Sid POV:
The horsedrawn had travel all the night to the east while we sleep like a log till the morning , we stop near the river the Tage cause the horse begin to be tired, lady Anastasia take advantage we are near a river to refresh her self and ask us with the cabman to do the same after her turn, the water was so cool we have shiver when we bath. Then lady Anastasia ask to Pablo and me :
Anastasia: “ I assume both of you know to read and write, so you will train your knowledge by reading this books “ showing us a pile of book in one of her trunk, treating about history, mathematique, litterature, court etiquette and many other subject, she said for finish , “ read them, writte every words you don’t understand on this notebook and don’t hesitate to ask me anything, you will do that till we arrive at the castle of your future Mas….” , all of sudden The cabman make some heavy nose with his throat and the lady Anastasia seem surprise and then follow her previous speach “ I mean you future father expect a lot of things of you , well the travel will last a couple of weeks before we arrive to the home, “ saying that while been a little over cautious but we ask caugh off gard
Both:” why the castle is so far aways? With some anxious feeling
Anastasia:”This matter you will need to ask personnaly to your future lord, because it’s a sensitive subject and I don’t want to wrong your point of view but the few things I know about that is the lord my lover go into self-imposed exile to the other side of the world due to escape of some grudge of local nobility, that all I can say for now”
Then She explain us where will travel, far to the east beyond the mediterraneen sea, in the north east of the Europe, in a country called Romania.
After a 2 week of travel we finaly arrive at the coast city of Valencia, resting a week before we depart with the boat and keeping study , since 2 week Pablo has a big smile everytime he read the mathematical book while im stuck with the court etiquette with a mountain of rules to learn, we choose a book, I don’t know why but by curiosity I had take the court etiquette book, what a fool I was im sure history or other can be so much interesting than this annoying crap.Pablo choose his book with no doubt the mathematical book , now his grin is kind eyesore.
My notebook have already twenty page of note I don’t understand while Pablo only have eight page filled, I know im not a bookwork like Pablo but now im feeling a little dumb of my ignorance well anyway I will do my best to master the knowledge of this book .
Pablo POV :
Since two week im in paradise, learning math was kind of wonder cause at the orphanage they were only book of history or fairytale or the bible (interesting but limited ) so when I saw this mathematical book, my eyes shone like star and my dream of knowing new things rose again.
While Sid choose the nebulous book of court etiquette, I was kind of surprise but also happy like always to the behavior of this dear Sid, always choosing the hardway for doing the right things, cause court etiquette seem an ocean of rules to do ( like for the dress code, never wearing black things cause only high noble or royalty can, a distinction mark between noble it seem).
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I never saw Sid so happy before we were adopt two week ago, his smile was so bright I was desperate to saw that again this joyful grin, a pure smile only seen by few like mother Fernanda and me in rarely occasion.
I don’t know why but I found Lady Anastasia a little overcautious with her words when she speak about our future lord father since the cabman interrupt her or maybe im making false ideas.
We can see the sea, a matter of happiness for mountain lads, so blue, impetuous, promising a lot of dreams and despairs. The day we arrive to Valencia Lady Anastasia bring us to an hotel called “Las Arenas” a superb view over the sea ( 100 meter of distance between the sea and hotel).
Sid and me were fascinate by this sea, a new world full of promise, I have an smile to ears thinking about all the thing we will see, turning to to talk to Sid I was dumfound to see him smiling and criying and he said:
Sid:” Woo ora iving thu fountry” I didn’t understand a word but I suppose that mean we are leaving the country, he is happy and sad cause that will be hard to visit our dear mother Fernanda, I answer him
Pablo:”Don’t worry buddy, let us grown in fine men to make Mother Fernanda proud of us, when we return we will help the orphanage”, patting his back to reconfort him, I was kind of sad too because I was only thinking of my new home and nearly forget to thought of my sweet mother Fernanda.
We depart by boat crossing the mediterraneen sea, passing by the isle of Palma after 1 week of boat, boat isn’t fun when you have seasick, both of us were stuck in our bed vomiting everything we eat, it seem our stomach need a lot of training in that mater to resist.
After again 3 week we arrive at the dock of Livorno, we lie on bed a week , a hard time this seasick, well we lost some pound, we are a little skinny so we eat all we can .
Then we depart to the noth of Italia, passing by Bologna, at Padova we go to the east , we were attacted but the cabman manage to kill the group of bandit, pretty skilled this cabman for killing ten men in a couple of minutes. We didn’t saw any thing during the fight but eard scream of bandits and we saw the carnage , the cabman was soak in blood, pretty scary (note to myself ask to the cabman to train us and don’t make him angry )
If I remember we were after the city of Pordenone, the cabman said he need to rest and clean himself.
A week pass and we learn the name of the cabman, Siegfried weirdly that fit the man .
Tree weeks pass , and we finaly arrive at the feet of the castle, a black and scary castle, on a mountain, seclude and surround by a deep forest.
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Author note: Toledo to Valencia , there are nearly 400 km so I have assume with a horsedrawn doing 40km per day with only a compass to know where you go that why they spend 2 week, also a day of rest for horses every two day. Pablo is admirating Sid and don’t have some sexual attirance for him.