Chapter 172.1
Burning in the Hot Desert
The Khalfaan Empire, a great country in the west, consisting of an emperor’s family and four grand dukes, borders the sea to the south, and its land was composed of huge grasslands and deserts, where trade and livestock farming were thriving.
In this land, where there were very few thick trees and high-quality stones that could be used for building materials, sandstone was used for most of the buildings. To protect the buildings from the sea wind, plaster mixed with a special chemical was applied on top of the sandstone, and the terraced white buildings lined up in rows.
The ship belonged to the Cleydale Kingdom of the East, a great noble family known as the Melrose family, formerly known as the royal family, and this visit was unofficial but also official.
“Still no permission?”
Two men and a woman were confronting each other in the mansion of the lord who governs the port town. They were not alone in the room, and the person in charge of guarding them was behind them, but the pressure of the woman’s smile that uttered those words made it impossible for him to interrupt her, and the man sitting on the sofa, who was directly facing the pressure, wiped the sweat running down his forehead, which had recently become wider, with his handkerchief.
“Yes, I understand what you are saying, Lady Layton. I understand, but…ah, of course, our empire will spare no pains to cooperate fully. However, there are some who are not comfortable with the use of our security network without disclosing information about the target of the search, or with the use of your dark side or adventurers in the empire…”
The Cruzian man’s apologetic words gradually diminish as Sera gazed at him.