They dusted off their clothes as they stood up. He looked up just in time to see the floor they fell through mend itself.The fall wasn't a long one, which meant, there were only a few bruises to be seen.They had barely collected themselves when the fire flared up around them. The fire came from torches that illuminated the space.The space was a small circular room and it had nothing in it except for the doors that lined every wall. Counting from left to right, there were nine doors in the room."What now?"Aiden did not give a response because his focus was on the floor beneath their feet. She noticed where his attention was focused and looked down.There were engravings on the ground, marking each section of an engraved circle. All the sections were equal in size, and there were in total, twelve of them."What language is this?", He asked Zarek["That is a very old language. It is the identifying language of a very old organization. It's been lost since the sealing of the World Ea

The hall was long, something they found when the light from the torches lit it up completely.The spot where the floor fell in was at one end of the hall, and off in the distance, they saw what looked like a round table with high chairs surrounding it.Slowly, the two walked down the hall toward the round table.It was a round table that looked so ancient that it felt like it would fall apart at any moment.Surprisingly, it was clean, dust free despite the weathered look.The chairs had regal looks to them. In their time, they were crafted to be luxurious, and this fact was still evident from a single look at them.This round table had twelve chairs around it. Each had a symbol engraved on the chair."What do you think it is—""What do you think it is—"These questions were directed in the order: Princess Diane asked Aiden the question while Aiden asked Zarek the same question at that exact moment.["It's a round table"], Zarek responded after a startled pause."I know that it's a rou

"Orla... Go get them some soup", she said to her daughter."You can sit, for now, sir. The farm belongs to my daughter and me. No one will disturb you", she said to Aiden who was grimacing.Aiden listened to her and with her help, he sat on the ground.It did not take long for the girl to come out with some soup in two plates... She placed them on the ground in front of Aiden."Thank you", he said to her.He moved over to Princess Diane and raised her to a sitting position.She still couldn't move, so he had to support her in that position. He planned to feed her first before eating, however, she kept her mouth shut.The situation quickly became awkward. A situation where a woman and her child watched two strangers act like a brother and his bratty little sister.Aiden noticed this quickly, and the woman also felt the awkwardness, so she held her daughter and they walked away, heading back to the small building not too far away."Your Highness, we have no idea where we are, what day i

"What?!"She was baffled by his statement for a moment. At that moment, she was the typical example of a person who would ask for the truth with no intention to hear it."Oh my dear Princess, if only you would calm yourself down when a problem arises, like earlier today..."Her face scrunched up immediately after she heard that. Aiden paused for a moment when he saw that expression before clearing his throat and continuing his statement."...like earlier today when I invaded your privacy. I did not mean to do it and I was only here to call you. Dinner was ready and you'd been here since morning"Her expression eased up a tiny bit in that instant while Aiden drew a deep breath. "You could have hurt Mrs. Smith and her daughter. I know I made a mistake, adding it to the list of my punishment is not too hard I presume"She gave a wicked smirk before saying in a low voice, "oh, you are definitely getting punished"Aiden heard this but he wasn't bothered by it. All he did was ask the quest

"Insight?!!""Yes"The surprise he felt was evident on his face. He took another look at both of them and then at Andrew."I thought insights were almost impossible to learn at the apprentice level?", he asked as soon as the guard turned to look at him."That's true young master, however, in noble and royal families, it is not as impossible as one will think", he answered."Sometimes, normal people with a high enough affinity rating don't need to do anything to use insights, it usually comes naturally", the second continued."I was wondering what the affinity rating was used for", Andrew muttered to himself, while his friends spoke into his ears on both sides."They truly must be from a noble family in Sur...If the young master received the same training as they did, I believe you would do better than they doing"One after the other, the two boys tried to cheer him up but they soon stopped speaking after Andrew raised his hand to shut them up.And so, silence ensued, as they waited for