Journey Begins

Eiera and Rin mounted their horse. Starlight Eiera was sitting in front, and Rin in the back. Aiden also mounted his horse, Raven, and Luna flew over to Kai's shoulder and sat on it.

Luna told Kai, "We are ready, let's go."

As Luna spoke, Kai patted Shadow's back and said to him. "Let's go." As Kai spoke, Shadow moved forward at a quick pace, leaving Eiera, Rin, and Aiden together.

Eiera looked at the carriage behind her, then she looked at Aiden and said. "Let's pull it together."

Aiden nodded in approval, and both Eiera and Aiden clucked their horse to move forward. Starlight and Raven started to move and slowly pulling the carriage.

After ten minutes, Starlight and Raven pulled the carriage towards the entrance of Hiroshi's village. Hiroshi's village is located at the border of Celestria. Kai and Luna were also waiting for them to arrive.

The entire group enters the village together as soon as they enter Hiroshi's village. They were immediately surrounded by villagers. Villagers were waiting for Kai to say their final goodbye to him and his friends.

"Good Luck On Your Journey And Stay Safe!" Villagers said.

Eiera, Rin, Luna, and Aiden were extremely happy to see the villagers' gratitude. But Kai wasn't even looking at the villagers.

Suddenly, Kai heard a familiar voice from the crowd. He quickly looked around and analyzed the crowd. Kai then saw Hiroshi jumping and waving at him from the crowd, "Please Come Back Soon!"

A smile appeared beneath Kai's mask after seeing Hiroshi. Aiden immediately noticed Kai's distraction. He also looked around, and Aiden quickly noticed jumping Hiroshi, who was waving at Kai.

Aiden observed Hiroshi. He noticed the same bracelet on Hiroshi's hand that Kai had given to him earlier. After seeing the identical bracelet on Hiroshi's hand, curiosity started to emerge in him.

Kai gave Hiroshi a silent goodbye and went ahead. Seeing Kai go ahead, Eiera said to the villagers, "Thank you!" 

Eiera and Aiden urged their horse to move forward as they crossed Celestria's border. Kai was waiting for them outside. He wanted to talk to them. He approached them while still being on top of Shadow.

Kai pulled out the Eternal Blade from his armor belt. He extended his arm towards Eiera and released the Blade in mid-air, but the Blade didn't fall on the ground. The Blade started to float in the air.

Kai looked at Eiera and said, "You can't keep up with Shadow's pace as long as you have that carriage attached to you. From now on, the Blade will lead you to me."

Aiden interfered and said to Kai, "NO! We can keep up with your pace."

"That carriage is heavier than it should be if you try to keep up with Shadow's pace. Your horse will die of exhaustion," Kai stated.

Eiera said, "Kai, you go ahead. We'll follow with the Blade."

"Kai nodded, then turned Shadow around. He looked at Luna and said,". "You stay with them."

Luna stood at Kai's shoulder and flew over to Rin's shoulder. Kai then went on ahead at Shadow's full speed. He disappeared into the horizon in just moments.

Rin looked at the floating Eternal Blade and said, "What are you waiting for? Lead us to my Brother." 

Eternal Blade responded at Rin's command and started to float away at a slow pace. Starlight and Raven began to follow the Eternal Blade.

Aiden asked out of curiosity, "That Kid at the village had the same bracelet that your Brother had given to me."

Rin responded, "Brother must have given it to Hiroshi too." Rin spoke with an energetic tone.

Aiden asked again, "But why is he giving everyone a friendship bracelet?"

Eiera replied to Aiden's question, "Those are not normal bracelets, they are for our protection, and Kai doesn't give those to everyone."

Aiden inquired, "How can a bracelet protect me?"

Luna flew from Rin's shoulder and started to fly backward in front of Aiden as she responded to him. "Did you notice the symbol on the bracelet that Kai gave you? That symbol means you're under Kai's protection.."

Aiden interfered and said, "Why would I need protection."

Luna replied, "In your kingdom, you had laws, soldiers, and everything else. But out here, the strongest rules and the weak suffer. There are not only just rogues and assassins out here, but monsters are also out here, monsters that you have never heard or seen."

Aiden said, "How can He save me." Aiden voice was filled with disrespect for Kai.

Luna replied, "It's pretty simple. They all are afraid of Kai."