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"I heard your master passed away, my condolences," The princess said as they walked in.

"Thank you, princess," Alex said. He looked around the outer gardens of the palace that was nearly 3 times as large as the City lord's manor. 

There were trees and flowers of many kinds and Alex could recognize quite of few of them as being rare ones.

The servants in the garden and the walkway to the palace wore two different kinds of clothing. One was a simple peasant robe of very light red color. 

The other was a black robe that Alex recognized to belong to the Royal Fu Academy. 

"Do the graduates of the Royal Fu Academy come to work in the palace?" Alex asked.

"Some do," the princess said. "Most do their own thing. We don't bind them to work for us only."