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The capital of Battlelands, the city of Tar'an, known as the pearl of the empire, is the center of power in Battlelands, where nobles gather, dignitaries and dignitaries are everywhere, and ordinary civilians usually have to pay great attention when they go out, and they may have a knighthood when they meet a person.
However, there are usually more nobles on the street, and there are not as many as there are now.
In recent times, the residents living near the city gate have been standing guard on the side of the street whenever they have time, watching all kinds of luxurious convoys pass through the city gate into Tal'an, each of which is owned by a large nobleman from all over the country who owns fiefs.
All of these people came to attend the 10th birthday banquet of the little princess of the empire, and each of them brought rich gifts, and some of the great nobles who liked to show off would put their gifts on the bright side when they entered the city, and made a high-profile trip to the palace to meet them.
So the residents of Ta'an during this time were also eye-opening.
And the day before the birthday feast, the last nobleman finally arrived in Tal'an.
The knights with hundreds of professional powerhouses above the sixth order rode tall and handsome riding beasts into the city gate in a neat and uniform manner, and the momentum was overwhelming. Under their guard, a row of chariots engraved with the family crest of the nobility slowly walked slowly, and at the front was a luxurious carriage decorated with pure black gold and the axles and wheels wrapped in gold leaf, which was a moving vault.
But what stunned people the most was not this extremely luxurious carriage, but the two-headed monster pulling the cart in front of the carriage.
It was a monster that closely resembled the riding beasts, but they were larger, had no sharp teeth protruding from their mouths, had cloud-like manes on their hooves, and had a pair of huge wings on their snow-white backs, which were more than three meters long when they were opened.
If they were on Earth, they would be called Pegasi, but on the continent of O-Europeβ
Someone in the crowd of onlookers recognized the two demonic beasts and exclaimed, "God, that's a fourth-order demonic beast stepping on the clouds, right?" β
Hearing this name, the people who were still watching the excitement suddenly became agitated, the cloud treading horse is a fourth-order wind type demonic beast, although they are herbivore, but they are also social demonic beasts, and their temper is not very good, whether they dare to approach, whether they are people or demonic beasts, they will be kicked either dead or injured, and the lethality is huge.
I didn't expect that someone could use them to pull the carriage, and looking at the appearance of the two horse-drawn carriages that stepped on the clouds, it was impossible to see that they were originally violent elements who kicked without saying a word.
It was naturally Balthazar's idea to pull the carriage with the cloud horse, and they set off from Corot to Tar'an, and they deliberately delayed along the way so they did not arrive at Tar'an until today, and on the road because of the large number of people, there was no long-eyed monster to trouble him, but Balthazar heard from his knights that he found a herd of horses that stepped on the horse, and Balthazar, who liked this kind of monster only a little less than the griffon, took the knights to catch two horses, and then cheekily asked Izumi to help β‘β‘.
Seeing that this was for his uncle's sake, Quan still helped Balthazar and tempted the cloud horse with a tree fruit, so there was such a scene.
However, because of this, Balthazar knew what the spring had planted on that mountain, and decided to pay more attention to the safety of the place when he returned. In this way, in the future, he can also buy some tree fruits from his nephew and give them to his Griffin and other magical beasts to eat.
I don't have any opinion on this spring, as long as all his tree fruits really grow, only his elves naturally can't eat them, so it's naturally okay to take out some of them and sell them.
Izumi leaned against the carriage window and lifted a corner to look out, the city was worthy of being the capital of Batlans, more majestic than Corot, and the civilians on both sides of the street were better dressed than Corot's.
"Where are we going next? Is it going straight to the palace? Izumi asked.
"Of course." Balthazar bowed his head and said: "Although the average nobles will go to their respective residences to rest after arriving in Tal'an, and then go to the palace to ask for an audience, we are different, Her Majesty Queen Miranda specially invited us to stay in the palace, so this time we will meet Your Majesty first, and the rest will be arranged by her." β
"Can you see her?" When Izumi heard this, he immediately became nervous.
"yes." Balthazar said this, with some regret, "Although I would prefer you to make a grand appearance tomorrow night, since you are already here, how can I not let you see you first?" β
He had some bad taste and wanted to surprise his sister's family, but the little nephew who had been separated for four years finally came home, and if he didn't let them see each other when he entered the palace, it would be really impossible to say.
"So in another hour, you'll be able to see your mother."
Balthazar tried to touch Izumi's head to encourage him, but was directly blocked by Electrolux on the side, who gave him a roll of the eyes of his possessive nephew, who was indifferent.
It's not cute. Balthazar pursed his lips and sighed secretly.
Izumi didn't notice the interaction between the two, and he rubbed his hands restlessly, sweating a lot from nervousness.
Shanaiduo's identity is almost impossible to hide here in Balthazar, and this time he is coming to the capital, and he will go to the heavily guarded palace, maybe someone will find out Shanaiduo's true identity at some point, so Izumi simply took it back to the Pork Ball first, so that the elf who has been following him can have a good rest.
So along the way, Izumi's side, in addition to the marquis, who is an elder, is only Electrolux, the invisible personal guard.
In the past ten days, Electrolux has covered all the things about the spring, and has done everything himself, completely without the help of others, and has fulfilled the duties of his personal guard thoroughly, and has slowly softened the spring by boiling frogs in warm water.
As a result, when Izumi is not accompanied by an elf, it must be Electrolux who has something to look for.
Just like it is now.
"Electrolux, wouldn't it be rude to go to see Your Majesty as I am now?"
Possessing the aesthetic of clothing in the PM world, and accustomed to the neat and neat way of dressing mercenaries, Izumi does not like to wear heavy and cumbersome aristocratic costumes, especially the various shiny gemstone decorations on those clothes, because it will prevent him from getting close to the elves, and the elves collectively say that they are not very comfortable with gems.
Therefore, although Izumi's current clothes are also the style that nobles love to wear, there is no sin at all except for the necessary chest row and the cuffs of the hands.
This seemed good to him, but it was too plain to compare it to the aristocratic Balthazar.
"You're fine now, don't worry about it at all, and I'm sure your majesty won't mind whatever you look like." Electrolux reached out and pulled his hands away, took out his handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat off it, and comforted him softly.
He told Izumi that Queen Miranda was a very gentle woman, and that Izumi could go to her without any burden.
Despite Electrolux's comfort, Izumi was still very nervous, and this tension became worse the closer he got to the palace, and when the carriage crossed the moat and entered the castle to a stop, listening to the singing outside, Izumi almost wanted to get out of the door, and ran as far as possible.
But when the car door opened, Izumi found that his legs were weak, and he couldn't even stand up, let alone leave.
Balthazar straightened his clothes and stepped out of the carriage first, turning back and instructing, "Put your cloak on." β
Electrolux understood what he was talking about, and reached out to remove one of his cloaks and draped them over Izumi.
When the hood covers the eyes, it brings a hint of darkness, but it also brings a sense of security to Izumi.
"Don't worry, I'll be with you all the time." Electrolux reached out and took him by the hand, applying a little force.
With this strength, Izumi stood up.
Electrolux led him, got out of the carriage himself, and helped him down.
Although the palace servants who greeted them outside did not know the identities of the two people who were also wearing cloaks, they were brought by Balthazar, so no one said that they wanted to check their identities.
And when Electrolux straightened up and revealed the ring on his hand, someone who had been working in the palace for more than five years remembered the son of the black who had been in the palace for two years as the personal guard of His Royal Highness the Little Prince, and then ran away in anger because of the disappearance of the little prince.
They didn't dare to look any further.
Izumi's eyes under the cloak looked around, the castle was vast, and a vestibule alone was bigger than his hill, not to mention the behemoth inside of the castle.
The gates of the castle were open, and the whole of the Order could not enter the palace, so Balthazar only walked through the gate with the two of them and a few henchmen.
The wide marble corridors where you can run horses side by side, the beautiful carved golden walls are full of decorations, carvings, tapestries and huge oil paintings, and the high arched walls are crowned with delicate crystal lamps at intervals, on which the light is not candles, but low-level magic cores.
Following the servants who had led the way, they walked through the corridors and past the courtyard, where the colonnades of tall Roman columns of snow-white replaced the previously closed walls, and the sunlight poured in and the scenery of the courtyard was unobstructed.
Izumi's gaze lingered in the courtyard, and the beautiful scenery made him relax a little, and as they walked through the colonnade, he seemed to see a little girl in a long pink dress flashing through the courtyard.
At last they stopped at a large gate, and the servant who led the way spoke to the two guards at the door, and the guard nodded, and opened the door.
Izumi's heart lifted again.