The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

Seya and the King went to meet their group, and after a brief talk with the Dwarf that was selling some amazing armors, they all followed Seya, to visit one specific artisan's shop.

The Queen was the first to enter, and she didn't know where to look first. At every corner and shelf, there was something that caught her eye. In a corner, there were big trunks and small trunks in leather of extreme quality. On a low level shelf, small wooden cases filled with engravings depicting animals, people or complete sceneries.

At a corner, there were some house doors and some artisans were sculpting a real size image of her, throwing a Fire Ball against a Big Crystal. She couldn't help to take a close look at it, noticing that her sculpted face was even better than on many paintings in the Royal Kingdom. She was smiling and she called the King to look at it. When the artisans raised her heads from their work, they immediately recognized her. No wonder, they were in love for her, since they saw the Queen doing the show in the Coliseum! She stopped them before they kneel, saying to continue their amazing work and that she wanted one of those doors as soon as they had it ready. She wanted it to be her new room door. The artisans were happy, seeing that their hard work was being recognized by their Muse.

While the Queen was still admiring the door, Seya talked with the Head Master Artisan, telling him about the two men CatKind that he thought could be of great help, and the artisan thanked him, saying that he was looking for more workers, the requests were piling up. Seya delivered him the case of games, the 'Heiji's Favorites Games', and asked him to do one copy of each game, as a test. If all went well, it would be necessary a continuous production of that case.

After saying his farewells and after the Queen bought a beautiful wood case filled with engravings for her jewelry, they went into the direction of the church.

Seya went to the back of the church, where the room that served as a Healing House was located. In there, two healers were in turns, trying to help a man that had an ugly cut on his leg, with his clothes drenched in blood. Seya recognized one of the Guards that he saw previously, training at the outside of the wall. There was another Guard seated on a bench, with a worried look.

- Oh, what happened? That seems serious!

One of the Healers answered with sweat running down his face.

- Milord, it seems it was an accident during training with a Magic Knight. The cut is too deep and we are having a lot of troubles to heal him. We stopped the blood, but it's taking too much time and he is in a lot of pain.

Seya immediately stopped the Magic Flow and he cut off the way of the pain sensors of the Guard.

- The pain stopped! Oh, Milord, sorry for this. I did a miscalculation of the sword reach of the Knight and I was too close to him. He almost cut off my leg!

- I warned you, didn't I? Ok, let me take care of this. Healers, look closely, I saw what you were trying to do, but you were using too much Magic on the wrong place. In deep cuts like this, you need to concentrate your Healing Magic in the flesh inside, not starting with the skin. Like this… see the way the flesh from one side of the wound is growing, trying to reach the other side? Now, if I use my hands to unite the flesh, like this… the wound gets healed, because the flesh now, needs to grow less. And since he has new flesh, if I concentrate the healing on the skin, while still holding with my hands… see the way the new skin is growing? And… there. Not even a scar.

- Amazing… in seconds… Milord doesn't even look tired!

- Yeah, I should have come here sooner, to show some of my tricks. I need to teach you everything about Magic Flow and pain sensors, and the best way to stop them. Using that, he didn't have to feel so much pain, while being treated by you.

You need to train your Magic Control, to be able to use more Healing Magic. And also, practice with dead animals, by cutting them open and look how the flesh is connected to the bones, how the blood runs through a body or how the flesh or the skin heal faster. That's how I learned. I need to find some time for training you better, I'm neglecting that, I'm sorry.

John placed his hand on Seya's shoulder, he noticed the worried look that his friend had.

- Let me. Continue your walk with the Queen, I'll stay here to teach them all about Magic Control. And everything that I can think off.

- Are you sure? Because you are also on holidays, remember? And this is supposed to be my responsibility.

- Less arguing and more walk out of here. I'll go back to the Baron's house for dinner.

- Ok, thanks, John. By the way, the two women CatKind that I released today, can use a little of Healing Magic. If they train their Magic Control, they'll become very good Healers.

- Well, I don't mind coming here tomorrow and teach them too. You know that I'm always looking to learn with other people, so, maybe they can use Healing Magic in a different way than me.

- I don't know, you tell me later, then. Thanks for this John, we wait for you for dinner.

They all left, following Seya, leaving behind John West, that was starting to explain to the two Healers, how to train Magic Control. Princess Heiji gave him a kiss on his cheek before leaving, smiling and feeling very proud of her kind boyfriend.

The guard apologized for his blunder, and he returned to the front gate, accompanied by the other guard that carried him there.

Sometime later, they reached the first house of one of the DogKind family. The woman was at the front, sweeping the front porch. A pie could be seen on the window sill, cooling down with that afternoon breeze. When she saw the group, she stopped sweeping. She dropped the broom and did a deep and gracious bow, as soon as she recognized Seya.

- Sir, it's an honor seeing you here. Can I be of some assistance?

- Hello! I just came by for a visit. I'm showing everything to my guests of the Royal Kingdom of Rohan. Let me introduce you to the Queen and King Rohan.

The woman fell to her knees, trembling in nervousness.

- The…Queen… the… King… It's… an honor…

The Queen got off from the open carriage and she grabbed one of the hands of the woman that was kneeled and helped her rising up with a gentle smile.

- Hello. Seya told me that you and your family used to be slaves and now are free people of my Kingdom. I hope that you can be happy here.

- My Queen, just being free is more happiness than I could dream off, but Sir Seya thought it wasn't enough and he gave us this house, animals, and fields to take care. My husband is using one equipment in the fields that Sir Seya arranged for us to use. I even have a small garden with vegetables on the back of the house. And my little daughter is at school, learning how to read. And every day when she gets home, she teaches us what she learned. I can't be happier!

- Seems that he's doing a good job, then. As expected, of course. Seya is still young, but he's very remarkable.

- Yes, indeed he is, my Queen. He even healed us because he didn't like the scars that we had, from our lives as slaves. Now, it seems that all the abuse, the pain, and rough treatment, was just a bad dream and never happened.

- That's good to hear. I hope that the good memories from now on, erase the bad ones. May your daughter grow up to be an amazing woman and without those bad memories.

- Thank you, my Queen.

- Can we go to meet your husband? I want to see his surprised face!

- Of course, my Queen! If you care to follow me to the fields, I'll call for him.

- Very well, lead the way.

The King jumped from the open carriage and he runs towards the Queen.

- Wait for me, I also want to see that!

The Queen held the King's arm and they followed the DogKind woman, to the back of the house. The Queen congratulated her for the well-treated garden. As soon as the man hears his wife shout, he stopped his work and he rushed to meet her and that couple that he didn't know. And when his wife introduced him, he froze with his mouth open. He kneeled in slow motion, for the enjoyment of one happy Queen that was smiling at him. After a brief talk with him and the wishes for happiness, the Royal couple returned to the open carriage.

Tomas guided them to the next DogKind's house, where the reaction was similar, but in there, the man was cutting some branches at one side of the house to put in the garden and the wife was feeding the cows. The King was the first to address and to scare them. After a brief talk and wishes for the best, Tomas pointed at a nearby house, to where he took the CatKind that had a daughter. The other family lived on the next house, visible at a distance.

When they reached near the house, the two CatKind families were waiting for them, properly dressed, washed and with a big smile. Seems that those CatKind eyes weren't only beautiful, but could see very well in a distance. They bowed and one of the men looked with curiosity to the couple in the open carriage while talking to Seya.

- Sir, we saw your approach and we rushed here. I can't thank you enough for all this. The house is amazing! The garden on the back of the house is already fill with some vegetables ready to harvest, but the size of the field to prep scares me! How can someone take care of a field that size?

- Well, I have some equipment that you can use, just talk with the Baron. With that, you just need one day to prepare and one day to plant that field.

- Really? Amazing! But… Sir… they are the King and the Queen?

The Queen was walking to get near them, and the King came following her. Seya introduced them, and the CatKind kneeled, with their eyes sparkling. From mere slaves to free people, to meet the Royal family, all in the same day, it was like a dream.

- Hello. Please stand up, I want to take a good look at you.

- My Queen… we are unworthy of raising our heads before you, we are… we were until this morning, slaves.

- But now, you are free people and I want to see you properly. Let me see… light green and dark blue… I always loved the eyes of the CatKind people. That, the tails and your natural agility and speed, always made me jealous. I hope that you can be happy in my Kingdom, as I am for having you here.

- It's our honor, my Queen. We hope to be worthy of your care towards us. And Sir, we also want to make everything we can, to deserve our freedom.

- Well, I already took care of that. The two men have a place waiting for you, at an artisan shop. It's easy to find, it's in the main street, near the Market. It's the shop of a human, between the blacksmith shop of a Dwarf and an Elfian craftsman. The owner is friends with each of them and he often mediates between those two. That Dwarf and the Elfian don't get along very well. Mainly because of competition between business. But they often go to the Inn to drink, the three of them.

The women have a place in the Healing House, just on the back of the church. You all start tomorrow morning. And your son and daughter can come with me now, to my Baron's house. I need to introduce them to him and to Milady Margaret and hear their opinion.

- Sir, such generosity! But… What about the fields? How can we take care of them?

- Just try to do it, after leaving work in the Capital or before going there. If you can't, your neighbors will do it. Or I find someone else for that. I hope it could be another source of income for your families. I think you can make it. If not, no harm is done.

The male DogKind looked at his wife, and she was smiling, with happy tears running down her face. She wiped her tears, before speaking.

- Sir, I don't know if I and my friend can be of any use in the Healing House because we can only use a bit of Healing Magic. On our previous owner's house, we used to take care of the wounded soldiers, so, we already have some experience. I don't know if it will be enough.

- Don't worry with that. I have one friend very good with Healing Magic that tomorrow will teach both of you. And I can also go there, from time to time, to teach one or two things.

- Sir, you can use Healing Magic?

- Yes, and according to my mother, in a frightening and weird level! My Baron has a young daughter and she's amazingly good with Healing Magic. She's being trained by my mother, the High Healer Anna Hinamoto and I think that she will also come from time to time, to teach you.

- High Healer Anna Hinamoto? We have heard some stories about her! I don't know if they are true or not!

- Well, you can ask her, when she comes for a visit, one of these days.

- The High Healer? We can meet her? That would be wonderful! But… if I can be so bold, who was the man that was able to marry with such an amazing woman? He must also be truly remarkable!

- I don't know if remarkable is the right word… My father is Rolland Hinamoto, he used to be a famous adventurer.

One of the male DogKind looked at the other one and they both shouted at the same time.

- We know him!

- Really? I'm sure that there's a crazy story with him, for sure.

- Sir, your father is a wanted man until now in the Empire! He used to sneak in into a Palace or a Castle and rob the treasury there. And he always made sure to take with him any slave that he could find and bring him to the Kingdom of Rohan!

- Really? I never heard that!

The King started to laugh.

- Ahahah! Until today, he still has a bounty on his head? How much it is now?

- My King, last time that my previous owner talked about him, the prize was 4.000 gold coins.

- Ahahah! Unbelievable! Even after so many years! I helped him to find a place for those slaves to live in my Kingdom but I didn't know that he was still wanted!

- My King, every slave in the Empire knows that if one can escape and reach the Eternal Forest, Rolland Hinamoto will help him. I know that some slaves that I used to know came here last year, and if there wasn't any news about their capture, I believe they achieved freedom.

- Yes, I also know that the Elfians always give refugee to BeastKind that escape to the Forest and they contact Rolland. That crazy guy is still doing that, even after all these years. No wonder the bounty on his head is so high! I'm even tempted to deliver him to the Empire! Ahahahah!

Seya was smiling, just by hearing another crazy story about his father. And people even have the nerve to call him reckless! No wonder, with such an example like that!

- I think my mother doesn't know that my father is still messing with the Empire, or she would have scolded him by now. It's better for my father's health, that we agree on never tell her. My father is a very good fighter, but he's no match for my mother! She fights dirty, like a Dwarf! She doesn't care about proper etiquette during a fight or swordsmanship, she fights to deliver the much pain as she can, without thinking on disarming her opponent. She just destroys everyone that faces her! My father gave up on training against her, years ago. He didn't stand a chance against her!

- Ahahah! Yeah, I still remember the scared faces that my Royal Guards had, every time that Anna wanted to train with them when she was working in my Castle! Yes, it's better if we never tell her that side job of Rolland!

The CatKind families were nodding their head and one of the males answered.

- Of course, my King, we will never talk about that.

Seya said his farewells and called the boy and the girl, to go with him, saying that he will make sure to bring them after dinner. They went into the open carriage, feeling awkward with such Noble company. Princess Arys was looking at them, with a gentle smile.

- Well, what do we have here… two beautiful specimens of CatKind. I think you should come with me to the RabbitKind Kingdom, we would take good care of you. I don't know if my cousin over there can be trusted, he has a weird smile on his face, every time that he looks at you. I think he likes CatKind people a little too much.