Lord Of The Eastern Castle

A Simple Journey

It was the day after the procession and Ryan was ready to leave. I was standing at the gates of the Royal Castle. A group of soldiers was ready to leave with me. I looked around and saw Rhea and a woman.

This woman was my Half-mother. She wasn't a bad person per se. But in the lives of Aristocracy, everyone fakes it so I question her intentions quite a lot.

Rhea started crying and came in for a hug.

"Why are you leaving so early brother can't you stay here a bit more? I'll miss you a lot." She said sobbing.

"I can't stay here any longer, the Eastern Land is my domain now so protecting it is also my duty. The eastern land is adjacent to another nation and also is linked to the ocean so that makes my kingdom more vulnerable. I need to get there as soon as possible."

"But-"

"No but's, I'll need to leave right now. Why don't you come to meet me next month?"
Her expression brightened.

"You can even stay with me there for a while, I'll convince your mother somehow." I whispered into her ears.

Her eyes brightened up even more now. She had a huge smile on her face.

"Young L-"

A woman stopped herself from calling Ryan a Young Lord, he had now become a King after all.

"Excuse me, Your Highness. It's about time we leave."

This was the same voice Ryan had heard the first day when he woke up in this world. He looked back. The girl had black hair and blue eyes. She is quite tall for a woman, around 5'10. That's probably why she was trained both as a maid and a knight.

"Alright, let's leave."

He turned around and walked towards the Horse Carriage. He looked back and waved one last goodbye to everyone he knew. Well, only his sister and the half-mother. All the other siblings were in their respective kingdoms probably busy with something.

He entered the carriage and sat inside. The carriage was white and had seats on both the right and left sides both in red color.

"Let's leave."

The maid girl entered the carriage and signaled to all the other soldiers to leave.

There are currently 8 Knights traveling with us. These knights now belong to me. The journey will take 2 days.

Let's make some small talk with her.

"How long do you think it will take us to reach there?"

"It is estimated that we'll take 2 days but if my assumption is right it'll just take us around 1 and a half a day since we most likely won't encounter many monsters."

"Why do you think we won't encounter many monsters?"

"Well, the adventurer's guild has recently made a base in the forest that separated this city from the Land that is currently under your domain. So my assumption is many hunters will hunt in the nearby regions causing the number of monsters to decrease."

"Interesting, I like how you think about this."

Her thought process intrigues me, I'll need to keep her close because there might be opportunities where I may need her way of thinking. It isn't so amazingly far-fetched but pooling brain power from multiple brains is better than just brainstorming with just one. Better if it's someone I can trust. So I need to make her trust me.

"Did you come up with this assumption yourself or was it someone else who told you this?"

"It just came into my mind, it's nothing amazing. But thank you, Your Highness."