Three Days Later…
It was finally time for Sai to start training. Sai finally went out of the palace and saw the emperor, the empress, his sister, and his mentor Asher. They are all waiting for him to depart with Asher Sai's master.
"You are finally here Sai. Are you ready to depart?" The emperor asked.
"Yes, father…" Sai responded as he looked at his family. The empress went to Sai to give him a hug.
"My baby… You are still young… you have to suffer too early… Please forgive your mother, okay? I promise once you get back, I will spoil you a lot…" The empress said as she still hugs Sai tightly.
"Yes, mother… Please do not worry… I will take care of myself…" Sai said. Then his little sister hugs him too.
"Come back early brother…" Ryn said as he held back his tears.
"I will Ryn just be patient, okay?" Ryn then just nodded to what Sai told him.
Sai and Asher are now at the carriage waving goodbye to the imperial family. "I will be back safe and strong, don't worry!" Sai said as the carriage departed.
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In the carriage…
"Are you alright?" Asher finally broke the silence by asking a question to Sai.
"Yes, I am… But master, I still don't know where we are going to train." Sai said as he gazed outside the carriage.
"Oh, right I forgot to tell you. We are going to reside at the duke's estate." Asher said to Sai.
As Sai heard that he was shocked and immediately looked at Asher. "You mean in the north?! The Kindlevale?!" Sai asks. He felt anxious and ranged from what he heard.
"Yes, you are right-" Asher was cut off by Sai.
"But why there?! Not in your territory?" Sai asks in confusion.
"Your highness… That is where I live in the meantime while I am here." Asher explained to Sai. He was confused as to why Sai looks like he is against going to the north.
"Why?" Sai asks again.
"Well, that is because I am not from this country, I'm from Yudrasia remember? It's far from here in Nedriyrus. We cannot go that far from here, so I have decided to train in the north." Asher explained again to Sai.
But Sai is still not satisfied with the reasons. "But why choose the north the Friarhiel you could have chosen the south, Treyra?"
Asher let out a long sigh. He doesn't know the reason why he is so against going to the north. "Well that is because the duke of the north is my cousin your highness. So, I'd rather stay there than go to the south where I don't know the people there." Asher said with the intention of not explaining further.
"Cousin?!" Sai's eyes widened; he didn't expect that answer at all.
To be Continued…