Book 3: Chapter 14: Equals and Friends

Entering the noble quarters of the city was easier than Shui expected.

She did nothing but stroll through the gates of the inner city and mean mug anyone that tried to stop her. Simple and effective.

The old man had been going on for the past hour about how it was going to be impossible and that they might end up killing him for tresspassing, but that was all foolish talk. Doors were made to walk through. If no one passed through them, then what was the point of having such beautiful gateways deeper into the city and toward the palace that towered over everything else.

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