“You are welcome to stay here for the moment.” One of the Agnus knights showed Joshua to a modest building. Joshua slightly nodded in response.

They had arrived in Arcadia late in the afternoon. The capital indeed lived up to its glorious reputation. The awe-inspiring Imperial Palace loomed over the lesser buildings, dominating the capital’s skyline—of course, Joshua had grown bored of it a long time ago.

Arcadia’s land prices were as incredible as its splendor; Duke Agnus, one of the highest-ranking aristocrats in the Empire, naturally resided in one of Arcadia’s most expensive areas. A single building in the heart of Arcadia cost as much as an entire fort in a rural area. This was yet another evidence of Duke Agnus’s wealth and status within the Empire.

The building that Joshua and his group stood before, on the other hand, was located on the city outskirts....