A new day has arrived and Danny is abruptly woken up by his uncle, "Danny wake up it's time to go". Alaric quickly exits the room before Danny could say anything. Upon getting out of bed Danny suddenly feels immense pain emanating from his knuckles, looking at them he remembers his injuries from the previous day.
Fighting through the pain Danny quickly tidies up his room before taking a bath after finishing up he finds his uncle waiting for him in the common room.
"I take it your all done then."
"Yeah I am. Hey uncle where exactly are we going."
"We're going to doctor Avice to get those knuckles of yours fixed."
"But what about my training for the day."
"Training? How exactly are you going to train if you can't pick up the buckets without making your knuckles bleed? Now stop asking stupid questions and let's go."
Looking down with a sad expression Danny follows his uncle outside. Outside a carriage was stationed by the front gate, Alaric quickly urged Danny to head in while he locked the door. A few seconds later Alaric entered the carriage and they departed.
In the carriage the atmosphere was tense, Danny was quietly looking outside the window meanwhile Alaric could be seen reading a newspaper, after a while Alaric set down the paper and turned towards Danny.
"Danny, I want to apologize for my earlier behavior it was wrong of me to say what I said."
"Why were you so angry with me."
"I wasn't angry with you... I was worried, you've been pushing yourself in your training had which is a good thing but you let your frustrations boil out and ended hurting yourself. So I didn't want to getting back into training in this condition, I'm sorry I expressed that poorly."
"I'm sorry too for making you worry."
With that the atmosphere became a little light. Some time passed and the carriage made it to the capital, as they were passing by a tears could be seen falling down Danny's face. All he could think of in that moment was his father's face, seeing this Alaric could do nothing but look away in sorrow.
Eventually the carriage reached its destination, stepping outside Danny looked at the familiar building. "It's been six months since I came here", thinking to himself Danny then followed his uncle inside the clinic. Much like last time the place was full.
As they walked inside Danny noticed everyone in the building looking at him but upon closer inspection he realized that they were actually looking at Alaric. Looking for a place to sit Danny saw that there was none but out of nowhere a two men stood up and gestured towards Danny and Alaric to take a seat.
A few minutes later Doctor Avice could be seen exiting a room holding a list she was looking at intently. Lifting her head she quickly noticed Danny and Alaric, immediately she called them over.
Entering Avice's office Danny noticed that not much had changed since the last time he was there. Sitting down Avice urged the two of them to take a seat.
"Now there's a face I haven't seen in a while, hey there Danny how are you."
"I'm fine thanks for asking."
"Now I'm guessing you guys didn't just come here for a casual visit."
"As always your deductions are spot on, we've come here today to fix this."
Taking Danny's hands Alaric places them on the table for Avice to see, he then proceeds to unravel the bandages revealing swollen bloodied calluses. Horrified Avice quickly enquires as to what happened, Alaric quickly explains everything to her.
"Danny, why would you go and hurt yourself like this!?. I'm glad you guys came, a would like this would've surely lead to an infection if it weren't treated."
Gesturing towards Danny to go to the exam bed Avice quickly begins her treatment. Pulling out a potion out of a nearby cabinet Avice quickly wears gloves and applies the potion on her hands in the next moment she clasps her hands around one of Danny's hands before doing the same to the other.
Immediately afterwards she grabs bandages out of the cabinet and places the on the table, quickly she imbues mana into the bandages before wrapping them around Danny's hands.
"All done. Okay I've applied a potent ointment on your knuckles and the magic on the bandage will speed up the healing time needed but for now I need you to avoid putting strain on your hands until you're fully healed."
"Thank you Avice we really appreciate your help."
"No need for thanks captain I'm just glad to help, hey by the way are you guys heading back home immediately?"
"No I was thinking of buying some things before heading back, why do you ask?"
"Well since it's been a while since I've seen you two I was thinking maybe we could go get dinner after my shift of course."
"Hmm since I'm on a day off and Danny can't train now I can't see why not but what time does your shift finish."
"I get off early today so in about an hours time."
"Alright then we'll go run our errands and pick you up."
"Sounds good, I'll see you later then."
Immediately Alaric and Danny exit the building and once outside they start heading for the local market. Upon reaching the market Danny saw an abundance of people crowded around many stalls.
"Woah it's so crowded here, I didn't realize markets could be so popular."
"Well it's to be expected, lots of people get their essentials here, it's also convenient since it's located in the center."
"So is this where you normally buy the groceries from?"
"Not really I come here from time to time but normally I just buy groceries from a vendor near my patrolling station. Anyways let's hurry this up we don't want to keep Avice waiting."
In the next moment the two could be seen going from vendor to vendor, buying different sorts of essentials. While shopping Danny comes across a stall selling wierd sweets he's never seen before, looking at the sweets his curiosity grows but eventually he just decides to move on.
Seeing this Alaric quickly turned around and headed towards the vendor, taking out some money he buys some of the sweets from the vendor before handing them to Danny. Examining this sweet Danny wonders what it could be.
"Uncle what exactly is this sweet, I've never seen anything like it."
"I wouldn't be surprised they typically don't make these here so they're probably imported. This is called chocolate, it's very delicious."
"Chocolate huh? Is it really good?"
"Try it yourself and you tell me."
Looking at this chocolate skeptically Danny eventually takes a bite, immediately after he marvels at the taste, this new unique flavor was bursting in his mouth. Not having had enough he takes another bite and another until he finishes the whole bar.
"You were right uncle this chocolate is amazing."
"I'm glad you like it. Woah look at the time Avice should be knocking off soon, we should wrap this up."
Continuing with their shopping they went from stall to stall until they acquired everything they needed. Once they were finished they they began heading back to the clinic with bags in hand. Upon arriving they see Avice waving at them.
"Hey guys, are you doing with your shopping."
"Indeed we've acquired everything we needed, hopefully we didn't keep you waiting long."
"Not at all I've only been standing for a few minutes, so where do you guys wanna go, I know couple of places that serve amazing food."
"Since you're the expert I'll let you decide for us."
"Well if that's the case I know just what place to take you, you're gonna love it."
The three of them then started walking with Avice in the lead, some time passes until they arrived at a fancy looking restaurant. Upon entering fancy looking decorations could be seen and the blue color of the decor gave the area a cool ambiance. At that moment a waitress approached them, immediately recognizing Avice she starts guiding them to a table.
"That lady knew you didn't she Doctor Avice, do you come here often."
"Yep, I come here every day after work. The atmosphere really soothes me and the food makes me feel good especially after a hard day at work but enough about me how have you been doing Danny, I heard you've been training."
"Yeah I have but so far I haven't even picked up a sword, uncle says I need to build up my body first."
"Well I admire you determination but I hope you're not pushing yourself too hard like a certain someone I know."
Saying this Avice looks at Alaric who immediately turns his gaze away. The waiter then appears with the menu. Immediately Avice orders her usual, Alaric orders a stake and Danny enquires if they serve ramen but upon being told no he orders the chicken dish.
A few minutes pass by and they food comes, now eating the three of them spend time talking about each other. Then Danny turns to Avice wanting to ask a question he's been curious about for a while.
"Hey Doctor Avice."
"Yes Danny?"
"I was wondering, why do you always call uncle captain?"
"Oh that's just cause back in the day when we were in the military he used to be my commander so I guess I just got used to calling him that."
"Wait the military? You guys were in the military?"
"It seems you didn't tell him here anything surprise surprise, well Danny a couple of years back me and your uncle here were holy knights, fighting to protect everyone in the world."
"Uncle is this true!?"
"Indeed although it was a long time ago, now I'm just a regular knight patrolling the capital."
"You sell yourself short captain, in my mind you'll always be Alaric Bolton commander of the central Holy Knights."
Eventually everyone finished their food. Upon paying for the food the three of them headed out and Avice accompanied Alaric and Danny to the nearest carriage station.
"Well tonight was very nice, it was really good to see you guys again."
"Likewise it was great seeing you again Avice."
"So when are we going to hang out like this again?"
"Wow so eager, well don't worry Danny as soon as I'm available I'll come and get you guys, in the meantime just keep training diligently but first wait for those knuckles to recover you hear."
"Will do goodbye Doctor Avice."
Entering a carriage Alaric and Danny make their way home. Upon reaching home Danny quickly feels his body tire so he ultimately heads to bed immediately.