Thales, who was seriously injured, was carried by a member of the guard. He was fainting from the shaking, but his speed continued unabated as he marched with the large army.

Pain in his left shoulder and arm awakened his consciousness.

Where am I?

He shook his head vigorously.

It took the traveler a while to realize that he was being escorted by the elite royal guards headed by the cloaked woman in a daze, moving forward steadily at a march-like pace.

Gilbert and Jenny were walking together with the cloaked woman, seeming to be talking in low voices.

Thales took a deep breath, dragged his exhausted spirit, and raised his head to look.

They passed through a thick gray-black palace wall that stretched so far that there seemed to be no end in sight. The wall was mottled and sometimes damaged, as if it had gone through a long and long time.

The guards marched in neat steps to a giant steel noose gate controlled by complex lock cables. Under a dozen giant crossbows on the top of the palace wall, the guards exchanged commands with the closely guarded sentry soldiers.

, was released.

Thales opened his mouth blankly, looking at the stars and moonlight in the sky in a daze.

The ground beneath your feet ranged from muddy wasteland to rough stone ground, to exquisite floor tiles carefully laid with unknown materials. The everlasting lamps on both sides became larger and larger, more refined, and more and more bright and dazzling.

When a giant slope-like, majestic pyramid-like building rises from the ground and appears in front of you, when the members of the royal guard are sent out every ten steps, when the patrol soldiers are in groups, when the servants are coming and going.

When he nodded to them, Thales suddenly came to his senses.

They have arrived.

Yongxing City is the tallest, largest, most magnificent, and most noble building.

Thales' nerves relaxed and he lowered his head again.

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When he woke up again, it was already the morning of the next day.

Thales found himself wearing a set of rough pajamas and lying on a cushioned stone bed.

He was slightly startled, and moved his bandaged left hand and left shoulder. After realizing that nothing was serious, he nimbly jumped off the stone bed and stepped on the ground, which was also made of cold stone.

The cold temperature and rough touch came from the soles of the feet.

Thales frowned.

He took a step forward, touched the equally cold stone wall, and looked at the place.

The ceiling is not high, but it is actually made of the same stone as the walls, floor and bed, giving off a faint chill.

He walked to the window sill and opened the wooden window. The cold wind poured in and made him shiver.

Fortunately, the winter sunshine shines luxuriously into this pure stone room from the high stone windowsill.

But unlike the warm Mindis Hall, even daylight and sunshine cannot dispel the cold and damp discomfort in this room.

Like...like an abandoned house.

Thales's heart moved as he thought of the place where he had stayed for four years.

He glanced out the window.

The traveler suddenly took a breath of cold air.

At the moment he probed his head, he looked down and saw a crowd as thin as ants, a carriage as big as a fingernail, a house the size of a checkerboard, and a street with fine lines - there is no doubt that this room is at a very high place, overlooking

Look at the various scenery of the royal capital below.

Just like the previous life - he said to himself.

At this moment, the only door in the room, made of thick wood, was pushed open.

The First Class Lady of the Court, Genie Bakvi, appeared at the door.

"Ms. Jinnie?" Thales saw an acquaintance and felt relieved.

"It seems that you are recovering well." Jinni's face was a little pale and she seemed to be in poor spirits, but she still held on to her body.

More than good...

Jinni thought to herself, the dagger that was shot the day before was gone the next day... Even the orcs don't have this kind of resilience.

She sighed.

"By the way, Jini! Uh, Ms. Jini!" Thales even forgot to use honorifics in his desperation. He hurriedly took a step forward:

"Yesterday... Yodel, and Gilbert..."

Jinni stretched out a hand and interrupted Thales' words. She only heard her say silently:

"Don't worry, Gilbert is with His Majesty, they have important matters to take care of."

"And Yodel, he is still alive..."

Still alive? Thales was shocked. Doesn't that mean...

Jinni also seemed to realize that what she said was a bit too strong, and she immediately corrected it: "He was hit by several crossbow arrows and is currently recovering from his injuries. Yesterday, thanks to him promptly informing His Majesty's other secret guard, the Royal Guards

Come in time."

Thales breathed a sigh of relief with mixed emotions.

He remembered his conversation with Yoder last night.

fortunately.

That wasn't the last time.

The masked guard.

Survived.

Thales immediately turned his attention back to Jini's words.

Another secret guard?

Thales thought of the young woman in the cloak.

He saved this piece of information, but before he had time to digest it, his brain jumped to another thing.

"Also, those assassins, and that Duke Kevin Dill..."

Jinni's eyes became stern, which reminded Thales of those days of hard training. She only heard her say: "That is not a problem that you can care about. Everything has been taken care of."

"Those problems will no longer be problems soon...and you have to believe in your father."

my father?

Thales recalled this unfamiliar word with difficulty - it's not that he didn't care, but after going from the Red Square District to Mindis Hall, he only met his nominal "father" once, let alone how he treated himself.

Weird attitude

"I asked the servant to prepare hot water and breakfast. Take care of yourself first. We still have important things to do." Jinni looked at him seriously.

"Servant?" Thales was stunned for a moment, and quickly turned around to look around at this room that looked more like a coffin than a bedroom: "So, we are here..."

Jinni nodded tiredly:

"Yes, you are in the largest and most important building in Yongxing City."

"The palace of the High Kings of the Stars."

Jinni said three words expressionlessly:

"Fuxing Palace."

Thales opened his mouth and thought of the big pyramid-shaped building he saw last night - no wonder it was located so high.

He immediately frowned and looked at everything around him.

The mottled walls, gray color, dim lighting, cold temperature, hard stone slabs, rough floors, and small rooms--compared to Mindis Hall, this place looks like a slum.

Jinni saw the look in Thales's eyes.

"What, you're not used to it?" She crossed her arms and looked at Thales's expression with interest.

"No, it's not." Thales quickly waved his hand and shook his head.

He wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed and lowered his head.

In fact, he wanted to say that this was the most sound sleep he had in more than twenty days.

The hard and cold bed and the rough and uneven floor made Thales regain a sense of security that the soft bed and quilt in Mindis Hall could not give him.

It turned out that... Thales discovered sadly... that the best time he slept was during the four years he spent as a beggar in a harsh and harsh abandoned house.

But obviously, Ji Ni took his truth as a harsh words, and she smiled sadly:

"I know what you're thinking, yes."

"The palace of the Supreme King is not as splendid, luxurious, exquisite and magnificent as imagined."

Jinni walked to the window and focused her eyes on the countless residents of the kingdom under the tall Fuxing Palace.

"On the contrary... this so-called Fuxing Palace in the center of the kingdom is not even as good as an ordinary private house..."
To be continued...