The standard of everyday technology on the Sains Continent fell far short of Earth's, and its so-called embassies naturally lacked the grandeur and sophistication of those on Earth. Still, as one of the few kingdoms that maintained peaceful relations with the Lampari Kingdom, the Sihak Kingdom occupied a sizable plot in Anvilmar City for its embassy.
The Sihak Kingdom clearly attached little importance to this embassy, however. The entire building looked like an ordinary residence. Apart from the Sihak Kingdom's flag hanging above it, nothing suggested that it was a particularly important building.
Back on Earth, Xu Yi had once heard a saying: a country's embassy in another country symbolized both its own national image and the importance it attached to its host nation.
That saying naturally held true on the Sains Continent as well. From Xu Yi's perspective, the Sihak Kingdom's embassy in the Lampari Kingdom probably looked so ordinary not because it neglected its own national image, but because it simply did not care that much about the Lampari Kingdom.
After all, the Sihak Kingdom was reputedly one of the few kingdoms on the continent capable of challenging even the Candel Empire and the Malo Empire. The Lampari Kingdom, which had still been mired in unrest a little over a decade ago and now ranked near the bottom of the continent in national strength, was in an entirely different league.
Thus, when Xu Yi arrived at the Sihak Kingdom's embassy with his invitation at precisely seven that evening, he readily sensed the condescension beneath the attendant's warm reception and the Sihak Kingdom ambassador's beaming welcome.
Xu Yi had assumed that the embassy had sent someone expressly to invite him because it had something important to discuss. Instead, this was what awaited him. Had he not spotted a few