Lost in the Path of Fate

Chapter 2 - Shadows

"Young Master, the horse has been looking for you since yesterday night!" Gideon spoke as he crossed his arms and shook his head multiple times.

Pier tilted his head on the side as he observed his knight.

"Snow did?" 

Gideon nodded his head a few times.

"Yes! I tried taking that thing out of the stables and let her run free but she just kept on whining!" He spoke as he glared at the horse that was happily nudging its snout on Pier's hands.

Pier laughed as he turned to look at Snow.

"Did you miss me?" He asked as he caressed the horse's face a few times.

Gideon glared even harder at the horse.

"Gideon, she is not a thing. She's a living being" Pier spoke as he cooed the horse.

Gideon's eyebrows twitched when he saw the horse look at him and he had a feeling that it was mocking him.

"Ah, pardon my mistake, young master" Gideon spoke and Pier nodded his head at him.

He gave the horse a threatening glare before they packed up to leave Stone City.

Of course, even with Gideon riding the young master's horse, Snow was obedient because Pier was also riding with the knight.

'Stupid horse' He thought.

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"Headmaster" the person bent his knees as he bowed in front of Ronnovian.

The Headmaster sighed as he stopped signing the papers for the Household and he leaned back on his chair.

Even on his mid forties, Ronnovian Belmiunde is still one of the individuals with the most exceptional looks on the kingdom.

His light auburn hair was pushed back and his face that had only the tiniest marks of aging were tantalizing to gaze at that ladies married or not could not help but stare at the man who exuded a strong dominant aura.

His well-defined body that was constantly trained throughout the years did not fail to impress everyone as well.

"Have you seen them?" He asked as he turned his head towards the window of his office inside the mansion. 

The man engulfed in entirely black clothes nodded his head.

"We have seen them arrive at Stone City yesterday and they have just left this morning, Headmaster" He explained and Ronnovian nodded his head.

"Is there something new to him?" He asked and the person hesitated for a moment.

"My son" He pointed out and the man nodded his head.

"We have seen some new changes to the young master. The color of his hair had turned white and other than that, there is nothing else significant, Headmaster" He spoke and Ronnovian's jaw tightened when he heard the report.

'White... It's finally happening' He thought as his hands clenched.

"How about the other one?" He asked again and the person immediately knew whom he was referring to.

"The knight did not seem to have any significant changes to him either, Headmaster" the man spoke and Ronnovian lightly chuckled as he thought of the Gideon Woodlock, the treasure he found through his son.

Gideon's exceptional talent in swordsmanship allowed Ronnovian to know that the knight definitely belonged to the class of prodigies. 

Knight Woodlock's outstanding abilities of memorizing his opponent's swordsmanship and making use of it as if it was originally his own was already scary enough for any swordsman to duel with him.