La followed the Kingsde fighters and went into the pce. Three months have passed since she started to live in Arcadia, and since then, other than for the trip to visit her brother, it was the third time she was summoned by the king.
Every time the king called, he would ask her questions about what she had been doing or the progress towards her current training, hence she was never worried about whenever she was called again.
"Could it be that the king wants to take me to see Tristan? I sure hope so." La mused.
When she entered the throne room, she saw a few more people were standing in line in front of the king. Some wore luxurious clothing and brought a lot of scrolls and binded books, while others brought a simple paper, perhaps a missive from the neighboring city,
La watched from the corner as the king handled their cases one by one.
The Arcadian Kingdom has a total of 25 cities, all possessing their own unique problems. As the king, Can possesses the responsibility to make a decision on some of the bigger ones, be it directly from him or discussing it with his council. Sometimes, problems are sent with the aid of themunication stone, as well.
The problems range from conflict between towns, monster sightings, or even simple ceremonial invitations that are important enough to warrant the attention of the king.
La watched the king discuss and talk to each of them, and before she realized it, an hour had passed. It was now her turn to meet the king.
"Your Majesty," La greeted politely,
"Ah, La, here you are," the king nodded and looked at his student before asking her toe with him, "Come, let''s go on a little walk."
Followed by a few Kingsde personnel, they walked through the halls and exited from the west side of the pce,
"So La, I heard you came out first again on yesterday''s test?"
"Yes, I did!" La answered, excitement palpable in her voice.
"That is very good. I have tomend you. You have only been in the rank 3 sses for around two months now, but you are already at the top of the ss."
"Well, most of the students in my ss are idiots." La remarked.
The king replied with a smile and said.
"It''s not that they are weak, it''s just that you are very talented."
Everyone loves to be praised, especially young women, and La was no exception. Although her brother really disliked the king, the time she spent with him made her feel otherwise.
Well, to be fair to her brother, the king did beat him up, but what were they arguing about in the first ce? Probably a male thing, she thought
Tristan was her brother, and as his sibling, she would sympathize with him and defend him. But on the other hand, It is good to have more people to rely on while she was stranded on this strange, especially a king.
While she remembered about her brother, she decided to ask.
"Any news from my brother? Is he doing as well as you requested?"
The king stopped for a while, looked away from her for a moment, before answering.
"His methods may be questionable, but he gets the job done."
"Isn''t that good then?"
"We''ll see in two months."
They merely talked for a bit, but La realized she ended up in a part of a city that she has never been to.
"So where are you taking me, King Can?"
"We are going to the O district."
La stared at him for a bit, her confused expression clear as day. She has been living here for a few months, and he only heard of three districts here. A is the market district, B is the military district, and C is the residential district. This is the first time she heard of any district beyond that.
She walked alongside the king past the crowded and lively streets, before reaching a small path. When she made it on the other side, she saw a quite deste ce far separated from the city, with tall walls surrounding it from all sides. At first nce, it looked like a war fortress, but then La realized that there was no point in building a fortress when the castle was so close by.
The only other option was a prison, all depending on the walls, are they there to keep people in… or out.
"What is this ce?"
"You will see in a little while. We have just arrived."
When they entered the ce, La gasped. It was like they had entered apletely different world, with different buildings and people with different clothes. The tall walls obscured the ce, but now that she was inside, she was unable to see the furthest wall, a sure sign of how huge the ce actually was.
To be fair, Arcadian Kingdom was also strange at first, but La felt apletely different aura from this district.
The city was alsopletely different. Instead of mes and crystals, there are glowing lights all over, and some people were walking on top of a moving machine
From a cursory nce, although much dirty, it could see this ce was more advanced in technology than Arcadia
From the clothing, the buildings, and the people, La quickly put two and two together. The "O" district most likely means Ounder district.
Can exined that this is the ce where he gathered any Ounders who ended up in this world and slowly introduced them to Arcadian customs before letting, or releasing them, as ordinary Arcadian citizens.
"Just like you, they appeared mostly out of nowhere and were mostly trapped in this world with us."
La walked around passing through multiple buildings and realized all eyes were staring towards the two of them.
They walked through several streets, and they passed the residential area before they stopped in front of an ordinary-looking building. Inside, there are around a dozen ordinary people waiting.
To her surprise, she could recognize some of their faces
The realization hit her, and she stood still like a statue. She was too shocked to even speak properly.
"They… are…" She looked around, refusing to believe what was right in front of her eyes.
"Yes," King Can nodded,
"These people are the ones who came to this world at the same time as you and your brother did"
La can quickly see there are a few of them that came from Earth among them