Chapter 50: Soleda

Buildings stretched around like trees in a forest as the rattling four-wheeler now ran as stable as a horse. The brick-laid roads stretched far and wide as the people around in a variety of clothes walked with hearty gaits and merry smiles.

"Claude, look! Water!"

"Hah? Of course, there's water?"

"No, like! Water! A lot of water!" Elric shook his head and grabbed Claude's hair. "Just look for yourself."

Claude leaned out of the window, and a gasp of admiration left him. Amidst the blocks of small buildings held up by lime and gypsum mortars, large canals bordered with white alabaster cut through the city.

"That's like, an indoor river? Artificial?"

"Haha," Puzo's laugh reached their ears as the man slightly leaned out of the window too, his hand still on the wheel. "Isn't it beautiful? Soleda is one of the richer places after all."

"Does this have any significance?" Claude asked, amused.