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Chapter 745 The Short Journey To The Starry Palace (Part One)
At that time, the Holy Maiden was about to leave. She was overjoyed after spending the afternoon withHarper. She turned to Becky but only for a short while before turning to Harper. "You'd better give agood lesson to those people who distort facts. In the South Kingdom, those who slander someoneelse's reputation and are then proven to be spewing lies will be thrown into the cave with thousands ofpoisonous sects."
"Thank you, Your Grace. I will keep your words in mind," Harper responded with a smile. Afterexchanging some more pleasantries, the Holy Maiden left. Harper watched her with bliss while Becky,on the other side, started turning pale like a sheet of paper.
"You did that on purpose!" Becky exclaimed through gritted teeth.
Raising her eyebrows at Becky, Harper replied, "I think the Holy Maiden's suggestion was very wise.You thought I wouldn't kill you, so you kept on pushing me to my limits?"
In an instant, Becky suddenly looked embarrassed. But it didn't last. She then snorted and left withoutsaying another word.
After that, the keeper of the inn came up to Harper and said with obvious envy, "Oh, you're so lucky toreceive the Holy Maiden's invitation to come to the Starry Palace. It's truly a great honor."
Harper put the token in her pocket before responding. "I haven't been to the Starry Palace before. Theysaid even the bricks and tiles are made of white jade and all of the things in there are invaluable. Howrich and magnificent the palace should be!"
Hearing this, the keeper immediately straightened his back, taking absolute pride in the palace. "Ofcourse, the Holy Maiden is so pure and noble like a fairy. The palace she lives should be pure andnoble as well. That's why the Starry Palace was entirely made of Chinese white jade. It symbolized herholy image. You'll be able to see that tomorrow."
"Sir, could you please tell me what am I not supposed to do in the Starry Palace? I don't want to doanything rude that might offend Holy Maiden tomorrow," Harper asked.
The keeper was very glad to do her the favor, so he replied, "Oh, my pleasure. First, no one is allowedto enter the library of the Starry Palace except the Holy Maiden and other members of the royal family.Anyone who enters the library will suffer severe punishment from heaven."
"What is the punishment from heaven?" Harper curiously asked.
"It's the divine thunder and lightning from the heaven. Anyone who steps into the library withoutpermission will be punished by it! In the past, there were some people who went too far into the library,and they were all struck to death by the lightning. They didn't even leave any bones. It was thathorrible." The shopkeeper spoke of this with both fear and awe.
"I see. Except for the library, is there any other taboo that I should know about?" Harper questionedwith so much eagerness, carefully assessing the situation. In fact, she had thoughts that what shewanted might be in the library so she was thinking that it wouldn't hurt if she could slip in there.
"We can't offend the Holy Maiden. You're not supposed to talk to her like what you did earlier. If itweren't for her kindness, you would have died today!"
Harper touched her neck and smiled. "I think she's very easy to get along with. Aside from being gentleand beautiful, even her voice was very pleasant to the ears. It's not as scary as you said."
"It might be like that for you, but if you're ever disrespectful to her, you will be punished by the witch.But you're lucky to receive her special invitation. You should know, the Holy Maiden doesn't often invitepeople to the Starry Palace these years. If I could be a guest and come to the Starry Palace, my lifewould be complete. I could die in peace with a smile on my face right then and there," the keeperstated in an envious tone.
Harper didn't say anything in response. The keeper then sighed because he thought that he wouldprobably never get the chance to enter such a holy place. After another deep sigh, he asked theservants to put the cups and teapots that the Holy Maiden used on the shrine. Things that she hadused were not allowed to be used again by others. They became something that people needed toburn incense and kneel to worship every day.
When Harper returned to the second floor, Matthew was playing Go by himself to kill some time. "Youtalked with her for about two hours. It's a surprise that you two got along so well."
"Well, the Holy Maiden is quite an interesting young lady. Time passed by very quickly when we weretalking." She then tossed the token given by the Holy Maiden to Matthew. He looked at her and asked,"What is this?"
"A pass." He caught the token and threw it on the table, saying indifferently, "The gate of the StarryPalace is heavily guarded. This token is the key to get into it."
Harper took the token, looked at it carefully and said, "Somehow, I don't think it's appropriate for theHoly Maiden to invite us to the Starry Palace."
"I'm afraid you're the only one who thinks it's not appropriate. Anyone else who will be invited would beoverjoyed. Going to the Starry Palace is the dream of countless people in the South Kingdom. They'lleven be so honored to work as mere servants to the Holy Maiden." After a pause, he sneered incontempt. "To be honest, I actually don't think she deserves so much worship."
Harper sat down next to Matthew and fiddled with the token in her hand. "It's their faith. The people ofthe South Kingdom truly believes in her. But what they worship is not who she is, but the identity andpower she has. I think it's just the same with how the Black Flag Army believes in you."novelbin
Matthew narrowed his eyes because he didn't agree with her. He established and trained the BlackFlag Army so it could be what it was now. He had spent countless time and effort to improve it, whilethe people of the South Kingdom were just fanatics. They admired a woman whom they didn't evenknow. Moreover, he never considered the Holy Maiden to be noble. He just pitied her because, in hisopinion, she was a puppet being used by the royal family to manipulate the people!
"Will you still go with me tomorrow?" Harper asked.