Chapter 64
Hiding in the Imperial Palace, Michelle was surprised when Cold Flame contacted her, saying that the delegation split into thirteen parts, and that only one was heading into the palace. The others spread out around the palace. Part of the delegation which was going into the palace was the old man and Garric. So Michelle quickly went to Mare and Snow and made a quick adjustment to her plans.
Snow and Mare would leave the palace and each track a group left behind while Michelle remained by the little Emperor’s side using the identity of Michael Grayson. Mare and Snow left, and after quickly changing her clothes and putting on her disguise mask, Michelle went to prepare the little Emperor for the visit. David Elether also seemed to be aware of the visit as he didn’t ask anything and just went into the throne room. He wasn’t worried that the delegation from the lower realm would recognize him.
Michelle also summoned a few Spirit Clones and spread them out to watch the remaining nine groups which didn’t have anyone to watch them just yet. With Michelle’s cultivation being just below the Spirit rank, she could keep the clones around for over two days.
Just as Michelle sent her clones away, a maid entered. "Your Majesty, some guests requested audience," she bowed her head down low as she spoke.
The little Emperor glanced at Michelle, a bit surprised that she was right when she told him that someone would come. "Lead them in!" he told the maid, and she quickly left. A moment later, she reappeared with Garric and the group from the lower realm behind her.
Garric bowed his head, and the group followed to keep up some courtesy, but even the little Emperor could see their hypocrisy and arrogance. It was clear they disregarded him. The Emperor of the only empire in the Land of Exile was nothing in their eyes. They were so respectful and kept up basic courtesy because their cultivation was suppressed, and because they didn’t know the origins of Michael Grayson, the little Emperor’s teacher, whom they guessed to be from the middle realm.
Michelle could see right through them, and she smiled a bit. Since the moment they entered, she noticed that Garric’s back was straight. That meant he gave the Soul Seeking Pendants to someone. And no one from the group in front of her seemed like he had it, so it had to be with the people stationed outside the palace.
The old man started speaking with the little Emperor, but Michelle didn’t pay much attention as it was clear that the old man was just trying to distract the little Emperor, David and her, so they wouldn’t notice what was going on outside.
Constantly, Michelle received news from her Spirit Clones and her three beasts about the movements of the groups, and when she put it together in her head, the groups were surrounding the castle. Five groups surrounded the palace walls, five infiltrated the palace and formed a circle in gardens surrounding the palace, and the last two groups blocked the two main gates. The smaller gates were left alone. So it seemed they weren’t planning on blocking off the palace. It was more like a formation.
As the old man was talking, Michelle suddenly interrupted him. "Sir, with your age you should be quite knowledgeable about some things... Do you know the meaning of a pentagram in a pentagram with two poles?" she asked with a smile, her purple eyes narrowing coldly.