Returning to the tavern from Sophia's mansion, Gray's mind was filled with the Nahum family.
Knowing that the Nahum family was sparing no effort to find him, he felt a lot of pressure. It took a long time for him to calm down.
Although the Nahum family was powerful, they could not act unscrupulously. At least in the Royal City, they would not dare to act recklessly.
If the Nahum family found out, they could settle the Fergus family in the Royal City. He believed that the Nahum family would not dare to attack the Fergus family in the Royal City. As long as he was given time to grow, he would naturally be able to deal with the Nahum family.
The only thing that worried him was that he was now in the Royal City and not with the Fergus family. If the Nahum family attacked the Fergus family, he would not be able to evacuate the Fergus family in time.
Although he wanted to return to the Siderni Hill immediately, Zaroyan's inheritance of the title still needed a few days of preparation. It could not be done overnight.
For this reason, he asked Sophia to inform him in time if she detected any unusual movements from the Nahum family. He believed that with his purple ring's spatial teleportation, he would definitely be able to arrive before the Nahum family attacked the Fergus family.
In the following days, he temporarily suppressed his worries and waited for Zaroyan to inherit the title so that he could return to the Siderni Hill.
Finally, the day of Zaroyan's inheritance ceremony was about to arrive. But at this time, something unexpected happened.
A special team came to the Royal City.
This was a very special team. In the team, the carriages were all pulled by blood fiends, and the blood fiends were of high levels.
The one pulling the leading carriage was a nine-meter long desolate-level blood fiend. The ones pulling the other carriages were all five-meter long barbaric-level blood fiends.
Last time, when the Wallen family attacked the Fergus family, the blood fiends pulling the carriages of the two barbaric-blood warriors of the Wallen family were only at the berserk-level. But here, every blood fiend pulling the carriages was at least at the barbaric-level. It was not difficult to determine the uniqueness of this team.
As for the guards around them, they weren't simple either.
They were all dressed in cyan battle suits. Under the cover of the cyan battle suits, a strong murderous aura could not be concealed, exuding the smell of iron and blood.
That was the murderous aura of someone who had been through a lot of killing. Only someone who had walked out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood could have such a murderous aura.
Without a doubt, every single one of these guards was a Blood Warrior who had been honed on the battlefield.
They were proficient in battle and killing, and they were even more proficient in coordinating with each other through battle formations. Even if they were facing a Blood Warrior who was a level higher than them, they would still have the ability to surround and kill him.
On the left and right sides of all the carriages, there was a huge golden flame symbol. It burned fiercely and dazzlingly, like an inextinguishable divine flame that wanted to burn everything in the world into ashes.
"This is the symbol of the Flame Kingdom's royal family!"
Seeing this symbol, Polly could not help but exclaim.
This symbol was too eye-catching and unique. She could tell at a glance that it was the symbol of the Flame Kingdom's royal family.
"The Flame Kingdom is actually … visiting the Purple Moon Kingdom?"
Gray, who also recognized this symbol, showed a hint of surprise on his face.
The relationship between the Purple Moon Kingdom and the Flame Kingdom could not be said to be good. It was not hard to tell from the fact that the Purple Moon Kingdom had chased the King of Killers to the border of the Flame Kingdom and was forced to give up.
And now, the Flame Kingdom's royal family was actually visiting the Purple Moon Kingdom. Although this was not the first time, it was definitely extremely rare in history.
"Why exactly is the Flame Kingdom's royal family here?"
Gray's brows furrowed slightly, but they soon smoothed out again.
No matter why the Flame Kingdom had come, at the moment, that level was still too far away from him and was not something he needed to be concerned about.
Instead, he was more concerned about another matter. Because of the arrival of the Flame Kingdom's royal family, would Zaloyan's succession ceremony be delayed?
"The arrival of the Flame Kingdom's royal family at this time, Young Master Zaloyan, will your succession ceremony be delayed?"
"It's possible."
At the side, Zaloyan pondered for a moment before replying.
Obviously, to the Purple Moon Kingdom's royal family, the visit of the Flame Kingdom's royal family was of the utmost importance. In comparison, his succession ceremony would be delayed.
If that was the case, his succession ceremony would likely be delayed.
Because of the visit of the Flame Kingdom's royal family, the entire palace was in an uproar. Many people were discussing the visit of the Flame Kingdom's royal family and guessing the purpose of the Flame Kingdom's royal family.
Some people guessed that the visit of the Flame Kingdom's royal family this time was to sign a non-aggression agreement with the Purple Moon Kingdom.
Some people guessed that the visit of the Flame Kingdom's royal family was due to the previous incident of the Purple Moon Kingdom's royal family pursuing the King of Killers. Perhaps they would use the King of Killers as a bargaining chip to negotiate with the Purple Moon Kingdom.
Others guessed that the visit of the Flame Kingdom's royal family was due to a marriage alliance with the Purple Moon Kingdom's royal family.
The first and second princesses of the Purple Moon Kingdom had reached marriageable age, but there was no news of an engagement yet. The Flame Kingdom might want to strengthen the relationship between the two kingdoms through a marriage alliance.
…
There were many guesses, and the entire Royal City was in an uproar. Many nobles who received the news rushed to the Royal City with various motives.
Not long after, news came from the palace that Gray's worries were confirmed. Zaloyan's succession ceremony had been postponed by the Purple Moon Kingdom's royal family, and the exact date had not been set. Obviously, the date would be set according to the time of the departure of the Flame Kingdom's royal family.
Two days later, in order to welcome the royal family of the Flame Kingdom, the Purple Moon Kingdom's royal family held a grand banquet in the palace. The invitees were all nobles in the Royal City who had been directly conferred titles by the royal family. Zaloyan and his siblings were naturally included in the list.
A carriage from the royal family that had come to pick up the three siblings stopped outside the tavern. The three siblings boarded the carriage and left the tavern.
However, not long after their carriage left, another carriage with the royal family's insignia appeared in front of the tavern. Moments later, Gray boarded the carriage and it headed for the palace.
"This is a banquet hosted by the royal family. Those who attend are all nobles conferred titles by the royal family. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for me to go?"
After entering the carriage, Gray saw Sophia, who was wearing a purple, diamond-studded dress.
Unlike usual, her soft purple hair was tied up, giving her a hint of solemnity and maturity, and a hint of her usual elegance.
Her neck was snow-white, her waist was slender, and her breasts were voluptuous. She was a perfect woman.
After being slightly stunned, Gray spoke hesitantly.
Gray was a little tempted to meet a member of the royal family of the Flame Kingdom, the leader of the four kingdoms. After all, such opportunities were definitely rare.
However, he was not a noble conferred by the royal family of the Purple Moon Kingdom and was not invited. If he went, it would be against the rules.
"It's fine. Every royal family member has the right to invite people they are familiar with. It's not limited to nobles conferred titles by the royal family."
Seeing Gray's interest, Sophia smiled.
"What about the Nahum family?"
Gray was worried that he might run into the Nahum family.
"You don't have to worry about them. The Nahum family isn't in the Imperial City. If they were, I wouldn't have invited you."
Sophia explained.
Since the other party had already said so, Gray did not refuse. A banquet with two royal families was an opportunity for him to broaden his horizons, and he was indeed very tempted.
After entering the palace, Sophia went to meet up with the other royal family members, while Gray was led to the banquet hall.
It was a huge and splendid banquet hall.
On both sides of the banquet hall were huge stone pillars. The pillars were dark gold in color and carved with many exquisite patterns.
In the center of the banquet hall were tables covered with white cloths. The tables were filled with all kinds of exquisite food and fragrant red wine.
Men and women in noble attire walked in the banquet hall, with a few men in the center.
These people were either the patriarch of a large family or the direct descendant of a large family.
Gray saw Zaloyan and his siblings among them. They were chatting with familiar nobles.
"It's him!"
Soon, he noticed a young man who was surrounded like the moon. The young man was dressed in proper brown noble attire and held a glass of red wine in his right hand. It was the young man from the Wallen family.
"His right hand is indeed completely healed. Looks like the news is true."
A few days ago, Gray had heard the news from Zaloyan. He knew that the Wallen family had spent a large sum of money to request the royal family's consecrated potion master to refine some kind of magic medicine to heal his right hand. It seemed that this was indeed the case.
"Why are you here?"
The young man from the Wallen family also noticed Gray in the banquet hall. He was stunned at first, but soon walked over with a cold smile.
"Why are you here?
Don't you know that this is a banquet only royal nobles can attend? "
"Young Master Edgar, who is this?"
One of the people clustered around him asked.
"Just a nobleman. I don't know how he got in."
The young man from the Wallen family, Edgar, sneered.
"Nobleman?"
The surrounding people couldn't help but frown. A banquet of this level was not something a nobleman could attend.
As nobles of the kingdom, they had a sense of superiority in front of noblemen. Most of the time, they disdained to attend banquets where noblemen were present.
Edgar's eyes turned slightly, and his expression suddenly turned cold as he berated loudly.
"Speak, what is your goal in sneaking into the palace? Are you trying to assassinate a distinguished guest from the Flame Kingdom?"
To dare to appear here, he was simply asking to be humiliated. It would be even better if he could use the palace guards to kill him.