(What is happening?) Lucas thought as he looked at Elizabeth strange movements
"Do you want to ask for Erma's release again?" Lucas asked. As this is the only conclusion he comes to after seeing Isabel's actions.
"Oh! No, no, not really… I just wanted to say good luck in your mission," Elizabeth muttered, forcing herself to look into Lucas's eyes.
"!!!" Lucas and even Ethan were surprised by Elizabeth's words that they suspected they might be dreaming, but Lucas quickly regained his composure.
So Lucas replied in an emotionless voice, "Thank you."
Then he ignored Elizabeth's presence and continued his way toward the outer door of the palace where Adam and the others were waiting for him in front of a large white Portal.
While Elizabeth stayed there with her maid Nesrin for a long time looking at the sky with wet eyes.
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Of the Eight great empires and Nineteen kingdoms that ruled the human continent once, only Four Empires and One Kingdom survive now after a hundred thousand years have passed. The Luminarch Empire is one of these Four Empires located in the north of the continent and includes hundreds of cities and thousands of villages and it is the closest kingdom to Iskar State. Over the years, the relationship between Iskar city and the Luminarch Empire was always very good as they had many political and commercial alliances in the past generations. However, like all Iskar's allies, the city was eventually abandoned by the Empire after the death of the former head of the Morningstar family and the decline of the Morningstar's power.
Morial, the capital of Luminarch Empire
City Gate Number Eight
The Morial city is surrounded by a huge wall containing ten gates, and this gate is the VIP gate used by the most important guests to enter the city, unlike the other gates, the waiting line in this one is empty because to use this gate the person must be one of the most powerful people in the continent. But despite the absence of any visitors at the front of the gate at the moment, the doormen still stood resolutely in front of the gate without showing any sign of laziness
"A group of people is approaching." Suddenly, a guard's voice was heard coming from the top of the wall.
"…" After hearing this, the doormen's expression became more serious and they looked at the horizon in anticipation, waiting for the group to appear.
All people who pass through this gate have great authority and influence. These guards can't show any sign of carelessness when dealing with them
Thus, after some time, five figures in formal clothes appeared walking towards the gate, after seeing the group the guards could not help but think about how strange this group was, as all of its members seemed to be very young, as it seemed that the oldest of them still in his twenties, but what surprised the guards the most is...
(Where is their cart ?) The guards thought, puzzled. This group is actually moving on their feet without using a cart. If the guards had not seen this with their own eyes, they wouldn't be able to believe it, since the nearest city is more than a month away from here. It is impossible to travel all that distance on foot, especially with these clothes, which leaves one possibility
"Hello sir, have you had any accidents on the road?" Asked the guard as soon as the group approached the gate
"No, we haven't had any accidents," replied a burly young man and he took the invitation card from his pocket and handed it to the guard.
"Oh! Alright, sir." One of the guards took the invitation card, after examining it carefully, the guard discovered that it was a VIP invitation to the royal party, so he said, "You can enter. Welcome to Morial city, sir." Then he returned the invitation.
"Thank you," Lucas replied briefly and entered the gate while the rest of the group followed him
Lucas actually used Adam's Portal to transfer here, but he did not teleport directly inside the city because using magic inside the capital without official permission is illegal in the Luminarch Empire Capital, so Lucas was forced to use it outside the walls and complete on foot.
This time Lucas brought with him Casper, Rin, and the two siblings.
However, Lucas entered the city and found the main city street crowded with people. Then he looked around to see the improvement achieved by a city that has survived for tens of thousands of years.
"Sir, shall I go look for a cart?" Casper asked, looking at the busy street. Crossing this street will take a lot of time, as the Morningstar Mansion in Morial is far from here. The only way to get there is to use the cart, as the carts streets are Separate from the busy pedestrian street
"Alright, we'll wait for you here," replied Lucas lightly, though Lucas could have arranged a private cart to wait for him at the gate if he wanted, he didn't, because he thought it would be easier to rent a cart than to make many troublesome arrangements to bring a private cart.
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Meanwhile, the Royal Palace, which is located in the center of the city
"Young Lady, the head of the Morningstar family has entered the city," said a masked woman, kneeling before a luxurious chair
On the luxurious chair was a beautiful blonde young woman sitting, after the young woman heard the words of the masked woman, a smile appeared on her face and said, "Good, and who brought with him?"
"He only brought with him some servants, and he did not bring any knights," the masked woman answered in a respectful voice.
"He didn't bring any knights with him? Are you sure?" Asked the young woman in confusion, since the distance between Iskar City and Morial City is very far and there are many forests and dangerous places on the road, it would be impossible to reach here without being attacked by monsters and bandits so it is necessary to bring a knight unit for protection
"Yes, young lady, I'm sure in addition to that he didn't come in a cart, how he got here is still a mystery," answered the woman.
"This is weird but it doesn't matter now, send him an invitation letter to the dinner of the young generation," said the young woman
"Okay, Young Lady "
(If I could bring the Morningstar by my side, Taking the throne will be easy ) thought the girl with an excited look on her face.