Zein thought the portal would lead them inside the palace, but when he arrived on the other side, they were in a pavilion outside of it--on a slightly higher land that allowed him the sight of the palace's estate; the house of the only Old House in the whole kingdom--the royal family of Rakai clan.
It was a clever spot; almost like a tourist attraction, and made sure that the palace guests had a grand view of the majestic palace the moment they stepped out of the portal.
And Zein was sure this was the objective in their case; to show Bassena the grandeur of the palace which he had once rejected.
It was a good position--Zein thought. Unlike the Eastern Federation, whose landscape consisted of skyscrapers, the buildings in the Southern Kingdom were large and spacious. Seldom were they higher than three stories, but each occupied huge plots of land.
This, of course, included the palace.
