Free Web NovelThe Saint Clan royal palace occupied half the area of the floating city.
Its scale was immense, a palace complex formed by many palaces connected together. The front was made up of functional zones, and only the back was where the Salilaino lived day to day.
And the room prepared for Wen Yuzhi had already been arranged by Mond.
It was a spacious room with bright light, and it also came with an enormous terrace.
It was also the spot in the entire palace with the best view, and it was right near Mansendis’s bedroom.
This was something Mond had thought through carefully.
No one could say that the Salilaino tragedy had nothing to do with their withdrawn, indifferent /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ nature. They were supposed to be the closest family, yet in the end they became strangers one by one, until they ultimately reached the point of turning blades on each other.
Mond did not want to witness the same tragedy a second time.
So Mond made a bold decision: place the young Highness by the king’s side, so this father and son could spend more time together in daily life and strengthen their bond.
If Mond had still been uneasy about this arrangement before, then after seeing Wen Yuzhi able to move close to Mansendis without being rejected...
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Merita pushed the door open for Wen Yuzhi.
Behind the door was a room so large that, at a glance, it seemed to stretch without end.
Along the way, Wen Yuzhi had seen nothing but the Saint Clan’s extravagant, money-is-no-object style, and thought the palace rooms would be lavish and gorgeous as well.
But what surprised Wen Yuzhi a little was that the room’s decor was not the ornate palace style Wen Yuzhi had imagined.
On the contrary, the furnishings were warm and ordinary—just scaled up. The furniture was fully equipped, and there was even a walk-in closet, a collection room, a sitting room for guests, and more. It was practically like a small villa built inside a palace.
When Wen Yuzhi walked in, the floor inside had already been covered with fluffy carpet. Any sharp corners around the room had also been wrapped in soft fabric.
The only thing in the entire room that really looked “palace-like” was probably the bed.
Tall curtains draped down. A large white-walnut bed was piled full of plush toys.
Mond had prepared these especially for Wen Yuzhi—comfort plushes meant to help a cub sleep peacefully.
Whether by intention or by accident, the biggest plush toy was actually Mansendis’s beast form. It took up most of the bed, making all the other plushes look tiny in comparison.
Seeing Wen Yuzhi’s gaze land on it, Mond cleared the throat and said with a perfectly serious face, “A parent’s companionship can create an environment where a cub can sleep at ease.”
After saying that, before Wen Yuzhi could speak, Mond shot Merita a look.
“Your Highness, please rest for a while first. If you need anything, just press the bell.”
Then Mond and Merita slowly withdrew after saluting. Once they left, only Wen Yuzhi remained in the room.
With no one else around anymore, Wen Yuzhi couldn’t help letting out a quiet breath of relief.
Wen Yuzhi took off the cape. Since it belonged to Mansendis, Wen Yuzhi looked around, and in the end decided to hang it on the coat stand.
After putting it up, Wen Yuzhi even reached out carefully to smooth every wrinkle, making it look as much as possible as if it had never been worn.
Only after doing all that did Wen Yuzhi begin to look around—no, to explore the room.
The collection room was still empty. Those unused cabinets looked as though they were waiting for the room’s small owner to come and fill them.
There were fruits and snacks in the sitting room, and Wen Yuzhi saw prickly fruit among them.
The game room was dazzlingly full, with toys for every age group. Mond didn’t know what the young Highness liked, so Mond simply prepared all the toys that cubs across the major star sectors loved the most right now.
Beside the game room was a study. There were quite a lot of books inside. Wen Yuzhi picked up a few general-knowledge books, intending to set them by the bed and read a little before sleep.
Last was the walk-in closet. It was the largest of all the functional rooms, packed with all kinds of clothes—from casual wear to formal wear, and outfits in every color family and for every season.
Wen Yuzhi felt like the eyes were about to spin. After looking for a long time, Wen Yuzhi only chose a set of sleepwear.
After a rough walk-through, the novelty of this room for Wen Yuzhi also dropped in a straight line.
Wen Yuzhi did not keep wandering. Instead, Wen Yuzhi went into the bathroom, took off the formal outfit, and took a hot shower.
After coming out, Wen Yuzhi wore only that set of sleepwear—no shoes either—walking barefoot on the unbelievably soft wool carpet.
Maybe because it felt so soft, Wen Yuzhi curiously put more weight into the step, pressing down on it a couple of times.
A brand-new environment. A brand-new room.
Everything here felt so unfamiliar.
When Wen Yuzhi lay on that bed, Wen Yuzhi still...
The palace...
Come to think of it, Wen Yuzhi had never been to the palace before...
Only seen it in the news. Never expected...
Wen Yuzhi silently... The eyes looked up at the canopy overhead. The body was already tired, but...
The Saint Clan.
Wen Yuzhi softly repeated the two words in the heart, and thoughts, without realizing it, drifted to Wen Che and Madam Jilanya.
Did they know Wen Yuzhi was not their child?
But as soon as that thought rose, Wen Yuzhi regretted it.
Wen Yuzhi shouldn’t think about those things. Wen Yuzhi only needed to know that Mom and Dad loved Wen Yuzhi.
As for the rest...
Wen Yuzhi, trying to escape, buried the head under the blanket.
......
On the other side of the palace. ƒrēewebnovel.com
After settling the young Highness, Mond went straight through the corridor and arrived at the room deepest inside the palace.
This was Mansendis’s private study, and also where Mansendis usually handled all kinds of affairs.
After being away from Dark Tower Star for so long, matters that required Mansendis’s personal confirmation had already piled up.
But Mansendis had no intention of looking at them first. The first thing Mansendis wanted to deal with after returning was Wen Yuzhi’s matter.
“Later, I will go to Thorn Castle.”
Mansendis spoke first. The tone was not a discussion—it was a direct notice to Alvin.
When Mond came in, Mond happened to hear that sentence.
And that long-unheard-yet-familiar place name in those words made Mond’s heart tighten at once.
Thorn Castle was the former queen Tasiya’s fief.
Salilaino were mostly solitary by nature. They rarely gathered together. After a number of years, those of royal blood would basically move out of the palace to live elsewhere.
And Tasiya had chosen Thorn Castle.
But after the night of the palace riot, with Tasiya dead, that place was sealed completely. Together with the former queen, it became a taboo on Dark Tower Star.
Mond still remembered: after Mansendis took the throne, Mansendis had not gone to Thorn Castle even once.
And now Mansendis was going there...
Could it be that there was some problem with the young Highness’s origins?
Thinking of that, Mond’s heart sank.
“Your Highness...”
Alvin, meanwhile, quickly thought it through, weighed words, and was about to say something to explain for Wen Yuzhi—when Mansendis seemed to see the intent.
“I know what you are thinking. Tasiya is Tasiya. He is he. I have not gone so insane that I would take it out on a child.”
What’s more, this was Mansendis’s child.
Mansendis lowered the gaze, thinking.
“It’s just that we still need to find out how he was born.”
Hearing this, Alvin quickly recounted, in full detail, everything Wen Yuzhi had said earlier on the warship.
“...Another world?”
Mansendis repeated Alvin’s words with a blank expression.
Mansendis’s face looked calm, but the aura around Mansendis abruptly turned colder.
A heavy atmosphere spread through the study without a sound.
Under the silver-haired sovereign’s cold, powerful pressure, Alvin and Mond held their bodies tightly taut. Neither dared move. They could only do their utmost to maintain a respectful posture.
Mansendis said nothing.
Mansendis’s face had already turned completely dark. In those pale-gold vertical pupils was an anger that made people shudder.
For no reason at all, how could Mansendis’s child have fallen into another world?
What, exactly, had Tasiya done in all this?
Even though Mansendis had personally killed Tasiya long ago, at this very moment, Mansendis still felt an impulse to drag that person out of the sleeping earth and kill Tasiya one more time.
Mond, who had witnessed the silver-haired sovereign’s rage from start to finish, was too frightened to breathe.
In Mond’s impression, ever since the king ascended the throne, the king had rarely shown anger this obvious.
It was clear that Queen Tasiya’s way of doing things...
had truly touched Mansendis’s bottom line.
......
With Mansendis’s efficiency, once a decision was made, it would be carried out immediately.
Especially with this unexpected variable—royal blood falling into another world.
Mansendis did not want to delay a single moment longer.
But before formally heading to Thorn Castle, Mansendis still walked to Wen Yuzhi’s door.
Beep-beep.
The device at the door scanned Mansendis’s pupils.
In the next instant, the tightly shut door opened directly.
Mansendis had not intended to go in, but looking at the open room, Mansendis paused—then in the end still walked inside.
Mond’s carefully arranged decor was, at this moment, only swept over casually by Mansendis.
The silver-haired sovereign was clearly not interested in these furnishings.
However, when the gaze swept over one area, it abruptly stopped.
In front of Mansendis was a coat stand. The cape Mansendis had used to cover Wen Yuzhi was now hung properly on it.
As for who would have hung it here... there was only Wen Yuzhi.
Mansendis’s gaze rested on the cape for a long moment before slowly moving away.
Then, all attention fell on the large bed in the center of the room.
More precisely, on the teenager lying on it.
Mansendis walked up softly.
The curtains were drawn. The room was especially dim, with only a faint bit of light at the bedside.
But that could not block Mansendis’s vision.
The Saint Clan’s exceptional eyesight, far surpassing other races, let Mansendis see the scene on the bed even in the dark.
The cub who had just been so curious about Dark Tower Star seemed to have fallen asleep.
The teenager wore loose sleepwear, eyes shut, curled completely into the blanket.
But Wen Yuzhi’s other hand, as if extremely lacking a sense of security, was clutching tightly at the silver plush toy beside it.
