"I didn't even get to tell my friends goodbye," complained Juri.
Now that the doctor had declared Prince Juval well enough to travel, his parents had wasted no time with preparations to leave Gardenia. Both Juri and Juval found themselves swept along in a whirlwind of activities before they left Gardenia.
Her complaints had fallen on deaf ears, her wishes to tell her friends goodbye in person were ignored. She had to admit Juval's parents knew how to travel in style, the journey back home with them was way faster because they employed skilled mages.
Juri had felt afraid walking through what looked like a black hole that led to nowhere but Juval took her hand and entered with her. Everyone else in the party that was heading back home seemed used to it but Juri was unnerved especially with the loud chants.
Mages were rare and so they were expensive and very few could afford to have them on payroll.
