After establishing the Red Lion Empire, Alessandro included all of Red Plain into the King’s Domain as compensation for the Coburg Family, His Majesty granted a large piece of fertile land to his father-in-law in the south.
At the sa ti, he also allowed the Coburg Family to retain their most ancient castle, as the ancestors of the Coburg Family rest there.
Ireya recollected the recent history of the Empire that she had cramd just a short while ago while curiously surveying her surroundings from atop her horse.
It must be said that the people living on the Red Plain seed generally wealthier than those from other areas; even the farrs wore new clothing.
And with the Emperor’s recent reopening of the grand martial tournant, King’s Avenue was filled with people headed in the direction of Lion Heart Castle, just like the Lady herself.
Among them were burly warriors with robust muscles, carrying all kinds of bizarre weapons. There were also rchants dressed in luxurious silk from head to toe, exuding the scent of money from every pore.
They were often accompanied by beautiful, seductive dancing girls.
In addition, there were minstrels, including so moderately famous ones who triggered exclamations of recognition, noble carriages flying various flags...
But with the Lady’s appearance, everyone’s gaze involuntarily concentrated on her.
It couldn’t be helped; the troupe following her was simply too eye-catching.
Lately, King’s Avenue had been busy with constant traffic, but no one had seen such a large crowd at once before.
That dense mass of people stretched as far as the eye could see, at least a few thousand strong, completely jamming King’s Avenue which normally accommodated four carriages abreast.
And it was a mixed bag of sorts: rcenaries, civilians, nobles... You na it, they had it. These people, who under normal circumstances wouldn’t intersect, were now all gathered together.
Miss Rabbit had been ogled along the way and was already numb to it until a group of cavalry, numbering over a hundred, approached from the front.
Embroidered on their cloaks was a shield with two crossed blades behind it—Ireya recognized it as the emblem of the Royal Knight Order.
"Whose troops are these?"
The leading knight had a pair of brown round ears and a long nose. The Lady felt sowhat familiar with him, feeling as though she had seen him sowhere.
A mont later, Ireya rembered that after she had left Rock Snow City, her stepmother Vanessa had once sent a group of rcenaries to find him, and the leader’s nickna seed to be called Honey Bear, resembling the knight before her.
Clearly, they were from the sa family.
"I am the Family Head of the Arias Family, daughter of Blood-eyed Ruse from Green Field, Ireya." The Lady replied.
"I am Steve of the Boleslaw Family, son of Duncan with the Oak Sword, and the leader of the sixth subdivision of the Empire First Knight Order." The newcor introduced himself.
He paused before continuing, "We received a report of a strange army appearing on King’s Avenue, and for the safety of Lion Heart Castle, we must ask you to stop here."
"But the Emperor himself has requested my presence in the city for the grand martial tournant," Miss Rabbit brought out her shield.
Steve patiently explained, "Of course you can go to the Royal Capital, but you can’t bring so many followers."
"They are not my followers." The Lady shook her head, "Sir Steve, can’t you see that the majority here are civilians?"
"Civilians?" Steve was startled, he looked behind Ireya, and indeed, aside from a few noble guards, the rest were almost entirely civilians.
"Why are there so many civilians following you?"
"They are not following , they are following rlin."
"rlin, who is that?"
"The Prophet of the Double Rest Sect, the spokesperson in the mortal world on Saturdays."
"Well, I don’t care who he is, just make him take these people away quickly."
"Unfortunately, he is not here right now."
"Then where is he, didn’t you say that all these people were following him?"
"rlin is currently on vacation in the Divine Country, his next descent will be in two days. Moreover," the Lady said, "as you can see, these people are rely civilians, and His Majesty has not prohibited civilians from going to the Royal Capital, has he?"
"This..." Sir Steve thought for a mont, "It seems there is no such decree."
"Then why do you want to drive them away?"
"Because they have all gathered together."
"As I said before, they’re just following rlin. rlin has removed, or is removing, the curses from them. Even if I were to drive them now, they wouldn’t leave."
"Indeed, I can attest to that." Wild, standing by, interjected, "I am Wild, the Family Head of the Singleton Family from Fertile Corner, rlin the Prophet perford a miracle, saving my granddaughter."
" too."
"I can attest as well." Treger and Rogers also agreed, "The Divine Power of Prophet rlin is unparalleled, the likes of which I’ve seen only once in my life."
"You had better not say such things before His Majesty," Sir Steve said, "he now believes in no god other than the Life Goddess. However..."
The commander changed the subject, "Since these people are following rlin voluntarily, I can’t forcibly split them up."
Having said this, he turned to the Lady, "I’m just giving you a suggestion; you could well advise Prophet rlin to take his followers back ho."
"Why?"
"Because he will surely find no favor in the Royal Capital, the Priest of Cornelia will teach him a lesson."
"rlin won’t turn back on the way because I am going to the Royal Capital, and he will surely accompany ."
"I have kindly advised you, if you don’t listen then just keep going forward," Sir Steve said, "just make sure you don’t regret it later."
"Thank you for your concern," Ireya said with neither servility nor haughtiness.
Sir Steve nodded slightly, then led his n away.
His arrival was swift, and his departure even swifter, without dragging his feet.
And the Lady continued leading her people forward.
By dusk, the troop camped by the roadside to rest, and by then, Lion Heart Castle was just over two days away.
Ireya could almost see the towering white walls of the Royal Capital. She slept in her tent overnight and upon waking early the next morning, felt a bit of stiffness in her neck, like sothing had pinched her.
The Lady instinctively reached under her pillow and actually felt sothing there.
It was a wooden carving, depicting a nursing woman wearing a crown made of thorns, with a red snake wrapped around her chest.
Miss Rabbit was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly her face changed, and she threw away the wood carving.
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