The day we chose was the Imperial Festival. It lined up perfectly with what we needed. During the Festival, the majority of the Empire's citizens would all be gathered in the capital, leaving far fewer eyes watching the other areas. Which meant the chances of us running headfirst into the Imperial Soldiers would drop drastically. Most of the soldiers would be busy attending to the Emperor, who was rumored to hold duels against criminals during the Festival—like a twisted kind of public execution put on for entertainment.
"If we don't move on that day, then we'll never get another chance this good," I said, looking around at everyone. "So it has to be then."
