As the sky grew darker, it was time for the two people in the cafe to say goodbye.
Time always flies quickly. Pullman has been here for a long time today. Although as the supreme leader of a country, basically no one can restrain him, but staying here any longer will also trigger some strange rumors and speculations.
Before leaving, Pullman invited Loran Hill again, hoping that she could stay and participate in the construction of Clancy.
"This is a sudden invitation, and I'm not prepared for it at the moment. Let's wait for now, but I will come again tomorrow. I will stay in the royal capital this month." Although he didn't agree immediately, Loran Hill still agreed to stay for a while.
Pullman felt relieved when he saw the girl's answer. As long as she didn't refuse, it would be fine. He often felt that this fairy-like teacher would suddenly disappear and then suddenly reappear at some unexpected moment.
"This is your entry and exit pass to the palace. You can take it to the entrance and find the guards. They will send someone to inform you and guide you."
Pullman handed over a shield-shaped badge, about the size of Loran Hill's palm. The badge was dark gold, with an enamel base and several lifelike stars printed on it, and golden ears of wheat surrounding the center on both sides.
"Okay." Loran Hill did not refuse and accepted it directly.
"Well, see you tomorrow." The silver-haired girl waved to Pullman, and then the two parted ways.
Pullman walked out of the cafe. Two teams of knight guards who had been waiting for a long time had already lit torches and stood on both sides to protect the leader of Clansia as he returned to the palace to rest.
Loran Hill stood upstairs and watched the team below gradually go away, taking a closer look at the strength of this team.
Those knights in black armor are basically Sequence 4 elites, and behind them are several followers dressed in different styles. The strength of these people ranges from Sequence 5-7, and they seem to have their own specialties.
After spending a simple night at a hotel in the capital, Roland Hill arrived at a side gate of the palace the next morning. The main gate was generally only opened for important events or formal occasions, and palace staff also entered through the side gate.
Today, the Clansia Palace is no longer the residence of the royal family, but has been transformed into the center of the national administrative agency. Personnel from various departments come and go in it, conveying documents and orders. Guards wearing cloaks and armor stand on both sides of the aisles and corridors. As the center of a country, its defense force is naturally top-notch.
"Hello, please wait a moment."
A guard took the shield-shaped badge from the girl, asked her to register it briefly, and then hurried to notify the palace's internal affairs officer. Not long after, a woman dressed as a maid appeared at the gate.
She had a neat ponytail and was holding a document in her hand. She looked to be around 20 years old. After walking out of the palace gate, she first bowed slightly to the girl and then led the way.
"Please follow me." Behind her were two maids in black and white, with light rapiers hanging around their waists. They didn't look like just vases serving others.
They walked around and around, through the garden-like corridors of the palace, and finally came to a place with fewer people.
"I'm sorry, we have to take a little detour, because Lord Pullman said you might not want to be seen by many people." The head maid took Loran Hill to a pavilion in the garden.
"The morning state meeting has not yet ended. Please wait here for a moment."
After she finished speaking, she asked two maids to bring some snacks and fruits and put them on the table.
"Well, it doesn't matter." Loran Hill sat on the white chair next to the round table and looked around.
This should be an open-air garden where the Xifeng royal family entertained guests in the past. It is located behind the palace and is relatively quiet. From the side of the pavilion, you can overlook the scenery of the royal capital below. Patches of ochre-red brick and tile houses are spread across the field of vision, people are coming and going on the streets, and wisps of green smoke are rising in the distance.
After sitting for a while, the maid who brought her here left temporarily because she had other things to do, but when she left, she left the two sword-wielding maids aside to obey Loran Hill's orders.
Loran Hill asked the two maids, "When do state meetings usually start and end?"
"Hello, sir. The meeting begins at 8:00 am and usually ends around 10:00 unless something major happens. However, the situation in the south is not very stable at the moment, so it may take a little longer."
Although they were just maids, they were very familiar with the major events happening in Clancia through what they had seen and heard. Loran Hill also wanted to know the current situation, so he started asking one by one.
"I've been away from this land for a long time and just returned recently. Can you tell me about the current situation in Crancia? Of course, you don't need to tell me some confidential matters."
"Okay, sir." After the two maids were called up by Loran Hill, they took a quick look at the girl and quickly lowered their heads to explain.
"Currently, Clancy is roughly divided into 34 counties and 12 provinces, with a population of approximately 250 million..."
It was truly enormous. Listening to the two maids' tales, Loran Hill slowly began to grasp the enormity of this nation. As the second-largest nation in the Western Continent after Cangcui, Clansia undoubtedly had a significant population. However, few people had counted it in the past, and coupled with the nobles' concealment and failure to report, the number remained vague.
It was not until the destruction of West Wind and the establishment of Clancy that the authorities spent a lot of effort to re-count the population, land and other data, and some hidden things slowly emerged.
When Xifeng existed, the country's official population was probably less than 180 million, a considerable number of whom were slaves of the nobles, bandits in the mountains, deserted villages in the marginal areas, refugees who fled their homeland, and so on.
After the country was stabilized and all the clutter was cleared, these invisible populations gradually surfaced. This data also surprised the officials. Later, they had to increase the budget for domestic arable land, so that now farmland is being reclaimed all over the country.
After understanding the basic situation of Clancia at present, Loran Hill became a little curious about these two maids.
"Where are you from? Have you been practicing swordsmanship since you were young?"
The two maids exchanged a glance before carefully answering, "We are descendants of the West Wind nobility. Therefore, we possess some extraordinary skills, are literate, and have good physiques, so we were chosen to enter the palace to assist and entertain guests."
Descendants of Zephyr, the girl thought to herself. She took a quick look at the two men's strength. They were probably around Sequence 4. Although they were not as powerful as the terrifying geniuses in the academy, it was extremely rare for someone in their 20s to reach this level.
"So how do you feel about Clancy today? Or, what do the former West Wind nobles think of Clancy now?"
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