"Athens, it is my first time here."
Walking on the main boulevard leading directly from the city gate to the Royal Palace, Laine's pace was unhurried.
Dawn was approaching, and the streets were also filling with more people. The commotion from last night and the news spread by those with agendas had already disseminated, and the uninformed Athenian public began converging towards the Royal Palace.
As time passed, their numbers might increase even more, possibly occupying a large part of the city's population.
Whether they liked it or not, every Athenian would pay attention to the life and death of the King.
The buzzing of voices was incessant, and the entire city gradually became noisy. Amid this commotion, Laine arrived before the Royal Palace.
The solemn axis, the aligned columns, the standard vertical structures with courtyard-style lighting, and the bronze statues towering dozens of meters high.
