Chapter 34 Alien Storm

A shuttle saw someone beckoning to stop and slowly pulled up in front of the Starport, the doors opened automatically and the two got in and asked with the driver, 'Where are you two going?" Edward and the driver looked at each other and said, 'We don't know." The driver came to a realization and said, 'Traveling, right? I'll pack this car for two hundred credits a day, and I'll take you all around Blair and the four surrounding city districts in a single tour. Of course if you guys don't want to stay in the city that's fine, there are brochures in the back seat detailing all the major scenic spots on our planet Toronto, it might be a bit much, after all, we're all over Toronto." 'What do you usually have for breakfast? Any recommendations?" Edward said as he pulled out the brochure next to him, the thick as if it were a dictionary guidebook staggered him and the two opened it heads came together to view it. 'When it comes to breakfast food, then I must take you to a place where I eat every day." The driver said about to start moving forward. 'Wait a minute." After a whispered discussion between the two of them exchanging words, Edward then said, 'We'll pack you for three days first, let's go, we'll decide on the route on the way." 'Okay!" The driver was in a good mood and started the car. Along the way Elina's strong ability to co-ordinate is reflected, soon planned a play route, and according to the driver's proposal to change a little after the final finalized the route of the three-day tour of Toronto. Not long after the rental shuttle stopped in front of a giant tree, looking at this giant tree Edward could not help but marvel, this diameter should also have a hundred meters or so, to grow how many years ah! The driver locked the car, signaling the two to follow him, looking towards the roots of the tree, the part of the tree roots connected to the ground was opened one door after another, the door was also hung with a variety of signs. They arrived in front of a store with a strange signboard in no time, the writing on this signboard was particularly strange, black handwriting climbing and flipping over the signboard to form a square. 'I can't believe it's ancient writing!" Elina said in awe. 'Little girl you recognize these words?" The driver was also taken aback and asked. 'What remember red what copy what ......" Elina struggled to recognize the square-like handwriting. 'Wow! I can't believe you recognize that!" The driver finished and took the lead, picking open the curtain and stepping inside. A woman was wiping the tables in the store, and when she saw the driver enter, she started yelling, 'Why don't you drive your car properly and come back?" The driver replied, 'Hey, mom, you just don't talk about me, it's not today in the star port met two customers, chartered three days of the car." Edward and Elina stood in the doorway silently looking at the bickering mother and son, full of questions. 'Ah, this is my mom, we own this restaurant, don't worry about the taste, it's top notch when you look at the whole of Toronto." The driver said and turned his head to his mom and shouted, 'Mom, don't look here, hurry up and have two spicy oil dumplings!" Mom threw the rag away and walked towards the back kitchen while muttering, 'A week and not a single tourist, three days? I don't believe it." Edward couldn't help but mentally cry foul as he glanced at Elina, who shook her head to indicate that she simply couldn't understand what the other was saying. Not long after, two bowls of dumplings floating with a layer of spicy oil were brought to the two of them, this white pasta leaked its horns in the red oil, with a layer of green scallions sprinkled on top of it, and there were some white dots dotting the red soup. Edward gulped and thought to himself, come what may, let's eat, he carefully scooped up a piece of pasta with a spoon and put it in his mouth and bit into it, a burst of meaty flavor mixed with the spicy soup flowed through his mouth. 'Hmm! Yummy yummy yummy, just a little spicy." Edward said, signaling Elina to try it as well. Elina half-heartedly tasted a mouthful, and couldn't help but have a big appetite, and before long the two of them began to eat without caring about their appearance, and their faces were covered in sweat. Seeing the two finished eating, the driver said, 'If you two think it's okay, we can also take care of your food and lodging, the food is my mom's traditional food passed down from our ancestors, and the lodging is Toronto's unique tree house." 'Can can." Edward finished, slugging down a few mouthfuls of cool water. 'That will have to be paid for in advance, I'll do the math for you, for three days my labor will be at six hundred and lodging will be at one hundred a day for you that's three hundred." The driver said while pulling up his communicator, 'The cost of ingredients needs to be settled one meal at a time, and it won't be able to satisfy your need to order, but don't worry, I'm sure to let you eat well. Plus my mom's labor for cooking, well one thousand one hundred and fifty credits." Edward asked in confusion, 'Why does the cost of the ingredients have to be settled one meal at a time?" The driver sighed and said, 'Prices go up every day, especially food and energy, and sometimes the money you give after this meal is spent when you take it to buy raw materials, so you can't earn any money at all. There is also a thing ah I tell you, when the time comes the shuttle car plus energy when you pay oh." 'What about the Governor? How come you don't control prices ah?" Elina asked. 'The Governor? What can he do. The mining stars in the galaxy are working overtime every day, and the mines are being taken by the Empire to produce starships. The news of the loss of the Starbridge has spread throughout the Empire, and we're not far from the Starbridge, so all the people who came to visit ran away at once. With the Governor out of income, it's simply impossible to expect this planet, which can only produce water and fruit, to control prices on its own." 'Do you have a serious inflation situation now?" Elina asked. The driver pouted and said, 'Let's put it this way, the thousand or so credits you guys paid me in advance, my mom will have to go stand in line later to exchange it all for food, energy and other daily necessities. That alone isn't necessarily enough to spend, since it's limited." 'Oh my god, is everyone like this?" Elina asked, not understanding that being a dozen light hours away from the battlefield could be so badly affected by the war. The driver said, 'Everyone else... everyone else isn't even close. Didn't you guys realize I was the only one when you hailed the cab? My father runs a small hostel, and he can get a few more shares by forging tourist registration information. But don't dare to get too much, after all, it's all taxable when the time comes." Edward, who hadn't said anything, sighed and said, 'It's collapsing, it's not inflation anymore." The driver sighed as well and said, 'You guys are absolutely lucky to have met me, at this time of year the only thing that can keep you fed within this Starport in Toronto is our family." At this time the driver's mother also came over and said, 'Now it's the rich who can't spend, there's nothing for them to consume, those who don't have money can't afford to buy, and the prices of goods are turning over and over. Life is good, why the war, not to mention the death of so many people, those of us who are alive also live a difficult life." The driver said, 'Hey mom you're at it again, don't you fight it do you just put up with it, really." Edward paid the money and said, 'I haven't asked the driver for his brother's name yet." The driver checked the communicator on his wrist and when the ever changing numbers stopped he nodded in satisfaction and said, 'My name is Joe, Joe Winstell." 'So Joe, are we okay with those trips." Elina asked with her mind set on the honeymoon trip. 'No problem, I'll get you all set up and we can leave now." Joe said standing up. 'Is it really no problem?" Edward said a little worried. 'No problem, first we have to go fill up the shuttle with energy, go go go, I'll show you the beautiful sights of Toronto." As he hurried the duo towards the door he turned back to his mom and said, 'Mom get in line oh and have dad call up a friend to join us for lunch." At the same time, in the depths of the Milky Way, in the heart of the Star River Empire, the capital of the empire with the reputation of the capital of the Star Sea - Leviathan Star, Alphonse and Jan are waiting for the emperor himself to receive. The court etiquette officer was teaching the two of them those complicated court etiquette over and over again, the two of them were like robots, being fiddled with for an afternoon, until seven o'clock in the evening, only then waited for the crier's loud and clear voice. 'Summon, Lieutenant Colonel Alphonse Erik and Major Jan Brando to dine with our Emperor!" The duo once again mechanically straightened their already neatly straightened uniforms and followed the herald towards the lofty palace. After walking for a long time, the two of them finally arrived at the hall where the Emperor dined with the herald, who stepped into the doorway and then stepped aside, standing motionless in the corner. At the same time, an attendant led the two to their seats, and two more attendants came forward to move the chairs out of the way before the two finally took their seats. The emperor, who had already begun to eat, made a gesture, signaling that the two could eat, and the two remained silent, slicing off a small corner of the meat steak in front of them, putting it into their mouths and chewing it carefully before placing the cutlery on both sides of the plate. The Emperor stopped the movement of his hands, ruffled a strand of chestnut-colored hair in front of his forehead, and asked, 'Alphonse, I heard the other day that Aunt Reis was not feeling well, has she gotten better recently?"