We were about 10 minutes away from reaching the city of Aquieta.

"I'm really gonna miss you Mr Arnold" I said, as I was feeling a bit sad that we had to part ways when we reach the Beast Tamer's Guild. I became really attached to him during the journey.

"Who said that I'm leaving?" He said with a smirk, looking at my confused face.

"What do you mean?" I was confused to the point where I wouldn't be surprised if I saw question marks hovering above my head.

"Your dad has requested me to look after you until you sucessfully get enrolled into the academy" He said feeling pleased with himself with giving me a surprise.

"You should have told me that earlier! I was feeling sad for nothing" I said, while glaring daggers at him.

"Well, you never asked" he said with a grin.

I felt like kicking him off of the Silverwinged Eagle so that he can plummet to his death. In the end, due to my spectacular upbringing, I decided to let him off and let go of my temper.

"Whoa! Look at that!" I exclaimed in awe, while looking at the towering structure that lay in front of me as we were reaching our destination.

"Awsome right, no one knows when this city was built. Historians believe that it was sometime the pre-historic era, but no one knows for sure how it was built, not even the citizens living there." He said, having a tinge of awe in his eyes as well, even though he must have seen this sight many times.

I nod at his words. Truthfully, I can understand what he felt. Even for someone like me, who has come from the modern world full of skyscrapers, this city outshines it all. The city was actually build upon a mountain that spanned over several kilometers wide with huge city walls around it to protect itself. Even the height of the mountain itself was a few hundred meters above the height at which we were flying. Factoring in the fact that the Silverwinged Eagle can fly at a really high altitude, the height of the mountain is a lot.

We eventually landed in front of the city gates where we could see a huge mass of people gathered in a line to gain entry into the city. At the end of the line, there were two guards stationed there with the task to inspect the purpose of the people visiting the city. There was no need to pay any taxes though. For those who wanted to leave the city, they had to undergo the same procedure as well at another gate.

Mr. Arnold was taking me to a gate where there was less crowd. Confused, I asked "Aren't we supposed to go to that line?" pointing at the line with a lot of people.

Amused at my innocent and honest behaviour, he said "I got a special permit that would allow us to enter the city without having to wait in that line."

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In reply I just said "Oh" True to his word, we did not have to as much as what the other people had to before we entered into the city.

Now, when we entered into the city, I was a bit surprised. I thought that since the city was built upon a mountain, the ground would have a slope to it. However, I was proven wrong as the ground was completely flat without even a single uneven surface. It was as if someone has cut this mountain like hot knife through butter.

After walking for a few minutes, we arrived at the Beast Tamer's Guild's Headquarter. It did not take us much time to get here because it was located at the outer regions of the city, so that the beasts would have space to roam around. The headquarter was actually constructed into a pagoda with nine levels. Mr. Arnold had told me that each Guild's Headquarters were made in the same design to show the close relationship between them. I was kinda impressed with that idea.

When we entered the building, Mr. Arnold immediately went to a receptionist to update his mission and leave the Silverwinged Eagle to a caretaker to let it rest from the journey, I wandered around looking at the tamed beasts that were either playing or basking in the sun. Eventually, I returned to Mr. Arnold where my eyes were drawn to a golden egg that lay on the desk of the receptionist that Mr. Arnold went to. I was feeling some strange connection towards it.

Suddenly, a burly man appeared behind me saying "What's this, a young elf? Good, good, a very cute one as well."

Startled by his sudden appearance, I fell on my butt. My cheeks immediately became red because of falling down and being called cute.

Noticing the presence of this man, Mr. Arnold and the receptionist immediately greeted the man with a bow "Greetings Guild Master."

"I see, so he is a guild master. That explains why he was able to sneak up on me without being noticed." I thought as I got up from the ground.

Taking my silence as confusion, Mr. Arnold immediately introduced him to me saying "Aelene, this is the Guild Master of the Beast Tamer's Guild Headquarter, Mr. Rudolf."

In response, I introduced myself as well, "Good Evening Guild Master, My name is Aelene, and I come from the Kingdom of Rivendell"

Stroking his beard, he replied, "I see, a polite and shy one eh, I like you, wanna...."

Mr. Rudolf was interrupted with a smack on his head by Mr. Arnold "No you won't. She is here to join the Academy, not to become your apprentice."

"Oh come on, she can study under the academy and be my apprentice at the same time." whined Mr. Rudolf.

While they were arguing, I turned to the receptionist. Noticing my look, she just said "They do this everytime." Heaing what she said, I started laughing at their antics.

Hearing me laugh, both of them stopped arguing when Mr Rudolf came to me and said with a serious expression "I saw that you were staring at that egg a while ago. If you want it, you can keep it."

I stared at him questioningly, "Can I seriously keep it?" Why would he suddenly give me an egg when we just met?

He nodded at me saying "No one has been able to induce it to hatch before. Perhaps it was waiting for you before it hatches."

I didn't quite understand what he meant, but I was happy to accept the egg. "Okay Guild Master, Thank you for the egg" I said happily.

With a smile he replied "Don't mention it, plus you can just call me Mr. Rudolf. Go on now with Arnold, I'm sure you must be tired from your journey. You should find a place to stay as tomorrow is the day of the entrance examination."

"Okay Mr. Rudolf, I will" I replied happily as Mr. Arnold and I went to an inn. There, we had dinner before retiring into the rooms we rented. I felt like we wasted money as one room would have been enough for the both of us, but Mr Arnold insisted on getting two rooms. In the end, I relented.

In the morning, I woke up with a good night sleep ready to face the entrance examination for entering Kaishi Academy.