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.

Bun had been stationed at the kitchen door, observing the meals being sent out three times a day. In Willowbrook Estate, there was only Hayden, Chaya, and Gordon, along with their guests. It was impossible to need that much food, even if the rest supposedly went to feeding the servants in the

estate.

If there were hidden chambers or secret passages, it made sense that the food would be sent there. But there was no sign of that.

kitchen, even smaller than the one at Hell Monarch Estate. He checked two or three times but

were a lot of ingredients, only the best parts were taken. For example, a whole pig would have its tongue, knuckle, or a piece of fatty

to 30 fish. Occasionally, they made fish sashimi. The rest of the

a small portion was taken,

meals for the servants, they took more of the remaining ingredients. But even then, much of it was still

one of the cooks, “Are

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It would be a waste We’re sending it out

folk.”

they carried the food to Blessed Street, the district

lived.

they immediately lined up, eager to receive the food. It seemed the people

If the people from the estate had been sending food every day, then why

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

had left, Bun doubled back and knocked on one of the doors in the alley. However, he

Bun asked, “The people from Prince Hayden’s residence send food every day. Why didn’t you

“That’s not for us. Why would we come out for it?” “Not for you?” Bun pressed, confused. “But weren’t the people who were just

know them,” the man said, and he quickly shut the

around asking people in several houses,

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