Sorry. Black King - Graduation Fantasy Journey (Volume 2)

Author: Plus
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Chapter 1: The Official Game Has Just Begun
When the night sky rose with twelve moons, snow replaced the wind, I packed up my adventurous spirit and returned to the long-lost Northern Capital with "The Gardener." Treading back onto the palace grounds, I felt as if the days of adventuring outside had been a long, real dream. Upon waking, I was still in Kessa. Seeing me return, the reactions varied. A's face relaxed quickly after a brief tension, puffing her cheeks to forgive my long absence; the Prime Minister sighed, "Why did you come back?" and sprinkled salt at me, treating me like a plague; Lipses showed great interest in my adventures and promised to hear the detailed story later; Asmodeus sighed as if to say, "How many more good girls have fallen into the net?" The only one missing was my capable Chief of Staff. Upon inquiry, I learned he had returned to the Seventh Army to handle a mountain of affairs. After wandering around, "The Gardener" dragged me to the Imperial Garden for tea, very seriously emphasizing that the tea was personally cultivated by him. If one dared to refuse the honor, it would be high treason, the act of a traitor and rebel. "Does my loyalty have to be proven with tea? Truly, it makes my heart cold." "No, I think in terms of loyalty between ruler and subject, Fei Meng might not even match my tea." "The Gardener" scratched his head, his earnest answer made me laugh. Whether it was Fei Meng or me, we both knew that "The Gardener" didn't want loyalty but friendship. Amidst the banter, we passed through winding corridors toward the Imperial Garden within the palace. Suddenly, "The Gardener" stopped without warning. Following his gaze, I saw a faint figure of a woman behind a dragon-carved pillar. "Elulie!" I exclaimed her name with joy. During my time wandering, this girl, who always watched me with quiet eyes, was one of the few NPCs I would miss, second only to the laughing "The Gardener" beside me. Elulie stepped out from behind the pillar, deeply bowing to "The Gardener," then lowered her head, twisting her clothes without looking at me. "The Gardener," however, knew how to read the mood at this moment, saying, "Occasionally enjoying tea alone is also a refined practice." With a smiling expression and hands clasped behind his back, he left. Although "The Gardener" had left, I didn't know what to say. Breaking the awkward silence or cheering up the upset person were not skills I excelled at, and the sweet words the real experts used were something I could never master in my lifetime. "Sorry," I hesitated for a moment and began with an apology, "I came back too hastily to bring any gifts, so I'm not much of a tourist. But it doesn't matter, there will be more chances. Or we can go shopping together next time you're free. What do you like? Just tell me, I'm not afraid to spend money now. When I was out, I always combed my hair myself, but ended up being scolded all day by the Four Seasons, even threatened with having my"