Upon heading downstairs, Ford would run into Arias and Cecilia.
Cecilia: "Finally made it?"
"I wasn't that late!"
Ford actually was late, he was about 2 hours late, but he didn't know at the time. So Arias would be the one to correct him.
Arias: "Actually... You were about 2 hours lours late.."
"Seriously?!"
Ford was surprised, how did he end up being late by 2 hours? Where was everyone else if he was that late?
"Where is everyone else?"
Arias: "In the carriage."
Upon hearing that, Ford quickly ran outside to the first carriage he saw, which was being moved by what looked like a wolf.
"Hey what is that?!"
??: "It's a ground wolf, have you never seen one?"
Ford heard the voice of a man who was unfamiliar to him. It was a deep voice, that of an older gentleman.
"Who are you?"
Vulgart: "Please, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Vulgart. I was a former royal soldier, and I will be joining you on this journey.."
"Oh, well, nice to meet you, I am--"
Vulgart: "Mr. Reski, the knight of princess Arias, am I correct?"
"Yep, that's correct."
Vulgart: "It's a pleasure to meet you, sir."
Ford looked back down at the ground wolf, as the 2 years he's been in this world, this was the first time he's seen one.
"Can you tell me about that... Ground wolf, was it?"
Vulgart: "oh, yes of course. These are called Ground Wolves. They are one of the fastest creatures... With these, we should make it to Rowan in 2 weeks time.. and the Capital in another day."
"Two weeks and a day, seriously?"
Ladis: "Well, we are traveling to another country, have you forgotten?"
"Right... Well, let me pack more items.."
Vulgart: "As you wish, but please, be quick."
"I'll be as fast as I can!"
With that, Ford had ran back inside, grabbed his bag, and started to head back upstairs to his room.
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Ford would proceed to grab more items, just the essentials, and suddenly saw a strange door.
"Is that a... Door?"
He walked over, and tried to open it, but it wouldn't budge.
"Seems I need a key.."
Ford would say "alright then" and head back downstairs.
Waiting for him downstairs, was of course, Arias and Cecilia.
Arias: "Hello!"
Cecilia: "did you pack all your items?"
"Seriously, Cecilia?! You can't be a little nicer?"
Cecilia: "No"
Over the 2 years, Cecilia and Ford's relationship, it was never the best. Sometimes Ford feels like Cecilia is a little jealous of Arias, but he never says anything.
"We should probably get going now."
Arias: "Right.."
Ford, Arias, and Cecilia all headed outside, Upon heading out, they all ran into Ama and Daren.
"Ama?"
Ama: "Oh, hey Ford!"
Ford has not talked to Ama or Daren since the battle with Enkai Kaito, so he was surprised to see them again after so long.
Daren: "2 years"
"Well, how have y'all been?"
Ama: "Well, I've been alright. However, Daren has been acting... Strange... Since the battle with Enkai."
Ford looks over to Daren, who was silently observing the entire time.
"Daren... You alright?"
Daren: "Yeah, just Enkai Kaito... I feel like I knew him somehow.."
"Well, you did have a run in with him in the past, didn't you?"
Daren: "Yes... But this familiarity... It's that a brother gives another brother.."
The thought of Daren and Enkai being long lost brothers has never crossed Ford's mind, nor did he like to think about that, So upon hearing that, he immediately looked surprised..
"B--Brothers?"
Daren: "I have no intention of believing I'm related to him in any way... But this sense of familiarity has only gotten stronger since the battle.."
Daren and Ford's relationship has developed quite a bit since the battle.. you could even call them friends now.
Anyway-
"We could talk about this later... We should probably get going now.."
Daren: "Of Course."
Everyone got into separate carriages and would head on the path over to Rowan. Ford was in the carriage with Arias and Cecilia.
"You ready for this...?"
Arias: "Ready as I'll ever be.."
Just then, the crew felt the wheels start to move. The carriage has left Arias's Castle, and is now on the way to the country of Rowan.
That marks the start of this 2 week adventure.
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