City of Desire Novel Chapter 502: Founding Day

Magda

"I want to wear it now," I said dreamily, looking longingly at the purple-red dress.

It is the most beautiful dress and most expensive dress I have ever seen. It is not only including magical material but is a mist-crafted dress; crafted using the mist of legacy and now it is mine.

These dresses are really expensive and near impossible to get your hands on.

I have seen people far richer than us asking for them, but not eligible to buy them.

There is such a limited stock of these dresses, and very few people, like the sister of Lord Silver, would be able to buy them.

I got it because of El's mom. It is a wonderful gift from her.

"You only need to wait for a few hours," replied El, as she ca out wearing a beautiful green dress.

Her mother had bought her an entire wardrobe of dresses. It is not just dresses, but also many accessories. All of which were made for her.

This is not possible for most people, but for her, it now is.

Click!

"Girls, are you ready?" asked my mom as she ca inside with Eryna following behind her.

"Yes," I replied. Looking at the mirror one last ti. El's mother had sent a person to prepare us.

We are attending the founding day function at Central Square.

Soon, we stepped out of the room, before getting out of the hotel and into the carriage waiting for us.

"There is a lot of traffic," said El, looking at the lines and lines of carriages in front, with the central square as the destination.

Nobody is surprised.

There is always traffic with functions like this in a city. I don't mind it, seeing I am getting to look at this beautiful city carefully.

In just one night, they have adorned the city as beautiful as a bride.

It looked beautiful yesterday, but now it is looking even more magnificent. "It's like a festival," said George, and I couldn't help but nod.

It took us a while, but we finally drew near the central plaza, and it was packed.

"It seems like the entire city had gathered here," said Mom, looking at the crowd as we got out of the carriage, which quickly moved away.

There is no space to park here.

I could only see a few carriages, which I am sure belong to important people, like our Lord of Inam. I heard he had co to Greltheaven to attend the functions.

There is heavy security at every turn.

We were led through the cordoned area before we reached the seating in front of the enormous stage.

There are twelve rows of seats with the capacity to seat at least a thousand people. We were in the fifth row and when we reached there, we found a familiar person was sitting there.

"Vice-guild master Benil," father greeted the man.

"Pearson, it's nice to see you again," replied the man, with only a small change in expression, before looking at El for a mont.

We took our seats, with my father sitting beside Benil. It's a good thing I am sitting on the other end.

I don't like that man.

A few minutes passed, and more seats filled. Soon all the seats in my row had been filled, leaving only two beside .

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I was in my thoughts when two people ca. I turned and when I saw them, my heartbeat couldn't help, but beat faster.

There are two people; the woman looked to be in her early thirties and a young man, who is about my brother's age, around eighteen.

He is the most handso boy; I have seen, and he is an elf.

He is tall with high cheekbones that the elves are famous for. He had deep green eyes and blue hair that looked like it was made of water.

The woman is no less beautiful. So much so that I couldn't help, but feel a little envy.

They ca and sat down, with the young man beside , and he turned toward .

"Asyren Vylisod," he said, in a beautifully accented voice that rang like chis.

I was so srized that I couldn't react for a mont. It would have taken

more. If not for El hitting

with her leg.

"Magda Pearson," I replied, with my cheeks heating up.

"It's nice to et you, Magda," he said. "You too, Asyren," I replied with a smile.

I could feel the eyes on , but I didn't care. The man is too handso. Not talking with him would be a cri.

"Based on your accent, you seed to be from the rchant states?" I asked. "Not by my race?" he asked back quickly, and I rolled my eyes.

"Yes, I am from the rchant state Ishlynor.," he replied.

I was surprised to hear that.

I thought he would be from Belnin or ldhorn. All the regions of the rchant states have elves, so more than others, but Ishlynor Forest is the region of elves.

"You are from Harsoth Empire, right?" he asked. "Inam," I replied.

"Well, that's close," he said, and I smiled.

"If you don't mind

asking. Will you be at the party tonight?" I asked. It's a little too forward, but I decided to ask it, biting down the nervousness I was feeling.

"I hope you will be there too, or the party will feel pale," he said. I know he is flattering , but I liked it.

"You can bet on that," I replied, and he smiled.

A few minutes passed, and the drum began to ring out, as the important people began to make entry.

I barely glanced at them. All my focus is on the beautiful man beside .

We were talking when suddenly, the drums began to play even louder than before. I turned from Asyren, catching the eyes of El and my brother. El is all smiles, while my brother is glaring.

He isn't glaring at , but at Asyren beside .

Seeing that, I couldn't help but sigh. He is too protective, scaring away half of the guys I date.

I shook my head and looked at the large carriage coming with the heavy guards.

It stopped, and a strikingly beautiful woman ca out of it. For a mont, I thought it was Carla Salt, but she said to have red hair.

"Aunt Ina," said El softly.

Governor Knox. The woman was more beautiful than she was said to be.

I was looking at her when two more people ca out, one after another. They are children, siblings of Lord Silver.

The last one to co out was Lord Silver.

...…..

I walked onto the stage with Ina and the children. Wishing Carla had been here. She isn't.

She is in the legacy.

I had asked her, multiple tis, but she didn't co.

I sighed internally and looked ahead toward the people. There are tens of thousands of them. More than double of the last celebration.

So much so that there is barely any space in the central square, despite

expanding it a little after the first battle.

A lot of important people have co to the city. Lord of Inam, Lord of Owlspring, and other nobles from empire and rchant states.

Far more than the last ti.

I know that they didn't co out of their respect for .

So might, but it's not the main reason. Especially the nobles from the empire, who are busy dealing with civil war, foreign enemies, and other troubles.

Their ti is precious to them. They wouldn't have co if it was not important to them.

It's the essence, and the tower is producing a lot of it, because of the sheer size. Those with even little brains understand that and they want it, and I am going to give it to them.

A resource that can't be used is useless. I am going to use the essence.

There are a lot of things I want, and these people will give them to . Till now, I have focused on the rchant states, the most, but now, I will focus on the empire as well.

Grade II essence provided

with a level of influence, but not as much as Grade III could.

They want the Grade III essence desperately, and I am going to fill that need. I am going to make them addicts. Sothing they couldn't live without.

They have a lot of things I want, and Grade III essence will give

the ability and influence to get those things.

I need that level of influence.

The incident at Ertburn had proven how much I needed it.

I shook those thoughts away surveying my citizens and guests, I felt all of them looking at , with eyes filled with hope and expectation.

It made

scared. I don't want to disappoint them.

"My citizens, what a year it has been!" I said dramatically. At first, there was confusion, but a smile appeared on their faces before laughter began to escape their lips.

I didn't want to give a serious speech today. They need mirth and optimism after the year it has been.

"We have experienced things in one year that most do not in decades." "Our lord ran away. We got attacked not once, but three tis, and recently even got stabbed in the back,"

Excluding the last sentence about the Deerpond where expressions soured, many were attentive and nodded along.

"But we preserved! We fought tooth and nail and won when everybody expected us to fail," "It was not without cost, we lost many good people."

"To them, the dominion will be eternally grateful,"

It is risky to use that word, but I have remained cautious enough.

It brought imdiate reactions. Many like the Lords of Owlspring and Inam smiled grinningly, while nobles of the Nakar forest and others turned serious.

It is a calculated risk. It could go either way, but now, I have the power to bear the consequences.

"The coming year will be even more challenging, but it will also be filled with prosperity,"

"I promise you, my dear citizens, I…."