As we neared the city gate of Veneer, you could finally see the guards that hadnt been present throughout the citys outer suburbs wed passed through. In other words, if you thought about it, you could say that they didnt check who you were outside the city. How is this related to security? As you might think the suburbs were dark while Veneer glowed brightly. It may have been a situation that was necessary for the developnt of the city.
As we approached the gate, the guards walked towards us.
Halt, were required to verify your identity and collect an entry tax. Who is the one in charge of this group?
This city charges an entry tax While I studied this world in Bargas library, I learned that so cities and villages charged entry taxes. But neither Balga nor the Capital did this.
Laptiricia-samas escorts included and Ashley. On the other hand the guards while a part of our security team were a different group under the escort commander. The commander talked to the guards and dealt with all the formalities needed for us to enter. I still had to present my guild card but as nobles, Ashley and Laptiricia-sama did not.
We passed through the gate after a brief inspection as they recomnded the Glorious City Pavillion to stay at. The Glorious City Pavillion seed to be a luxurious inn that competed for the upper spots of the popular list within the city. It was a three-story stone building as its main building with several detached houses. The escorts would stay in the main building with a few servants that included and Ashley. Everyone else would stay in one of the nearby buildings.
The detached house was a two-story wooden ho. The second floor held the bedroom, a living room, and the bathroom. Everything else was on the first floor. Trees had been planted around the building to give it so privacy, so the inside gave off a different atmosphere. However, the trees hinder our ability to monitor the surroundings. The area outside would be guarded by the escort team 24/7, and the inside would be guarded by us while Laptiricia-sama was within the residence.
I planned to check with the escort commander about our plans and prepared to rest tomorrow, but before I left, I had to set a few things up. It was the installation of the T-UGS. Although there was so room to place them further, I decided to position them close near the main building and along the passage to our residence so I could gauge peoples movent better.
Laptiricia-sama schedule, which started the next day, was rough. First, we had to visit the manor of Veneers managing lord. Then, we had to visit an elderly Count and his wife whod been staying in the city for a long ti. At night, thered be a dinner held for all the single young nobles to socialize.
If this were just a plain noble or the third daughter of a powerful aristocrat, thered be no need to be busy. However, Duke Barga was a magical noble. Being one of the adventurers thatd helped conquer a labyrinth and having magic, would want to marry her so that magic would run in their offspring. Regardless if she was a noble or an adventurer. Magic was needed to fight against the monsters of this world. And the trip wasnt just a matching making trip; it signaled the beginning of Lapitirica-samas noble life.
One thing I noticed at the banquet that the escorts all waited in a corner.
There were not only young n here, but young girls, yet all of them were polite to Ashley. Was it awe? Fear? It seed like she was treated with more respect than Laptiricia-sama. The hosts showed no reactions, but maybe that was sothing to expect with their rank.
That concluded the first day of our schedule. Afterward, we returned to the Glorious City Pavillion. We reported to the commander about the event and asked if anything strange had happened while we were away. We also asked if thered been any changes to our schedule for tomorrow. At this ti, Laptirica-sama and Ashley should be on their way to the baths.
Of course, the escort team kept their vigil as I monitored their movents via my mask as they went Im not a peeping tom, you know?
Shaft-dono, did you notice sothing?
The escort commander asked as the eting was over. After having stood all day, and also standing now, I wasnt physically tired but ntally because of the boredom. Was that a good reason?
Speaking of which, the young nobles were very concerned about Ashley, did sothing happen?
Oh? Shaft-dono, did you not know? Ashley-dono, no, its more about the Zepanel Family. She Sorry. I dont really rember how many generations ago, but its probably because of Pri Minister Zepanel Eisei-dono and his influence. Properly controlling the distribution of power and stopping even his own relatives to reach his goal, which is still being respected and feared by many today.
Honorary Pri Minister Eisei Zepanel. There were few who hadnt heard of the Pri Ministers na, an elf. In Kurtrga, he was a mastermind that strived for dostic stability as the Pri Minister since the kingdoms founding. Even to go as far as to live past the 300-year life expectancy of the elves. Although retired from the frontlines, he still held great sway among the monarch. And given the one-ti post of Honorary Pri Minister of the Kingdom.
It was said that he had even prevented the Zepanel family from gaining influence over the Royal Family, on his own. Because of that, the Zepanel family has lived in the Kurtrga Kingdom as nobles without titles, no office, and no power. Ashley seed to have been regarded as the next candidate for the familys head. Speaking of which, Ashley did ntion she was a noble, but she never actually spoke about her family.
But even after hearing this, it changed nothing between us.
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