He enveloped Ronin in a tight hug.
"You don't know how long I have waited for this day to come."
Ronin only made a sound between a scoff and a chuckle.
"I know. It was 6 years."
Maellan nodded, and sighed. "And yet it felt like eternity."
Ronin look at him from head to toe, and then asked. "What happened to you?"
Maellan only smiled, and said. "You know by now, don't you, little brother? He communicates with me and told me you have met him."
Ronin raised an eyebrow at this. "Espinella communicates with you?"
Maellan nodded. "Yes. Trying to stop me from healing people, saying that those I choose could not be trusted."
"But you saw just now how they knocked got rid of all these people for you. They told me how much the Academy discriminated against you for being a Commoner."
Ronin turned to Volken and Pavone. "That is true, but....."
'So did they. They were not any different before they learned about who I am.' Ronin thought amusingly.
