She Professed Herself The Pupil of The Wisemen

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The carriage carrying Mira gradually decreased its pace and finally came to a halt in front of an imposing, giant gate. When they were still traveling on the plateau, only the walls that encircled Lunatic Lake could be seen from that high place. However, as the travelers got closer and looked at the city from below, they were greeted with a visage that splendidly embodied the meaning of Arkite Kingdom, a country that focused on its national defense.

While leaning her body on the window of the vehicle, the young girl looked up at the city walls and exclaimed, “Wow, they got really big…,” as her heart pounded in excitement; an obvious reaction, caused by such disparity with the memories she had from the capital of thirty years ago. Mira then wondered just how different the place inside was, considering its outside was like that now, and started looking forward to all the changes undergone by the world during her absence.

Currently, the Thousand-mile Carriage was positioned in front of a gate that wasn’t the main entrance to the capital; rather, the enormous doors blocked the way to a straight road that led directly to the Royal Castle. Garrett exchanged a few words with its gatekeeper and, soon after, the huge gates began opening with a deep, dull sound.

Then, when the soldier serving as gatekeeper raised a hand over his head and made a signal, the ringing of a bell that sat atop the gates resounded in the skies. In response, another bell started echoing in the distance, sounding almost as if it tried to do a follow-up every time time first one rang. From afar, they announced the arrival of the very special carriage Mira was in.

Although five other lanes crossed it, the dedicated road to the castle didn’t have a single pedestrian walking on it. That was due to the fact that each of its intersecting points had been temporarily closed, as soldiers holding black and yellow rods came out of those passages and started blocking any passerby from reaching the roadway.

Speaking of the Thousand-mile Carriage, it was a particular vehicle used when very important matters related to the country were involved. As a result, that amount of preparation used, where everyone stayed on high alert, was perfectly reasonable.

“Oh my, this is quite an exaggerated reception…”

When the gates opened completely, the girl who was still leaning on the coach’s window was able to see the entire pathway. At that moment, when she caught sight of the many soldiers lined up at regular intervals on the road, Mira realized just how grand the greeting prepared for her was and couldn’t help but mutter a line in dismal.

The carriage then slowly started moving again, gradually increasing the pace until it reached its maximum speed after several seconds, the view of the city around the vehicle quickly changing and moving behind it. While following the wild dash of the Thousand-mile Carriage with curious eyes, the inhabitants of Lunatic Lake would easily take notice of Garrett, who was working as the coachman; consequently, it piqued everyone’s interest as they started wondering about how serious and important the matters related to that visit were.

Steadily, Mira began growing accustomed with the scenery outside and, soon after, she discovered a very preeminent building among the many others that had entered her field of vision.

(Now that I am closer, I can see just how big it really is…)

It was one of the Tools of the Five Elements, the Craftsmen Workshop Bureau. Upon seeing the impressive structure, that greatly resembled the good old German architecture, placed right inside the capital, Mira decided to schedule for later a sightseeing tour to each of those five great constructions.