The 1.000 year Great Sage ---> COMPLETED STORY

After the Baron and the Minister left, Seya went to the dining room. Ryn, Tomas, and the two CatKind servants were serving tea to the Slaves in there. When they noticed Seya, they immediately got up.

- Please, sit down. I appreciate your care and following the correct protocol towards a High Noble like me, but I don't want to see those frightened faces and that slave behavior from any of you, ever again. From now on, you are all free people. And I'll make the same question to you that I did to every slave that I rescued from the former Empire, like these two CatKind and Tomas, over there. I have lands and houses for you all, a school for the children to learn how to read and write and jobs for the older kids. Or if you prefer, I can arrange for anyone that chooses it, to send you back to your own country. Up until now, no one chose that, but there's always a first time. Before you answer, let me just introduce myself. I'm the Marquess Seya 'Tally' Denar'an Hinamoto, a Half-Breed RabbitKind. I'm the only son of the Great Healer Anna Hinamoto, and the former adventurer, Rolland Hinamoto. I was already told that every slave in the former Empire, knows very well my father's name. So, I just need to know what you choose. Stay here, return to the former Empire or return to your own country.

The silence in that room was overwhelming. Every person seated at that table had their mouth wide open and looking around, except Ryn and Seya. Tomas and the two CatKind were smiling, and when Tomas noticed some of them looking at him, he talked.

- Yes, it's all true, you can believe in Marquess Seya. On the first day that he arrived here, he released from slavery me and my girlfriend, Mary. I've chosen to stay here because I was always well treated, even when I was a slave. Now, I'm getting a salary and me and Mary are saving our money to get married one day. Mary is also selling her cakes and those biscuits that you are eating, and earning a bunch of money, all thanks to the Marquess.

Seya had a weird smile while looking at Tomas.

- And you don't know what else I have planned for both of you. As soon as everything is ready, I'll surprise you even more. Just wait for it… I bet that you and Mary will want to kiss me when you find out! Heheheh!

Tomas was looking at Seya with his eyes wide open while opening and closing his mouth, unable to speak. Ryn just laughed.

- Ahahahah! Don't worry Tomas, you will like it, for sure!

Seya looked around the table. He could see some timid smiles and some crying of happiness.

- So, I'm waiting for your answer, to see what I must do for you.

The Elfian was the first to speak.

- Milord, I would like to return to my village in the Eternal Forest. I was captured at the beginning of this year by a group that was returning from an incursion to the Kingdom of Rohan, where they kidnapped the human family that's here next to me. I misjudged that group strength when I tried to rescue this family, and I was also turned into a slave.

The human male nodded.

- Yes, and I always felt sorry for you. If you weren't so kind and tried to help us, you would never get the same fate that we had. If possible, me, my wife and our son, would also want to return to our village in the Kingdom of Rohan. I think that we still have families there.

- Ok, I'll take care of that in an instant. And the others?

The male of the DogKind family, made of one young couple and a three-year-old girl, spoke next.

- Sir, we were captured last year. We want to return to our village, our families are for sure, worried about us. And I want that my daughter grows up in the BeastKind Kingdom, never remembering that she was once a slave.

Since no one spoke, Seya nodded his head.

- Well, I just don't know what will be the reaction of King Leonhard of the BeastKind when he sees me. I'm almost sure that he doesn't like me very much. Last time that we met, I was pointing a Death Claw to his neck. It was a misunderstanding on his part, and I never bothered to fix that. Well, better now than never, right?

Seya opened a Gateway to the Elfian King throne room. In the other side, everyone could see the King and his son, talking with some Elfians.

- My King, can I bother you for a moment? Hello, big brother! How are you doing?

- Brother Seya! What a nice surprise! Father, look who is there!

- Seya! How are you doing, you crazy Half-Breed?

Seeing the Royal Elfian family treating Seya as a member of their own family, made the Elfian former slave lose his voice. Seya pointed at him.

- My King, I have here one of yours. He was turned into a slave early this year because he tried to save one human family that was kidnapped. I hope that you can send him to his village. He asked to return to the Eternal Forest.

- Really? So, we have there a hero! What happened to the human family?

- It's next to him, he never lost sight of them.

The Elfian King was smiling at his subject.

- Like a true Elfian… come, I'll make sure to send you back to your village.

Seya opened his Compressed Dimension, and from there, he took some belt purses.

- Here, take this belt purse with you. It's a purse with my Compressed Dimension Magic, with 5 gold coins as thanks from me. I do hope to meet you again, sometime in the future.

Seeing that, the Elfian King asked.

- Hey, where's mine? I want one purse like that one, with that amazing Magic of yours!

Seya smiled.

- Of course, my King, you can contact the Mycym Merchants Association and buy one, just like everyone else.

- Ahahah! Father, you know Seya, he just loves to mess with you! After all these years, you should have learned to never get into a situation where he could mock you!

Seya smiled to the former Elfian slave.

- It's better if you cross that Gateway before the King throws something against my head! I may have pushed my luck with him! Or not! Ahahah!

- Milord, it was an honor meeting you. Maybe we meet again, for me to return your kindness. May the Goddess bless you.

The Elfian King smiled.

- Don't worry about that rude brat, the Goddess likes him very much. Come here, and tell me your adventure!

The Elfian hugged the family that he tried to save and went to meet his King. After the Gateway dispersed, Seya opened another one, to the throne room of King Rohan.

- My King, sorry to bother you again. I need your help on a matter.

On the other side of the Gateway, the King was at the table, talking with his Ministers. When he heard Seya's voice, he spoke to his Minister of Agriculture before turning his head to Seya and smiling at him.

- Now he asks for help, after the mess that he created. Ok, what have you done now?

- My King, I have here a human family that was kidnapped early this year and turned into slaves that I just bought and released from slavery. They asked me to return to the Kingdom of Rohan. I was hoping that my King could help them return to their village.

The King got up immediately, and he approached the Gateway, crossing it without stopping or waiting for anyone. Everyone at Seya's table got up and kneeled, seeing King Rohan suddenly, next to them. The King approached Seya's head and he rubbed it, messing his hair.

- Well done, Seya, really well done! Everyone, please get up. I will surely help, of course. It's the least I can do since I wasn't able to avoid your kidnapping.

- My King, can you also help that DogKind family to get to the BeastKind Kingdom? I think King Leonhard doesn't like me very much.

- Yes, Heiji told me of your blunder with him, some years ago. You know, he's coming to yours and Heiji's party, I really want to see his reaction when he meets you again! I bet it will be a funny one! Don't kill him, ok? Despite that misunderstanding, he's a good King. A little reckless sometimes, but compared to you, he's very wise and calm.

Seya fixed his hair.

- Yeah, that was a very serious mess… We'll see what happens. He still owes me an apology for what he did!

King Rohan shook his head.

- This guy… Ok, come with me, I'll personally make sure that you return to your village.

Seya delivered two purses to the human family and two more to the young DogKind couple.

- For you all, two belt purses, also with my Compressed Dimension Magic and with 5 gold coins inside of each. I do hope to meet you again, sometime in the future. I'm sure that little girl will be an amazing woman when she grows up.

Both couples made a deep bow to Seya and the little girl rushed to Seya and she raised her arms.

- Hug!

- Ok, here, a nice hug for you, pretty girl. Go now, be happy and be a good girl, ok?

- I'm a good girl! Mommy always says!

Seya was smiling, looking at the little girl rushing to her parents and holding their hands. King Rohan saw the tear that was forming on Seya's eyes.

- She looks just like a little Heiji, doesn't she?

- Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

The King tapped Seya's back and he whispered.

- You did good, son, you really did good.

The King crossed the Gateway, followed by the human couple, their son, the young DogKind couple and their little daughter. Seya quickly wiped his eyes. Ryn was next to him, crying and smiling. Seya took a deep breath and he seated.

- Now, that was emotional… I do hope that you guys don't mess with my heart like that, I still need to do some things today…

The LionKing woman that had the baby on her arms was the first to talk.

- Sir… you… I can't believe what you just did… I'm a slave since I was born. My parents were kidnapped from a village in the RabbitKind Kingdom and I also heard some stories from my mother about the amazing RabbitKind, but you… you surely deserve the 'Tally' name… for you to be trained and to be able to receive that ancestor's name after the Denar'an Trials, the more demanding ones in the world, it's surely a sign attesting your greatness!

Ryn was waving his hands, in a panic!

- No! Don't say that, or he will be so full of himself that I'll have a lot of trouble dealing with him!

- But Milady, for sure you know that not every applicant that attempts to pass the Denar'an trials, are able to! Some of them even die or lose one arm or leg! And for the Denar'an Elders to accept his request of being granted the 'Tally' name, for sure his trial was amazing!

Ryn froze, looking at the woman. She never thought about that and Seya never told her anything. She looked at Seya and he was just nodding his head while making a small smile.

- Yeah, my Trials were really amazing, I think that there are some books being taught in the RabbitKind and in the BeastKind Kingdom, about that. I know that some of my movements during the Trials are being taught in those schools. I made sure to teach to many RabbitKind fighters some of my techniques. I was requested to do that by my uncle, the RabbitKind King.

- Sir… you are the nephew of the RabbitKind King? So, you are really a Half-Breed like you whispered to me when you were looking at my baby?

- Yes, my father is the adopted son of the former RabbitKind King, Duty Denar'an, and a human concubine that the King loved. My mother is human, so, I may not look like one, but I'm a proud member of the RabbitKind Denar'an Bloodline. I was trained since I was three years old by my uncle Sully Denar'an and my aunt, Cemil Denar'an.

- 'The Punishers', the most famous group of RabbitKind adventurers of the last centuries… my mother also told me stories about them! They were your Masters? Amazing!

Seya smiled and Ryn was looking at him. She was not used to hearing people talking about him with so much admiration. For her, he was only Seya, her boyfriend.

- So, we have here a LionKind couple with a baby girl, an elderly BirdKind couple that is the grandparents of that boy and next to him, are his parents, and two DogKind males. You two intrigue me. I told that Trader that I wanted complete families, so, you both are a couple, or what?

- No, Sir, we are brothers. We don't have any more family so, I guess we are also a complete family?

- That will work. So, now I need to know what you can do so that I can find a place for you. So, let's start with the brothers.

- Sir, I and my brother worked for two previous owners and on both of them, we were the handyman. We fixed and cleaned everything, took care of the animals or helped with the cooking. We know how to cook. Some people told us that we cook very well, actually. We can also use a little of Earth Magic, that we normally use for fixing broken chairs or walls.

Seya made a weird smile.

- Perfect. Two brothers, singles, that can be the janitors of the school and the Healing House. There are in this Capital's school, two sisters that are also singles but they are humans. I hope that you are kind and respectful towards both of them. They are teachers and they moved here recently, so, everything is new to them. I hope you don't use that as some sort of advantage over them. Considering that you can also cook, we will finally be able to use the kitchen of the school to make the food for the students, instead of buying from the Inn, as we do now. With all that said, I hope that you accept that job. If not, I can try and look for something else.

- Sir, it would be our honor.

- Ok, two down, seven to go. Four BirdKind and one boy of nine or ten years old. So, school for the boy, that's settled. Now, grandparents and parents, what do you know?

The father BirdKind looked at his family. They nodded at him so he spoke.

- Sir, we used to take care of the lands and the animals of our owner. I don't know if we can be of some use, on that. But, Sir, my son is going to school? But school for slaves…

- Perfect! Four new farmers! And I don't see any slaves in here. There's one condition for your boy to go to school, of course. When he returns home, he must teach what he learned to his parents. And in this case, to his grandparents also. In my lands, everyone is learning how to read, write and do some arithmetics. So, two LionKind and a baby. I suppose you both can also take care of lands…

The male LionKind shook his head.

- Not really, Sir. I used to work as extra security because of my agility and speed. Normally I was used as a training partner, so I know how to use a sword and a spear. My wife used to work as a servant in the house of our owner. She knows how to cook, serve, clean, sew…

- That's just perfect!

Seya quickly opened his Compressed Dimension and from there, he took a Death Claw and a Midnight Sword, the standard weaponry of a LionKind.

- Do you know how to use this?

- Of course, Sir. I was taught by my father and he was taught by my grandfather when my father was a free child that lived in the BeastKind Kingdom.

Seya threw the Death Claw and the Midnight Sword to the LionKind male. He grabbed it and he quickly placed on his hands.

- Those are yours, from now on, or until you find other ones that you like more. You are the new teacher of my guards and also, a guard.

Seya stood up and with his left hand, the hand that normally holds a Death Claw, placed on top of his heart, he shouted.

- 'Welcome to the ranks, LionKind!'

The LionKind male stood straight and placed his left hand that was holding the Death Claw, on top of his chest, in the place of his heart.

- 'May Death fear me!' Sir, you know the proper BeastKind greeting?

- As do you…

- Sir, I'm a LionKind, I'm supposed to know, but Sir, you…

- I'm a proud member of the BeastKind race, I'm a Half-Breed RabbitKind. Of course, I made sure to learn everything that I could about my heritage and I always try my best to honor the BeastKind race.

- I understand, Sir. I'm sorry if I doubted, but I was surprised.

- Yeah, I don't know why, but people tend to underestimate me… So, since your wife as some training has a servant, I have the perfect job for her, but the place is still being built. Until then, she can work in this house. Lately, we are receiving a lot of guests and visitors, so our servants here are overwhelmed with work. And it's getting worse every day! And I'm sure we can find a perfect place for that cute baby so that she never leaves her mother's sight. I bet that Baroness Margaret, the owner of this house, will fall in love with that baby as soon as she sees her eyes.

The LionKind woman was smiling and she nodded her head.

- Of course, Sir, as you wish.

- So, Tomas, you know what's your next task, right?

- Yes, Milord, get the open carriage ready and some horses and take them to their houses. But Milord, I will take a while, the next houses are a bit far. I hope Milord doesn't need anything more from me, because I'll return late.

- Well, you are forgetting that you just need to go by carriage. On the way back, you can open a Gateway near an Obelisk.

- Oh! I forgot about that! Of course, Milord, I'll also teach them how to use the Security Obelisk!

- So, in your new houses, there's new clothes, food and drink, a garden in the back and some fields. Since the LionKind doesn't have experience with that, they can learn so that they can have another source of income or tell their neighbors that they can use the fields. Or pay someone to take care of the fields and you just sell the products. It's up to you. Each house has some cows, chickens, and horses. There's also some small farming equipment and the most specialized equipment, you must request Baron Frank to use it. But I'm sure Tomas will explain all that even better since he also uses them and he's working as a guide for the last released slaves. For all this, I just want that you be happy, pay your taxes and have a great future. Now, follow Tomas because I need to have lunch and prepare myself mentally, to meet Ryn's parents.