[{"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-584":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},1846704,2449,"Chapter 586: Tour","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-584",584,"\u003Cp>Proofread By Thomas F\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mythara Dawnstar\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's more vibrant than I had expected,\" I said as I looked at the city through the carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had read about it, but I had my own preconceived motions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had expected this city to be the wasteland, that had been attacked by undead several times, to be somewhat desperate and poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had seen how the cities after the war were, but this one is the opposite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is energy here and vibrancy in the people. I could see the hope and dreams in the eyes of people; these are the kinds of emotions, the big cities have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It isn't just the people that surprised me, but also the city itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The buildings are small and beautiful. The streets are wider and clean, with gardens and parks everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>'Where did he find such money?' I couldn't help, but ask myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>War isn't cheap; it is an ever-hungry beast that consumes every penny a city can produce. It had been nearly a year since the city had been dealing with the undead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most cities go bankrupt or raise taxes to an unsustainable level in conditions like, but looking at, the city. That did not seem to be the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I watched till the carriage took a turn, and the park came into view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's not the biggest or the most beautiful I have seen. I had seen much bigger ones; the ones that had been designed by the archmages, but it's different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that?\" I asked. I didn't have to ask about it. I could feel it through my class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes,\" replied Swan with a smile as she looked at the tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's big,\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have been to the many legacies, including the Archmage Tower. The biggest legacy on the continent, but is a spirit, while this is just a Grade III legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is thethird biggestlegacy on the continent,\" informed Miss Swan, reading what I was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are around a hundred legacies on the continent, and it is the top three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It occupies a space of over ten legacies easily. I wonder how much emotion essence it harvests. The size isn't everything; it's the core, that matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, such size had massive advantages. The sheer amount of money he would earn should be huge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want to see the legacy first or collage?\" asked Swan. \"Collage,\" I replied, surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Silver had accepted my offer, I would have said about the legacy. I am excited about it and can feel it, but I will be working in the college.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is why I declined to go to the house in the city they had prepared for me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They have prepared two accommodations for me. One will be in the city and another one in the college.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have come here to this dangerous place with a purpose. To level up. I will focus only on that and nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage took a turn at the bridge and entered the park, which houses the collage and the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at it, and I have to say it's beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I provided the girls work in my establishments a good housing, but it's not as beautiful as this one or as expansive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, what surprised me was the girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I could see them. Many are walking and sitting in a garden. Some are alone, some with friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They looked happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our business isn't the one that brings much happiness. Especially at their level and age, where one needs to struggle for every penny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I remember the days when I was as young as them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those were the most difficult days in the business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was hungry more times than I remember, beaten to every inch of my life, and suffered the humiliation that made me want to kill myself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I pushed those thoughts away and turned as the carriage stopped and its door opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swan stepped outside. I followed behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome back, Headmistress,\" said the woman, who looked to be in her early fifties. Beside her are two more women; one looked to be in her teens, while the other was in her early thirties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's good to be back,\" replied Margaux. She smiled and turned to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome to Mena Horn Collage, Miss Dawnstar,\" she welcomed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Miss Della,\" I replied. I know she is a vice-headmistress, but it feels weird to say it. However, I will have to say it after I officially start.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Della, please give, Miss Dawnstar, the tour of the collage,\" said Swan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is no need for trouble, Miss Dela. I am sure she has important things to do. Just give me any girl, that knows the campus,\" I said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All four of them smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In so many words, I had said I did not want the choreographed tour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to see the real collage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I would have preferred to look at it alone, but that wouldn't be polite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swan looked before her eyes stopped at the elf woman. Sitting on the bench, working on what seemed like an embroidery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eliyen, come here,\" said Margaux. Hearing her name, the woman looked and put the things she was working on in her bag, walking toward us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Headmistress,\" she greeted as she stopped beside Margaux, with her eyes moving at me momentarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you free for a while?\" Swan asked. \"Yes, it is my free day, and I don't have any classes in the evening,\" she replied, turning curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, then give, Miss Dawnstar, the tour of the collage and the tower,\" said Swan, before turning to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Dawnster, I will see you after you are done,\" she said, before leaving with Della and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to the blue-haired elf beside me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want to see first, Miss Dawnstar?\" asked the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I didn't answer immediately. Instead, I looked around for a while before turning to the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's see the hostel first,\" I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please,\" she said, and we walked toward the seven-story building in front of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, we entered through its gate into a large lobby, that has elevators leading from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have to say, it's beautiful. The art pieces, although basic, but filled with such emotions, that I felt a connection to them instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All of these pieces are made by the girls of the velvet garden,\" she informed, surprising me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am shocked even.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I know art. I've seen the best pieces the world has ever produced. They are far from that level, but they are good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These pieces could speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which is the most important thing the art should have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at them, and my eyes fell on the painting, the largest one in there; it is nearly four meters long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is of a woman with steel in her eyes. Standing in the square surrounded by the undead, with tens of burning crystals around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's sister Mena,\" she said with her voice becoming somber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The one this place is named after?\" I asked. \"Yes,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had read about her; the woman who sacrificed herself to save the orphaned children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People would laugh. If they heard, a whore did something like that. To most, we are the vilest people. Lesser than even animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turned to the woman, and we were about to begin to walk up the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do all the women who work in the velvet garden live here?\" I asked as I looked at the women passing by us; I could see many were looking at me curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, except for Headmistress and wise headmistress. They have houses, but Vice-Headmistress Della lives in the suite at the top,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaux had informed me about it. The three have houses on the campus, while the assistant madams and the rest live here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, we reached the first floor. I could see many girls there, coming and going out of their rooms. Talking in groups, many look at us with a surprise in their eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the first floor. On this floor, the trainees live; those who are new or in the first level of their training,\" she informed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is their living arrangement?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each floor has suites. Each suites have three or four rooms along with a common room. Each room houses two people,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I see one?\" I asked. She nodded and turned toward the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knock Knock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knocked on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is opened a few seconds later by a beautiful woman of the same age as me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is half-elf but also has orc blood in her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She is also from Baxzar and that place. It is easy to see with her class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes?\" the woman asked with a familiar accent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have been asked by the Headmistress to give a tour to Miss Dawnstar. Will you be fine, if I show her your suite and room?\" asked the girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman nodded and entered inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing I saw was the common room. There were three girls sitting inside; all of them turned to us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They surprised me as I had thought. They would be from Baxzar as well, but no. Their classes are regular, not the Baxzar variation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are six doors in there. Two bathrooms and four leading to the rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman from Baxzar; opened the door of her, which was first on the left and we could see inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, I saw it is divided into two parts; both sides have beds, a table, and a cupboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One side looked more occupied; the person had been here for a longer time, than the one on the other side. That is likely the woman beside us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group from Baxzar, had come here a little over a week ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How are you adjusting so far?\" I asked, turning to the woman. She seemed surprised by the question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's very different from what I had expected, but heaven compared to hell we had been in,\" she replied with her eyes becoming distant for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few minutes later, we walked out of the suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought, those of Lv. 20 and above, get their own personal room?\" I asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's what Swan had told me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They do, but all the new girls. Irrespective of their level, they have to live in sharing until they complete the first semester,\" replied the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We climbed floor after floor. I asked the questions and looked at the girls, till we reached the top floor. The sparsest of all the floors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two people saw me and came. One is a teen, while the other is a woman in her late thirties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Miss Dawnstar,\" they greeted. The woman beside me looked surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ladies,\" I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope, you will love it here,\" said the older one. \"I hope so too,\" I replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They smiled before extending a small box. To that, I arched my brows. \"It's the key to your suite,\" replied the younger one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you,\" I thanked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have a good evening, Miss Dawnstar,\" they said and walked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were madams,\" said the woman beside me before turning to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you?\" asked the woman, turning to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Same as you. I have taken a teaching position here,\" I replied, to her surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I opened the box, took out the key, and walked toward door number seven this key belongs to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stopped beside it and entered the key, before opening the door and stepping inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A four-room suite. Only vice-headmistress has it,\" she said, looking at me intently. I didn't say anything to that and explored the suite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It has a living room, a bedroom, a guest room, and a workroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The furniture is beautiful, but the thing I like the most is the view of its huge balcony. It gives me a clear view of the park and the legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stayed there for a few minutes before I stepped out and got out of the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want to see next, Miss Dawnstar?\" she asked. \"The academic building,\" I replied. The place, I will spend most of my time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded, and we walked toward the five-story building not far away from us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon we reached it and stepped inside. What I saw couldn't help but surprise me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are people, a lot of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't expect to see so many girls at this time,\" I said, looking at all the women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since a lot of us worked in the legacy. The timing of the classes adjusted according to it,\" she replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded and walked ahead. Looking at classes that are happening right now. I didn't do the classrooms, but I watched for minutes through the windows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw girls learning instruments, literature, pottery, along with so many other things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It shocked me because despite reading about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I thought they would be most focused on the things that would help them bed more people, but here I saw very few classes related to that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It feels like the real academy,\" I said as I reached the top floor, looking at everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is,\" replied the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She believed that, and seeing it, I believed it too, and it is making my head spin a little because I don't think. This should help Silver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He should have focused on teaching them classes that would help the girls get better in business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, he is teaching them things. That will make them independent. Making them leave after their contract is over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whores stays in the brothels despite gaining their freedom, because there is no other choice. Nobody other than brothels would hire them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, they are learning skills that will help them after their contract is over, which couldn't help, but make me think, why Silver is doing this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many will leave. To some, it won't matter if it is a legacy and huge money. To some, the hope to gain a self is more than enough to abandon anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am going to ask him that question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at my office on the top floor before getting out of the academic building and walking to the magic suite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I lived in a city where there were hundreds of magic towers. So, a mere suit didn't impress. Though, what impressed me is whores learning magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swan could cast a spell. I have seen it and she isn't the only one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of my mage clients had told me I have a magic talent, and they even unlocked it, but that mana attribute remained the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I had never got a chance to learn the magic, nor I ever thought it was a possibility until now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap on to readover 20Advanced Chapters.Become a Free Member and enjoy the Character Art, Maps, and other interesting things.\u003C\u002Fp>",2485,"2026-06-09T06:55:02.855Z",1,"novelbin.me","e9d77ccbec9254a0d1e34f9fc289ac5a809aa14159c9e50f38119e5426c87c8d","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-585","city-of-desire-kingdom-building-chapter-583",917,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcity-of-desire-kingdom-building-cover.jpg"]