Josiah stopped the magic carriage in front of the Hearthstone Tavern. This action immediately alerted Cheil.
"My mentor … is here?"
Cheil turned her head to look at the Hearthstone Tavern on the other side of the street.
Even though Madam Marina had expanded the Hearthstone Tavern to the largest size on this street, the front of the tavern was still as' shabby 'as ever.
Just the wooden signboard alone did not look like a reliable tavern.
"Hearthstone Tavern. Have you heard of it?"
Josiah opened the carriage door and walked to the other side to open the door for the king.
"Hearthstone Tavern?"
The moment Cheil heard this word, a ripple appeared on her cold face.
Josiah saw an emotion called 'anticipation' in her eyes.
"I've seen people talking about it on the spellcaster forums."
Cheil got off the magic carriage. She was not the kind of girl who would be kidnapped. As the ruler of a country, she would not be so timid.
Under Josiah's guidance, Cheil pushed open the door of the Hearthstone Tavern and walked in. The first thing she smelled was the aroma of ale.
"Dwarves …"
Shay looked around the ridiculously large tavern. As far as he could see, all he could see were Dwarves and Spellcasters who were having a duel in Hearthstone.
Dwarves were an extremely rare race in the Land of Frost, but they were everywhere in Noland. They occupied more than half of the tavern.
"They're regulars here." Josiah led Cheil to another part of the Hearthstone Tavern.
"Mentor, is he playing Hearthstone here too?"
Cheil searched among the dwarves who were drinking ale, laughing heartily from time to time, or cursing others for being 'god-slapping dogs'.
Her purpose in coming to Noland was firstly to see Josiah, and secondly to find the Sage of Noland to discuss the issue of the Court of Heresy.
"If you had come last month, you might have been able to find the Gray-Clothed One there. He should be there now."
Josiah pointed to another section of the Hearthstone Tavern. That was the section that didn't have Hearthstone machines.
It was originally provided for guests who came to drink, but now it was occupied by a group of Spell Casters who used it to play Go.
Cheil's gaze followed the direction Josiah was pointing, and sure enough, he found his mentor, the gray-robed man, whom he had not seen for three years.
"Tutor?"
Just as Cheil was about to step forward and reveal her identity, she noticed the change in the surrounding atmosphere the moment she stepped into the area. She also noticed the sage sitting opposite the gray-robed man.
The purple-robed man.
The expressions of the two Sages were as if they were facing a great enemy. This extremely tense atmosphere was enough to make Cheil believe that there would be a great battle next.
However, they only stared at the wooden board on the table, which was made of densely packed black and white stones.
"What a terrifying murderous aura." Cheil sighed in a low voice.
"The gray-robed man and the purple-robed man have recently become addicted to a game called Go. This has caused a small number of Spell Casters to become popular."
Josiah pointed to the other Spell Casters sitting in this area. Almost all of them had a Go board on the table, and they were playing against their opponents.
"Go?"
Cheil glanced at the board. Cheil could understand the rules of Hearthstone just by listening to the discussions in the Spell Caster forum, but she could not understand what kind of game Go was at first glance.
"I suggest that you don't disturb them at this time. They will finish their match before afternoon."
Josh walked over to one of the Hearthstone consoles. This was one of the few unused consoles that no one was playing.
"It's rare for you to come to Noland. Don't you want to relax? Currently, only Noland can play Hearthstone, "Josiah said.
Relax …
Cheil's original goal today was indeed to relax, but the head maid's leak made Cheil's nerves tense up.
She understood that there were still many acute problems in the Land of Frost that had not been resolved. The most troublesome was the issue with the Court of Heresy.
But ever since she raised the flag of rebellion in the stronghold, she had been fighting at the frontlines for almost half a year.
It was time to relax. This wasn't the Land of Frost …
"Of course."
Cheil wanted to temporarily get rid of the various problems that the Land of Frost had placed on her and stay in Noland as a normal person for a while.
"I've wanted to play this game for a long time."
"Let's start with creating cards. Although the entry point is drawing cards, I'll be kind for once today."
Josiah did not stare at Cheil's wallet, even though she was a king. So he handed a spare card box to Cheil.
Under Josiah's guidance, the king, who had a natural talent for games, created a brand new set of cards according to his own ideas and began the duel with Josiah.
"After the duel, Cheil, will you consider going somewhere else?" Josiah asked.
"Somewhere else …"
Cheil stared at the cards in her hand and the various card descriptions, but her thoughts were not on them.
"I want to go to Noland's movie theater. I think it's called …"
While Cheil was thinking, a rope suddenly appeared on the table. The front part of the rope was lit with flames that kept spreading toward the end of the turn button.
"What's this?"
As a beginner, Cheil did not understand the meaning of this rope.
"You only have a minute and a half to think about each turn. When this rope burns to the end of the turn button, it will forcibly become my turn."
"Wh … What?"
Hearing Josiah's words, Cheil, who had been speaking slowly, immediately became nervous.
"This one? No … I should use this one. "
She had been chatting with Josiah and reading the card descriptions during this round. Now, she was a little flustered as she began to pick the cards and operate them.
At the last moment when the rope was about to burn out, Cheil completed the operation of the turn.
"Why didn't you tell me this rule earlier!"
When Cheil came back to her senses, she found that she had made a mistake and angrily asked Josiah.
"Because you didn't ask."
Josiah held back his laughter and drew a card. Taking advantage of Cheil's mistake, he directly finished her in one round.
"You're not angry, are you?" Josiah looked at the expressionless king.
"No, let's start the next round. This time, I want to win."
Cheil once again returned to her original pace and urged Josiah to start a new round.
"Alright, about the theater you mentioned just now, it should be the White Thorn Flower Theater," Josiah said.
"It's the White Thorn Flower Theater. I want to watch 'The Shawshank Redemption' there."
Cheil's fighting spirit was completely ignited. She no longer focused on the battle in front of her.
"Then I'll send you there after the grey-clothed man finishes his game of Go."
"And after I beat you."
Cheil added another condition. Josiah didn't know how to respond, so he could only nod.
The new queen of the Land of Frost was indeed talented in the game. After five consecutive rounds, she had already mastered the tricks of the game and finally managed to kill Josiah by luck in the last round.
"This game is more interesting than I thought."
A faint smile appeared on Cheil's face again, but it didn't last long before it froze.
This was because she saw her comrades from the Stronghold at the entrance of the Hearthstone Tavern.
The people who informed the head maid had already found their way here. Cheil really couldn't understand why her comrades from the Court of Heresy would betray her.
No … they didn't betray her.
Cheil didn't see any ruthlessness or impatience on their faces, only panic and unease …
"What's wrong?" Josiah asked.
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