Chapter 54 (1/2)

Stopping a passing scribe and looking at his lifeless face, Fan Xian felt inexplicably nervous But he was aue of Fei Jie’s Fan Xian smiled sweetly and called out, ”hello!”

The lifeless-looking fellow peered at Fan Xian with a strange expression, just like everyone else in the building After a long while, he spoke ”hello”

He sounded rather stiff

Fan Xian gulped ”If Ihis deathly pale teeth He found this youth's bashful ser were discovered in a place that strangers never enter,” he responded, ”wouldn't you stare too?”

Fan Xian suddenly realized so, and then felt utterly perplexed ”Is this not the Overwatch Council?” he asked ”It's a royal institution Has no stranger really ever come inside to conduct business?”

The man pointed outside and explained kindly ”Look over there”

Fan Xian saw that there was nobody by the entrance to the Council, and the pedestrians had all made a detour to the opposite side of the road

The htfully and knitted his wrinkled brow ”The people of the capital always avoid our office As for official business, we never deal with the public; only matters of state And His Majesty does not involve the other depart to do with the other offices”

Fan Xian laughed bitterly ”So it looks like I'”

”Do you not knohat the Overwatch Council does?” asked the man, curious

”I have some idea,” replied Fan Xian After all, he was a student of Master Fei Jie of the Third Bureau of the Overwatch Council, so he had some familiarity with their work

”And yet you still presued ”Any ordinary person would avoid this place as if it were the palace of the King of hell”

Fan Xan couldn't help but s of hell er?”

The man smiled and patted hiht shoulder broke out in goose pi, the character froin ould lure travellers into her tavern before knocking the the I can help you with?”

Fan Xian felt as if the e fro to clear his wandering ers ”Is Fei Jie here?” he asked politely