The abrupt stop of the wagon made Edmund wake up. He looked around, and the sun was setting. A mix of green and orange leaves, something he had never seen before. The driver got out of his seat and began talking with the soldiers as they dismounted their horses.

With prejudice, the knights were observing the young man. He exited the wagon and began making his way over to Ariadne's carriage, where he saw her father getting out of the carriage in front of hers. The young man was startled by his master’s voice.

‘Would you mind helping me, peasant?’ She held out her hand.

‘Oh. Yes, your highness.’ He held her hand.

He assisted her in exiting the carriage. A Chatzi maid with light brown hair and brown eyes followed her. She ignored the young boy, acting as if he did not even exist.

‘Things are going to be like this, hum?’ Edmund sighed.

He was by himself, out in the wilderness,distant from the camp, gazing at the stars and listening to the sounds of the forest's creatures. The hero's memories were unreliable; now, outside, he was thinking about how the world is. Ruppert said that monsters exist, but as far as he remembers, there weren't such things.

‘Monsters…’ Edmund whispered.

The sound of steps approaching made him open his eyes and look to the side. Ariadne and her maid were coming, and as soon as they got closer, Edmund got up and bowed to the princess.

‘Your highness, good night.’ Edmund looked down.

‘My father wanted to thank you for this thing on my arm. I had to calm him down, but because I don’t feel pain anymore, he was happy." She smiled.

‘Well, I can’t confirm, but if the nail cuts the side effects of the white hair disease, your life will be quite long, maybe longer than the rest.’ The young man taps his chin.

Edmund looked at the person behind the princess, and he was intrigued as she was also a chatzi.

‘Oh my, this is Eliza Foster, my maid, and as you can see, she is a Chatzi.’ Ariadne presents the maid.

‘It is a pleasure to meet you.’ Eliza bowed and fixed her eyes on Edmund.

‘Eliza, don’t bow to a slave; others may be watching.’ Ariadne gave the girl a stern look.

‘Your highness, I apologize.’ The maid retracted her body in shame.

‘Well, my name is Edmund; are you a noble?.’ The young boy gave the maid a friendly smile.

‘No, I am just a commoner, but thanks to the Archduke, i have a last name.’ She spoke proudly.

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‘Oh, it must be nice to have a family name, Good for you.’ Edmund kicked the dirt a little.

‘My father established this rule fifteen years ago to win the commoner’s support to transfer the Chatzi to the border.’ Ariadne turned her gaze toward the camp.

‘Will I have a last name too?’ Edmund said it with excitement.

‘Of course not, peasant; this law is only for Lavan citizens. You may have forgotten that you are currently a slave.’ She gave Edmund a serious look out of the corner of her eye.

‘Ok,Ok,Ok. Just wondering.’ Edmund grinned.

‘Sometimes you pass the image that you talk like this because you want to behave like a peasant.’ Ariadne signed.

‘I have something to say to you, your highness; it is important.’ The young boy spoke seriously.

‘Say it quickly; I am tired.’ Ariadne looked at him.

‘There is a danger on my devices; if someone replicates, we will be in danger so i was thinking we should do this in secret.’ He crossed his arms.

‘That is true, you have a point, when we get to the castle, i will find a place for you.’ She taps her chin with her fan.

‘Look at this one; you are kind of easy and right of the bat can provide alot, communication, just press on the side and talk in to it.’ Edmund shows her the two boxes.

Ariadne got one of the boxes and pressed it on its side. Sounds started to come from Edmund’s box; she looked at it with apprehension but continued.

‘Hello,peasant?’ Ariadne spoke timidly into the box.

The same thing could be heard at the same time on Edmund’s box. The maid ran and quickly hid behind a tree next to them. Ariadne was in shock, looking at the box. Her reaction made him smile.

‘They send and receive, I just don’t know the range, ho, the name of it is radio.’ Edmund looked at his radio.

When the boy pressed the side of the radio, he noticed that Ariadne’s radio did not emit any sound. He tried to talk, but nothing happened. This made him confused, and now he thought that it was broken. He quickly took the other radio from Ariadne’s hand, but it did not work; there was no response at all.

‘it broke?’ The princess asked.

‘I don’t know.’ Edmund responded, confused.

Ariadne took one of the radios once again and pressed on it’s side, and a sound came from the other radio. This made the young man confused because the radio she just took was the one he thought was broken.

‘What? I can’t use my things?’ Edmund looked at the radio, confused.

‘Hum, give me that and come here, Eliza.’ Ariadne took the radio from Edmund’s hand.

‘Yes, your highness.’ The maid came next to the princess.

Ariadne gave the radio to the maid, and she pressed the side of it and talked. Her voice came on the other device, which startled Eliza but confused Edmund to no end.

‘How is that possible, i can’t use my devices?’ Edmund looked at his shaking hands.

‘Calm down, peasant, maybe the slave contract is at fault; i have an idea, Eliza, call for a guard.’ Ariadne waved to the maid.

Eliza ran to the camp and called a guard. After some time, two figures came closer to Ariadne. The princess waved her hand again to the maid, and she gave her radio.

‘Press the side of it and talk to the box, simple.’ Ariadne demonstrated.

The guard was annoyed because he was outmost entering his tent to sleep, but to end kickly, he did what she asked.

‘Hey.’ The guard spoke.

Edmund was surprised to see that nothing happened. The guard was confused about what they expected to happen; he just bowed to Ariadne, gave the radio to Eliza, and returned to the camp.

‘I don’t understand, What is happening?’ Edmund looked at the princess, confused.

'How can someone who created these amazing things be so dumb? You embarrass me, peasant.’ Ariadne signed.

‘What? You know?’ Edmund scratched his head.

‘We can confirm when I can feed my servants; it looks like only people under me can use your devices.’ She smiled.

‘But i’m your slave; i don’t get it.’ Edmund uses his two hands to pull his hair.

‘You are my slave but you don’t recognize me as your master, your superior.’ Ariadne looked at him with disgust.

‘Let me test it to see if this is it, Give me the radio, your highness.’ Edmund grinned.

Edmund grabbed the radio from Ariadne’s hand, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and could see only a path. The princess was at the end of it; no other paths he thought over the eyes now were just darkness; she was the light, the only way forward. Up until now, he thought of using her, but now he needs to follow her path. Ariadne felt a drop inside her heart, nothing she had ever felt before.

He then pressed the side of the radio, opened his eyes, looked at the princesses, and spoke with a calm voice.

‘I will follow you; this is now at your hands.’ Edmund fixed his eyes on hers.

His voice came from the radio on Eliza’s hand, which made her jump and almost drop the device.