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Part 4. City of Art
The White Castle Table is a three-tiered circular city suspended by the World Heart Tree. It consists of the Innermost Ring, Middle Ring, and Outermost Ring, representing different sections for the Civilians, Nobility, and Monarchy.
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Civilians: The lowest tier of the city, connected to the entrance by the Butterfly Cake Iron Bridge. It is divided into three ring areas: the Innermost Ring, Middle Ring, and Outermost Ring.
The Innermost Ring is a circular plaza surrounding the Silver Heart Tree, with white sugar bowl telephone booths for communication and shuttle cups that seemingly function as elevators. It also serves as the designated location for the fifth stage of the Dining Car Parade.
The Middle Ring comprises Éclairs Street and the Flower Shop District. Éclairs Street is a residential area for the civilians, consisting of various monotonous tea utensil and dessert buildings such as the Coffee Cup House, Teapot House, Wine Bottle Bar, Chocolate Éclair House, and Cream Puff House. The Flower Shop District, a civilian commercial area, features streetlight trees that emit white light and various old streets, including the Dragonfly Horse Accessories Shop and Wine Bottle Bar. The prominent landmark is the Trifle Norwich Cathedral.
The Outermost Ring is adjacent to the Chess Cream Puff Tower and is filled with various livestock and agricultural processing factories. It is inhabited by civilians with features resembling cute animals. Walking a few steps will lead to a crowded croissant sheep herd, hence the name Lightning Ranch.
Nobility: Located in the middle second tier, divided into the Left Hemisphere and the Right Hemisphere.
The Left Hemisphere is a noble residential area consisting of luxurious buildings, including stacked four-corner cake mansions. It also features the Maslow Bookstore, the iconic Charlotte Royale Opera House, and the Milk Fountain Square, where many street performers entertain the crowd. Nearby is the Teacup Kitchen Rainbow Cake store, fulfilling the performers' costume needs.
The Right Hemisphere is a second-hand market called the Macaron Dessert Market, composed of various macaron dessert stalls. It sells high-quality ingredients, dreamware, and daily goods. If the civilians want to purchase high-end processed products, they need to travel through the shuttle cups to the Nobility section. At the end of the market stands the Eiffel Cake Tower, the largest food chain supply factory, managed by the Royal Chef, Mr. Bagel Recipe.
Monarchy: The topmost tier, where the royal residence, the Bukingham Palace, stands.
It extends upward from the exquisite emerald white fabric slope, and from a distance, one can admire the grand and magnificent Bukingham Palace with its distinct dessert characteristics. At the top of the castle's central high tower, there is the Astronomical Clock adorned with sun and moon globes—an hourglass. It is said that the hourglass replaced the original astronomical clock. Every 12 hours, the hourglass turns over, and people can hear the lingering sound of the clock.
Throughout the explanation, Frog Matcha occasionally interrupts and supplements the information provided by Jasky, resulting in a somewhat disjointed narrative.
Suddenly, Frog Matcha stops and says excitedly, "Ribbit! The timing couldn't be better! The exciting part is about to begin!"
"？": "What a magnificent spectacle?" Amisa and Toosb tilted their heads in confusion.
Jasky pulled out the organized data and began to explain, "Queen Elizabeth will go on a procession during special holidays. It is said that the Inner Heart Tree will descend from its original three-tiered discs and transform into a single-tiered metropolis, symbolizing the unity of spirit with the citizens."
"Wow! Really? That's incredibly spectacular!" Toosb was astonished, but during the explanation, Jasky, who was a resident of White Castle, had a somewhat complicated expression on his face.
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"I wonder if I'll have a chance to talk to the White Queen," Amisa thought to herself.
"World Heart Tree, respond! Dream power transmission!"
Rumbling───
A gentle female voice echoed through the surroundings, and at that moment, the Inner Heart Tree Square... or rather, the entire city, began to shake. The stronger the vibration, the more excited the residents became.
"Gahahaha~ The White Queen is coming!"
Following that, the silver-white Inner Heart Tree started to twist, and the discs representing the royal and noble layers rotated in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, slowly descending. When the three discs merged into one, the luxurious noble district and the magnificent and pristine White Palace Castle came into view. The horns of music sounded, and rural commoners and nobles alike crowded the Inner Heart Tree Square, eagerly welcoming their elegant goddess in an atmosphere filled with joy and festivity.
Amisa, Jasky, and Toosb watched with their mouths agape, witnessing for the first time a giant moving city.
"Gahahaha~ The procession begins!" Unable to contain their excitement, Frog Matcha joined in the lively and elegant atmosphere, spinning and singing:
The art capital, White Castle City,
A city full of civilization,
World Heart Tree Square, symmetric and distinct,
Macaron dessert market, diverse merchandise.
The roundtable capital, White Castle City,
A city full of peace,
Creamy pastries tower, sturdy and solid,
Éclair street, joyful and warm.
The sacred capital, White Castle City,
A city full of nobility,
Glorious White Palace Castle, majestic and splendid.
Beautiful Queen Elizabeth, riding a noble and graceful heart stag.
Let us welcome her arrival~~~~
"Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Whiter Queen) has arrived!" Not far away, a minister named Chubby Minister raised his glowing Dream Ring and exclaimed.
As the three tiers merged into one, from the emerald slope of the royal layer, the noble layer, and the commoner layer down to the Inner Heart Tree Square, they formed a massive patchwork street resembling a gigantic dining table. This became the main route for the procession, with several chess infantry soldiers clad in silver armor appearing to direct the crowd and create a path. The parade procession slowly descended from the White Palace Castle, led by a conductor waving a baton at the front, followed by a disciplined band playing in unison. Following closely behind were several knights wearing white armor and riding white horses, known as the Castle Rook Knights.
The chessmen soldiers consisted of four types:
Pawn infantry: Infantry soldiers wielding axes, spears, and shields.
Castle Rook Knights: Castle knights riding white horses, wielding lances and shields, charging through the ranks.
Bishop Archers: Archers armed with bows and arrows, responsible for long-range attacks.
Iron Horse Knights: Knights wielding swords, wearing helmets shaped like horse heads, and riding semi-automatic bicycles, known as the "Iron Horse Knights," the special forces of White Castle.
By the way, at the time, the infantry guarded the city gates, while the Castle Rook Knights' commander intercepted Amisa and her companions.
The cheers of the people echoed throughout, and in the distance appeared a majestic pair of antlers, forming a unique silver heart shape. It was the leader of the White Castle species, the Whiter Heart Deer. Smaller in size than a regular white horse, it had a handsome pure white appearance, with a flag symbolizing the purity of White Castle draped on its back.
Perched on the back of the deer was a woman holding a scepter with the deer's head, symbolizing her role as the queen. She waved affectionately at the people, her gentle smile captivating and her elegant demeanor commanding respect. Adorned in a blue patterned dress with a white cloak and a crown embellished with a cross, she was none other than Queen Elizabeth, the supreme ruler of White Castle.
"It's Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth!"
"Queen Elizabeth looks so beautiful today."
"You will forever be our goddess!"
Many people of White Castle were infatuated with Queen Elizabeth, as she had no family of her own and considered every citizen of White Castle as her family. She regularly conducted royal tours to care for her subjects, and this was perhaps the reason why Little Tea Princess admired her so much.
At this moment, Amisa noticed a white sugar canopied pavilion nearby. She climbed up, hoping to get a better view, and managed to hide herself from the view of the chessmen. Standing on top of the sugar canopy, she placed her ear of corn on her head and secretly observed. To her surprise, she made eye contact with Queen Elizabeth, who squinted her eyes, smiled gently, and nodded. Amisa nervously nodded back in response.
"Amisa, you're so sneaky! I want to go up and see Queen Elizabeth too!" Toosb noticed Amisa climbing up the sugar canopy and felt envious, wanting to find another place to climb up. However, Jasky quickly held him back and said, "Don't do anything attention-grabbing; it will only cause trouble."
"But Amisa climbed up too..."
"Hey, you there! Climbing on the sugar canopy is prohibited!" Amisa's figure was spotted by several chessmen. Jasky helplessly sighed and said, "You see..." However, he noticed a familiar face among the chessmen. "Wait a minute! She's the girl from the castle gate! Come here, men!"
It was the White Knight Castle Commander, the one who had pursued them at the Cream Puff Tower gate. He rode a white horse and led the infantry to apprehend them.
"Oh no, we won't make it in time." Seeing that Amisa, who couldn't climb down in time, was about to be surrounded by the infantry, Jasky took off his top hat, but Rosby preempted him.
"Let me handle this! Dream Power Up!" Toosb's rabbit ears emitted a white light as he performed an explosive dash with his legs, swiftly grabbing Amisa and returning to their original position.
"Don't let them escape!"
"Chicken Poof!"
"Quick, use the old shoe trick!" Chicken Poof bit onto Frog Matcha's right leg, causing him to accidentally push the mobile shop cart and knocking the pursuing chessmen into disarray. "Ahhhh! What are you doing?"
"Hehehe~" Frog Matcha quickly picked up the mobile shop cart and said to Jasky, who was still dazed on the spot, "Are you just going to stand there and wait to be caught? Let's make a run for it!" With that, Frog Matcha, together with Jasky and Amisa, were thrown onto the mobile shop cart.
"Let's go, Frog Matcha! Let's push together!"
" Gua-hee-hee~ No problem! Dream Power Up!" Frog Matcha's matcha mille-feuille triangular bracelet emitted a faint glow as he and Toosb pushed the mobile shop cart, swiftly escaping into the nearby Lightning Profiterole Street and leaving the pursuers behind.