Imperial Capital, Imperial Palace.
Unlike the Royal Palace, which was located on an island in the middle of a lake, the Imperial Palace was situated directly in the center of the city.
Although surrounded by luxurious buildings where nobles resided, the Imperial Palace was still surrounded by a vast plaza, standing alone like a pyramid, giving off an imposing and majestic feeling.
As for its appearance, the Imperial Palace was also different from the Royal Palace.
The Royal Palace was a traditional white chalk castle, filled with a medieval Western European feel, making one clearly feel like they were in a fantasy world.
In contrast, the Imperial Palace was somewhat similar to the imperial cities Shien knew from his previous life, resplendent and magnificent, with thick and imposing walls, conveying a sense of historical weight.
That being said, there was only one entrance to the Imperial Palace.
That was the main entrance, a wide tunnel corridor.
To enter the Imperial Palace, one had to pass through this tunnel corridor. There was no other way.
This was another difference from the Royal Palace.
Although the Royal Palace also had only one main gate, there was a plaza inside specifically for those riding flying mounts to land.
Shien had ridden Yulin directly into the Royal Palace from the sky and landed in the monster plaza more than once.
The Imperial Palace, however, didn’t have such considerations. Except for the front tunnel corridor, all sides were protected by the highest level barriers. Unless one rode a dragon and launched a frontal assault from the sky, using dragon breath to destroy the barrier and enter, the barrier would definitely stop all visitors from above, forcing them to enter through the main gate.
Because of this, the main gate of the Imperial Palace was often the busiest place in the plaza, with carriages and groups of knights constantly coming and going. The gatekeepers were a battalion from the Imperial Knight Order, a total of ten thousand heavily armored knights with warhorses. Ordinary people and suspicious individuals had no chance of entering.
Frankly speaking, seeing this situation, Shien wondered how Diere had managed to sneak into the Imperial Palace before.
“It was undoubtedly the enemy deliberately exposing a flaw to lure her in.”
Shien finally confirmed this.
The security of the Imperial Palace was extremely tight. Not only were there ten thousand heavily equipped knights from the Imperial Knight Order taking turns as gatekeepers, but the entrance tunnel corridor also seemed to be equipped with various magic tools that could detect disguises, stealth, magic interference, and various types of magic power, making it impossible for anyone to hide. ŕάnǒbÈṤ
If the Royal Palace of the Mitra Kingdom relied on the constant protection of the Royal Knights, then the Imperial Palace of the Ragna Empire eliminated all malicious intent from the source.
To enter the Imperial Palace and do something shady, one had to pass through layers of scrutiny.
Unfortunately…
“This method is useless against me now.”
Shien smiled.
Before, he wouldn’t have been confident in getting through here.
But now…
“Swoosh!”
Shien’s figure flickered, and he disappeared.
When Shien reappeared, he had already passed through the barrier of the Imperial Palace and entered.
“He… he actually got in?”
Tilly, whose shoulder was being held by Shien, looked at the somewhat familiar scenery around her, feeling shocked.
As a citizen of the Empire, a Knight Captain of the Imperial Knight Order, and the daughter of the Bigusler family, Tilly naturally knew how difficult it was to sneak into the Imperial Palace.
At least, since the establishment of the Ragna Empire, besides the time when the barrier was forcibly broken and the palace was invaded, there had never been a case of someone sneaking in successfully.
The fact that the phantom thief was able to infiltrate the Imperial Palace last time had shocked many nobles, but after learning that it was a trap set by the Imperial Consort and the Raifurut family, those nobles were relieved.
Presumably, they, like Shien, guessed that the Imperial Consort and the Raifurut family had deliberately exposed a flaw to Diere, allowing her to infiltrate successfully.
And today, Shien had infiltrated with ease.
Could that ability, resembling spatial transfer magic, actually achieve such a feat?
Tilly looked at Shien with apprehension.
Shien didn’t know what Tilly was thinking.
Even if he did, he wouldn’t care.
He had said it before, his past self wouldn’t have been able to sneak in like this. He would have had to forcibly break the barrier, turning infiltration into invasion.
But now, Shien’s [Outer Vision of Heaven’s Decree] not only integrated numerous movement skills, but it was also maxed out. Not to mention the Imperial Palace’s barrier, even the barrier of the Elven race, personally set up by the Goddess of Nature, he could freely enter and exit. He could also easily penetrate the isolation barrier set up by the Old Demon Faction’s Original Demon during the Demonic Refining Ritual. A mere barrier of a human nation’s Imperial Palace was naturally nothing to him.
“Alright.” Shien turned to Tilly and asked, “Where is the prince’s bedchamber?”
Tilly remained silent, then after a moment of hesitation, pointed in a direction.
“Prince Harvis has two bedchambers. One is not far from His Majesty and the former Imperial Consort’s bedchamber, but after the former Imperial Consort was dismissed by His Majesty, and Imperial Consort Mara took her place, Prince Harvis stopped living there and moved to another bedchamber.”
“That bedchamber is far from His Majesty and the current Imperial Consort’s bedchamber, even located in a remote area of the Imperial Palace, but Prince Harvis insisted on living there.”
“Now, Prince Harvis should be in that bedchamber, not the previous one.”
Tilly wasn’t entirely certain.
This was understandable.
Unlike Rockto, although Tilly was the daughter of the Bigusler family, she was only a Knight Captain in the Imperial Knight Order. She usually spent most of her time in the knight camp near the city walls and rarely came to the Imperial Palace.
Even when she did come, she wouldn’t go to the prince’s bedchamber.