Seth and Taro walked behind Raiden as they walked out of the principal's office.
"Where are we headed?" Seth asked his private teacher, Raiden.
"Somewhere you'll both regret going to and also be happy you went earlier on," Raiden answered, still making his way outside the building at a pace Seth and Taro struggled to keep up with.
"I think he's pissed," Taro whispered beside Seth so that he was the only one that heard him.
"He'll get over it." Seth shrugged and continued walking a few feet behind Raiden.
The trio arrived outside the building and Seth found a carriage waiting for them.
It was a three-meter wide and long carriage colored completely black. Its black kite-shaped door was made of the same material as the carriage itself. Black iron. A variant type of iron gotten from dungeons. It was known for its lightness and sturdiness. It was thrice as hard as normal iron but also thrice as light.
The entirety of the carriage, from the door to the wheels was made of the same material.
Because of its lightness, it was used to convey important items or persons and even criminals as it could be attached to horses and pulled by them easily.
Seth whistled when he noticed the material used to make this masterpiece of a carriage.
"Glad you noticed it." Raiden smiled when he saw Seth whistling.
"I couldn't not notice it." Seth shook his head.
"How'd you notice though?"
"Here's the thing. I'm a greedy person so everything with a crazy value attached to it, I either have it or plan to have it…"
As Seth spoke to Raiden, Taro stood by the side, observing the carriage. Obviously, he didn't yet know what the material was.
Raiden saw this and nodded. This was supposed to be the reaction of every student below Year Four but Seth was always an old ball.
Seth also noticed the curiosity of Taro and helped to satiate his friend's hunger for knowledge.
"It's made of Black Iron. A material found in high-ranking dungeons of the fifth class and above. It is used for shields and armor capable of withstanding high-class spells. It's a material considered very useful, important, and above all…"
Seth rubbed the fingers of one hand. "...crazy expensive. The higher the quality, the more expensive it is."
Raiden nodded his head at Seth's explanation.
"This carriage should cost over. Hundred thousand gold coins as the iron looks to be from a Class Six dungeon. We'll have to thank the principal when we get back." Seth completed his explanation.
"I made arrangements for the carriage." Raiden interrupted.
"Who was it that made the order for such an arrangement? Oh, it's the principal." Seth chuckled.
"Why don't we go thank him now?" Taro asked Seth who had suggested they thank the principal after their return.
"He's sent me away for three weeks. If he sees me now, it'll ruin a lot of things I don't want to talk about." Seth replied before walking into the carriage.
"I see." Behind him was Taro and then Raiden followed shortly after.
The kite-shaped door was closed and then from within the carriage, the rider was given the command to proceed with the journey.
"Let's just close the window. I don't want to experience leaving the capital just yet. To make it look like we teleported, we'll cover the windows." Seth walked to the first window and using the curtain available, he covered it, walking toward the second one to repeat the same thing.
'Would be nice to see them at least once though.' Seth's thoughts brought up a memory of his family as he immersed himself in his past life.
Thus began their journey to a land known to neither Seth nor Taro. All they knew was that they would be training under the supervision of Raiden and nothing else mattered to them.
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As Seth and the other two made their way to the capital's exit, a new carriage made its way through the entrance.
"We've arrived." Davyon said inside their carriage.
He and his wife were on the bed covered with a bedsheet but Leah's arm could be seen around his bare chest while his arm rested beneath her neck like a pillow for the neck. Close to the bed was a window that was responsible for letting Davyon know about their arrival.
"That's great then. We'll get to see our children soon." Leah's eyes opened as a smile crept onto her face. She couldn't hold back the joy she'd feel from seeing three of her children.
She hadn't seen two in over two years and the third one was last seen just over a month ago but she already missed him.
The carriage headed into the capital as a black carriage passed beside them, heading out of the capital.
"Hmm?" Davyon noticed the carriage and noticed a sense of familiarity with it which didn't last long.
"What is it, my love?" Leah asked, interrupting Davyon's train of thought.
"Oh, it's nothing." He replied, pulling her closer to himself.
He whispered into her ear. "Let's get dressed as we'll be visiting the institute first to announce our arrival as well as ask for permission to see them."
"Oh, that's true." Leah rose from the bed, using one hand to hold onto the bed sheet around her chest as she didn't wear anything beneath.
Back at the institute, inside the Principal's office, Principal Salmit continued signing his documents with a smile on his face. The smile seemed so original, one could argue that he was born that way.
As he continued his work, he heard a voice on the other side of his door. "Sir, you have visitors."
"Who are they?" Principal Salmit asked the guard in return.
"The master and mistress of the Samiel family. Parents of Seth Samiel." The guard replied.
Principal Salmit stopped writing for a moment as if lost in thoughts. "Oh… let them in then."
"Understood." The guard answered and a second later, the door opened, revealing a man whose arm was romantically locked together with his wife's.
Beside them were a maid and a boy who resembled Seth a bit too much.
"You're just like him." The principal was the first to speak when he spotted Nuhel holding hands with the maid.
"Like my brother right? I get told that a lot. I'm here because of him. I just wanna see him." Nuhel replied calmly and the principal wondered if Seth had totally influenced this boy.
"Welcome, Mr. and Mrs. Samiel. I just want to know the reason why you're all here." Principal Salmit smiled at the parents.
"Glad we could even see you. Like our son Nuhel said, we're here for Seth as well as Raela. We were visiting the capital so we thought we'd drop by to see them." Davyon answered, giving the reason for their visit.
"Too bad." The principal smiled but those who looked well could see a trace of a smile.
"What's the matter?"
"Seth left for training not too long ago. In a carriage made entirely of Black Iron. I'm sure you saw one of those while coming here, right?" The principal asked.
Remembering the black carriage he had seen pass them at the Capital's entrance, Davyon tapped his forehead in frustration.
"We were late by a step." Davyon explained to his wife.
He turned to look at Nuhel who didn't seem to understand yet. "Nuhel, we'll have to wait because your brother is on a secret mission."
Then all dams broke loose. Tears leaked out of Nuhel's eyes.