The Conqueror from a Dying Kingdom: Volume 6 [Parts 1 to 2] by Fudeorca

Author:Fudeorca
Language: eng
Format: epub

IV

Once I’d changed into formal clothes, I left via the residence’s main entrance.

I had fresh bandages wrapped around my injured left foot that were so thick I needed to wear larger shoes. Then, since my uninjured right foot was smaller, I had to wear two thick woolen socks on that foot to make up the difference. I also had a staff to support me.

A carriage was already waiting for me outside the entrance.

“Lord Yuri, please climb aboard,” one of the soldiers who guarded the residence said.

As I was about to get on, however, I noticed something unusual going on outside the gate that led out onto the street—a crowd jostling with our soldiers.

“What’s this? Who are they?”

I’d seen mobs try to get into the residence like this before during times of trouble in the past few years, such as when there was a shortage of food. This felt different, though. It looked like a crowd of about twenty people, but they were peaceful enough that four of our soldiers—who were standing outside with their spears held horizontally, points still sheathed—were enough to hold them back from the gate.

Are they here to make demands? I wondered.

“It appears word of your return has reached them, Lord Yuri,” the guard informed me. “They’ve gathered in hopes of seeing you.”

“Huh?” What the...?

“We’ll pull them away from your carriage as you pass by.”

“Okay.”

The Ho family had exceptional guards. They’d throw themselves in front of anyone who got too close if they had to.

“Head out,” I commanded as I sat on the soft seat, staff in hand.

“Yes, Sir,” the coachman replied.

With a gentle crack of his whip, the horse began to pull the carriage forward.

I heard excited cries of “Lord Yuri!” as we passed through the gates. It seemed this was not an attempt by the masses to complain to a local lord about political oppression. It didn’t sound as though they had any actual business with me—they were just calling to me because they wanted to. They actually sounded similar to some of the weird Cultural Academy students who’d followed me around in the past.

When I opened the curtain to look out the carriage window, I saw not just girls, but men and women of all ages who apparently had nothing better to do than stare at me as they chatted happily to each other. It was almost like they’d just come to gawk at me. No, that was exactly what they were doing.

What’s wrong with these people? Don’t they have jobs? They’ve got nothing better to do than look at me?

They didn’t bother me for long because we passed them in no time at all as the carriage headed straight for the royal castle.

It didn’t seem like they wanted to attack us. What was up with those people?

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On our arrival at Royal Castle Island, the carriage stopped close to the castle’s main entrance. I descended from the carriage, only to find myself the subject of several stares once again. This time, however, they were looking at me in a completely different way.

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