Arden Is Walking At The Forest And When He Saw Many Dangerous Animal, He Decided To Create A Spear From A Long Wood.
When He Knew The Night Is Coming, He Made A Small Shelter For Himself.
In The Morning, He Is Woken Up By The Sound Of The Bird That Sound Very Beautiful. Almost Like They Are Singing.
Continuing The Journey To Find A Nearby Settlement, Arden Start Following The River Stream.
After Walking For An Hour Or So, He Saw A Vast Land Of Green Grass And Saw A Village In The Middle Of It. He Then Goes To That Village And Then Entered The Village, The Villagers Around Are Not So Friendly When He Entered The Village, Giving An Eyesight Like Noble Did To Peasant.
He Goes Straight To The Head Villager's House, When The Head Villager See Arden, He Said Something.
"Sorry, We Don't Have Any Spare Food Here"
"Wait, I Have Some Question To Ask"
"What Is It?"
"Where Am I At?"
"You Are At The Village Of Ast, The Province Of Northim"
"Okay Sir Thank You"
"If You Don't Have Any Other Question, You Better Go. This Village Is Dangerous, There Is Many Mistress Of Local Noble Here And the Thought Of Their Self As A Powerful Noble."
He Planned To Go Back To Ailreh As Fast As Possible But Thought Of His Self To Visit The Duke Since Arden Know The Three Dukes Well And Has Become One Of their Friend, So He Continues Walking To The North.
Only With His Clothes Alone, It's Very Cold For Him, But He Still Continues To The North. Without Noticing, The Land Already Covered By Snow.
Almost Given Up On Going North And Wanted To Turn Back... When He Saw A Big City In The Distance, So He Continued And Reached The City Gate.
He Was Going To The Keep When A Guard Told Him.
"No Beggars Are Allowed To Enter The Duke's Keep"
"Is The Duke In The Keep?"
"I Can't Tell You"
Arden Can't Enter The Keep, He Didn't Even Know Where The Duke Is.
He Is Thinking Of A Way To Enter The Keep And Decided To The Centre Of The City, And Looked To The Upper Part Of the City Where All The Noble And Rich People Lived.
Then Someone Patted His Back, He Turns Back To See An Old Man. Not In The Best Clothes But Still Look Fine, Probably A Declining Noble.
"Kid, Would You Like To Go To That Part Of The City?"
"Yes"
"Follow Me Then, I'll Take You To My House"
Arden Followed Him To His House, It's Not the Biggest Mansion, Can't Even Considered As A Mansion, Maybe A Manor. A Small One, But Its At A Good Condition.
They Entered The House And Something Caught His Eye, A Beautiful Girl On The Staircase. So The Old Man Called the Girl's Name.
"Valen, Where Are You?"
"I'm Here Dad"
"Come Meet This Man I Met On The Street"
And Then Turn To Arden.
"I'm Gonna Ask My Wife To Make You Something To Eat, Go Talk To My Daughter At The Livingroom"
So Arden Walked To The Livingroom, And The Girl Ask.
"Who Are You?"
"I'm Arden, Your Name Is Valen Right?"
"Indeed, My Father's Name Is Sean, By The Way, Where Did You Came From"
"I'm From...."
When A Loud Sound Came And A Muscular Guy Broke The Manor Door, With A Person Beside Him.
"This Property Is Taken By My Lord Ambrosious, Since You Can't Pay Your Debt."
The Muscular Man Started Flipping Things And Destroying Item In The Manor, Valen Sat Scared At The Couch. Seeing This Thing, Arden Run Towards The Man, Tackled Him And Knocked Him Out. The Other Person Ran And Said.
"Just Wait, I'll Take My Person And Destroy This House"
Arden Then Turned To Valen and Said
"Can You Take Me To The Duke?"
"I Guess So"
So They Go To The Duke Residence, It's A Huge Mansion. When They Are About To Enter, A Guard Stopped Him.
"You Can't Enter"
"Why?"
"The Duke Can't Be Disturbed By Your Presence"
"Will You Give My Message To Him?"
"I Guess So"
"Okay, Here It Is "Hello Sir Rakam, Perhaps You Didn't Remember Me, I'm Arden. The One You Knighted At The Fortress Of Castro" That's It"
"Okay"
After Standing For 5 Minutes, The Guard Came Back and Let Arden Enter The Mansion.
Entering The Mansion, He Is Greeted By The Duke At Living Room.
"Sit Down, Sir Arden. Long Time No See, What Brings You To My Residence And Why Are You Wearing Such An Ugly Clothes?"
"Hello Sir Rakam, I Thought It Would Be Good If I Visit You, The Thing That Made Me Look Like This Is, When I Was Fishing At The River, And Then I Tripped And Was Carried Away By The River"
"Hmm, Why Wouldn't You Stayed Here For A Night?"
"Perhaps I Can Do That, But First, Do You Know A Nobleman Called Ambrosious?"
"Yes, I Know Him, He Was One Of the Weaker Noble Here. Did He Do Something To You?"
"No, But To This Girl Family"
"Hmm, He Is Famous To Do Something Like That, Bring This Girl's Parents To Me"
So They Did That And Go Back To The Old Man House, And Then Go Back To The Duke's Mansion. The Parents Told Everything To The Duke And The Duke Gone Mad.
Suddenly A Guard Shows Up and Said There Is A Big Black Smoke Coming From Sean's Manor. They Ran There To Check On The Manor. Indeed, It Was On Fire, The Duke Is Really Mad Right Now And Said.
"Let's Take Care Of This Ambrosious Tomorrow, I'm Really Tired Right Now"
Then The Duke Signal To A Maid To Prepare 3 Rooms. Sean's Family Is Crying Right Now, But Grateful When The Duke Said He is Going To Take Care Of It.
Arden Took A Bath To Clean His Self And Then Goes To The Bed And Lie Down. Then Thought About All The Thing He Has Done At This Day. And Then Sleep…