The capital—
“Ah, another noisy day.”
It wasn't until the afternoon that Furni finally sat up from her golden bed.
Her long blue hair was a tangled mess.
The dark circles under her eyes still made it look like she hadn't slept well in ages.
Thick curtains blocked out all the sunlight from outside.
In the dim light, Furni's dragon-like slit pupils shone exceptionally bright.
But right now, there was a trace of confusion in those eyes.
“I can't help but feel... my bed has been a bit uncomfortable these past couple of days.”
Furni looked down at the golden bed beneath her, sensing that something was off.
“Whatever, it's probably nothing.”
Besides, she wouldn't be getting any good sleep in the coming days anyway.
At the thought of what was about to happen in the capital, Furni's tail lifted in irritation.
“Thud!”
Her tail slammed heavily onto the golden bed.
The entire bed let out a dull, heavy groan.
While Furni was wallowing in her annoyance, her door was carefully pushed open, just wide enough for a person to slip through.
A figure squeezed sideways through the crack, quietly slipping inside.
Furni slowly turned her head.
Only to see Karl standing sneakily by the door, still bent over in a hunched posture.
Their eyes met at that exact moment.
“...”
The room fell into a brief silence.
Then, Furni clearly saw Karl shove something in his hand into his wide sleeve with lightning speed.
Though he moved quickly, Furni's excellent night vision caught it anyway.
It looked like some kind of magic tool with a sharp edge.
“Ahem.”
Karl straightened up as if nothing had happened.
In an instant, his expression returned to his usual serious demeanor.
“Oh, you're awake.”
As he spoke, he walked over to the window and reached out to pull back the heavy curtains.
Blinding sunlight instantly flooded the room.
Furni squinted instinctively.
Meanwhile, Karl's hand on the curtain was trembling slightly.
Damn it, why did this dragon wake up so early today?
This is bad!
Karl had originally planned to slip in while Furni was asleep and scrape off just a tiny bit more gold from her golden bed.
It was meant to be his retirement fund for all his years of hard work.
He never expected this.
The moment he opened the door, he ran right into the dragon getting out of bed.
If he had known it would turn out like this, he should have come in the morning!
Karl stood by the window.
He felt immense regret for not starting his gold-mining operation any earlier today.
“Hey, Karl.”
Furni sat on the bed.
Her eyes were still half-closed, heavy with sleep.
“What are you doing standing by the window for so long?”
She yawned as she spoke.
“Yawn...”
A few sparks of dragon fire flickered in the air.
Karl froze for a moment. Did this dragon find out?
But he quickly composed himself.
“Ahem.”
“You haven't forgotten what we have to do today, have you?”
Under the circumstances, Karl decisively chose to change the subject.
It was super effective!
Furni's attention was instantly drawn away from his sleeve.
“Of course not.”
“Everything is ready.”
Furni casually picked up her bishop robes, which were tossed beside the bed.
She threw them on half-heartedly.
The loose bishop robes completely enveloped her.
However, pulling the robes over her head only made her hair even messier.
A good portion of it was even trapped under her collar.
Once she was dressed, Furni fell backward.
“Thud.”
She was lying right back on her golden bed.
Karl: “...”
He stared at the dragon who had only just woken up, yet was already prepared to go right back to sleep.
For a moment, he didn't know what to say, but at least she wasn't questioning him.
“Can't you at least tidy yourself up a bit?”
“Nope~”
Furni hugged her golden pillow.
Then, she casually blew a small stream of dragon fire in Karl's direction.
Karl stepped aside.
The dragon fire brushed past his clothes.
It ended up hitting the wall, leaving behind a small, scorched mark.
“That's your punishment for disturbing the sleep of the great guardian dragon,” Furni said with her eyes closed.
“Get up!”
Seeing that she actually intended to keep sleeping, Karl finally lost his patience.
He marched over to the bedside.
He grabbed Furni's tail and yanked it outward with all his might.
“Ah~”
Furni let out a completely emotionless cry.
But her body remained completely unmoved.
Instead, Karl pulled so hard that he ended up stumbling back several steps.
Just then, the object hidden in his sleeve slipped out.
“Clink.”
The crisp sound of metal hitting the floor echoed loudly in the dim room.
Furni slowly opened her eyes and looked at the magic tool on the floor.
It was a small magic cutting tool.
There were still tiny flecks of gold dust clinging to its edges.
“...”
Both of their faces darkened at the same time.
Several flashes of magical light suddenly erupted from Karl's body.
Acceleration magic, body enhancement magic, and reflex enhancement magic.
Three spells stacked onto him in an instant.
Karl bent down with lightning speed, snatched the cutting tool from the floor, and stuffed it back into his sleeve.
Furni: “...”
Was that light just now... magic?
And did he just cast three enhancement spells at once?
Furni slowly sat up.
Her eyes were now fully open.
She stared at Karl's sleeve, her eyes filling with clear curiosity.
“Karl, what did you just drop?”
“Nothing.”
Karl replied expressionlessly.
“I saw it.”
“You saw wrong.”
“There was something gold on it.”
“That was just the sunlight shining in.”
“Anyway!”
Karl cut off the conversation.
“We need to go take care of today's business first!”
At this moment, Karl seemed like a completely different person from the one who couldn't even budge Furni earlier.
He walked over to the bed.
Even his loose bishop robes couldn't fully hide the robust, well-trained physique he had built over the years.
Leaning down, Karl hoisted Furni straight out of bed and threw her over his shoulder.
Furni: “...”
“Hey! Is that level of violence really necessary?!”
Karl ignored her.
Carrying Furni, he bolted straight out of the room.
In the corridor.
Several working sisters only felt a powerful gust of wind suddenly sweep past them.
“Ah!”
The violent draft even whipped up the hems of their skirts.
The sisters quickly pressed down on their skirts, raising their blushing faces to look around for the culprit.
“Who was that?!”
But by the time they looked, the corridor was already completely empty.
By then, Karl had already carried Furni into a room drawn with a massive magic circle.
In the center of the room, a complex summoning array occupied almost the entire floor.
Countless magical lines interlaced with one another.
If Lin Ling were here, she would probably recognize this place.
After all, her story of being summoned to another world began in this very room.
“Hey, Karl!”
“You're running a bit late this time, aren't you?”
Several people dressed in white bishop robes were already standing in the room.
When they saw Karl and Furni arrive, displeasure was clearly written on their faces.
One of the bishops stepped forward, blame completely undisguised in his tone.
“Everyone has been waiting for you for a long time.”
Karl lowered Furni from his shoulder and gave the bishop in front of him a placating smile.
“Ah, my bad. I'll make sure to be on time next time.”
As he spoke, he stepped closer to the bishop and grasped his hand.
As they shook hands, Karl casually slipped a small yellow object into the other man's palm.
Feeling the heavy, familiar texture in his hand, the bishop's disgruntled expression instantly turned into a beaming smile.
“Mmh~”
He quietly slipped the gold into his sleeve without drawing any attention.
“Just make sure you are.”
The bishop looked at Karl, undisguised mockery in his eyes for this old bishop.
At the thought of what was about to happen in the capital, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
“Still, I hope we'll have a next time to work together, Karl.”
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