Nreu sat in his room after a conversation with the emperor and empress; they were unhappy that neither he nor his sister Heya could carry out their simple order.
The young man did not try to find out the reason for calling his brother Alurik back to the Kray Empire at the festive banquet, but the Emperor and Empress just said that he should not care about the reason.
From their voices and behavior, Nreu realized that his brother was not being returned back to the family.
The young man did not dare to tell them that before their order, he tried to find Alurik and even hired a dark elf to search for him.
But she didn't find him, at first he thought that the girl was trying to deceive him, when he and his sister submitted a task to search for information about him and no one responded, the young man began to believe more that the girl had not found anything about his brother.
Turning his gaze to the rune stone, Nreu winced, today he had a day off as many non-elite stufons gathered to spend time together to discuss news in the academy and beyond.
And he was invited to such a meeting, he thought for a long time about refusing the invitation, but after talking with his parents he wanted to take a break from the situation in which he found himself.
His sister, who studied in the elite class, informed him that the half-elf left the academy to carry out the task of escorting a caravan from one city to another.
When the young man heard that this half-elf was allowed to complete the tasks, he hoped that this Trey would die there.
Once again feeling angry at this strange half-elf who bore the same name as his missing brother, Nreu closed his eyes and slowly began to regain his calm.
He remembered that his sister told him that she invited Trey to serve the Cray Empire, but the half-elf refused.
Nreu suspected that this half-elf was raising his value in the eyes of his sister. The young man also wanted to offer this strange stufon to serve the Kray Empire, having learned from Heya that Trey refused, the prince was glad that she managed to be the first; he had no desire to disgrace himself even more.
Nreu still had fresh memories of how he had been demoted after passing the tests and all because of this half-elf.
The young man continued to remember the consequences of his character when he noticed that the rune stone was shimmering, glancing at it he saw the name of who was trying to contact him.
It was his classmate who called him to rest today with the others; touching the runic stone with his fingers, the young man heard Mig'Len's voice.
- Hey, where are you? Or did you forget about the meeting in the city? - A familiar voice was heard - the voice of a light elf.
The young man sighed and looked at the rune stone, immersed in his thoughts and did not notice how time passed.
- No, I haven't forgotten, are you going out now at the "Golden Los" tavern? - Nreu asked his friend.
Hearing confirmation from the light elf, the young man gathered himself and left his room.
As one of the princes, it was necessary for him to be able to establish communication with different representatives of kingdoms and empires, and while at the academy, many representatives of the nobility were drawn to each other.
Going out onto the street, Nreu felt a light wind that touched him and the sun that warmed him, looking around and not seeing the stufon, the young man went towards the exit from the academy.
On the way to the exit, he met several stufons, but they all hurried towards the exit, unlike them, who changed into different clothes. Nreu walked in the academy uniform.
He saw how the stufons cast interested glances at him; many still had fresh memories of how he had lost his place in the elite class of the academy, trying not to pay attention to the looks of Nreu, he left the academy alone.
During his time at the academy, he went out into the city to buy various things such as books and try to find Alurik, but to relax with someone this was his first experience.
Looking around the city, he found it overly peaceful, the guards, who should inspire awe, were waddling around and looking at those entering the city with a bored look.
The young man shook his head in the Cray Empire, such guards would quickly be demoted and transferred to more dangerous places in order to return their love for their work.
Nreu found many differences from the Cray Empire, from the behavior of the inhabitants and their clothes to the streets along which the young man walked.
Shaking his head at the sight of traders and merchants without weapons, he did not understand how it was possible to walk without weapons.
In the Kray Empire, weapons in cities were used not only to intimidate and intimidate, but also to demonstrate that those who carried them knew how to use them.
Due to the fact that the Kray Empire was a warlike empire, its streets were narrower than here and were more convenient for repelling the attacks of possible opponents.
Nreu began to notice that he missed his home, and with quick steps he headed down the street on which the Golden Loss tavern was located.
The young man had not been there and, remembering the descriptions of the light elf, he approached a two-story building.
Looking at the building, which was painted white and gold, on the second floor there were two balconies located on each side and under the balconies there was a small sign.
It depicted Loss animals sitting under the inscription, they were not aggressive unless provoked. They were not large and had golden fur that stuck out on the sides; on their elongated muzzle, fangs were visible, two of which came from below and two from above.
Music could be heard from the open windows and balcony to the young man; as he entered the tavern, the music became even louder, as did the voices of the tavern's vacationers.
Inside the Golden Loss tavern, one could see crowded tables of white and gold color, at which representatives of different races were sitting, no one paying attention to the young man entering.
Looking around in search of his acquaintance, the employees of this tavern caught his eye. The girls were light elves dressed in tight-fitting black and gold dresses of medium length.
One of the girls, who was moving away from the table, saw Nreu and with a smile on the aisle of the lyceum between the tables approached the young men.
- Welcome, do you have a table reserved at the Golden Loss tavern or are you looking for someone? - She light elf asked him, smiling, in a melodious voice.
Nreu, listening to the voice of the light elf, tried to look calm, but his youthful face did not cope well with this, he felt how his thoughts stopped appearing in his head and his face became redder and his hands became wetter.
He did not understand what happened to him at the academy; he often saw both light and dark elves. Nreu was surprised to see light elves here.
The light elf continued to smile at him and the young man felt like he smelled of the forest, like all light elves. She had long blonde hair braided back and the long tips of her ears were visible from under her hair.
- I'm looking for my classmates, they said they will be here. - Nreu said in a quiet voice, he felt his voice become thinner than usual.
The light elf nodded understandingly and led the young man to the second floor; going up the stairs, the music became louder, as did the voices coming from above.
Nreu saw paintings that were on the way up the stairs that depicted Loss in their habitats. Having gone upstairs after the girl, the young man saw his friend who was sitting with his other classmates.