Book 2: Chapter 3
The city doors were much sturdier than I imagined. There were double doors, so if one was broken down, there’d still be another layer of doors inside. The defences were basically the same as the elf capital. I suppose both races had similar thought processes when building their city walls.
As we went down the street, a very luxurious horse carriage was stopped in the middle of the road. Every one of the horses were white. Not a single strand of fur had been contaminated with another colour. I think the body of the carriage was made out of Rosewood. How do I know that? It’s because I’ve seen that type of wood in the Forbidden City. There was a beautiful pattern engraved on it. I believe that gold was poured onto it after the pattern was carved on. The gold pattern shined brilliantly under the light of the sun rays.
There were two cavalrywomen by the carriage. Both of them had chest plates that were blindingly shiny. They stood silently by the carriage. They didn’t utter a word. In fact, they didn’t budge. They were motionless like statues. But as I said, they were females just like Nier. Nier extended her arm out and stopped me. She then took a big step forward, went down on one knee and respectfully said: “Your majesty, the prince is here.”
The curtain of the carriage got pulled open and I heard a calm voice. The voice sounded beautiful like the sounds of nature. Someone with such a beautiful voice must be a beauty. But even though it was a female’s voice, it carried a dignified tone that you couldn’t help but obey. Is this what majestic means?
“Pull back the black veil!”
Nier seemed to have got frightened. Surprised, she raised her head and exclaimed: “Your majesty!”
“I said, pull it back. I’m his mother. What sort of mother hides behind a black veil when her child is right before her?”
The empress sounded slightly annoyed. Nier paused before walking over to the carriage, tippy-toeing and pulling back the black veil by the window. What’s the purpose of the black veil…? Is it to prevent others from seeing the empress? They weren’t this fussy in the elf nation. Didn’t I run freely through the streets even as a prince?
Ah… I take that back. I didn’t get to run free on the streets. But that was because mom was over-protective!