The pitch-black gauze skirt swept across He Ao's vision, and the surrounding scene shattered like a dream.
``` [New scenes reassembled in your vision, followed by fragments of consciousness.
You raised your head and looked at the clear sky overhead, at the bustling city around you.
This was Ilotran, the capital of the Julia Kingdom.
A thought surfaced in your mind.
Noisy clamor rose behind you. You turned around and looked back.
Crowds streamed past behind you. A towering stone-and-wood building stood beneath the clear sky. Beautiful Women in light clothing stood along its edges, waving their hands and beckoning to passersby.
Quite a few burly figures saw their invitations and entered the building.
On the balcony above the building sat a delicate-looking young girl, reclining sideways.
Her eyes were lowered as she watched the crowds below, her slender brows faintly furrowed.
She was so beautiful that she seemed not to belong in the same picture as the beautiful women below.
Even in the Julia Kingdom, such beauty could be called exceptional. Only royalty, or royal bloodlines left behind in the world, could possess such exquisite features.
Outside Ilotran, a girl like her would outshine every beauty in city after city.
And yet this peerlessly beautiful girl sat calmly atop the towering building, with a trace of sorrow in her expression. As you watched her, she noticed you as well.
But her gaze did not linger on you. It merely swept over your body, just as it swept over everyone else on the street who was looking at her.
Then the girl slowly rose and walked into the building.
Behind you, those who had been watching her also crowded into the tall building along with her.
Standing in the middle of the street, you too were swept along and squeezed