Book 15: Chapter 34
I was pleased with the state of the palace. Although I hadn’t been back for a long time, the palace was clean and tidy as I remembered it. Honestly, it was a little unfamiliar. It was my palace; there was no mistake about it, and I had lived in it for at least two months, but I almost had no recollection of it. Seeing the bed Nier and I once went wild on made me sigh. It must’ve been hard on the maids taking care of the bed sheets.
Preparations in the palace had commenced. Our guests were scheduled to arrive in two days. We had to prepare their rooms, food, water and things for the meeting. It was a big process. However, because the palace had a plan, and Vyvyan and Elizabeth weren’t bringing too many people, the palace was ready after burning the midnight oil.
There was nothing I could do in the palace. I brought Ying and Xia with me. Xia excitedly looked around. I knew what she was after. Xia wanted to go to the kitchen to see how national banquets were prepared. Three of the highest ranked rulers of this continent were going to convene together for a discussion, so the food was of the highest quality. Xia was eager to learn more about chefs, so she certainly wouldn’t want to miss the opportunity. However, people couldn’t just casually approach the kitchen, especially this time, where food was being prepared for three monarchs. Even the chef had to be strictly inspected and basically placed under palace arrest. That was done so that they could immediately be interrogated should something happen. Without a written order from me, the guards wouldn’t let Xia near the kitchen.
“Thank you so much for complying with so many of Xia’s requests.”
“It’s fine. I told you, your loyalty is what’s most important to me. If I can’t give you my trust, how could you entrust your loyalty to me?”
I gave Ying a smile. She nodded. She seemed to have a smile of embarrassment. Ying rarely showed any expressions, but she’d look very blissful whenever it had to do with her sister. She asked me and Dragon Mom, whom were preparing to head out, “Do you really not need me to accompany you? With so many people in this city, it would be dangerous, would it not?”
“It’s fine. This is my city, and I have my Mom with me, so I should be safe.”
If I didn’t have my mom with me, Ying was a very powerful bodyguard; however, if Nier was the one who came to kill me, Ying might not be able to defeat her. That said, Nier was unlikely to try and kill me, unless I had several mistresses out there that she found out about. If she did, I’d probably be assassinated during the day by Lucia, and then hacked by Nier at night.
Dragon Mom was with me. Her true form was that of a dragon. Besides Ying and Xia, nobody could pierce her dragon scales. Even if Mom didn’t have her combat prowess in her dragon form, once she did transform into her dragon form… Let’s not go there. If she transformed into her dragon form, half of Troy City would become ruins. I think it would be more convenient to have her burn everything up with a blast of fire, instead.