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Chapter 34: Arrival in the Capital

(Night)

"This is my first time visiting the capital. It seems much busier compared to the capital in the Green Kingdom."

"Well, the Green Kingdom has just emerged from a war."

Exiting the train station, I couldn't help but marvel at the bustling crowds. Meanwhile, my mother (Fey) wore her usual smile, showing no signs of feeling out of place in the city.

Well, my mother used to be an adventurer, so it wasn't surprising that she was worldly-wise.

Speaking of which, my first visit to a capital was a foreign capital rather than the one in my own country. Is that really normal?

Moreover, I even served as the Prime Minister of a foreign country for a while. In the Dolge Kingdom, wouldn't I be considered a notorious figure by now? Would people call me a traitor?

Well, there's no point in overthinking it. I'll just go with the flow.

"Mom, have you been to the capital before?"

"No, this is my first time in Dolge Kingdom's capital."

"Really? Didn't Mom come to the capital as an adventurer?"

In general, adventurers often take on jobs that involve escorting people or caravans to the capital, right?

"Hasn't Mom told Night about it?" My mother looked at me with a puzzled expression, blinked her eyes as if she were trying to recall, and then said with a sheepish smile, "Oh, I guess I haven't. Night, Mom wasn't an adventurer in the Dolge Kingdom, and she wasn't even from this continent. I came here from another continent, and I became an adventurer just to travel and find something to do along the way. But when I unexpectedly had Night here on this continent, I decided to settle down."

With that, my mother touched her cheek with her left hand, a happy expression on her face.

"Children are truly remarkable beings. Mom used to be a carefree young girl, traveling all over the world as freely as the wind. At that time, I never thought that one day, I would willingly be bound to one place for the sake of a child. It's like that saying—true freedom is not being without constraints but finding a place where you willingly accept them. Night, you are the place where I willingly accepted my constraints!"

"Yes, yes. So, let's hurry to the Duke's mansion. We shouldn't keep people waiting."

I casually replied to my mother and didn't stop the first white carriage that came by. Instead, I raised my hand to stop a magic-powered car, which I then got into the back seat of. This was because horse-drawn carriages were not allowed near the Eastern District.

"Driver, take us to the Eastern District."

The so-called Eastern District is also known as the Noble District.

In the Eastern District, there are no buildings; instead, it consists of individual mansions.

Only nobles with titles can purchase mansions in the Eastern District. If they lose their titles, the mansions will be forcibly reclaimed by the kingdom without any compensation. There's no possibility of selling them privately either, as mansions in the Eastern District can only be purchased through official channels established by the kingdom.

So, buying a mansion in the Eastern District is something to be considered carefully. Unless you come from a prestigious, hereditary noble family like mine (Yue(♀)), you must be prepared for your efforts to be in vain.

However, even with these drawbacks, the Eastern District is still highly coveted by nobles. In fact, not living in the Eastern District or not having a mansion of your own there is often a subject of ridicule among other nobles. While face may not be more important than wealth to nobles, it's certainly close, and the Eastern District serves as a reminder that even generations of nobility must strive to maintain their titles.

Yes, all the nobles know that they are being fleeced by the royal family. Yet, they willingly accept it now, thanks to the methods of the first King of Dolge, Ada Phyllorey.

As for me, I just had the taxi drop us off near the Eastern District, not specifying the exact address, because regular vehicles aren't allowed inside the Eastern District. I knew someone from my family would be there to greet us. Well, I actually arranged for myself (Yue(♀)) to personally go and meet them.

I wanted to keep a low profile, after all. My mother had initially suggested that I should go meet her and my sister at the train station, but that would have been too conspicuous. So, I made the decision to stop the vehicle outside the Eastern District and then head to the meeting point myself, all while my mother (Lamire) and I (Yue(♀)) were in the vehicle together.

My mother (Fey), sitting beside me, asked with curiosity, "It seems like Yue is quite familiar with the capital."

I replied calmly, "I learned about it on TV."

"By the way, is it okay for us to go to the Eastern District like this? Mier said they'd send someone to pick us up at the train station. Did we miss them? Also, I heard regular vehicles can't enter the Eastern District."

"Yue said they would wait outside the Eastern District."

"Oh, Yue said they would wait outside the Eastern District...?" My mother suddenly teased, "Oh my, when did you become so close to Yue? Are you secretly in touch with her? How could you hide it from your mother? Clearly, I support you both! It's okay, even if she's a daughter of a big noble family, I believe you can win her over. So, don't be shy and go pursue her openly!"

I replied with a deadpan expression, "Weren't you on Laphae's side?"

"Not at all! Mom is on Night’s side, that’s why, Night, you need to work hard and try to marry all of them in the future!"

So, in my past life, what kind of karma did I accumulate to end up with a mother like this?