Chapter 292: Searching for a Target
With both Leslie and Yujun following us, Melina and I came up with a new plan to keep them safe while we were in the capital.
The two kids were walking right behind us at first, but we noticed they got tired pretty quickly, so we carried them in our arms until we reached the line to the city gates.
Melina took Leslie in her arms, and the girl was a bit combative at first as she didn’t like to get picked up. However, when Melina’s gentle embrace lifted her up, the little girl blushed and stopped her tantrum.
Yujun, on the other hand, was very quiet and submissive, so he had nothing to say when I lifted him up. The kid hadn’t said a word to us, but he seemed to trust us enough to take him with us.
When we saw the line to the gates not far from us, we had to put them back down on the ground, or people would start wondering why nobles were carrying slaves with them.
Luckily, the queue was moving faster than in Xiulan since they had more guards inspecting the ID wooden tablets at the entrance, so it only took about 45 minutes for our turn.
After we gave our fake wooden tablets to the guards, they wrote down our names on some kind of document and stared at the two kids for a moment.
We thought that the guards would inquire about them, but they didn’t bat an eye and simply allowed us in.
’It’s probably normal for nobles to bring slaves from the outskirts. That’s why they don’t bother asking about them anymore...’ I thought.