"No... Although this square is large, I can't see any traces that meet the standards..." Dorothy immediately responded to Adele with her findings from her reconnaissance with the corpse doll. After hearing this, Adele sighed slightly and spoke.
"Huh... If that's the case, then let's continue reading."
As she spoke, Adele continued to move forward until she reached the eastern end of the ceremonial square, where a huge fountain appeared before her.
There are many fountains in the Palace of the Gods of Beauty, but this one is indeed the largest one. It is located on the ceremonial square, behind the large bronze statue of the king in grand attire, and in front of the Colorful Dome Hall, the main building of the Palace of the Gods of Beauty.
The entire fountain is circular in shape, with countless stone sculptures of various kinds standing on it. The fountain's nozzles surround the circular fountain, spraying tall streams of water into the interior of the fountain, allowing the stone statues inside to bathe in the dew.
"This is the Dawn Fountain, the largest fountain in the Palace of Beauty. To be honest, the fountains in the Palace of Beauty are really beautiful, and the water patterns are much more varied than those in Tivian. If I build my own garden in the future, I will definitely ask the craftsmen from Farajo to build the fountain... No... more than a fountain..." Adele said in her heart as she looked at the fountain in front of her, and Dorothy responded immediately.
"It is indeed beautiful, but unfortunately, there is still no lotus found on it."
"Indeed... so let's continue~"
As she spoke, Adele continued to walk forward. Behind the Morning Fountain was a giant iron door nearly ten meters high and as big as a city gate. At this moment, the door covered with exquisite relief carvings had been wide open, revealing a passage leading to the interior of the building.
After entering the tall palace building, what appeared before Adele's eyes was a huge palace hall. The floor of the hall was marble inlaid with star patterns, and the edges were thick stone pillars with exquisite bases. The top of the hall was a dome inlaid with countless colored glass. The sunlight shone through the semicircular glass dome, forming irregular but complex and chaotic colorful shadows on the ground.
"This is the Colorful Dome Hall, the largest main hall in the entire Meishen Palace. It connects the south wing, the north wing, and many buildings on the east main trunk. It is also connected to the ceremonial square in the west. It is probably the most important transportation point."
"Indeed... there seem to be a lot of people here." Admiring the huge hall in front of her from an unfamiliar perspective, Dorothy responded to Adele. Although there were a lot of people here, she still didn't find any lotus patterns.
Adele then continued along the main trunk of the Palace of the Goddess of Beauty, heading west to the main building. Behind the Colorful Dome Hall, there was another large hall separated by an archway more than ten meters high without a door.
This hall is directly connected to the Colorful Dome Hall. In the middle of it there is a large raised circular platform, on which are inlaid floor tiles that are inconsistent with the surrounding area.
The patterns of the floor tiles on the platform present a trendy trend, like flowing water, but the streamlined patterns on each floor tile are intermittent, flowing only on the surface of the tile and stopping at the edge. The entire circular platform looks inharmonious as if it were cut.
On the northeast and south sides of the circular platform, there are layers of overlapping stands. At least four layers of the stands have wooden railings on the edges. Behind the railings are the tiered seats and special boxes that seem to be found only in theaters. On the top of the hall is a giant chandelier like a crystal flower. The whole hall feels like a theater scene.
"This is the singing hall, a place in the Palace of the Goddess of Beauty used for performances of dramas, songs and dances. The round platform is the stage. It is said that Charles himself often performs there.
"This is the official performance area of the Palace of the Goddess of Beauty. If there is one of the so-called 'stages', it is most likely here. However, at first glance, there is no lotus pattern to be found."
Walking around the circular stage of the concert hall, Adele, with a gleam in her eyes, continued to introduce herself to Dorothy in her heart, and Dorothy responded immediately.
"Look at you, Adele...it seems like you also want to perform on this stage."
"That's right. As a dancer, any noble and shining stage is what I desire. Although the stage in the Palace of the Goddess of Beauty is not very big, its exquisiteness is the best I have ever seen. If possible, I also hope to have a formal public performance in Flotz and perform on this stage in the future. After all, this is also the place where my ancestors performed."
Adele responded like this while slowly continuing her tour. After leaving the singing hall, she continued along the central axis of the Palace of Beauty.
Along the central axis, Adele, from Dorothy's perspective, toured several magnificent halls in succession, and also looked at important places such as the bedrooms of the king and queen. After nearly an hour of touring, Adele finally came to the westernmost end of the main building of the Palace of Beauty, a hall at the end of the central axis.
In this huge hall, collections of weapons and armor can be seen everywhere, lined up on the edges of the hall. The walls and ceilings of the hall are painted with huge colorful murals, the contents of which are all various national epics of Farajo.
"This is the Hall of Glory, the war artifact collection room in the Palace of the Goddess of Beauty. It's where the king boasts about his martial arts. The paintings above are almost all of the important battles that Farajo experienced in history. The most eye-catching one is the Black Forest Victory."
Standing in the center of the Hall of Glory, Adele continued to introduce to Dorothy. Dorothy followed Adele's perspective and looked at the mural in the Hall of Glory that depicted the Victory in the Black Forest. She saw that the sunlight from outside was shining through the skylight on the ceiling onto the face of the forest dancer in the mural. Although that face looked like a beautiful woman at first glance, a closer look revealed a neutral feeling that was difficult to distinguish between male and female. If compared with the portraits and statues of the King in costume in other places in the Palace of Beauty, they were 70% to 80% similar.
"Heh... this is truly a king with a unique personality. But unfortunately, there is not a single lotus flower or lotus in these paintings..."
After visiting the Hall of Glory, Adele walked out of the main building of the Palace of Beauty and came to its eastern end. Then, a huge human lake appeared in front of her. There were small boats floating on the lake, and a small church could be vaguely seen on the other side of the lake.
Adele strolled along the edge of the clear lake, admiring the scenery with Dorothy. On one side of the lake, they even saw several farmlands. On the edge of the farmlands, they saw several houses with a hint of "farmhouse" style, and even a waterwheel running on the canal.
"This lake is called Huashui Lake, which is the largest man-made building in the Palace of the Goddess of Beauty. The church over there is the Church of the Lord, which is the place for worship in this palace. And this... um... the farmyard here is said to be specially built by the queens and princesses who live here in order to experience the so-called peasant life. In fact, the cost of this yard is enough to buy hundreds or thousands of real peasant houses..."
Standing by the lake, Adele looked around and continued to introduce herself to Dorothy. After listening, Dorothy looked at the spotless, elegantly decorated and expensively made farmhouse and complained about it.
"It seems that... there is a big difference between how the royal family understands farmers and how the peasants understand farmers..."
"That's about right. After all, farmers don't have time to enjoy cake in their own yard~" Adele said so, then she turned to look at the calm lake at dusk and continued to speak in her heart.
"Okay, now we have almost toured the entire Palace of the Goddess of Beauty. So, my clever little detective, have you found the so-called three stages?"
"Well... based on the current investigation results, although this Palace of the Goddess of Beauty is very large, there is not a single trace of lotus to be found. It is still difficult to completely confirm the location of the three stages."
"Oh~ It seems that the little detective has encountered a difficult problem this time..." Adele said curiously, and Dorothy spoke again silently.
"It's not a difficult problem for now. I already have some clues, but I need to find someone to confirm some key information."
"Looking for someone? Who do you want to find?" Adele asked Dorothy curiously, and the other party responded immediately.
"I am that...Mr. F..."
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