Jai returned to the Oakshen household and was immediately welcomed by Anna the maid. She took him to the study right away and to his surprise, someone else was also there.
“Doctor Prime?” Jai called in bewilderment.
The doctor turned around and smiled as soon as he saw him. “Oh, Jai. Welcome. We were about to wrap up here.”
“This is my house, doctor. I should be the one welcoming him,” James said with a slight disapproval look while the doctor chuckled. Then he smiled a small smile to Jai and said, “Welcome Jai. Please, come in and take a seat.”
The adjusting needed a little bit of time, but James had gotten a bit calmer after some time talking with the doctor. As he requested, the doctor told him what he would do for this patient of his that suffered the same illness as his daughter. He recognized some things due to him ever read the doctor&rsquo
The next day, Jai trained the village kids again. Since he was finally free, he thought that he should give them a piece of his attention. Again, it was nothing strenuous for children. Just some exercises and a one-two for beginners. The kids were excited to be train with him and they soaked all of his lessons in. Although they didn’t do as well as he had thought, he dismissed it as normal because they were just children.He didn’t do it very well either in the first few times of his training, so who was he to judge?Darrion came by in the middle of the day to deliver the official letter for the supposed holiday. The letter said that the event would be held in the weekend, which would be in three days, and they would be touring around the famous landmarks in the kingdom.“The Flower Meadow is in the first list,” Jai smiled as he read the letter in front of Darrion. “I remembered about that from our first race. It’s the place w
It was now weekend and the time for the event. In the letter, it was said that the winners must arrive at the Grand Square by 8 in the morning which means that Jai had to depart at around 6 o’clock from the village due to the distance. The letter also said that they will be accompanied by the King and the royal family after their first round of tour outside the castle walls.Upon knowing about this, there was a bit of a chaos inside Barun’s humble abode. The commotion mainly came from Miria who was concerned that Jai wouldn’t have ‘decent’ clothes to meet with the king.“But Miria, I met the king when they announced the winner,” Jai said.Miria looked at him with a frown in her face, clearly disagreeing with him. “But that’s after you were fighting. Walking up the stage to take your trophy after a fight is an honour. It’s different from this time when you will meet him out of battlefield.”
Since he didn’t want to ruin his clothes with sweat, he took his walk as relaxed as possible. He had thought about this when Miria was making a commotion about his outfit today. So he wanted to at least honor her effort by not making it too wrecked.“Hmm, these clothes are comfortable. It’s light to move around in and it looked good, yet it’s simple,” Jai said to himself as he tried to move his body around. It was tight, but not too tight, it was perfect.Jai heard rustlings somewhere to his left and he turned to look. There were several brown blobs not far ahead, playing by the side of fallen trees with some red blobs. Jai tilted his head. “Are those new slimes? I didn’t know slimes can coexist with each other.”What he guessed wasn’t wrong. Those were actually the mud slimes and the fire slimes. They had finally met each other the day after their encounter with the small white ‘abomination’. App
Apparently, the Minister knew that Jai would be coming early. So he purposefully wrote the letter sent to Jai with one hour earlier than the supposed hour. Jai told him it was rather unnecessary to put one hour early in the letter because he would always depart two hours earlier. The Minister replied that he did that because he wanted Jai to take a rest before they start the tour.Jai chuckled as he lowered his cup. “Yes, but an hour early? I think ten minutes is enough for my legs to recover two hours long walk, sir.”The Minister smiled, swallowing his biscuits. “Aah yes. I think I agree with you on that one. You’re a fighter. Two hours walk is nothing to your well-built body. Still, I prefer my guests comfortable and fresh,” the Minister said with a wink.Jai laughed lightly. “I understand.”The two men enjoyed their tea and snacks for a bit longer before one of the committees, this time a man, approached their
There were three bunny mounts ready in front of the restaurant. The winners had taken their seats in the carriages with four people each. Jai followed Darrion to a carriage, but he ushered him to go to the other one where Torfo and Raka was.“Nope, you’re not sitting here, I’m going to sit with these guys,” Darrion said. Mugen, Bara, and Oki smiled and waved their hands from inside the carriage, as if taunting Jai to make a comment.Jai looked at the other carriages. One carriage had been filled by Ruhan, Mac, Ugi, and the Minister while the other one was filled by Raka and Torfo. Jai wondered if he was supposed to sit with the two, because it seems like it was purposefully made that way.Jai turned to the people in front of him to ask, but Oki had cut him short. “The Minister said so.”Jai blinked and looked at them flatly. “Does he want me to mend my relationship with Torfo or what? I already made up with him. W
“The Flower Meadow is like its name. Its name came from, well, the fact that it is a meadow of flowers! Ehehe!” Bella laughed lightly. They had reached the flower meadow in the South Gate. The bunnies slowed in one side of the road but not stopping, giving the young men time to look around.The calm boys’ carriage was filled with awe and appreciation while in the prankster’s carriage was filled with laughter. While in Jai’s carriage, it was quiet.Jai stared at the colorful flowers with even eyes. Then he stared at the farm not too far ahead in the south. Coming back to this place had reminded him of the time when he was in the race. Had not for the farmers taking their harvest in that time, Jai didn’t know if he would be able to figure out what the answer was. It actually felt surreal that he could figure it out. It was a gamble, of course, but he couldn’t help feeling proud of himself. Because at that time, he did not know an
He was asking himself why Teacher Rissiya joined them in this trip. Was it because they were going to the Greenhouse? That was his first guess, but he could be wrong. But then, why else is she coming along? Not that he complained, just curious.“You must be curious why I joined this trip, boys,” the lady said as she started arranging the flowers on her lap. There was silent as no one had said anything, so Jai took the liberty of the talking.“Indeed. Do you care to explain about it, mam?” Jai asked.Rissiya smiled. “Well, I was just passing by.”Jai sweatdropped. “I thought the reason you said that was because there’s another reason.”Rissiya covered her lips and faked a surprise look. “Oh? Is it?” she asked, her eyes blinking innocently.Vein almost popped on the side of his face. But the lady chuckled. Her smile was very contagious.“The Minister asked me to com
“Madam Rissiya, nice to meet you again,” a short haired young man wearing a blue, scale themed scholar outfit, greeted the beautiful lady. He was wearing a Chinese style outfit, with three-four pants and dark pointed boots. A golden earring of an eagle adorned one of his ear, along with golden brooch the shape of a flower pinned on his left chest.Rissiya smiled sweetly. “Carrola. You called me as I’ve requested of you. My, you dressed up quite nicely,” Rissiya patted his upper arm softly.Carrola smiled and took her hand before kissing the back of it. “Of course. We are no longer in the battlefield.”“Oh you. Battlefield is around us. It just needs a trigger. You know that,” Rissiya grinned, clutching his hand with hers. Her reply made him chuckle. Then he turned to the three young men around her.“Greetings, gentlemen. I believe you remembered me,” Carrola smiled.“Yes. We me