Chapter 201 - A Palace For Tourists

"And because of that, King Dan banned the word Re-"

"I mean, the prince's name until he was finally found.", the driver said.

"Oh, so you mean that the king doesn't know yet that the prince has been found?", Rex asked while hiding his identity.

A big incident happened because of him due to which he was a little regretful, but he had no control over it anyway.

"Well, I did hear that the prince was found recently, and I think the king also knows and probably he will probably soon lift the ban…"

"But as of now, the ban hasn't been lifted, so I hope you follow the rules.", he said.

'I see.'

'The people of this kingdom value rules a lot more than their lives…', Rex concluded.

It was not something Dan was forcing them to do, in fact, everyone born in the kingdom would end up growing with such values. They would do nothing that would go against the rules and if done, instead of publicizing it, they would end up killing themselves.

'Hmm…'

'I wonder if this is a good thing or not.'

Rex kept thinking about this for quite some time. He wanted to know if implementing such a thing would reduce the crime rate and other things.

"By the way sir, may I know why you are visiting the royal palace?"

"Well, I want to discuss something important with his highness.", Rex replied.

"Huh?"

"If you want to do that, shouldn't you have gone to the other royal palace instead of the one here?", the driver asked.

"…"

"What do you mean?", Rex asked.

He was a bit confused because he never knew that there were separate palaces in a small kingdom such as this.

"As I mentioned in the story, the palace had caught fire."

"Surely they did some repairs, but it was only to fix the exterior."

"Inside everything has been burnt down and now that castle is used only for tourist attractions since it was the place where two King rank mages fought.", the driver said.

"…"

'Wait a second, then does that mean dad gave the entire cost of building an entire palace?', Rex asked himself.

He wanted to know about it so he asked the driver, since he seemed quite knowledgeable, "So, did King Alexander pay the entire cost for building a new castle?"

"Yes."

"That's what both of them agreed."

"But I'm sure that he didn't give the entire cost and both of them decided on a small amount after all. Both became friends after that.", the driver smiled while saying this.

'I really want to visit that palace but right now, I'm much more interested in seeing the burnt castle.'

'I want to know how strong dad's attack is when he finally gets serious.'

Yes, Alex was indeed quite serious when he attacked with Fire Vortex, however, he had subconsciously held back. Also, he was in pain because of the full moon and wasn't in the state of using his entire power. Therefore, Rex wouldn't get the total estimate but would surely get a rough estimate of Alex's powers.

They soon arrived at the burnt palace. Since the reconstruction, the palace has been reinforced and there were no issues regarding the safety of citizens. There were many guards and guides present there, so one would not get hurt or get lost easily.

"Sir, we have arrived." – said the owner of the wagon as he got down from it.

Rex got out and looked at the large palace that was in front of him.

'From the outside view, this palace looks at least twice the size of ours.', Rex concluded.

Indeed, since the Golden Swan kingdom was a small kingdom with tons of resources, building such a large castle would make no difference to their fortune, as they would use only a little to spend on other things.

In contrast to this, the kingdom of Rhone was close to being an empire. It was so large that the amount would never be enough to do something.

If it weren't for Elina, the empire would have already been on the verge of bankruptcy.

Yes, this was another reason why Alex was emotionally unstable earlier when Elina was asleep, as he wasn't able to handle the budget properly.

"Here.", Rex tossed a gold coin to the man who drove the wagon.

"Keep the change.", Rex said.

"…"

"Sir, this is-", he was surprised by the amount that Rex gave him.

To spend an entire day, it would cost only 1 silver coin and that, too, if you ate expensive meals. For an average person, even 1 bronze coin would be enough.

The ride cost only 2 silver coins, but Rex gave him almost 50 times more than that, only because he found the man very satisfactory. After all, he had patience and explained things to Rex clearly.

"Thank you, Sir.", he said and rode away.

Rex then decided to hire a guide to take a look at the palace from the inside.

There were many guides who were guiding different people, but at the same time, there were guides who didn't have anyone coming towards them.

She had been keeping an eye on Rex from the moment he got down from the wagon and right after the wagon left, she approached him.

"Mister, would you like to hire me as your guide?", she asked.

'A beast-kin?', he was surprised to see her.

She had cat-like ears and was wearing rag-tagged clothes. She was covered in dust and was just half as tall as him.

'Sigh, beast-kins are considered to be slaves.'

'Looks like it isn't much different here either.', Rex said to himself.

He concluded that way because he could see the girl wearing a slave collar.

"Hey little girl, what's your name?", he asked.

"I'm Sui. I will be your guide at the lowest cost."

"Please hire me.", she said with her eyes closed.

'Isn't she a cutie.', Rex smiled after she said that and decided to hire her.

"Alright, lead the way.", he said.

"Eh?", she paused.

She was surprised when he said that. She never expected him to hire her.

"What happened? Won't you guide me?", he asked.

"Y-yes!"

"This way..", she started walking with her tiny legs as fast as she could.