Chapter 40: The Squad Breaks Through, and a Tiger Turns on Its Young

As soon as Pace Juggins stepped through the courtyard gate, he spotted Princess Lark seated beneath a Treasure Tree in the front yard, savoring tea at a stone table. A set of teaware sat there, glowing with a soft, pearly sheen, along with a freshly brewed pot of fragrant tea. About five feet behind her stood a middle-aged maid, her aura deep and vast as the sea. Pace couldn't help glancing again at the Treasure Tree. It was crystalline and emerald-green, wreathed in seven-colored, misty radiance....