Chapter 159: Le Fay Halls

"There has to be somewhere specific we can go," Melody said. "The Le Fay family governs this city. They’ll have a headquarters or an administrative building somewhere. Since we’re here for official business, we simply have to go to their official location or something."

"And what if the guards turn us away at the door?" Akira chuckled. "We don’t exactly have an appointment."

"We have a contract," Lukas said. "That’s better than an appointment."

"Aw, man." She grinned. "I was hoping for someone to stop us, then I’ll do something cool, then they’ll allow us in just because of how cool I was."

Lukas chuckled at that, before turning serious. As funny as Akira’s face slapping fantasies were, they had to solve the problem at hand.

"The more immediate problem," he said, "is figuring out where to go in the first place."

He looked around for one of the workers, catching the attention of a young man clearing a nearby table. He raised his hand.

The worker came over.

"Could you clear ours as well?" Lukas asked. "We’re done eating."

"Of course."

As the worker gathered the plates and cups, the door to the breakfast place opened.

Lukas glanced at it to see a couple, dressed for the morning, heading to the counter to order. He watched them for a moment, then looked back at the table.

The worker finished, gave a brief nod, and moved on.

Lukas reached into his spatial ring and retrieved the sector three map, unfolding it across the now clear table.

There were a lot of details on the map, all labeled in small text with the important locations highlighted.

Melody leaned in from one side, Akira from the other.

"The Le Fay family governs the city," Lukas said, running his finger along the map’s legend. "Which means they have an official presence somewhere in the sector."

"So we need to find either a government building or an administrative center. Something that functions as their seat of power at the city level."

"There," Melody said, pointing.

Lukas followed her finger to a highlighted area near the top edge of the sector, closer to the center of the city.

He frowned, pulling the map closer.

The label read: Administrative Hall — Sector 3 Governance. City Lord’s Sector Three Office.

"Wait a minute." He looked up. "Is our contract with the City Lord’s office?"

Melody shook her head. "No. We signed the contract directly with the Le Fay family. So, our matters don’t involve the city of Salaria itself."

"So since we’re not exactly government contractors, then this might not be the right place." Lukas mused

They went back through the map carefully, working through every highlighted landmark in sector three.

They found government buildings, transit hubs, commercial centers, and two more Adept spatial gate facilities.

But even with all their searching, they found nothing with the Le Fay name attached to it. It was as if the Le Fays didn’t exist on paper in Salaria.

"Have we been scammed in some way?" Akira asked with a frown.

"How would they possibly have scammed us?" Melody asked. "They didn’t even take anything from us. Do we even have anything worth taking? Maybe we’re missing something."

Lukas looked up and caught the same worker passing nearby.

"Excuse me," he said. "One more question."

The young man stopped.

"We’re looking for the Le Fay family’s office. Not the city administration, the family itself. Is there something like that in this sector?"

The worker looked up, thinking about it. "The Le Fay family doesn’t operate out of offices, exactly."

He tilted his head slightly. "They have residences. Mansions spread across different sectors of the city. Each one serves a different branch of the family or a specific individual."

"There’s the Sunflower hall, the Wisteria hall, and the Foxglove hall in sector three." He paused. "Who are you looking for?"

’Oh.’ Lukas made a sound of realization. The Le Fays don’t put their names on their mansions. No wonder they had a hard time finding it.

"We’re looking to meet Morgana Le Fay," Lukas said. "Is she in sector three?"

The worker’s eyebrows rose slightly, coughing in surprise. Of all the names he’d been expecting, it wasn’t the princess of the Le Fay family.

"Errr... Lady Morgana’s residence is at the main Le Fay family mansion," he said. "That’s the Lotus hall."

"You’ll have to head over to sector seven. It’s not the closest journey, but the hall isn’t at the far edge of the city. It’s near the center, so the travel time is manageable." He thought for a moment. "A few hours by tram, with one transfer."

He described the route, telling them which stop to board at, where to switch lines, and which stop to alight at.

Lukas listened carefully, committing it to memory while Melody traced the rough direction on the map with her finger. The final part of the journey existed outside the map, but at least, they knew where to go.

"Thank you," Lukas smiled at the man, passing him a tip.

The worker gave a small nod and returned to his work.

Lukas folded the map, tucked it away, and looked at his wives.

"So, sector seven. That’s where we’re starting from."

"Sector seven indeed." Akira grinned. "I hope the guards turn us away. Then I do something cool. Then they try to attack. And Morgana appears out of nowhere, saying "Stop!" And they all stop and bow. Then we enter like heroes."

Melody was shaking her head, a smile on her face. "Just from the way you described it, I’m already sure it won’t happen."

"But the chance of it not happening is not zero." Akira replied.

"Alright." Lukas stood. "We have somewhere to be."

Melody stood, folding the map up. Akira sat there for a moment before standing, stretching and yawning loudly.

And with that, they left the breakfast place, stepping back out into the morning streets of Salaria.

It was time to fulfill their contracts.