Chapter 44: Gift
"I can see it...the Capital..." Kevin’s eyes sparkled as he looked in the distance and saw the huge statue of the Hero.
They were approaching the huge gates of the most important city of the Aldercrest nation—Velmarch.
"It’s the first time for me to come here..." Virelle spoke in a daze as she looked at the tall walls and watchtowers in the distance.
Arthur was silently sitting in the carriage while practicing his spirit magic with a small water orb floating before him.
He was not that energetic about visiting the capital. Well, he might see a few familiar faces there, but that’s that. He wasn’t going to interact with them, considering they might have fleeting memories of the past. And once the secret gets out that Arthur was Clarsen, forget about him; his family would suffer as well.
That’s why this secret was going to stay with him until the end.
The carriage came to a pause near the entry point, and Aston asked, "Dear, can I get the invitation?"
"It’s been a while, Aston." However, before Virelle could have handed him the invitation, suddenly someone called out, gathering the attention of the four as they looked at the man who approached.
He was a knight, dressed in the military gear of Aldercrest with a golden, shining insignia of a phoenix on his chest.
At a glance, Arthur could tell that he was a high-ranking soldier who might be waiting for their arrival.
’Does he know that we were coming?’ Arthur wondered. However, he was wrong.