Among the nine states in their country, their state, Burlong was the smallest, and only had 3 cities. So, there wasn''t any dramatic difference between Burkurel City and Burfuna City. As the capital of their state, Burmat City wasrger than both and was a hub of trading throughout the country, for it was a ce where many rivers intersected.
Re''Kha looked at the buildings on both sides of the road, noting that they were the same as her city. The buildings consisted of establishments where a lot of traffic gathered: restaurants, beauty parlours, painting galleries, cloth shops, essory shops, inns, etc.
The buildings were tall, at least 5-6 storeys high. Re''Kha extended her perception now that the rain had stopped, expanding it until it covered arge range, noticing some rare few buildings that had more than 10 storeys in them. They were principal localities of the city.
"Where''s the closest district square?" Re''Kha looked around, seeing that all the buildings had at least four steps to climb into their ground floor. It was to avoid the water from flooding in during the rainy season.
The rain season consisted of three months: The Early Water Month, the Peak Water Month, and the Late Water Month. Rains were frequent during the Early and Late Water Months. But, it rained nonstop during the Peak Water Months, and the Water Qi in the rains were also the highest during this time.
It was the month every water element Harmoniser looked forward to every year, forprehending their element was the fastest this time. It was also the month with the least amount of activity, both within and beyond the city.
Attacks from the other elements were reduced in power drastically. And if unleashed in the open, the Elemental Qi in them just vanished instantly, rendering them useless. The element least affected in such an atmosphere was Metal Qi.
After all, any attacks using Metal Qi were object-based and manifested a solid object filled with Metal Qi. Even if the Metal Qi in it disappeared, the object still remained. It was better than the other elements that were emission-based and werepletely annihted.
All cities and settlements were constructed keeping in mind the heavy rains, so their drainage system was perfect and was cleaned once before and after the rainy season. It was to prevent any clogging during the rainy season that would lead to the water levels rising within the city and a possible flood.
That was why all the buildings were raised high, needing at least four steps to climb into their ground floors. At present, the water only formed a thinter over the road and was steadily reducing in height.
Geographically, Burfuna City and the other two cities were built on a raised ne, maintained higher than the surroundings. Even the paths connecting to the other cities and the settlements were constructed high with respect to the ground to allow travel during the rainy season.
Tunnels were dug underneath them at regr intervals, their internals fully reinforced using the sturdiest of rocks. This was to allow the flow of water from one side to the other, preventing it from umting on one side and pressuring the road, causing it damage.
"The southern district square is closer, ma''am." The cycle rickshaw driver replied, continuing to pedal, "Do you want me to lead you there, ma''am?"
"No, just go to the inn." Re''Kha continued to stare at the buildings, observing them to see what type of establishment they were. Thankfully, the banners of all buildings were craved, so she didn''t have any difficulties in reading them. In her Wind Qi perception, they were visible as darker grey areas.
After moving a fair distance, the driver turned left, entering the western district. Seeing his turn, Re''Kha heaved a sigh of relief. If he had turned right, she nned to make him change using an excuse.
Re''Kha was famous in her n, for she had a talent in the water element, able to naturallyprehend 3 units worth of Water Qi every year. It was not to mention she was beautiful to boot, so she had a lot of admirers from themon popce.
Paintings of her were even sold in the ck market forrge sums. Thankfully, they were from when she had been 15 years old. Her portrait was shown to the masses after she disyed her talent.
Her family had already known her talent after birth—when every child in the n gets tested for their affinity to the elements.
News of her talent wasn''t disclosed to prevent anyone from devising ns on her. After all, it was easy to kidnap a child and make it recognise the kidnappers as her parents. A talented child would grow up and develop his/her household and give it honour and prestige.
Therefore, people went to any lengths to kidnap a talented child to rear as their own. To prevent such a situation from happening, no family leaked the talent of their children until they were adults. Once they be Harmonisers, their Tikka Jewellery would make their talents apparent anyway, so they publicised it during then.
When Re''Kha became a Harmoniser, her family advertised it throughout Burkurel City to satisfy their agendas. Though, they didn''t go overboard and only posted 10 posters throughout the city. It was to avoid offending the others. They just nned to rely on the gossiping mouth of themoners to work the rest.
Thanks to her beauty, the portraits were stolen in public. During one of her missions, Re''Kha came across her portrait in the ck market. And, seeing the sum it was paid for, even she was almost inclined to sell a couple of her portraits. All in all, she was pretty popr in her city.
So, there was a good chance even people from the Burfuna Re n might have seen her. After all, the water-based ns were closer aspared to the other ns. In order to avoiding across a person who recognised her, she didn''t wish to step foot in the southern district, for it was under the control of the Burfuna Re n.
''I just hope people cannot recognise the current me. I''m blind and have shaven my hair too.'' Re''Kha thought, pulling her hood closer to her eyes. Showing her bald head would also attract attention, a considerable amount at that, so she had it covered from the start.