"Meet your master, Asher Timberlake. He will be the one who you will be with in 2 years. I know 2 years is a bit short for your training, but I am sure that you will be able to do it. I have trust in you, Sai" After the emperor speaks Asher finally spoke. "Pleasure to meet you, your highness the crown prince." He stands up and shows courtesy as a respect to Sai. "I hope we can get along in our 2 years together." Asher looks at Sai. He was smiling but that smile isn't just a normal smile. There's something behind that smile.
Sai looks at him feeling uneasy. "Pleasure to meet you too… umm what should I call you?" "It's up to you, your highness. I won't mind." Asher was just answering him without breaking that smile on his face. "Then… I'll just call you master… since my father said you will be my master, my trainer for 2 years." Sai looks at Asher observing him top to bottom. Sai has this feeling that this 'master' of his won't be a normal one.
The emperor finally spoke. "Now that the two of you have met. The training will start in three days… Sai for those three days you can do whatever you want freely since those three days will be your last day acting like your age and being free from any responsibilities of being a crown prince." The emperor says in a serious tone. "Yes father… Then I shall take my leave. See you soon master."
Sai walks out of the room and sighs as he finally out of sight of those two. "I need to figure out who that person is and where he came from." Sai decided to go to the garden instead of going back to his room. As he walked to the hallway he called the system. "Moon, you said after my mission I will receive a reward. Didn't I finish it already?" "System: Finish? Not yet." Sai stops from his tracks as he looks at the screen.
"I knew it. It won't be just that. What else am I supposed to do now?" "System: Didn't I tell you to meet the person who will help you with your journey?" Sai was confused by what the system said. He already met Asher so isn't the mission supposed to be done?
But Sai realized something. "Moon don't tell me there isn't just one person?" "System: You got it right! I never said that there's only one person, right? Now you must find that person before midnight hits or else… you know what will happen if you fail right?" Sai felt chills in his body. Getting a punishment from the system is the one thing that Sai always wants to avoid at all costs.
"I must find that person." Sai starts to walk again towards the garden. He had a feeling that the person he was looking for would be in the garden.
Sai finally arrives at the garden and looks around to see if there's someone in the garden. Then he finally saw someone… Someone familiar. "My sister?" Sai was confused why his sister would be a help to his task? "System: Ding! Ding! Ding! That's correct! You have successfully finished your mission for today! You will receive your reward in just a few minutes."
Sai was still confused. What will his sister do to help him? "Moon, explain everything." "System: Understood. So, Asher is your master, and Ryn will be your one and only motivation!" Sai puts his palm to his face. "Of course, what else… My one and only motivation… Yay…" Sai said sarcastically.
Ryn then saw his brother. "Brother! Why you here? You visiting Ryn?" Ryn isn't able to speak well yet since she's still 3 years old. "Yes, are you having fun?" Sai said as he pats Ryn's head. "Yes! Lots of fun!" Ryn was raising her hands from excitement. "That is good. Be a good girl, okay? I have to go now." "Okay!" Ryn then went back playing with the maids.
Sai smiles seeing his sister happy makes him relieved. As soon as Sai turned his back to go back inside, he saw Asher standing now in front of him with that smile again. "Master? What are you doing here?" Sai has a bad feeling about this. "Do you have time to have a little chat with me, your highness?"
To be continued…