After settling his affairs, Velin took Kyle and several other attendants with him and left Qixing Territory, traveling light.
Through the Teleportation Array in Kadlo Province, Velin arrived at the West River Province Capital.
More than a decade had passed since his last visit to Xihe Province, yet this ancient city remained largely unchanged.
On Central Avenue, a patrol of guards passed by every ten minutes.
Of the nobles passing Velin, nine out of ten were discussing the grand wedding of Earl Eagle's eldest son.
There was still a month until his eldest brother's wedding, so Velin planned to spend half a month sightseeing in Xihe Province.
Although he had visited the West River Province Capital more than twenty times, he had never properly explored this pearl of the central region.
With its vast territory of 950,000 square kilometers, Xihe Province was the largest province in the Kingdom of Isia. Centered around it, its influence spread outward, attracting most of the surrounding nobles to establish properties, purchase manors, and use it as a place for travel and leisure.
Ever since the Hax Family fell from power, Xihe Province had still remained under the joint influence of five major powers.
Five years ago, during the war between the Kingdom of Isia and the Ironforge Mountain Dwarf Kingdom, the current Count Hax seized the opportunity to exchange territories with the Miliun Family and relocated his entire family out of Xihe Province.
Half a year ago, the Seven Newly Promoted Count Families passed the Territory Exchange Purchase Act, using their existing territories and money to obtain from the royal family the lands formerly stripped from the Hax Family.
For their own interests, the seven newly promoted counts formed an alliance with the Miliun Family, creating the West River Eight Counts Alliance. They hoped