As they enter, they saw the servants looking at them in surprise. Ryker showed the token, making the servants nod in understanding before they went back to what they are doing. Except for one.
"Hello, my name is Natali, and I will be your guide to the mansion, so please follow me," a young short woman with short platinum blonde hair said, giving them a bow before motioning for them to follow her.
Giving each other a confused glance, they decided to let the woman led the way.
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It is a good thing there is a guide as Ryker believed they will be lost without them. Heck, even with the guide showing everyplace they might still get lost here.
The mansion is impressively massive, smaller than the mansion of Duke of Kilrun, but still big enough to fit 20 times their numbers. No wonder there are so many servants inside the place.
"This is the dining room," Ryker was shook of his thought by the servant, who is showing them the large dining room, enough to fit 100 people or so.
"Please don't go to the kitchen without permission, please. The cooks are territorial over the kitchen," the servant said, Ryker nodding in understanding.
With that, they began to walk to the other room.
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"This is the living room," the servant said, showing them a rather large area, which have multiple couches, chairs and tables, enough for 200 people or so.
"There is nothing important here so we will skip it," Natali said before leading them away. At least they knew where to go to relax.
-x-
"This is the library. All kind of collection is inside except for cultivation art and cultivation technique. However, books about alchemy, forging, item crafting and as such are here, so if anyone interested, they can read it.
There is also encyclopedias, novels, and many more interesting books inside the library. But please keep quiet. The librarian hate it if someone is being noisy here," Natali said, earning a nod from them.
-x-
The servant led them to the outside, where they can see the entirety of the estate laid around them.
"The outside have several key places. One of them, and likely the most used one is the training ground. As long as one clean up after using it, there is no problem for you to use.
There is also the garden, and not just simple flower bed, a small fountain and the usual decor find in smaller garden, there is a large area that can be considered a small park, with trees covering it, and even flowers planted in different patterns adorning the garden.
There is also a big fish pond, for anyone who like to watch the fishes of course. And there is enough space for the tiger beast to roam around," the servant said, Tashirn perking up at the mentioning of it.
"There are more but you should check it for yourself instead of having the guides tell you,"
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"And now, the bedrooms. There is 23 bedrooms in this mansions, with 15 small one, 6 medium one, and 1 large bedroom. Please choose the room you wish to stay at so the servant could help clean it first," Natali requested.
"Sure, just let us check the rooms first," Ryker replied.
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When Natali said small, Ryker had though it to be small, only enough room for a single person. Their definition of small definitely differ, as they were shown a large bedroom enough for 5 people at once.
There is also a large bed enough to fit three people at once. If this is the small room, Rykee afraid to see the large one.
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Ryker had expected it somewhat, but the large room, is just massive. The bed alone is enough to fit all of them, and have room to spare.
The furnitures that come with the room is not scoff at either, with large wardrobes, large windows, and even large study tables with several bookshelves. There are also a huge table and several chairs accompanying it. The fact there is still room for more furnitures show how massive the room is.
-x-
"Thank you for showing the rooms," Ryker politely said, Natali bowing at him with a smile.
"It is my pleasure to help a guest of the Crown Prince. You must be important to him for the prince to allow you to live here for as long as you want," the servant questioned.
"Let's just say, he invested in me and hoping I will pay it soon," Ryker crypticly said. The servant nodded before saying one last thing.
"Dinner will be serve around 7. Please get there before that,"
Hearing this, all of them looked excited. Considering how they have skip lunch, only having bread for it, the children are hungry and while cultivators dont need food that much, the taste is still something they can feel and enjoy.
-x-
The Crown Prince walked silently, passing through the guards as quickly as possible. He has zero intention of announcing himself to his brothers, at least not under their terms. Thankfully, the artifact his father gave him allow him to pass the guards easily enough and will not activate the defensive formation place inside the palace area.
It took him nearly an hour to reach the palace area. However, instead of heading straight to the throne room, he decided to take a small detour, to a small cottage near the palace. It look out of place but Lariz knew it is the place of someone important to his father and uncle.
He head straight there, before knocking on the door. He waited for 10 seconds before a "come in," was heard from inside the cottage.
He opened the door, which seem unlock yet 10 seconds ago, various formations blocked the door. As he entered, he spotted the person he had been wanting to see before his father.
He walked towards the figure before giving her a bow. The woman, having similar blonde hair as he did exude a motherly warmth. She had a mature body, with voluptuous figure with curves in all the right place and more.
Her hair reached her shoulder with a part of it long enough to pass it, to which she curled her hair. The woman smiled warmly at him as she asked, "Did you complete your mission, Lariz?"
He nodded, "Yes, Aunt Collete,"