The way to the Castle

Now that Disilphon officially finished his business with the auction house, it is time for them to leave. The only thing that is missing now is for Arion to be branded as a slave. Before he can go with Disilphon he is guided to a separate room, with a big fire in the middle of it. Arion can immediately perceive that in the middle of the fire stands an iron bar. He is slowly guided next to the fire where three guards hold him tightly. The fourth guard now picks up the iron bar that has, at the front, the letter S. The letter itself was shining bright orange, which indicates that its extremely hot. Now it is clear for Arion what the branding is, preparing himself for the massive amount of pain that will come from the burning, closes his eyes. Arion knows that there is no way past this if he wants to keep the deal with Disilphon and get to some degree an easy life. So due to that, Arion prepares himself the best he can, as the iron S comes closer and closer to his shoulder. It didn't even touch his shoulder, even though he could feel the immense heat and stinging. As the orange iron touches his skin, an enormous amount of pain rushes through his body followed by the smell of burned flesh. The pain is so unbearable that he even has the feeling to faint. Even after the iron is removed the pain does not fade, it is so intense that Arion has difficulties moving his arm. Now that the branding is over the guards escort Arion back to Disilphon. Disilphon not saying a single word to Arion, as he is able to determine how painful it was, just by Arion's facial expression. They are now simply leaving the auction house together.

After having left the building, they are both greeted by two guards in shiny armor. They are the personal guards of the King and are accompanying him, whenever he leaves the castle. A horse drawn carriage is waiting for the King and Arion outside the Auction house. They don't even need to open the doors of it as the guards have already prepared everything for their departure. Finally inside the carriage Arion can relax a little bit, but is instantly interrupted by Disilphon: "I hope you don't mind, but I will remove your chains now". Arion slightly surprised says: "Are you not scared of that?". "Actually, I feel a bit nervous, I did see inside the auction what you are capable of. So i know that you wouldn't have any difficulties in killing me right here on the spot. But i believe in the deal we made, and I do not plan on betraying it. I simply hope you feel the same way. And I am willing to endanger myself for the sake of my daughter.", Disilphon explains. He pulls out the key of the chains and removes them without showing any kind of hesitation. Arion having the chains finally removed, feels a bit relieved, but is still fighting the pain from the branding. But as the chains are gone he can use his powers and instantly attempts to make use of them. As the pain is still pretty strong he decides to heal the wound with the help of his powers.

As Arion was told by his father, he needs to have a clear image of what he wants to achieve. At best he needs to know how the process is to get the end result, which in this case is something he isn't so sure about. He simply remembers that it is something called cellular regeneration. Arion focuses on the wound from the branding, and as he focuses his eyes turn bright red again, like before he pushed the guard. The moment his eyes start to shine the wound is closing itself slowly, leaving Disilphon astounded with his mouth open. After the wound has healed it leaves a giant scar in the form of an S at his shoulder.

"It seems like your powers are not only focused on one thing.": says Disilphon. "No I am able to do a lot of different things if I understand them correctly. This leaves me a lot of options how I use them, I can use them to destroy but also to repair, it all depends on how I make use of them.", Arion explains. Disilphon and Arion now sitting in front of each other have been quite for a while during the carriage has traveled for quite some time. Arion takes a glimpse outside and realizes that they are no longer in a town, but outside riding through the woods. Arion having no idea where they are going turns his head to the King: "Where exactly are we going? You are the King I thought we were going to the castle?", Arion asks. "Yes we are, I am the King but not the King of the Ruler of the place where the Auction house is located. We are travelling back to my kingdom and meeting up with my daughter on the way."