Chapter 616 – 609 Sky City Palatum
While waiting for Baek Ryeo-gang and A-young to learn how to dismantle the trap, the 10 days passed quickly as I took a break, researched data, and dealt with overdue work.
Crea = Nilbi, Vina = Luena’s earnest desire to go to Celestial Castle, and it was thanks to visitors coming in between.
The visitors were the people who risked their rudeness when news of what had happened to the crazy heir of the Feldrix family and that there was a noble visitor among them spread the important news that the owner of the heavenly palace had become very healthy.
They were mainly high-ranking, highest-ranking nobles above a high-ranking count…
=Then I look forward to seeing you again in Yeongdo in the future, Yeha Seongje.=
“I am just a wanderer. Please do not wait for me and help Shasra Spirituality to build the future of Yeongdo together.”
=I will do as you command, but I will also look forward to the day when His Majesty the Holy Emperor returns.=
It was a spiritual priest who was on a pilgrimage and a high-ranking spirit priest who came to the news that Hwanin was staying.
Neither of them can be treated carelessly.
The spirits who came here and the senior spirits were, for example, employees of departments within the same group.
If there was a legendary employee nearby who joined the company as a regular employee at a young age, solved big and big cases one after another, was promoted to an executive in an instant, and has connections with all of the chairman and vice presidents, wouldn’t anyone come and say hello?
Such spirit workers can simply meet up, have a cup of tea, and send them back.
There is no objection to having a cup of tea. For the stability of the soul power, they are holding back the collection of spiritual spirits and soul fragments so that they do not self-destruct and die due to falling while running, and they are replacing the Palatum sexual misfortune that is almost abandoned.
Chatting with polite people for about 10 minutes is helpful for managing your image and improving your personal connections, so there is nothing to decline.
The problem is on the nobility side.
Palatum’s highest-ranking aristocrats threw off their face and honor and came to the person concerned.
Hisrond’s rank system uses the five ranks of Gonghu Baekjaman and 公侯伯子男. Marquis and Earl are divided into 11th grade by introducing three more upper, middle and lower levels, but the foundation is the same as that of the fifth grade.
And those who seek Hwanin range from high-ranking counts to high-ranking marquis.
A huge aristocrat who knew everything in Palatum was busy walking himself, but he couldn’t be recklessly sent back. If it did, rumors could spread that Palatum itself was belittled or looked down upon.
Because of this, Hwanin manifested an aura, served a simple cup of tea, spread a wave of tranquility, and received a huge donation under the guise of counseling.
50 gold coins for each senior count. Marquis level is equivalent to 100 gold coins for low level marquis, 150 gold coins for intermediate level, and 200 gold coins for high level.
The number of nobles decreases as one goes up in rank, so Hwanin met only eight nobles, from high-ranking counts to high-ranking marquesses. Even so, the donations collected were 1050 gold coins.
Seeing the pile of gold coins on the table in the living room, the women feel astonished and futile.
= They are really crazy people. Throwing a donation of this amount in exchange for a cup of tea…=
= Sister Anne. I really worked hard for a month to earn 5 silver coins when I was collecting information, right? I did, but seeing this makes me feel empty and a sense of relative deprivation…=
With jjallara, jjalgeurang.
As the gold coins drip down between Ah-young’s slender fingers, Baek Ryeo-gang smiles lightly and comforts her on the shoulder.
=Ahyeong is really… My brother is a holy priest with only one great saint above him. 200 gold screens is a reasonable amount to drink a cup of tea with a person who is at the level of a state official in a country.
At Baek Ryeo-gang’s explanation, Ah-young made the expression of a starving commoner who had been told to eat cake if there was no bread.
Baek Ryo-gang tilted her head at Ah-yeong’s expression, which seemed to be enough to cause a revolution without a target, thinking she had said something wrong.
= Miss Ryegang? If you say that, Ahyeong’s righteous assassin’s blood boils.
=Ah?=
=Ahyeonga, in order to ask the Fang of Karax, you will have to pay a recruitment fee first?=
= Yes. Because I’m not taking any orders. You have to ask more than a certain number of times to increase your reliability, you have to put in a deposit, and you have to be sure of your identity. There must also be an appropriate amount of commission.=
=The nobles are willing to pay for such mediation. Would you understand the cost of establishing a political position within Palatum?=
= Oh…=
Unlike Ayeong, who admired with an understanding face, Issilite didn’t seem to understand yet, so Yurpa continued her explanation.
=It may seem like extravagance, waste, and bravado to leave hundreds of gold coins like that just to clear your face. But no.=
From a high-ranking count, you have the right to see Nilvin or the Heavenly King, even from afar. And Neil Vina sees her Hwan-in as her benefactor and her cool and great older brother.
The problem arises here.
=All the other nobles met Nilvina and Seongje, who gave great favor to His Majesty the Heavenly King, chatted, received blessings, and even made donations. But couldn’t you just do that? What kind of story do you think will be made?=
=… If you add a little exaggeration, you could be suspicious of your loyalty to His Majesty the Heavenly King.=
The donation is a token of thanks to His Majesty’s benefactor Seongje, and a measure to show His Majesty that he cares about and is loyal to the country and His Majesty.
=That’s why the number of noble carriages going to and from the house suddenly increased. It’s because nobles below middle-class counts can’t recklessly ask their brother to meet or find them. I’m going to somehow meet and make friends by chance while on the road. =
= That’s right. High-ranking nobles are noble people who do not even get close to the culture enjoyed by the lower ones because they are lowly. Would a low-ranking noble dare to visit and meet the Holy Emperor, whom such nobles paid a considerable donation for?
The arrogant and aristocratic gestures and mimicry, which are hard to believe are imitations of Yurpa, make the other women instantly stiffen and widen their eyes.
=… The moment this happens, you’ll be completely finished as a noble. If you get out of the eyes of high-ranking nobles, you won’t be able to stay in the city any longer. Anyway, for this political reason, high-ranking aristocrats bring gold coins and have a cup of tea with them. Do you understand now?=
= Well. Anyway, oppa is the right person to hang out with people like that.
=…=
= Um…=
Ah-young’s story creates a subtle atmosphere.
From ex-royals to lowly thieves and assassins. Everyone has a different status, but they all have their own pride in their skills and have enough confidence.
However, whenever she is reminded of his ability, she feels a sense of unspeakable impatience or impatience.
Just looking at the over a thousand gold coins piled up on the table right now, doesn’t it really touch me?
Traditionally, it is said that money best proves a person’s status and value. And the men they follow are the ones who have to pay dozens or even hundreds of gold coins just for a few minutes of chatting and a cup of tea. He is a person who has money but cannot meet.
Compared to them, what about them?
= Sleep. Everyone, stop making serious expressions~ If you think you’re not good enough because you’re by my side, you just have to work harder, so let’s not be burdened?
Yurpa naturally aroused the girls’ spirits through the experience of age.
The atmosphere for improvement needs to be present from time to time so that the party runs smoothly and grows flexibly like a well-oiled machine.
But these days, this kind of atmosphere is caught too often.
Human emotions are subtle, so if you feel pressure in this way, you will lose your pace and make mistakes, or you will not be able to show your skills.
Isn’t it said that love turns into an obsession in an instant? If you are often engulfed in negative emotions, there is a possibility that even a person’s temperament will change, so it is important to resolve this atmosphere right away.
Yu Lepa deliberately changed her subject and asked Baek Ryeo Kang and Ah Young.
=Did Ayeong and Lady Ryeogang complete the magic trap study well?=
=Yep. It’s okay to enter the labyrinth of the forgotten old city right now. Me, but…=
=Huh?=
= I mean my brother. After reading the compendium of trap studies written by Li Kang and I, she seems to have made it her own right away… If this is the case, she will say that what I and Li Kang learned is meaningless…=
= You don’t have to do everything to be a king, right? It is the king who selects talented people and entrusts them with more important work.=
=… Ah.=
Only then does Ah-young’s delusion disappear, as she immediately realizes what Yurpa is talking about. And the other women who gave off a subtle atmosphere also smiled a little bitterly at Ah-young’s reaction.
=Why, why are you laughing?=
= No. Just because we weren’t the only ones who had pathetic thoughts.
=… ?=
Anne answered with a giggle, but Ah-young tilted her head, not knowing what she was talking about.
It was a story that was difficult to understand in her situation, who had just joined her party. She just knew that she had gone through at least one of the feelings of inferiority she experienced.
Well, that’s probably a good thing. The slightly empty atmosphere she felt from her older sisters is gone.
Ahyeong, who had a sly smile that was no different from her usual, clung to Dapsak Yurpa’s shoulder and courted her.
=Rather than that, Yurupa, can’t you quickly find a way to stop tree blossoms?=
= Huh?=
= It’s torture to just listen to the unnies and oppas making love every night for hours. I don’t know if I’ve never tried it. I already know the taste, heh.=
Whoops, whoops.
=Especially, Ryogang is too much!=
=Me?=
=How is it too much?=
When Yu Lepa asked, gently curling the corners of her eyes, she pointed her finger at the round-eyed Baek Ryogang, like her little sister trying to tell her older sister.
=After being hugged by my brother, he comes in with a strong smell, and I am really going crazy because of the smell. You become like a cat that smells catmint!=
=Ah, so when I come back to the room, Ayeong is excited to masturbate under the blanket?=
=… Come on, let’s sleep! You, you, can a noble lady use such words?!=
= How are you? I’m just an ordinary girl now.=
=… !=
Hating the sight of her well-educated smile, Ah-yeong changed her target to her Baek Ryogang and attacked her.
He bit the scruff of her neck that smelled of her warm milk, and with one hand, he massaged her overflowing breasts with one hand.
=Wow?!=
= Because you are loved by oppa every day, you can afford it! With these lewd breasts, huh?! Oh, how did you seduce me!=
It was a time when the women were laughing at the sight of them playing around without hesitation because they had been together for the past two weeks and had become very close.
Click.
The door opened and Hwanin, wearing a golden aurora that did not hurt his eyes, entered.
“…”
=…=
=…=
Baek Ryeo-gang and A-young, who were entangled on the carpet, stood up with puzzled expressions, and Hwan-in smiled and walked over to the chair and said as he sat down.
“Isilite, a cup of coffee, please.”
= I… Master. I think you’ve been drinking too much coffee lately. You drank 76 cups in 10 days for 5 cups today…=
Hwanin, who took out a notebook from his bosom, paused and looked back at Isilite with a worried expression.
Did you count it She definitely gets visitors and drinks a lot of coffee. Before, it was about two drinks a day.
“Then ask for something else.”
=Yes, I will serve you tea.=
Isilite enters the tea room with her slightly delighted face through her own worries. After terminating the strong effect of the Grimoam while looking at the back, Hwanin opened his notebook and began to record the people he met today.
Anne asked while rubbing his shoulders.
= Doryeong. Are the spirit priests dead?=
“Okay. They said that they would now go to Mt. Seoju, perform sexual misfortunes, and then return to the Chengdu.”
= A lot of soul priests come to visit us. Is it because the Emperor of Heaven is approaching?
The larger the city, the more difficult it is to attain Buddhahood at once on the day of the Seungryeongcheonje Festival.
If it’s around the state level, the spirit masters have been steadily visiting for several months and proceeding with sexual misfortune.
[Otherwise, the world situation has been unstable lately, but I don’t know how relieved it is to see giants come and build nests around them.]
The story he heard while communicating with the Great Saint popped into his mind.
When a spirit master leaves Yeongdo due to sexual misfortune, a reserve soul knight belonging to a regional agency follows the soul master without an exclusive soul knight.
And this year, the Seungryeongcheonje, which comes once every four years.
Not only those who have exclusive soul knights, but also those who don’t have them yet, leave Yeongdo in large numbers and are spreading throughout the continent.
At the same time, the spirit knights who were protecting Yeongdo and the lower city also left their seats in large numbers.
It is said that it comes every four years, but this year, a particularly serious accident or incident occurred one after another.
The military vacuum created by the vacancy of many of Yeongdo’s combat troops was particularly large, and the giants filled that vacuum this time.
“The Seungryeong Heavenly Festival is two months away… It’s a pity, but I won’t be able to see you this time.”
As I murmured while holding the ruby-red black tea that Isilite brewed, Ah-young, who was hugging Baekryeo-gang from behind, asked in surprise.
=You want to leave Palatum before the Celestial Celestial Festival?=
“Is there any reason to be there?”
= Oh, no. Seungryeongcheonje is like a global festival. Especially around the capital, it was very splendid and there were many things to see, so I was going to look around and leave. The citizens of Palatum are also getting into a festive mood little by little as they prepare for the Ascension Heaven Festival.
=You haven’t explored the labyrinth of the forgotten old city yet, and you haven’t even entered the labyrinth of the sea of surging clouds. I thought it would take about two months if we went all the way.
Certainly, Anne’s judgment is general.
If you’re exploring a labyrinth, you’re bound to schedule a month for each labyrinth, and if you think about the preparation time between the two labyrinths, about two months pass quickly.
But…
“Even if we stay until Seungryeongcheonje, ordinary sightseeing would be impossible.”
=Ah.=
=Ah.=
Did you notice now
If you stay until Seungnyeong Cheonje, King Cheon Palace will surely invite you and her girlfriends. Because the royal family would not leave her Holy Emperor herself and her soul knights alone in such an event of soul death.
The story of Hwanin continues.
“If you are invited like that, it is inevitable that there will be a sense of distance between the nobles who visit and donate and the nobles who do not. And that hints at a new faction soon.”
If you get caught up in it, not only will it be annoying, but you will have a closer relationship with Heathlond in that you stayed in a certain country during the Ascension of Heaven.
=It’s definitely according to Dolyeong’s guess. It’s a little distant from the spirits who are close to the heads of other countries.
=There is a pretext that my brother visited Cheonwanggung in the past as Nilbi or His Majesty’s treatment, but Seungryeongcheonje would not have such a pretext or excuse.=
Anne and Baek Ryeo-gang, both from royalty and aristocrats, are the first to understand Hwan-in’s explanation of his secret struggle for power.
Beep.
Yurpa felt Shilu touch her feet and asked, holding her in her arms.
= Then, how are you planning? Will you skip the labyrinth of the rising sea of clouds?
“Because I want to check several labyrinths. Forgotten City Labyrinth will reach up to the 6th floor, and the Rising Cloud Sea Labyrinth will be decided to explore for about a week. If it goes according to plan, one month is enough.”
= 6 layers? The last layer doesn’t let you in in terms of labyrinth management stability.=
“A few days ago, I ran into Duke Aduri at the Celestial Castle, and I received permission from him. The core and core were not touched and permission was granted on the condition that they be viewed from a distance. And…”
Opening the notebook, Hwan-in flips through the first half of the book.
The notebook, which was about two fingers thick, was already half full. Now, the speed of filling is gradually slowing down, but at the point of filling the last one, you will be able to return to Earth.
… Or buried in this world.
As if reviewing the contents of his notebook, Hwanin opened his soul’s eyes and turned his golden eyes to her girlfriends.
“There is only one reason to go to the forgotten old city labyrinth. To check the internal ecology of the labyrinth. It won’t take too long since you’re just looking at the core of the last layer of the labyrinth.”
The labyrinth of the forgotten old city has a unique structure, and it is not far to go to the 6th floor.
Instead of going down the 24th floor like in other labyrinths, go down the 4th floor and enter the 2nd floor, which consists of a single floor, directly enter the 4th floor, the old castle, pass the 5th floor, the inner palace area, and go straight to the 6th floor, the upper part of the old castle, the royal residence. Enter.
Even if it takes a long time, a week will be enough. As for the characteristics of the tactic trap, solve it on the way.
Hwanin, who explained the shortest route based on the contents of the notebook to the girlfriends who gathered around to look at the notebook, said tak— folding the notebook.
“After that, after looking at the labyrinth of the sea of surging clouds, I float on the Palatum. Any questions?”
=Which route will you take after leaving Palatum? North of Heathrond? South Beltical?=
Hwan-in, who was trying to answer A-yeong, who showed curiosity in his notebook, suddenly felt her body full of various soft, sweet, and cozy body odors of female friends.
Five captivating and thrilling scents. It is a scent that you want to keep smelling after making it into a perfume.
“… I want to avoid hot and humid places, so I move to the border of Evil Faction in the north of Heathrond.”
Hwan-in looked at A-young, who was thinking about something about her, and then said to her girlfriends,
“Tomorrow morning, we will re-enter the labyrinth of the forgotten old city. After this time, we will not be accepting visitors, so ask for the understanding of those who come, send them all away, and prepare for entry tomorrow.”
=Yes, Master.=
= Ong. =
=Yes!=
… Although they said they would not accept visitors, the visitor who came while the red sunset was burning the world was a person that could not be refused.
=Meet the teacher.=
In front of her, like a girl from an aristocratic family, a black half-dress, a 6th-grade light sorceress girl who gently grabs the hem of the dress that covers only below her knees and bends her knees to greet her.
“… Amazing.”
Hwanin sincerely admired it.
No matter where you look, you can only see her as a daughter of an aristocratic family. When he was a man who lacked even the expression of being invincible, his appearance was nowhere to be found.
Rimin, who was exuding a fleeting atmosphere at Hwanin’s admiration, smiled slightly.
“Have you attained enlightenment through the past examination and reached the 6th grade? The grade went up, and the psychological trauma was healed.”
=As expected, the teacher’s eyes are sharp.=
= Oh, that… Note.=
Seeing that Anne was so shocked that she couldn’t speak, Rimin lightly approached Anne and grabbed her hand tightly.
=Before leaving Palatum, I wanted to give thanks and apologize to Anne.=
= Huh? Me, to me?=
Seeing Anne’s flustered expression, Li Min gave her a fleeting, lonely smile and nodded slightly.
= To me, even with the expression “I’m not spoiled”… It was because Anne was the only person who treated me without any sympathy. She gained her enlightenment thanks to the actions Anne showed me.
=…=
=…=
Despite the dazed and bewildered gazes of the women, Rimin showed no expression and gave off a lonely atmosphere, she said.
= Teacher, Miss Anne. It is thanks to you that I can live a new life. Thank you. And I would like to formally apologize to all of you for my rude behavior in the past.
= Uh… Huh. I’ll accept your apology.=
=…=
=Uh.=
Hwanin glanced at Isilite, who was unsure of what to do, and Ayeong, who was confused, and she asked Rimin.
“I heard rumors that she was sorting out her fortune,” She says. Are you going to dispose of all the bases and leave for the countryside?”
=Yes. This is the way to go to my father’s hometown according to my grandfather’s wishes.=
“Is it.”
=Wait! Are you leaving Palatum? Why?=
=If I could express it well, it would be homecoming.=
Hwanin answered quietly while holding Anne’s shoulder.
“Okay. Stay healthy there. I will pray to the God of Mercy that your life will be filled with tranquility.”
= Thank you. May the teacher’s future be filled with the blessings of the heavenly god.=
Li-Min put on the black aristocratic-lady’s hat again, bowed slightly to him, and rode away as quietly as when he had arrived.
The girlfriends who came along to see him off laughed in amazement as they saw the carriage getting smaller and smaller.
= Wow what is it? If you hadn’t heard the name Rimin, you would have mistaken it for someone else.
=Leaving Palatum like that is not a homecoming, but an exile.=
=A noble cat, why?=
= Even if Li Min has changed like that, her tag will never come off. She is a woman who used to be an asshole man. How will the proud Flavians treat a woman with such a dog tag?
According to Yurpa’s explanation, the women are ah… And gave a small exclamation.
=Wouldn’t Count Feldricks have made up his mind because of that? So that my grandson, who became my granddaughter, can live the rest of his life in peace.=
=A 15-year-old, 6th-class light magician, in a rural city, the lord jumps out barefoot to greet it. Considering the wealth of Count Feldricks, it is a hundred times better to go and live in a city far away than to live in Palatum.
= Well…=
“…”
In the middle of the conversation between the female friends, an illusion passed by in Hwanin’s field of vision.
A scene where Lee Min, in the form of a 16-year-old girl, is with Krea = Nilby and Bina = Luena while holding her tiny baby.
The fantasy, as if the timeline of another world had been formed in front of my eyes, disappeared like foam after a while, and the golden eyes captured the carriage of Limin moving along the road that gradually became darker.
