Niko the wine bearer

They walked through the stone-paved street. Whenever they passed, the people who were either weaving clothes or engaged in other tasks paused and bowed deeply to the King's bearer. Zane frowned, particularly as he could no longer ignore the dilapidated buildings and the children whose ribs were visible through their clothes.

Before he could raise his cousin, Daniel Windwalker, the archer who had been silent for a while suddenly announced, "They are not wearing any shoes, and their clothes are too threadbare."

"Neither of them are engaged in any chore related to food," Mary said, and Zane observed again. That was indeed the case; some people were weaving clothes, and others were carving all sorts of things. However, there was nothing related to food production. No one was making wine from grapes or oil from olives. Even the roadside stalls that sold snacks in civilizations of Earth were absent from this city.