Chapter 574

In the Imperial Capital, there was also a noble district.

However, unlike the distinct districts of the Imperial Capital, the noble district of the Imperial Capital was actually a cluster of high-class buildings around the palace.

The mansions of the nobles were all built around the palace, and that area was the noble district. Beyond that area was the commercial district, followed by the civilian residential district, and then the knight's camp area like the military training field.

Beyond the knight's camp area was the Imperial Capital's city wall.

Therefore, unlike the distinct districts of the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Capital was a ring-shaped social hierarchy. The closer one was to the city wall, the lower one's social status was. Only the knight's camp area was an exception. It was stationed near the city wall for the convenience of defending the city and mobilizing troops. Usually, it was also surrounded by a fortress-like regional wall. It was considered an important military area. Other than regular knights, no one was allowed to enter.

Under such circumstances, the Bigusler family was naturally located in the noble district near the center of the Imperial Capital. It was not very far from the palace.

After Shien and his party entered the noble district, they realized that the number of people going in and out had gradually decreased. Most of them were patrolling knights and carriages going back and forth. There were not many people walking on the streets.

However, this place was heavily guarded. There were fully-armed knights patrolling everywhere, and the knights were very vigilant. Shien and his party were only wearing cloaks that covered their faces, but they still attracted a lot of vigilant and suspicious gazes. They were even stopped by several knights on the way and had to remove their hoods to show their full faces. The scene was so serious that it was as if they were conducting a large-scale search of the city. Those who did not know would have thought that they were arresting some wanted criminal.

Shien would still cooperate at first, but later on, the same situation kept happening, and he was also annoyed.

Therefore, Shien simply dragged La Xia and Lilith into stealth mode. He activated the stealth effect of [Inner Sense of Destiny], turning into a man in black that no one could detect, and shuttled through the alleys of the noble district.

In the end, even so, Shien still found traces of knights a few times. As if they were searching for something, they appeared everywhere. Even in the alleys, there would be a group of knights patrolling vigilantly and solemnly from time to time. The security was really tight.

"What's going on?"

At this point, Shien also realized that something was wrong.

No matter how he looked at it, such a tight security was a little unusual.

It would be fine if this happened in the palace, but for the entire noble district to be so heavily guarded, Shien would never believe that this was a daily occurrence in the noble district.

"Could it be …"

Shien's eyes turned. He seemed to have thought of something as he pondered.

However, Sean did not do anything. According to the original plan, he brought Xia and Lilith to Bigusler's house.

However, when he arrived at Bigusler 'house, Shien felt that something was wrong.

"Why are there so many people watching this place?"

In the shadows, Sean was holding Xia and Lilith's hands. Looking ahead, he frowned.

"Holy," He thought, "In" was, "Shrine," Of, "House", "Palace Academy,"

There wasn't much splendor in the mansion, and the decorations were even a little cold and old-fashioned. It was like a small chalk castle, giving off a solemn feeling.

At first glance, there didn't seem to be anything strange about the mansion.

Unfortunately, Shien's [Destiny of External Perception] wasn't just for show.

Sean's enhanced six senses and various perceptual abilities were telling him that there were many pairs of eyes staring at the mansion from all directions.

Subtle magic reactions appeared around Bigusler's house, but none of them appeared out in the open. Instead, like Shien, they hid in the dark, as if they were observing something.

"They don't look like the guards of Bigusler's house. Instead, they look like a secret force that's secretly monitoring Bigusler's house."

Shien realized this.

Lilith seemed to have noticed it too. She looked at Shien, as if asking Shien if he wanted to make a move.

La Xia didn't notice anything, but she was still as calm and indifferent as ever. She just let Shien hold her hand quietly, not making a fuss, not saying a word. She left everything to Shien.

Shien touched Lilith's head. He didn't say anything, nor did he do anything.

It wasn't hard to get rid of those spying on them, but Shien wanted to know what had happened that caused Bigusler's house to be watched like this.

"Did something happen?"

Shien suspected this.

In the Empire, Harvey and Lockhart had always been enemies.

That was Mara, the concubine who had bewitched the current emperor and dominated the court.

According to Harvey, Mara had already dealt with several of his brothers and sisters in disguise, and had been thinking of ways to deal with him and his sister, Capeline.

As Harvey's supporter, Lockett was also one of the nobles who opposed Mara's power.

In this way, Mara definitely wouldn't let Harvey, Lockett, and the others have an easy time.

Now that Harvey, Lockett, and the others had returned from the kingdom for half a month, it was entirely possible that something had happened during this time that caused them to be in trouble.

In other words …

"They can't even protect themselves now?"

Shien narrowed his eyes.

Back then, the reason why Shien chose to cooperate with Harvey was that he valued the latter's power in the empire.

With the help of the most powerful prince in the empire, it would be much easier for him to deal with Mara.

At least, he could know Mara's whereabouts according to the information provided by Harvey, so that the mysterious concubine wouldn't run away.

If it weren't for this, Shien could totally bring Ai Yi and Lilith to the imperial capital and start a massacre. That would be easier than anything else.

If Harvey couldn't even protect himself and couldn't provide help in this aspect, then there would be no reason for him to cooperate with the prince.

At the end of the day, in this cooperation, Harvey was originally the weaker party. Because he couldn't deal with Mara himself, he wanted to ask for Shien's help. He wanted to use Shien's power to force his muddle-headed father to abdicate and seize the throne of the empire.

For this, he even recommended himself to help Shien deal with the Lefferut family. This was the prince's proof of allegiance.

But in the end, Harvey still let Wally escape.

In this way, if Wally still couldn't provide any help, then Shien naturally had no reason to help him seize the throne and let him enjoy the fruits of his labor.

Of course, it wasn't the time to make such a conclusion yet.

Whether or not Wally could protect himself was still up for debate.

After thinking about it, Shien had some plans.

"Lilith." Shien lowered his voice and said to Lilith, "You hide here with La Xia. I'll go in and take a look myself."

Hearing this, Lilith blinked her big eyes, as if she wanted to go in with Shien.

"It's fine. I'm just sneaking in to see what's going on. Maybe I'll leave after confirming the situation in Bigusler's house. In that case, there's no need for us to go in." Shien said, "So, you and La Xia wait for my news here. Don't let those rats find you."

Hearing Shien's words, Lilith thought about it and nodded in agreement.

La Xia didn't have any objections at all. She didn't say anything from beginning to end.

"Good girl." Shien kissed Lilith's little face. After making her smile, he looked at La Xia and said, "Wait for my news."

"Yes." La Xia nodded expressionlessly.

Sean raised his eyebrows and suddenly kissed the maid's delicate face. It was as if she was completely detached from the matter and didn't care about anything at all. Looking at the calm look on the maid's face, Sean raised his eyebrows and suddenly kissed her delicate face.

That touch was indescribable. It felt so good.

La Xia didn't seem to have expected this. She was stunned for a moment.

But at this moment, Shien had already disappeared in a flash. He didn't stay where he was anymore.

"…"

La Xia was silent.

In her heart, there were some ripples that even she didn't realize were emerging.

…

At the same time, Shien entered Bigusler's house with his teleportation ability.

He was still in a concealed state. No one noticed him.

At this moment, Shien appeared on a tree branch in a backyard.

He closed his eyes and focused his mind.

At this moment, the perception ability from [Fate of External Perception] spread out.

It instantly enveloped the entire Bigusler house and fed back the situation of the entire Bigusler house to Shien.

Shien could feel that there seemed to be some sort of commotion in Bigusler's house. In addition to the servants making a racket, there seemed to be some sort of quarrel in a hall on the top floor of the mansion.

Shien sensed Lockett's magic power from it. He also sensed that another similar magic power had appeared beside Lockett. The magic power's reaction was quite extraordinary.

But Lockett didn't seem to be in a good condition.

Because, in addition to the magic power reaction beside him, there were several other magic powers in the hall.

Those magic powers were in a state of confrontation with Lockett, and each of them was quite extraordinary. One of them had a magic power reaction that was not much weaker than Lockett's, which surprised Shien.

"A second Legendary powerhouse …?"

Shien seemed to think of something at once.

"It should be that person, right?"

In the kingdom's capital, there was only one famous Legendary powerhouse, and that was Alidia.

Although Alidia was definitely not the only Legendary powerhouse in the kingdom, Alidia was the only Legendary powerhouse who served the kingdom and held a position in the capital.

On the other hand, in the empire, apart from Lockett, there was actually another Legendary powerhouse.

His reputation was not as great as Lockett's, but he was regarded as an imperial knight second only to Lockett. Like Lockett, he was also the head of a family of knights, and his status was not much lower than Lockett's.

But why would that Legendary powerhouse appear here, and even be in a state of confrontation with Lockett?

"It seems that something has indeed happened here."

Shien opened his eyes.

"Let's go take a look first."

This was Shien's decision.

In the next second, Shien's figure disappeared, as if he had never appeared.