Chapter 494: Grand Duchy Embassy

Chapter 494: Grand Duchy Embassy

Editor: Tseirp

In front of the Atinjo Grand Duchy Embassy, a large crowd had gathered.

Among them, there were some people that Ryo and Abel had seen before.

“Is that the owner of ‘Happy Eats’?”

“Oh? Ah, it’s you guys. I’m sorry for earlier, even though you came by to eat at my restaurant again.”

The owner of ‘Happy Eats’ was there as well.

Upon closer inspection, the owner of ‘Eat-Till-You-Drop Restaurant’ and other chefs from various restaurants were present.

“We all came to ask them to stop hoarding ingredients...”

The requests from the gathered people were the same.

It wasn’t just restaurant people; there seemed to be some market-related individuals as well.

However...

“No one’s coming out, and there’s no explanation.”

“Well, that’s to be expected.”

People muttered explanations, but Abel understood why the embassy wasn’t saying anything.

The reason was simple.

They weren’t obliged to explain.

And the embassy wasn’t a place one could just walk into.

Even the city’s guard couldn’t enter—there was a custom like that.

This custom, which existed in all the Central and Western countries, seemed to also apply in the southern part of the Eastern countries.

Among the gathered crowd, some appeared to be from the city guard or similar groups, but the fact that they couldn’t take any action made that clear as well.

At that moment.

“Please open the gate!”

A loud voice echoed through the area.

Even Abel couldn’t immediately recognize who it was.

But after a moment, he understood...

“Ryo, I didn’t know you could project such a voice?”

His mutter went unheard by anyone.

For Ryo, who had practiced kendo, it was natural to be able to project his voice from the gut, but still...

There was no response from the embassy.

“If you want me to enter, please open the gate.”

The voice rang out again.

But the content was confusing.

No matter how one looked at it, the words didn’t match up with the first one.

Then, the next moment.

The embassy’s gate vanished.

Yes, almost everyone present recognized that the gate had ‘vanished’.

If anyone had been paying close attention, they might have noticed that the gate had been finely chopped into small pieces.

However, even those who noticed wouldn’t have been able to tell what had done the chopping.

“Ryo’s water jets, huh.”

Only Abel, who knew about , could have guessed.

In any case, the embassy’s gate was gone.

That was the same as it being opened.

“Magic to make the gate disappear is amazing! Thank you for opening the gate!”

Ryo’s voice rang out a third time.

The embassy staff were stunned.

Naturally so.

The gate had suddenly disappeared.

Of course, there was no magic mechanism to make the gate vanish.

The Grand Duchy soldiers were shouting.

Some even said to wait, but of course, Ryo had no intention of stopping.

Ryo and Abel didn’t know where the room they were aiming for was located.

However, they did know that important people were usually not on the first floor.

The Grand Duchy Embassy was a spacious, two-story wooden building.

They could reasonably assume that their target would be on the second floor.

Ryo charged ahead.

So far, there had been no fighting whatsoever.

The soldiers were blocked by the and couldn’t touch Ryo or Abel, which was hardly surprising.

Ryo and Abel reached the second floor.

A hallway stretched out to the left and right, but they couldn’t tell which direction held their target.

“The most important room should be...”

Ryo muttered, in a casual tone, as he started walking to the right.

The soldiers blocking the path ahead looked determined.

Their resolve to defend against the magician, even at the risk of death, was evident.

“Hmm.”

Ryo murmured, then spun on his heel and started down the left hallway instead.

There were soldiers there as well, though... they didn’t seem as resolute as those on the right.

“On second thought, let’s go this way.”

He said loudly, turning again to charge right up the right hallway.

Clearing his way with .

“What the—damn it, what is this?”

“We can’t see it, but it’s pushing us...”

“This is too strong for a !”

The scene from the floor below repeated as they moved forward without engaging in any combat.

At the end of the hallway, they saw an impressive door.

Standing guard were soldiers holding spears.

Ryo took note of this.

“Found it.”

He murmured quietly.

“”

He chanted, and a layer of ice covered both him and Abel.

It was a nearly invisible ice armor, made originally for Queen Iliaja.

“We’re going to charge into the heart of the enemy.”

“Got it.”

He informed Abel.

Abel replied without hesitation.

At this point, he had no intention of stopping Ryo.

The guards at the door to the inner room were pushed aside by the invisible ice wall... as Ryo stepped in front of the door, it vanished just like the others.

The two entered the room.

At the far end sat a handsome man with a calm, confident expression.

Beside him stood another man, visibly furious, his face flushed red.

“Thank you for inviting us. Since you opened the door, we took the liberty of entering.”

Ryo said, offering a formal Central Countries-style bow.

A display of perfect etiquette.

After all, Ryo was the premier duke of the Kingdom of Knightley.

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