Chapter 226 - 120. Aihrances Underground Labyrinth (1/2)

Chapter 226: 120 Aihrance’s Underground Labyrinth -1 (Part Two)

We travelled to Irion, the capital of Aihrance, in a carriage

Cool breezes entered through the open s

I shi+fted e river connected to the ocean Irion looked like an island fros stood around in what looked like circles within the city lily every inch of the harbour, while countless carriages were entering and leaving the city

Hans, as riding along in the carriage, was currently laid out flat on his back whilehis forehead, probably due to motion sickness

However, Alice was just fine And she was currently asking round labyrinth below the royal palace?”

I nodded at her question “That’s right That’s where it’s been sleeping all this time – the treasured ‘tool’ of the first Holy Emperor, Ordin Olfolse, as mentioned by my older brother Ruppel”

The now-deceased head of the Church of Caiolium, Cardinal Mikael, discovered the traces of Holy E his research into the Aztal Rune And it see that information

Back then, Ruppel had placed his bets with the Church, thinking that the latter would e point of his ‘investigation’ and figured out the location where the treasure had been buried away And that location turned out to be the underground labyrinth right underneath the capital of the Aihrance Queendom

The ‘titalos’

Alice asked incredulously, “There was such a thing underneath the royal palace of this queendoic?”

“Aihrance’s royal court has kept it as a national secret, but yeah, the story goes that this labyrinth below the palace is made up of all sorts of mazes”

Not only that, different types of lifeforms apparently existed down there as well; creatures that were born out of the side effects of frequentlike that

The Aihrance royal court was keeping everything hush-hush and do, so the amount of information I could find was quite limited in scope

“Honestly, I chose the adventurer profession so that I could gain set noticed by the Aihrance royal court, too”

“Being an adventurer is related to it?”

Alice tilted her head in confusion

It see the connection here She probably was thinking along the lines of why I needed the identity of an adventurer when my real identity was an Imperial Prince

“Of course, I could’ve requested the Aihrance royal court with my identity as an I was a bit delicate right now

“The neighbouring kingdom of Lome is in an uproar thanks to those Vae right now So can you iine how they will respond when an Imperial Prince of the Theocratic Empire, a sworn enemy to the Vampires, wants to enter their territory?”

Rather obviously, they would be less than welco More correctly, they would actually be quite scared by the prospect

“As an Imperial Prince of the Theocratic Empire, my presence here can be interpreted as a diploht now I’m an adventurer affiliated with Aihrance You do understand where I’ with this, don’t you?”

Alice pondered it for a while before answering me, “Does that mean the royal court doesn’t have to consider their diploht For theuous An Imperial Prince faked his identity to enter their nation That implies that they have a choice on whether to treat me as an ‘Imperial Prince’, or as an ‘adventurer’ But what happens now that I’ve willingly called myself an adventurer?”

“…They can now treat you as an adventurer?”

I nodded at her

The identity of being an Imperial PrinceI said and every little action I took would be linked to diplomacy between the two nations

Aihrance and the eht have been allies in the past, but now, the two of the froic’ As such, it was not all that easy to openly approach the Aihrance royal court

If my side sent in a request that said, ‘Oh hey, I’d like to have access to your labyrinth’, then without a doubt, they would respond with, ‘Well, in that case, we have conditions of our own’

“That’s not all The Imperial Prince at the centre of the ‘incidents’ is now in their territory That should’veto wonder if Vampires have already infiltrated their royal palace, too And that’s why they are inviting us over”

Alice nodded at ree with me “They don’t want to owe the Theocratic E in fear at the possibility of Vaed a request to the adventurer guild…”

Bingo She hit the nail in the head

This was precisely why I chose to call myself with an easily-discoverable name, and also why I didn’t try to hide inthat the royal court of Aihrance would cotton onto the truth first and invite me over to the royal palace on their own

The one unexpected variable in that plan had been ainst the Necromancers But thanks to that, the Aihrance royal court noedone

I had met all the conditions necessary to enter the labyrinth and then soroup finally arrived at Irion The river continued to floithin the capital city and I spotted tourists riding on canal boats above the gentle-floater

I too had a good tihts offered by the city

“We’ve arrived” The royal court knight stood at full attention and cautiously opened the carriage door “Allow uide the way, Lord Allen Rufus”

I beca h-ranked ‘adventurer’