Chapter 2474 A Furniture Workshop

Chapter 2474 A Furniture Workshop

Ashy had been observing the routine of the Servant girl for days now.

She knew where she usually went and what tasks were assigned to her. The Imperial Kitchens made dishes of various kinds that needed many unique ingredients. Among such there were foods that needed to be grilled or smoked which needed different kinds of woods.

Her being asked to bring wood was rather common and she would refuel the smoker which needed special kinds of fragrant woods that provided special flavors to the food.

Of course, the Imperial Kitchen had their own store of these kinds of woods and were kept within its grounds for easy access.

Ashy had seen the Servant girl go there before too and knew where it was. Thus when she skipped past it, she was rather surprised. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Servant Girl seemingly left the Imperial Grounds, without informing anyone which was very shocking as the punishment for it was harsh. After all the imperial Grounds was a highly protected place and entry and exit through it needed to be watched at all times.

The location that the servant girl exited from was also not the usual gate, but rather a secret tunnel that was hidden in a Garden Shed. 'She's definitely doing something suspicious.' Ashy knew for sure now. There was no way a servant would be taking such a secret route without it being for some nefarious purpose. She became fully alert and watched every little movement of the Servant girl as well as her surroundings.

Ashy memorized the path that the Servant Girl took as well as the method she used to open the secret tunnel.

In the Garden Shed, she opened a drawer that was attached to a table and pressed a button underneath it made a faint clicking sound. After doing that, the Servant Girl placed her hand on a very specific brick on the floor and imbued her Qi into it.

~SHUA~

A faint wave of energy could be felt from the brick before it sunk down.

~CLICK~

In response, the door clicked open and the Servant girl walked in.

Ashy saw that they were in a dimly lit room that was mostly being illuminated by candles. There were around twenty people present in the room, doing different tasks.

'Don't they prefer using formations for lighting though?' Ashy had seen that in the city pretty much everyone used basic illumination formations for light.

This wasn't limited to the rich either as even the poor had enough money to get them or simply make them themselves. After all they were one of the simplest formations to make and even a child could make them granted that they had enough training.

This it didn't make sense for them to use something as simple as mortal candles for lighting.

The candle flame flickered as the servant girl walked past them, the faint drafts from her movement affecting them which cased the shadows in the room to move eerily.

"What do you have to report, 'Little Cloak'?" A man who was sitting at a desk at the very center of the room asked noticing her arrival.

"The Treasury Minister is holding a Banquet for a guest. We have a chance at reattempting the previous mission." The Servant girl stated.

"Hmm... Which of the 'Daggers' are currently present within Imperial Grounds?" The man asked out loud.

"We currently only have one 'Dagger' present in the Imperial Grounds." A woman sitting at a desk against the left wall replied. "But the Dagger cannot be mobilized as they are assigned to the Household of the Rites minister." She added.

"Any others we can use to reattempt the mission?" the man asked again. "Unfortunately we had to recall all those that were present nearby." The woman replied. "Looks like we have to use other measures..." The man muttered before looking at the servant girl. "Seems like your time for Promotion to a Dagger has come, Little Cloak."