Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

Su Yang listened quietly as Lena poured out her heart, her troubles and anxieties, and her dreams and aspirations. Suddenly, a line from "Fortress Besieged" came to mind, and he blurted out, "Those inside the city want to get out, and those outside want to get in." Su Yang couldn't remember exactly what it said, but he knew that was the gist of it. Wasn't that exactly what Lena was going through? Everyone envied her and wanted to be a noblewoman, but Lena herself, being a noblewoman, longed for an ordinary life, for freedom, and for love.

After listening to Su Yang's words, Lena thought about them carefully and said with surprise, "Mr. Su Yang, I didn't expect you to be so well-educated. Your summary is very accurate."

"Uh, hehe, just saying." Faced with such high praise from Lena, Su Yang felt somewhat unworthy. This wasn't his own summary; he had merely borrowed a classic line from another literary predecessor and could only gloss over it.

"Sigh, I feel much better after talking it out. Let's go back."

Lena and Su Yang then walked back to the hotel. Just as they arrived, the hotel was preparing breakfast. Su Yang went upstairs and knocked on Lin Anlan's door to wake her up and have breakfast together.

After breakfast, the group boarded the carriage again and continued their journey to the capital. As before, Lena used the Quick Recovery buff on the horse and had the driver use air element to speed up their return to the capital. Seeing this, the guards also sped up, and the carriage raced towards the capital at breakneck speed.

With the help of elemental power, after a day's journey, they finally arrived at the outskirts of the royal city before sunset. The guard team then returned to camp to report. The carriage arrived at the south gate of the royal city, where the city guards stopped it and signaled the driver and passengers to get out for inspection. Lena opened the carriage window, took out a token from her bosom, and handed it over. The city guard took the token, looked at it, and immediately knelt down on one knee, saying with trepidation, "Please forgive me, Miss, please allow us to enter the city."

Lena retrieved the token and smiled slightly, "You've worked hard, it's not your fault." The soldier thanked her and immediately shouted towards the city gate, "Let them through!"

The carriage entered the city smoothly. This royal city was indeed incomparable to other small towns. Judging from the magnificent atmosphere of the city gate, it must have taken the efforts of several generations to achieve its current appearance. After entering the royal city, the buildings inside were neat and orderly, and the streets were extremely clean. Perhaps it was because the whole country valued commerce and was economically prosperous that it had the financial resources to build the royal city into such a magnificent place. The houses along the road were five or six stories high, interspersed with many houses with courtyards, somewhat similar to villas in the original world.

Seeing that Su Yang was looking around, Lena began to explain, "The royal city is called Lunt City. It covers an area that is dozens of times the size of South Bay City. It is also the place where the wealth of the entire duchy is concentrated. There are eight city gates. The royal palace is located in the very center of the city. The headquarters of the Adventurers' Guild is located in the north of the city. The largest market is also located in the north of the city. The east and west of the city are basically the residences of nobles. My home is in the east of the city. I will take you to explore the city properly tomorrow. It is almost sunset now. After traveling all day, let's stay at my house tonight."

Su Yang wanted to refuse, but it was getting dark soon, and he and Lin Anlan were carrying luggage. They were new to the area and didn't know where to find a hotel, so he agreed to Lena's suggestion.

On the other side, Boan Xiuzheng, who was in his study, listened to his subordinate's report. He was of average height, about 1.7 meters, and his figure was not fat but rather prosperous. He had blond hair, two very valuable-looking rings on his hands, and his fur coat exuded luxury.

"Young Master, Miss Lena has safely returned to the royal city."

"Oh? Those bandits didn't harm my Lena, did they?" Bo'an asked, swirling his wine glass around a few times.

"No, the seventh squad leader reported that they arrived at the scene before the bandits could break through Miss Lena's defenses and rescued her, but..."

"Just what?" Bo'an stopped swirling his wine glass.

"However, the captain of the seventh squad also reported that Miss Lena returned to the capital with another man and a woman, all three of them traveling together in a carriage," the servant said cautiously.

"What's the woman's background?" Bo'an put down his wine glass, stood up, and asked.

"It's unclear at the moment; their origins and backgrounds haven't been investigated yet."

"I see, let's go."

After the servants left, Bo'an went to the window and looked at the setting sun outside, seemingly lost in thought.

Su Yang followed Lena to the Duke's mansion. This was Su Yang's first time encountering a high-ranking noble in this world. He had already felt that the Viscount's mansion was very luxurious, but the Duke's mansion in front of him could not be described as luxurious at all. The scale of the entire Duke's mansion felt to Su Yang like a palace. The iron fence outside the manor could not be seen at all, and the soldiers at the gate were extremely majestic.

The carriage slowly entered the manor, turning left and right along the road and continuing through the gardens, finally stopping in a wide square. As soon as she got out of the carriage, two groups of servants lined up to welcome her. An elderly man with a full head of white hair stepped forward, bowed to Lena, and said, "Welcome home, Miss. The Lord is waiting for you to have dinner with him."

"Yes, butler. Please tell my father that I've brought two friends back. They'll be staying with us tonight. I'll take them to their rooms first." With that, she turned and invited Su Yang and Lin Anlan to follow her. Two maids led the way. Su Yang wanted to turn back to get his luggage, but several servants had already taken it and were waiting behind them. Helpless, Su Yang followed Lena's steps.

Upon entering the mansion, a spacious hall came into view. In the center of the hall stood a statue of a middle-aged man dressed in fine clothes. As Lena walked in, she introduced the statue: "This statue is of my great-grandfather. He served the royal family well, which is why our family was granted the title of Earl. After the efforts of my grandfather and father, we were promoted to the title of Duke."

Su Yang understood and followed Lena through the hall to a door. Lena pressed a button, and the door opened. After they entered, Lena pressed the second-to-last button. Soon, Su Yang felt the floor beneath his feet move. The door opened again, and they were in another place.

"This seems to be the elevator from the original world? I just don't know how it works." Su Yang followed the elevator out the door, turned around to look at it, and then the door next to him opened, and several servants came up with luggage.

Lena arrived at a reception room. This reception room was open-plan and had several doors around it. Lena walked to one of the doors, pushed it open, and said to Su Yang, "Mr. Su Yang, I'm sorry to trouble you and Miss Lin tonight. This is your room, and Miss Lin's room is next door."

Then Lena said, "Put your luggage down first, and then come with me to the restaurant on the first floor to see my father."

[Publicly available information: Orcs]

Orcs are the product of elemental fusion experiments conducted by the original dragon race. Their bodies are mainly humanoid, but they inherit some physical characteristics from the beast race. Orcs are powerful, but generally have low intelligence and are irritable.