Third person POV
Later after lunch, Robert and his group decided to go out to see the lively and busy streets of Taka. Masanori, Sol, and Emi are with them. Along the way, they saw stalls and small-time shops selling food, weapons, and other commodities at different price levels. It was a bit crowded, with people immersing in business transactions and buying and selling. There are signs in Kita's own writing script advertising the businesses and their products and services. They have to move aside every time they saw a horse carriage coming to their direction, before resumed walking. They left their weapons at the Kawabata estate before leaving, except for Sol, who carried his just in case.
Emi felt nostalgia as she looks around the buildings of her hometown. "Wow, not much has changed here in Taka."
Robert then glanced at her. "Oh really?"
"Yes, it was roughly the same as when I was a child," Emi responded back.
"I see."
Then, Masanori said to Robert, "Yes, Robert, this capital is an epicenter of culture and trade. It was originally a very small town half a millennia ago; but now, it's a flourishing and crowded city, and the official capital of Kita."
Robert and his friends then get what their teacher had said.
"This city was said to be founded by a Saberheart as a fortified town from the Lighthearts," Sol responded.
Robert and his friends are very surprised to hear that.
"The Lighthearts?" William commented.
"Are they enemies or something?" Emma raised a question.
"Yes, for more than a millennium," Sol replied back.
"Why is that?" Robert asked back.
"You'll learn that when you go back to school," Sol responded.
At this point, Robert and his group decided not to bug him with more questions.
Later, while marveled at the bazaar-style environment of the market streets, Robert accidentally bumped into a young samurai named Sora Kawasaki, who had black hair and black eyes.
"I'm so sorry!" Robert quickly apologized to him.
"Hey, what where you're going, peasant," Sora responded back rudely, before going off.
"Robert-kun!" Blaise responded to this as she checks if Robert got hurt. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, big sis," answered Robert back. "That young man there was rude."
"I think he didn't know you're new to this place," Masanori said to him.
"Yeah, you're right."
But what they didn't know is that Sora will be a participant to the annual tournament in Taka, and their opponent.