Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds Novel - Chapter 36

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Knight Cleveland, who had just started dressing up, was in a dilemma.

He was simply like a death row prisoner in front of the gallows.

He had long known his outcome and was already prepared. In the end, the executioner calmly swept the torture equipment, checked the ropes, and even chatted happily, allowing him to stand there alone.

That feeling was simply crazy.

At this moment, the knight finally saw a portion of Mr. Kang De’s personality.

He was the kind of guy who was relatively mean and liked to tease people.

Such a guy with a bad personality was really too rare in his more than 20 years of life. He could not help but think of an older sister of the princess and felt that the two of them would get along very well.

The corners of the knight’s eyes were twitching.

He and the princess followed the animals deeper into the North Island and met up with Kang De near a canyon crack. In a short period of time, the Cathayan had not only solved the problem of the ship, but he had also brought many things.

Then, he placed a small bag in front of him and slowly opened it.

He took them out one after another.

With every item he took out, Knight Cleveland’s body shook.

The princess’s reaction… was very similar to the knight’s.

The difference was that the knight was motivated by fear, while Tina was motivated by excitement.

She had almost never heard or seen of the things Kang De took out, but with her woman’s nature and intuition, she still smelled an aura that made all women tremble and excited in the full set of female items and clothes he took out.

In order to earn money from women in modern society, capitalists were willing to do anything. Consumerism was prevalent, and it brought about rapid development and changes in clothes and dressing. From the various designs, materials, styles, and weaving methods of clothes to the subdivision of cosmetics, not to mention anything else, the lipstick number of a f*cking company could reach three digits. It was simply crazy.

The girls on Earth could not reject these things, and the girls from the other world were the same.

The princess was trembling slightly.

She suppressed her woman’s beauty and curiosity, and her heart beat wildly.

There was a Chinese idiom called ‘the fall of a leaf can symbolize the arrival of Autumn’, and a Western idiom called ‘the devil is hidden in the details’.

There was a similar saying in the other world.

Tina saw something else from the unheard items that Kang De took out.

“These are all women’s daily makeup items…”

She thought to herself, “Moreover, Kang De looks nonchalant, which means that he doesn’t care. Although the types of these things are enough to embarrass the royal etiquette master…”

“Then the problem is…”

“If a country mobilized so many people for the matter of women putting on makeup and creating so many tricks, it can only mean two things. Firstly, this country is extremely extravagant and is already not far from destruction.”

“The second possibility is…”

Tina clenched her fists.

That country was already powerful enough to spend energy on such a small matter.

Was the Cathay Empire really that powerful?

Tina was letting her imagination run wild when Kang De took out the last two things—a pair of black high-heeled boots and a pair of thin black stockings.

The knight was trembling when he saw these two things.

As kind as he was, he could not help but mock, “What, did you prepare these two things to salvage my last bit of dignity, Mr. Kang De?”

Kang De was also stunned. What did he mean?

When the princess heard this, she was also surprised, “Kang De, why do you want the knight to wear high heels and stockings if he’s pretending to be a girl? Moreover…”

Moreover, why were these stockings so thin? Why did these boots look… so good?

High heels and stockings. In modern society, these two things were almost synonymous with female charm. Tina’s gaze was immediately attracted, and her heart throbbed.

For some reason, she wanted to wear it.

She could not help but think of how she looked when she was only wearing her vest and these two things. Her face immediately blushed, but the excitement stayed in her heart for a long time.

However, Kang De was shocked.

He got this message from the knight’s expression and Tina’s words.

—D*mn, in this era of the other world, silk stockings and high heels are also exclusive to men?

What was going on?

He knew that in the history of Earth, high heels and stockings had first existed as male products. However, the popularity of a certain outfit was closely related to the various trends, cultures, customs, social needs, and even the preferences of the people in power at that time. It matched the era and would not appear out of thin air.

For example, the high heels were first invented by the Persians and were mainly used for the cavalry to fight on horseback so that it was easier to jam the stirrups. After it was spread to Europe, it was shocked by the malnourished people at that time who were extremely short per capita. It was purely used to increase their height. In the end, this kind of shoe was promoted by Louis XIV. After all, the king led the fashion trend. If there was something good about it, it had to be done. This was determined by the preferences of the people in power.

Of course, other than these factors, the needs of the people were also very important. Another reason why high heels were popular was because the environment was extremely poor in Europe at that time. There were feces everywhere on the street, and it was not easy to sink into the feces with high heels—this was also very important.

The origin of the stockings was similar. At that time, the nobles were used to wearing knee-length shorts. In order to cover their overly lush leg hair, such stockings were born. Then, they were pursued by the nobles. Therefore, they became longer and longer and more fancy, becoming the popular aesthetic of the noblemen.

One of the greatest facts in history that Joan of Arc was judged to be guilty of was that she had been wearing clothes like a man. In other words, she had always been wearing a pair of stockings and was unwilling to take them off even if she was imprisoned.

On this point, the alternate world had a very similar history.

Of course, there was another saying that the earliest stockings did not originate in Europe, but could have originated in China. Moreover, it could at least be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. The strong evidence was that the Ming Dynasty people wrote the Water Margin and stated that when Song Jiang and the others cursed Li Kai, they would curse “your black stockings” and so on.

That was probably it.

Therefore, the other world would actually take the same path as Earth. It was really… terrible.

Looking at Knight Cleveland’s gaze towards the high-heeled boots and stockings, he clearly had a less resistant expression.

D*mn, it was really funny…

Kang De could not help but think of the portraits of those nobles from the 15th, 16th, and 18th centuries on Earth. All the men specially lifted their robes, revealing a pair of long white silk legs, and they even put on a very heroic and domineering appearance… D*mn, how disgusting.

He almost laughed at the thought of Cleveland putting on such a show.

He could not care less about why that kind of thing was popular in the other world. After all, compared to this, the upcoming cross-dressing incident made him look forward to it more.

“In that case, Mr. Cleveland, it’s great that you’re not upset with this outfit.”

Kang De picked up the other clothes in one go. There were two apples at the top. “In short, please change your clothes… Do you need help?”

“…No! Need!”

Perhaps he knew that he was doomed, or perhaps the familiar and unfamiliar high heels and stockings diluted his resistance, or perhaps it was some other reason, but he gritted his teeth and took the set of clothes with a tragic expression.

“You should know how to wear the others. This is called a bra. You should understand from this appearance, right? Think about it yourself. If there’s really no other way…”

Kang De rambled on, then was interrupted by the knight.

“Compared to this…”

The knight widened his eyes, and the blood vessels showed signs of spreading. “Mr. Kang De, my ability is limited and my intelligence is insufficient. I can’t think of a better way. For the safety of the princess and everyone, I gave up my honor and self-esteem as a knight and did such a thing. As for what happened today…”

Kang De immediately understood and said seriously, “Don’t worry, I definitely won’t tell anyone.”

Tina’s mood was complicated and she kept thinking about things, because the things Kang De took out one after another made her even more surprised and suspicious, even letting her imagination run wild.

However, when he heard the knight’s words, he said seriously, “I guarantee it with the bloodline of the Tedrell family.”

Cleveland had nothing more to say.

He hugged the clothes in his hand tightly and retreated towards the cave behind him step by step. He was like a strong man who was about to rush to the execution ground. Their personalities were similar—if he went, he would never return the same.

He slowly retreated into the cave.

Kang De immediately took out his phone and turned on the camera mode. He placed it in his chest pocket as if nothing had happened, revealing only the camera lens.

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