In the morning, Nevada slowly woke up and saw an unfamiliar roof. It took him a few seconds, before he understood where he is. He looked around a little, before getting off the bed and putting on his clothes. He then walked towards his weapons and as he went through them, he noticed that one of his knives were missing.

"Did I drop it?"he asks himself, but then mutters"No way. I saw it yesterday, which means someone stole it during the night....bit a great impression to give me about the people here.

Outside of the Monastery's innergarden, Yre was working on her flowers, when she stopped and turned around, to look at the kitsune behind her. She was about 1.55m tall and had a slightly childish figure. Her face was round and cute. Her hair was up to her shoulders and had a small braid on the right side. Her ears and tails were also black and had a shiny look on it.

"Aah Tania..what is it?"she asks her, who walks up to her and stretches out her hands, on which, a knife is on.

Yre looks at it and then takes it into her hand and mutters"It's an Ice Fort standard assassin dagger....which means...huh."she sighs and looks at Tania.

"Tania."she calls out her name and shoes the knife"Take it back to its owner. I don't want him to have a bad impression."

Tania looks down and her ears drop, while she nods her head, showing her understanding.

"Just take it back and maybe he won't be mad."Yre says and gives it to Tania, who takes it and walks jogs away.

Soon she disappears into the building and Yre shakes her head, before going back to working on flowers.

Back to Nevada, he walks in the corridor, when he suddenly feels his shirt being tucked. So he turns around to look at who is doing that and sees Tania there.

'How did she get so close to me without me hearing?'Nevada asks himself, as even he couldn't hear her coming with his sharp ears.

She just looks down and not facing him, so he asks"What is it?"in a kind tone, but she doesn't answer.

She just keeps looking at her feet, so he crouches down and asks again"What is it?"

For a second, she looks at him with her red eyes, but then immediately looks down again. Suddenly, she moves her hands and he feels her giving him something. So he looks at his hand, to see his knife there and when he looks up, he sees, that the girl is already gone.

Nevada looks at the knife on more time, before putting it into his right boot and getting up. He looked around, before he started to explore this place, without realising that Tania was staring at him, while peeking around the corner.

Nevada wondered around a little, before he found a double door, which probably meant that it leads somewhere more important. So he slid the doors open and stepped out of the corridor and into the innergarden. There, he saw Yre working on flowers, when she suddenly got up and turned around to look at him.

"Aaaah Nevada...you're awake."Yre says and gets up onto her feet"Did Tania give you your knife back?"

"So her name is Tania"He mutters, before answering"Yeah I got it back, but she ran away, before I could ask why she did that?"

"Don't know. She won't tell me or to be precise, she doesn't say anything."Yre says.

"Is she mute?"Nevada asks her.

She shakes her head and answers"No. As a child, she was cursed by something and now, she can't make any sound at all. For example: she can stomp her feet as much as she wants, but no one would hear it, even if they are right next to her."

"So basically, her body nullifies any sound?"

"I guess so...it's hard to understand how the curse exactly works."Yre answers.

"I see. It's sounds like a good thing, If it didn't make you a mute."Nevada comments.

"Especially for your profession."Yre adds.

"How do you know about it. I haven't mention it?"

"Your aunt Elane told me. I don't know how she knew it, but I guess she was right. Also, your knife told me."

"Right... Standard issue."Nevada mutters after hearing her."I should design one on my own."he mutters.

"But anyways, lets get on with your training. Follow me."Yre says and starts walking away with Nevada following after her. They only walk a few meters, before the reach a patch of grass.

"Okay. First of all, get into lotus position."Yre tells Nevada. So he gets into a lotus position on the ground and Yre continues"Put your hands on your knees and close your eyes."

He does so again and Yre starts teaching"Now. Clear your head and focus on a blue flame. Only thing you should think about is a blue flame. Imagine it. Don't stop until you find it."

Nevada does, what she told him and tries to focus only on a blue flame.

Yre looks at him and thinks'Well Arthur found it in three days. So lets find out if his son is better."

Yre looks at him, before she leaves to attend her other duties. She doesn't have to stay next to him, because If she said more, she would make the whole progress pointless. The entire point of it, is to do it yourself with little help.

Inside of the Monastery, Elane looks out of the window, at Nevada, who is currently looking for his flames. Her expression is grim, as she looks at him.

'Immediatly when he shows up, mom changes immediately. Just because he is the King, she doesn't question him at all. He may be Arthurs brat, but that doesn't mean that he should be accepted so easily. He may be family, but he is still an assassin. I seriously don't understand how mom could accept him. How does she know that he won't turn out like the last assassin she taught. There is no need for another kitsune Demon Lord. The last one needed dozen members to take him down. I guess I have to monitor him.'

"Elane. What are you doing?"is asked by a man, who walks up to her. Like everyone else, he too is a kitsune. He has blond short hair and crystal blue eyes. His face is very handsome and his smile beautiful. Obviously, his ears and tails are blond too.

"H-hey."she stutter a little while slightly blushing. She goughs a little and regains her face"Just looking at the new kid."she says, while trying not so sound like a teenage girl in love.

He looks at Nevada too and asks"Who's he?"

"Arthurs brat."Elane answers.

"So your nephew."he adds"You don't seem too happy about it either."

"Obviously."Elane answers and then asks him"So Eric, wanna spar?"

"Hmm. Yeah sure."Eric answers and the too walk away from the window.

As for Maria, she once again is staring at the egg, as she doesn't have anything else to do. As she stares, the door is opened and Alice enters the room. She sits down next to Maria and asks"What are you looking at?"

"An egg."Maria replies, without bothering to look at Alice

"Which animal?"Alice asks her.

"Apparently a phoenix. According to Foxy."Maria mutters and then realises what he said.

"Foxy?...Oooh. what a cute name. Foxy amd Wolfy."Alice says teasingly, making Maria blush a little.

"Don't start Alice."She tells her and mutters"At least you weren't Veronica...I would never hear the end of it."

"Okay okay."Alice says"I came here to ask If you are okay."

"Yeah I'm fine. Why do you ask?"she asks Alice, who replies.

"Well you seem to be a little different for the past few days.

"Well you see..."Maria says and looks at Alice"It seems, I'm pregnant."

"Really?"Alice asks her and Maria nods.

"Ooh I'm so happy for you."Alice says and hugs her friend. She then asks"Does Nevada know?"

"No."Maria answers.

"And he recently left too. He may not be here for the time of birth."

"I'm afraid so. But I don't want to interrupt his training either. I won't tell him about it."

"So you gonna surprise him with a kid, when he gets back home?"

"Yep."