Chapter 842: 839. The Truth That Was Taken and the Information That Was Left Behind
By the time Landen returned to Night-Kirin City, it was already dark.
Although Landen had gone through a brief formal process that afternoon to meet the Emperor, when he left, a Ceremonial Officer from the Palace Household Department gave him a thorough lecture. He spent two whole hours teaching him the appropriate audience etiquette and procedures.
"Lord Landen, His Majesty the Emperor intends to personally appoint you a Duke of the Empire. There'll be a whole investiture ceremony. Are you really planning to walk out of the Magic Furnace Room with your wives?"
The Ceremonial Officer had Landen completely at his mercy. One moment, he was teaching him the proper stride; the next, he was training his smile. Finally, he put him through all sorts of bows.
Compared with this time last year, Landen's memory and learning ability had improved by leaps and bounds since reaching High-Rank. With the help of the Magic Web and Magic Patterns, he could even establish muscle memory, performing the same actions in fixed poses, at set speeds, and for set durations.
When he returned to Padmira Palace, Wendy and Redbird were both waiting outside the Teleportation Portal. The moment they saw Landen, they hurried over, full of concern.
"Landen, are you all right?"
"You're not hurt, are you?"
The two girls' concern caught Landen off guard. "I'm fine. I'm doing great!"
Redbird checked Landen over before finally relaxing. "Are you sure you're all right? Teacher Ben said you'd stirred up the entire bureaucracy."
"I just went to pay some money," Landen said with a smile. "And I happened to submit a paper, too. It was an old document from ten thousand years ago."
The two girls led Landen upstairs