Not long after, our cart arrives at Clyde station, located near the entrance to Houzz. Houzz is a capital city, a house of many fancy buildings with sparkling neon lights, government buildings, elite housing, bars, casinos, and nightclubs that are surrounded by tall black walls guarded 24/7 by the central government. Steins family is one of the most influential families in Houzz. No one can enter Houzz without a permit. First, we need to report our arrival to the local authority and fill in some registration papers. As a 3rd class citizens, many get rejected to enter the city because officers treat some low class like a criminal and assume that they don't belong to Houzz. We realize that it’s much easier if we spend some extra money to bribe some officers here, so we could enter the city without hassle. The world is already corrupt anyway.
It took us about 30 minutes to finish our report and get our permit. We moved into the checking area, the last stop before we finally enter the city. There is a long line already, so we need to wait until it’s our turn. The officer will check our luggage, bag and validate our identity. I saw Rowan trying to hide something in his body before we pass through the gate. One of the officers who look curious with a sleepy face opened the conversation with me.
“Do you come here for your honeymoon?” The tall officer asked, moving his finger pointed from me to Rowan.
“What? no! We need to visit one of our friends who work inside the city.” I respond to him right away. Luckily, Rowan doesn’t hear his blabbering. There is plenty of couples around who tried to spend their weekend having fun in the city, so maybe that officer mistook Rowan and me as one of the couples.
“Well, I hope you two will have a good time in the city. My advice is to stay away from gambling and night club if you don’t seek some trouble from the most frightening people here. ” He spoke without listening to my words.
Ilios never knows about his family lineages, what he only knows that his parents abandoned him to orphanage in the poorest city, when he was 6. In his journey to find the truth about heavenly principles, he found out that the reason behind so called sins. In the mean time, he needs to defend himself away from sins, even more, after his separation with his childhood friend Rowan.
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