Belzerg Kingdom, Royal Capital.
Through Axel's teleportation shop, Fang Li traveled from the beginner town to the Royal Capital.
Like Axel, the Royal Capital was also holding the Eris Festival.
In Axel, Aqua Festival could be held because Kazuma had reached an agreement with the chairman of the shopping district, but there was no such arrangement in the Royal Capital.
Coupled with the Royal Capital's prosperity, the Eris Festival here was especially grand. Every street was filled with high-end stalls and shops selling not only food and drink, but also seemingly extremely valuable equipment and items.
On his way to the royal castle, Fang Li was drawn in by several shops selling Magic Potions and Magic Items, deliberately slowing his pace.
Even though the Magic Potions and Magic Items produced by the Crimson Demon Clan could be considered top-tier throughout the entire world, Fang Li still managed to find some treasures in the Royal Capital and bought quite a few good things.
Then, Fang Li took out the royal emblem Alice had once given him and entered the royal castle as the guards knelt to see him off and let him pass.
His purpose in coming here was to find Kureia.
"What are you doing here?"
In an extremely luxurious office, Kureia, who was processing a large stack of documents, put on a sour expression and glared angrily at Fang Li as he entered.
Kureia's hatred toward Fang Li was still as high as ever.
It was not just Kureia. Even Rain, standing nearby with an armful of documents, wearily said,
"Lord Fang Li, didn't you bring Princess Alice back?"
Apparently, because Alice had gone out, Rain had been saddled with quite a lot of work and was already starting to complain.
Unfortunately...
"Alice is having the time of her