At first glance they looked like beggars, but under their cloaks were many things that would fetch a high price if they lied enough about them.
Verinia decisively walked forward without looking at anything around her, as if nothing existed but her goal. Alongside her companion for the night, they entered the alleyway and felt like they had come across a whole new world.
It was like a separate market and it was by no means small. Stands and carts with things that looked suspiciously like gold and precious jewels met their eyes, glittering under the firelight of the many torches that lit up the place.
General Elai was dumbfounded. How long had he been in the capital city and he hadn't known that there was such a place!
And yet, this Princess, who was meant to be a pampered woman with nothing but luxurious ignorance, had found her way here as if she were very familiar with this scene.
