Edward naturally did not refuse Her Majesty the Queen's invitation, and arrived at the Silver and Tin Palace on time.
When Edward reached Griffin Bridge, he even ran into the Minister of Royal Affairs, who had just left the Silver and Tin Palace. After exchanging a few words with that honest and gentle old good-natured man, he strode toward the Silver and Tin Palace.
At Iver's request, Edward was not led into the Reception Room by a servant. Instead, he was taken directly to Iver's bedroom.
Edward had naturally visited the Silver and Tin Palace before. He was, after all, the chief inspector of Glass Island.
But whenever he had come to the Silver and Tin Palace before, he had either been led into the Reception Room, which could accommodate more than forty guests as they listened in, or gone to the Round Table Hall to attend meetings in place of his adoptive father, James.
Edward had only met Queen Sophia alone once—and that was when he had just returned from the Iris Flower Kingdom.
At the time, Edward had gone to the Queen's study and personally given her a serious explanation of the Iris People's demands and the price they were willing to pay.
That was the deepest into the palace Edward had ever gone. As for reaching the bedrooms of the royal family's members, that was absolutely impossible.
He was even somewhat nervous. Although his face remained expressionless, his palms had already begun to sweat.
Edward knocked politely on the door. Only after hearing Iver say, "Come in," did he relax slightly and push the door open.
Yet the moment he entered, his steps halted for an instant.
—Because there were simply too many people inside.
Iver was sitting beside his desk, apparently busy fiddling with something.
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