I must draw my sword immediately!

Chapter 134 Lonely City
This was the longest sleep Suya had ever had since she came into the world.

But he slept very restlessly.

Suya had several nightmares in a row. In the dreams, the King of Perinoa, whose appearance was unclear, grabbed her and instantly melted her down, taking away the thirteen restraints on his round table as well.

One by one, the knights he had met after entering the capital suddenly turned on him, pointing their fingers at his nose and sneering, "You imposter! You really think you're the King of Knights? You think you deserve our recognition? Take a good look at yourself in the mirror and see what you really are!"
There was a past version of himself. The Red Dragon King suddenly emerged from the round table like the genie in Aladdin's lamp, possessed him without a word, and then slapped the lava table, laughing loudly at himself, saying, "You've really worked hard, my dear self, but it seems I don't need you anymore, hahahaha."
and also,

I was sleeping when suddenly I was shot by the Holy Lance and sent flying high into the air. Then, I rolled over...
It fell from a height of 10,000 meters.

The feeling of loss jolted Suya awake, and she sat up abruptly in bed!
At that moment, the sunlight was just right, reflecting a variety of colors through the stained glass windows and refracting them into the room.

It's as if nothing happened, yet it's as if everything has already happened—

Suya rubbed her eyes, got out of bed, covered her head, walked to the window, and craned her neck to look outside.

At first glance, one can see...

A giant golden tree standing in the center of the capital, with hundreds of thousands of golden branches hanging down.

Countless magical branches enveloped the entire capital, forming an impenetrable barrier that even blocked out sunlight.

The golden 'sunlight' falling into the room is the radiance cast by this giant golden tree.

In this strange scene, Suya couldn't even tell whether it was day or night, or what time it was.
At this time,

Click!

The wooden door to the room was pushed open, and a white-haired head poked in. Its rose-red pupils scanned the room before finally settling on Suya, who was standing by the window in a daze.

Meryl immediately squeaked:
"Suya, you're awake?"

"what"

Hearing Meryl's voice, Sua snapped out of her daze, as if she had been pulled from another world.

I instantly felt a real sense of being alive.

"How long have I slept?"

"Not long, it's 11 a.m. now."

Just then, a commotion came from downstairs outside the window. Suya glanced to the side and saw a group of horsemen coming from the street toward them.

The tavern street outside the window was filled with knights of all kinds.

Among them were familiar figures, including King Ryans' Bearded Knights, whose entire face was covered by a beard that completely obscured their nose, eyes, and mouth; a squadron of Cornish Sikkimese knights with high cheekbones, adorned with gold and silver, and richly decorated; and knights from the North who appeared to be from Orkney, wearing heavy cotton armor.
Knights from different factions approached the street at the same time, and soon they started arguing over trivial matters or old grudges. It seemed that it was about to escalate into a large-scale battle.

Following Suya's gaze, Melly shrugged.

"Those men are the personal knight guards of the princes in the capital—"

“Starting from seven o’clock in the morning, many knights came looking for you, all saying that some prince had invited them. They almost fought each other to see you.”

"However, I've sent them away for now."

Suya blinked, then suddenly remembered.
Last night, it seemed that the bearded knight sent by Edwin, the eldest son of King Raines, invited me to assist him.

But Sua couldn't figure out what qualities she possessed that made her worthy of being invited by Prince Edwin and so many other princes.

Have these people taken the wrong medicine?
He immediately scratched his head, and at the same time, he instantly recalled:

The royal selection taking place in the capital is a conspiracy by King Perinoa; becoming king is tantamount to becoming a puppet of the Holy Lance.

From this perspective, do the princes appearing below the street, vying for such a throne, truly know what they are fighting for?

Sua looked at Meryl and asked, "Has Greta arrived?"

Mary shook her head. Although she didn't quite understand why Sua wanted to invite Greaveslet, she still answered:

"Not yet, but Sir Miles sent a letter saying that Greiflet seems to have fainted suddenly, just like you. They will be arriving a little later."

Suya's eyes sharpened, seizing the key point in Meryl's words, and she immediately asked:
"Suddenly fainted?"

"A large-scale fainting incident has occurred in the royal capital. It seems to be due to the great magic that was suddenly dispelled last night by the Clock Tower using the concept art [Big Ben]. The more deeply affected a person was by the magic, the more magical power was drained from them."

Su Adam suddenly realized,

This must be what Baring once referred to as Aristotle's great magic, "The Logic of the Human Heart." The strange movements of the Holy Lance in the capital at dawn seemed to have led the Clock Tower to discover this magic, sparking a battle between the two magician factions.
The struggle ended with the dismantling of Aristotle's great magic trick.

From this perspective, the magician at the Clock Tower is quite something.

Suya took a moment to assess the situation and found that her magical energy was almost completely depleted after last night's battle and the extraction by the grand magic.

Converted to the panel, this translates to [Mana: F (Maximum D-, Mana Depletion)].

For a magician, without a magical connection to the Great Source, magic power is equivalent to life.

It was precisely because of the massive draining of his life force that he suddenly fell into a deep sleep.

This actually has its advantages.
At least, Suya felt that the urgency she felt when she woke up, the feeling that she had to do something, even if it was just a random thing, suddenly disappeared.

He has a clearer understanding of the current situation and state of affairs, and a more solid sense of control over himself.

Thinking about this, Suya pondered for a moment, then looked at Meryl and said:

"Before Greiflet arrives, let's discuss this. Just the four of us: Lukan, Dagonet, you, and me. Let's not call Baring."

"We really should discuss this."

Mary nodded immediately.

In fact, it's not just Suya who thinks this way.
The series of events that followed in the capital also made her feel uneasy.
Her intention upon entering the capital was to prevent Sua from embarking on the path of drawing her sword and becoming king, even though Lucan's proposed "just a little" ceremony seemed quite feasible.
However, given the current situation in the capital, they must reassess the risks of operating within the capital.

quickly,

Suya and Meili went downstairs and arrived at the second floor of the tavern, where Lukan had the waiters set up a temporary meeting room.

Before they could even sit down, footsteps soon came from outside the door.

Two figures hurried up the stairs, pushed open the conference room door,
Suya had just turned her head when she saw...
Lukan, who appeared at the door, hadn't even had a chance to sit down before speaking to the two people inside with a solemn expression:

"We went to check each of the four city gates—"

"At dawn, King Perinoa, in some unknown way, forcibly activated the Holy Lance, causing the Holy Lance Rungomminiad to appear in its true form."

"Now, the entire capital is sealed off by the magical branches hanging from the Holy Lance,"

"This place has become an isolated city in essence!"

Upon hearing this, Suya's pupils suddenly contracted.

(End of this chapter)