, they all turned around, even the curvature of the smiles on their lips were the same.

Their eyes lit up as if they were looking at meat, and they were looking forward to me speaking.

Tia's scalp tingled from being stared at, and she no longer had the desire to speak.

"Clebb."

Cleave, who was eating at another table, quickly stood up and said, "Miss...

"Let's go." Tia didn't want to stay in this store any longer, so she hurried out with Cleeb.

After she came out, she looked back at the people eating in the store. Everyone was eating mechanically at a very fast speed, as if eating didn't matter much to them. They were eating cheap food that was very filling.

She turned her head and looked at the high-end restaurant nearby. The nobles were shaking the wine glasses in their hands, talking loudly, and even dancing when they got excited.

There is only the revelry of the nobility here.

Tia found a small shop where only the owner was inside. The owner had a mechanical smile full of enthusiasm on his face.

"Hello, beautiful lady, what can I do for you?"

"Do you know how to get to Duke Mason's residence?" Tia endured her discomfort and tried to communicate calmly.

"This is the end of the road." You can clearly hear disappointment in the boss's tone, but he still has that smile on his face.

Tia shuddered all over and left quickly.

She originally wanted to look at the shops on both sides of the street to divert her attention, but looking at everyone's robotic smiles, she felt more and more creepy.

"Miss, the people here are so scary!" Kleb always felt that these people were weird. He originally thought that it was his own problem that Tia could communicate with these people calmly, but when he saw that Tia couldn't help but stop because of the people on both sides of the street, he sighed.

Tia nodded, quickened her pace, and arrived at the Duke's Mansion.

"Hello, may I inform you that Elena Bell is here to visit and wants to discuss a business matter."

The guard had a cold expression on his face as if he didn't hear what Tia said.

Clebe became angry when he saw this, "Our lady is!"

Tia grabbed Kleb, took out a coin and handed it to the guard, who then turned around and went in to report.

It looks like a slot machine...

This thought suddenly popped up in Tia's mind. She should have laughed, but she couldn't. Everyone here had been tamed and looked like robots.

She stood in the wind, her face and heart as cold as ever.

After waiting for a long time, the guard finally came back and said, "The Duke is willing to see you. Please follow me."

Tia followed the guards into the mansion. Although the Duke's mansion was not covered with gold everywhere, even the things placed in the corners were of great value.

Tears of envy flowed inadvertently in my heart.

After walking on a winding road for a long time, Tia saw a house. She thought she had arrived, but it took her a while longer to get there.

"Ms. Elena Bell!" A middle-aged man put down the wine glass in his hand and was stunned when he saw Tia.

"Where did this kid come from?" Thierry Mason frowned and was about to kick him out when he suddenly remembered what the guard had just said.

"Are you Miss Elena Bell?" he asked in disbelief.