[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-city-of-desire-kingdom-building":3,"chapter-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-410":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","City of Desire [Kingdom Building]",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1846263,2449,"Chapter 412: Esa Raak","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-410",410,"\u003Cp>Raak\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes, blocking every noise around me. Remembering the face of my child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's his birthday today. He had already celebrated it yesterday, in Zenid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The time in Oton is thirteen hours behind Zenid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made me happy that Josie and Heron were with him. He would have his family with him on his birthday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wish I didn't have a fight today. Usually, I am lucky; I didn't have any fights on this day, but today I am not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a fight. It is in fifteen minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anna,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard the familiar voice calling my name and opened my eyes in irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had told you many times to not disturb me during my meditation before the battle,\" I snapped at Master Lar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man might be my master, but he had no right to disturb me before the battle. Especially when he wants to win the battle on this day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The match is canceled. Praefectus Prisca had summoned you to her office,\" he informed, surprising me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is when I noticed. The uniform of two guards behind him. They are not usual colosseum guards, but Praefectus Guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most elite of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even I couldn't deal with a single one of them, with the power of legacy supporting them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\" I asked a moment later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know,\" he replied. Sounding as surprised as I was feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Praefectus are the most powerful people in the whole arena, the city, and its dominions. There are only four of them with Grand Praefectus as supreme authority.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have never been summoned by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, my heart skipped a head, before I pushed the thought away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn't be about the children. It had been over nine months since I had sent them away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wouldn't be angry about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lar was angry about it, but couldn't do anything other than be angry. Unlike me, they were free and could leave this dammed place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Follow us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was in thought when the guard ordered and began to move. I got up and followed them to Lar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did they summon you?\" asked the master. \"Why are you asking me that?\" I asked back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really don't know?\" he asked, looking at me suspiciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, I didn't even reply and walked behind the guards in the grand misty hallways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is a beautiful place. I hate it from the bottom of my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has taken everything from me. My freedom, my children. Every day feels painful here. Sometimes I want to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only reason, I am living is my children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, we reached the elevator and stepped inside. The door closed and it began to move up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched the views through it; the fight that is happening and the hundreds of thousands watching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The number never lessened. Going over a million on the special days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One would expect it hard for hundreds of thousands of people to watch the battle in the colosseum every day, but it is not when it is a legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People do anything to experience the power of legacy. People come from far, some from out of the continent, to experience the colosseums of Oton.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ting!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elevator stopped at the top floor, and we got out and walked through the beautiful hallways before we reached the end, where there was a big bronze gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are no guards guarding it. There is only one person, a middle-aged secretary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go in,\" said the secretary, without even looking at us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she said, the bronze door began to open, but I couldn't see what was behind them. There is something, blocking the view inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only her, not you,\" said the secretary, surprising me and Lar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is my master, the handler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every decision, I take in the arena is his; I have no will regarding it. If he said it.; I will have to follow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember the day; I signed the contract. I was extremely desperate; there was no option but to sign the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If I hadn't, I wouldn't have been standing here, but sometimes, I really wish I hadn't. Death was preferable to the life, I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I signed the contract, not to survive, but for my child. In hope, that I will see him someday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I passed through the door and entered the magnificent office. No office, even the head of the House of Silver could compare to what I am seeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only looked at it for a fraction of a second before my eyes fell on the man sitting behind the huge table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is not Praefectus Prisca, but Grand Praefectus Donatus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had only seen him a few times, in over a decade. He rarely shows himself, preferring to do his work through the four Praefects under him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Praefectus is a thin man with a scholarly feel. He looks to be in his mid-thirties, handsome with gentle features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody would think him powerful, much less dangerous, but he is a very dangerous man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man responsible for the arena and the massive dominion. He is sitting there while Praefectus Prisca is standing beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them are looking at me with unreadable expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grand Praefectus Donatus, Praefectus Prisca,\" I greeted and bowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Esanor Raak, you have hidden a lot of things from us,\" said Grand Praefectus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shuddered hearing him take my real name. I had never told anyone about my real name. Even the contract, was signed in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had not even told Emer my full name, on the day he left. I had told him where to go and who to meet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take a seat, Esanor,\" said Grand Praefectus Donatus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sat down shakingly and turned to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are you able to find out my name?\" I asked after a moment of silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your son, he contacted us,\" replied Grand Praefectus, before placing the envelope in front of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I closed my eyes for a moment. He did what I had asked him not to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had asked Emer to warn Remus to not contact me. The heavenly colosseums are dangerous; the further one remained, the better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I sighed and turned to the letter. It is simple, with two emblems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one on the right was unfamiliar to me, but the other one was on the left, I know too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the emblem of a house of silver; the variation of it. If I had any doubts, about his words; the emblem made it disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He wants us to release you and I have said, his offer of owing us a favor is quite enticing,\" said Grand Praefectus, shocking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grand Praefectus is a powerful man. To entice him even slightly, one needs to make an offer of colossal proportion, and the man has found the promise of favor from Remus enticing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole house of silver barely could do the job. I know very well that the old man wouldn't pay such a price for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Has Remus made the princess fall in love with him?' I asked myself. It is the only thing; I could think of.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is twenty years old. It's his birthday today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that age, he couldn't achieve anything. It is either that or him finding that load of treasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My heart shuddered when I thought about it and immediately controlled my emotions in everything I had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Has he found that?' I couldn't help being asked myself, before burying that thought could as deep as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please forgive my son, Grand Praefectus Donatus. He cannot offer you anything, that might interest you,\" I said, and the man smiled and so is the woman beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, you are very wrong about that, Esanor,\" he said, before tapping on the desk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist moved and formed an emblem. The same unknown one as the letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know what it is?\" he asked, and I shook my head. I didn't, I had never seen it before in my life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This?\" he asked, and the mist moved again, forming a small tower of about twenty floors. Beautiful, with verdant flower plants around it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You really haven't even tried to find information about your son?\" He asked, with his eyes intensely searching mine for whatever he was trying to find.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know better than to do that, Grand Praefectus,\" I replied, and the man smiled\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are not the big, bad wolves, Esanor. We wouldn't do anything to your son's continent away,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did we stop you from sending your children away?\" he asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile of the wolf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a wise decision to send the children away. If I hadn't, they might have got them; I have seen it enough to not believe their flowery words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should have tried to look at the information about your son. At least in the past nine months,\" he said, making me frown in question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at the emblem and the tower beside it. It is what they are looking at and likely the thing, that made even Grand Proetus interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is beautiful, but other than that. There is nothing special about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" I asked finally, and a small smile appeared on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a velvet garden.\" He said, pointing at the tower. Speaking an unfamiliar name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The legacy. It was born nine months ago, and the host of it is Remus Silver, your son,\" he added, and my heart shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had expected many things, but not this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It had advanced to Grade II,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most are saying, he had achieved it within six months, which is shocking enough, but there is a whisper, that said he had achieved it in three months,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it is true, he would be the first to achieve the feat, in this era,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were searching, but I didn't know anything. He wouldn't find anything in my eyes other than sheer shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Remus has a legacy,'\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sentence revolved around my mind. It took me a while before I was able to get out of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going to release me?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I kept the hope to a minimum, but it couldn't help, seeped into my voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been over a decade since I saw my sweet boy. My heart aches every minute in his memory. I want to see him, hug him, never leave his side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought about it and decided not to.\" He replied, crushing all the hope I had in my heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it had been a common legacy, I would have, but the velvet garden was clearly a special legacy and that makes you an asset to us,\" he added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wouldn't have let me. Even if it was a common legacy. No mercy exists in the hearts of heavenly colosseums.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But don't worry, seeing you are the mother of a fellow Synod member. We will promote you and give you access to the things, you didn't have before,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are also suspending the Patrons Prize. So, you won't have to sleep with patrons that sponsor you from now on,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more I heard. The angrier I got, but I said nothing and drank down the emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can now even contact your son without any worry,\" he added with a smile, and all those buried emotions once again threatened to burst out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once again, drinking down everything I was feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am going to write to your son, the response now. He would be happy, seeing the privileges we are going to give it to you,\" he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I go now?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure, and take this,\" he replied, before sliding a silver medallion toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A surprise flashed in my eyes. I know what it is; every fighter, gladiator, and warrior longed for this thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have the potential to earn it, but you are getting it early, thanks to your son,\" he added with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The champion's medallion. Only those of Lv. 40 or powerhouses of great prowess get it and he is giving this to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also means Lar can't control me anymore. I am now directly under the prefect's control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You will have to add a drop of blood on it to bind it,\" instructed Praefectus Prisca.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded and took my dagger and pierce my finger with it, before dropping the blood on the silver medallion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, the surrounding mist moved onto the medallion, and the emblem of the area flashed in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, it came out of my card and stuck on the back of my hand. It flashed there for a moment before disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few seconds later, I walked out of the office. Lar was waiting there, looking confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened? I felt the power of your contract taken from me?\" he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck off!\" I cursed, shocking the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had wanted to say those words to this bastard for a long time and now I finally said it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was shocked, but the familiar anger appeared in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You bitch! You dare to talk to me like that!\" he screamed and raised his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud slap rang out, sending him flying, crashing into the wall. I waited for the punishment from the contract, but it didn't come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have the privilege of champion. Aside from Praefectus, nobody can do anything to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you ever dare to lay your filthy hands on me again. You will see the slap with mercy,\" I promised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at his snotty face, before walking away. I have things to do. First and foremost, find out if this is all true or one big nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am still having a hard time believing. It is all truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on thebelow to read20Advanced Chapters.\u003C\u002Fp>",2321,"2026-06-09T06:54:39.599Z",1,"novelbin.me","9906eef1b21565e5cde92f0868f1b7252a78337a4201780f17c2b74586fe8811","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-411","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-409",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]