Ning got himself a room in a hotel in the mercial district, which wasn't very different from the room back in the City of beginnings.
It was a tall building, and Ning stood before the window to look at the capital city. People moved in the streets like a colony of ants. The sheer number of people in that one place was baffling.
It reminded Ning of those few cities in the Southern continent of Kumia, where they were so packed that they had to make buildings that went sky high just to acmodate them.
He then looked into the horizon and could see a massive black building that towered over every other building. It stood somewhere outside of the government district in the west and was so massive that Ning didn't even need to think twice to realize what it was.
"So that's the Aether Tower huh? Are these folks so good that they are even sought after by the royal palace?" he thought.
He walked away from the window and sat on his bed. He was curious about the royal family, so he brought a small piece of information from the system that gave him a general knowledge of them.
Ning was a little surprised when he found out that Emperor Kain had 3 wives and 7 concubines. That was a number he hadn't expected to see.
Even in Kumia where polygamy was normal, he hadn't seen this many wives to a single man. 'Damn, the emperor sure has a harem,' he thought.
Amongst those 3 wives, only 1 was the royal empress and everyone else held no authority in the royal court.
With the 10 women, the emperor had fathered a total of 22 different children. Amongst them, only 3 had managed to successfully inherit the emperor's golden hair.
The 3 were the second son of the Emperor, Gilian Xandars who was born to his second wife. The 5th son of the emperor, Amien Xandars, was born to the first concubine.
And finally, the second daughter of the Emperor, Elizabeth Xandars, was born to the fourth concubine.
The next ruler of the empire would be chosen from amongst these 3, and the choice would entirely belong to the emperor himself.
"I see," Ning thought. "If you have no say in being an emperor, and you really want to bee one… then the only way to guarantee your victory is by getting rid of your petition."
"No wonder her second brother tried to kill her and stop her from returning. She adds another threat to his ascension to being an Emperor," Ning thought to himself.
"It seems she won't really be safe until the Emperor chooses a successor, which is also entirely up to him."
"System, can you let me know if either Reever or Lisa ever have any threat on their life?" Ning asked.
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