Once I made up my mind, I spent the day at the temple planning everything and informing people about my "planned absence" to avoid raising suspicion.
I was dead serious about breaking into the emperor's home tonight. And no ... it wasn't a joke.
The imperial fortress stood in the northern part of the capital, Belgrad.
To get there faster, I used one of the teleportation gates connecting the temple and the city.
Wearing plain black clothes, I moved through the capital's early-morning streets.
Infiltrating the emperor's estate at dawn…
Yeah. I was definitely losing my mind.
But I had no other options.
The capital was vast and advanced, far more so than anywhere else I'd been.
It took nearly an hour to reach the Valerion family's private sector.
From a hilltop, I finally saw it ... the view I'd once written about myself.
The wonder of House Valerion.
Unlike other noble territories, the Crownlands were home to towering castles that looked like they belonged to another era.
