Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1328

The city was under curfew, with the Capital Guard and the Garrison Unit taking turns patrolling. The Royal Citadel had also sent over officers to assist in the efforts.

At the city gates, Carissa had arranged for additional personnel to conduct thorough checks and stop any suspicious individuals.

Since Alistair had fallen out of favor with the king, the Royal Guard had temporarily been placed under Kevin's command. Meanwhile, Ivan was now a trusted bodyguard to the king. He could still pass information between Alistair and the others.

Homer, Felix, and the other scouts from the Septimus Tetra reconnaissance team had also been integrated into the Mystic Army. They were given general ranks and were tasked with guarding the city. Salvador was intent on turning the capital into an impenetrable fortress.

He knew these people had the skills, though he hadn't dared to put them to full use before. Now, with the situation critical, all those with titles but no real positions were brought into action.

Strangely enough, aside from some unusual activities at Willowbrook Estate, there was little sign of covert movement in the city.

As for Violet, her investigation into where the food for over a hundred people was being delivered from the kitchen had yielded no answers.

It was impossible to need that much food, even if the rest supposedly went to

and found nothing unusual-just a perfectly ordinary kitchen, even smaller than the one at Hell Monarch Estate. He checked two or three times but found no secret doors. After a few days, he decided to stay and watch the cooks prepare the food. When he went inside to keep an eye on things, he noticed that

bellies from 20 to 30 fish. Occasionally, they made fish sashimi. The rest of the parts

treated the same way-only a small portion was taken, while the

the remaining ingredients. But even then, much of it

stunned and asked one of the cooks,

it out to help the poor folk." Bun followed the cook as they carried the food to Blessed Street,

here, perhaps even making it a daily habit. However, Bun started to notice something was off. They had been staying at Willowbrook Estate and watching the kitchen for many days. If the people from the estate had been sending

on that, instead offering a quiet farewell to the cook with the excuse that he wished to

had left, Bun doubled back and knocked on one of the doors in the alley. However, he didn't see a person who was waiting for the food earlier. Instead, a stranger was looking at him in

Bun asked, "The people from Prince Hayden's residence send food every day. Why

for us. Why would we come out for it?" "Not for you?" Bun pressed, confused. "But weren't the people who were just here