After getting ready, Isengard took Ian out to attend the luncheon Lady Ellen had arranged.
According to the blond youth, his mother had very much wanted to meet the promising young man who had saved her son.
Before leaving, Ian informed Hua An and Frost Butterfly. Hua An had already overheard Ian and Ethan's conversation in the study, so naturally she said nothing more.
Ethan also gave the two Fairy ladies a card. With it, they could eat and drink for free at several restaurants under the Ellen Family. The two Fairies immediately cheered—not because they lacked that little money, but because free food simply tasted happier.
Ian and Isengard boarded an Ellen Family alchemy carriage and headed toward the Second Layer District.
That was where the great nobles and the core branches of powerful families resided. Numerous guards watched the area closely, and there were even armored patrols. Ordinary people could not possibly approach this place.
Back then, the Chehalorvo Family had also had its main residence here... As Ian looked through the carriage window toward the direction of the family estate Elder Pude had once described to him, he could not see the house from the old man's memories. All he saw were lofty halls and deep courtyards, one heavy wall after another.
At the entrances to these grand compounds hung family crests and gate plaques. Every surname was a renowned name in the Imperial Capital, and indeed throughout the Empire.
"Actually, there aren't many people living in them."
Sitting in the back seat with Ian, Isengard looked at the estates outside the window as well. "The Adelaide Family, the Isaac Family, the Glass Family... Like our Ellen Family, they are all frontier nobles. The younger generations of our families must come live in the Imperial Capital, but