Secret Infiltration

Dean and the other four made their way to the Crown Prince's Manor after asking around all along the road, travel-worn and covered in dust.

Seeing officials coming and going in front of the Crown Prince's Manor, A Wu—formerly A Si—spoke up:

"A Da, there are too many people at the main gate. Our current identities are as a force secretly cultivated by the Crown Prince, so we'd better use the back gate."

Fortunately, A Da—who was now A Er—had just been taught a lesson by Dean and did not answer.

Dean nodded, and the five of them went looking for the back gate of the Crown Prince's Manor.

Fortunately, after Wisdom Shield became Crown Prince, he had not indulged in extravagance or ordered some mansion expansion. Thus, Dean and the others found the back gate quite easily.

Knock, knock, knock. Someone rapped on the back gate, which was normally used by the household purchasing staff to enter and leave.

However, the purchasing hours had already passed, so there was no one guarding the back gate. The only security came from the household guards who occasionally passed by on patrol.

Thus, when A San—who was now standing there—knocked for a long while without hearing any response, A Si simply climbed over the wall.

With a creak, A Si opened the back gate from inside.

"Come in, everyone. There's no one here."

"You blockhead."

A Er cursed him.

"Big Brother, I was just hungry."

"What big brother? I'm Second Brother now."

A Er reminded him.

"Enough, stop fooling around. Since we're already inside, let's go find Wisdom Shield first."

Dean looked around. Seeing no one, he closed the back gate again.

The five of them then split up and began quietly infiltrating every part of the Crown Prince's Manor, searching for