Volume 1: The Road to the European Emperor Chapter 12: The City of Romance

The characteristics of European basketball are strong confrontation, slow pace, slow movement, many pick-and-rolls, and crowdedness under the basket.

Sun Hao's attack is mostly concentrated on the outside.

He is far beyond the strength of the youth team, and with his basketball IQ and the help of the fast break terminator badge, he is a super killer in the youth team.

He scored 30 points in three quarters in the first game, 36 points in the second game, and even better in the third game, scoring 43 points!

Such performance made the local fans in Madrid crazy.

Even at the youth team games, you can see many fans holding Sun Hao KT boards.

You should know that Sun Hao only played three games for the Real Madrid youth team!

This shows how passionate Spanish people are about sports!

Feeling proud of himself on the court, Sun Hao also gave himself some time to relax.

Real Madrid Youth Team's next opponent is the Student Team, but there are a rare four days of rest between the games.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Sun Hao talked to Fernandez about traveling again.

This really stumped Fernandez.

Although he likes traveling, he is only a 12-year-old child after all, and his activities are usually limited to Madrid.

But after Sun Hao came to Spain, he spent all his time training and traveling, and visited every place he could in Madrid.

Finally Fernandez made a suggestion and they went to Aragon near Madrid.

Sun Hao didn’t know much about Spain before, and this was the first time he heard of a place called Aragon.

He felt very familiar with this place name because the protagonist in an epic movie was named Aragorn.

The place they are going to this time is Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon, which is also full of medieval-style place names, which makes Sun Hao look forward to this trip even more.

Zaragoza is located northwest of Madrid. It is a connecting channel from Europe to the Liberian Peninsula and the confluence of three major rivers in Spain, including the Ebro River.

Such a geographical location determined that it was a very important strategic location in the Middle Ages.

In its early years, the Kingdom of Aragon was one of the most prosperous kingdoms in Spain.

Later in the ancient Roman era, it became an important military town of the empire.

With such a history, there are naturally a large number of historical relics left here.

City walls, stone bridges, churches, bell towers, palaces...

These tourist attractions can make people feel like they have really traveled back to medieval Europe.

And that’s not all. In modern times, Zaragoza is also the core hub of Spanish transportation.

It is the heart of northern Spain's road network, a major hub for Spanish railways, and has an international airport with the longest runway in Europe.

In a nutshell, this is a tourist destination in Spain with very convenient transportation.

There is no better place for Sun Hao and Fernandez to go.

Moreover, on the way to Zaragoza by train, Fernandez also provided some other information to Sun Hao.

Spain is a country of romance, so it is also known as the capital of romance.

Among Spanish cities, Madrid tops the list for romance index, followed by Zaragoza.

Fernandez is still far from adulthood, but Sun Hao will be 16 in a few months.

The age of majority varies from country to country, but in Spain the legal age is 16.

In other words, Sun Hao will be an "adult" in a few months.

Now that you are an adult, you can do what adults do.

"Maybe you'll have better luck somewhere else."

This is what Fernandez said to Sun Hao.

These words came from the mouth of a 12-year-old child, and Sun Hao almost hit him in the face, but in the end he just shook his head and smiled.

Fernandez knows all this at such a young age. Spain is truly a romantic country.

However, he looked at the scenery passing by outside the window and felt a little bit of anticipation.

In his previous life, he was single for 28 years in the open United States.

Now that he has a new life, he naturally wants to experience the feeling of being in love.

You know, one of the main reasons why I didn't let my parents come with me was because the girls here are plump... different from those in other places.

I was busy training in Madrid before, and I didn't meet him even when I went out to play.

Now that we have changed the place, we must try our luck!

After getting off the train, Sun Hao and Fernandez threw their luggage into the hotel and went out to play.

On the first day they went to the Cathedral of the Apparition of Our Lady and the University of Zaragoza.

Both places are relatively close, and on the way there, Fernandez was explaining the romantic encounter to Sun Hao.

According to him, when it comes to a romantic encounter, location is very important.

The cathedral is sacred and solemn, but such places are more likely to arouse people's primitive desires, which makes it the second most popular place for romantic encounters.

The third place is campus. Students always yearn for romantic love.

Sun Hao was speechless for a while after listening to this. He suddenly felt that Fernandez would definitely have a perm when he grew up.

But he didn't say anything. What Fernandez said was actually... quite right.

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Apparition is dedicated to the patron saint of all of Spain - Our Lady of the Column. The interior is also decorated with exquisite murals by Goya.

They came early. If they had come in October, the Festival of Our Lady of Pilar would be held here, and the ornaments and religious items worn by the statue of the Virgin Mary would be exhibited.

That was the peak season for tourism here, and the scene was similar to that of seeing seas of people in China, it was extremely lively.

But even now, there are still many tourists here, and many of them are local Spaniards.

After visiting the cathedral, they went to the University of Zaragoza.

The University of Zaragoza has a history of more than 500 years, and many of its teaching buildings are shaped like ancient castles and are magnificent.

To put it in a more vivid way, the campus here feels very much like Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Harry Potter.

After visiting the two places, the two enjoyed a visual feast.

But after going around in circles, they didn't encounter any so-called romantic encounter.

It’s not that what Fernandez said is wrong, but they are too young.

One could even say that they look like minors.

Especially Fernandez’s young and tender face, he can even sing “Youth Training Book” with TFBOYS.

Laws to protect minors exist in every country.

The next day, Sun Hao and Fernandez went to the suburbs of Zaragoza again.

The stone forts and bridges full of ancient Roman style are fascinating.

Compared to yesterday, they had a different experience today.

After staying in Zaragoza for two days, they took the train back to Madrid on the third morning.

The two-day travel experience was very fulfilling and the scenery was very enjoyable.

However, sitting on the train, Sun Hao felt less regretful.

Because Fernandez was a minor, during their two days in Zaragoza, they could only go shopping or sit in a cafe at night.

They were not able to go to the bar that ranked first on Fernandez's list of romantic encounters, so there was naturally no such thing as a romantic encounter.

When people have no ideas, they won't think about certain things, but when they have an idea but fail to realize it, regret is inevitable.

Looking at Zaragoza gradually going away, Sun Hao still felt inexplicably lost.

After returning to Madrid, Sun Hao and Fernandez went straight back to the gym for training.

After the afternoon training session , Sun Hao and Fernandez left the gym together.

The two were still talking about traveling to Zaragoza.

As they walked forward, Fernandez suddenly patted Sun Hao on the shoulder and gestured to the front with his eyes.

Sun Hao followed his gaze and looked forward.

At the intersection ahead, there was a little girl who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old. She looked anxious and glanced at passers-by from time to time.

"She must have run into trouble. Do you want to go and help her?"

Fernandez looked like he was about to have a romantic encounter.

Sun Hao rolled his eyes at Fernandez. How come this guy was more proactive than a matchmaker?

Although he refused in his heart, he still walked over honestly.

As he walked closer, Sun Hao also saw the girl clearly.

A delicate face, pink lips, a straight nose, and a pair of eyes that seem to be able to charm people.

Although she is not very old, she is a beauty.

However, her appearance was obviously different from the Spaniards around her, and her fluent American English made it seem like she was not a local.

The girl just asked a passerby, her face full of disappointment.

She turned around and saw someone walking towards her. Her eyes showed anticipation. Before Sun Hao could speak, she spoke first.

"Excuse me, can you speak English?"

A very standard American accent.