A week flys by and Art is at the pond with Lumi,
A few hours before the party,Art is about to leave so he can get ready for the party, Lumi stops him as he's leaving and says
"Sorry, for not getting you gift earlier for your win, but take this"
And hands him one of her scales that she made into a necklace, Art take's it and puts it on and thanks her for the gift, Lumi then tells him to go get ready for the party he told her about, Art says goodbye and leaves quickly,
He gets back home and sees his father getting ready, Art's mother comes in and tells him to wear his suit, after a few minutes he's ready, he then asks his mom if she and Runa are coming with them, his mother says no, Sigurd tells Art to hurry, as the sun is almost down, Art rush's to his dad and both of them leave and head to the King's castle, while walking in Art sees a statue of a knight, but he notices his dad is already ahead of him and runs after him, they both get in and are greeted by the king, he says to Art
"Congratulations on your victory, Artorias"
Art not paying attention to the king and is anxious because there's too many people in the party, Sigurd notices and tell to go explore the castle, Art let's go of his dad's suit and heads to one of the dining tables to eat,
Varen looks at Sigurd and asks if Art is okay,
Sigurd replies to him saying
"He's never been good with crowds or strangers"
We switch to Art who's eating some lamb chops, a group of young girls approach him, they tell him how cool he was against Alaric,
Art puts down his food and leaves without noticing the girls, as they are all left shocked thinking he ignored them, Art going through the halls while swinging his arms around, notice's one of the room that is open with light inside, he goes to check it out, he peeks through the side of the door and sees the kings
Daughter, Lucia sitting on the ground and playing a board game by herself, She notices Art and tells him to come in and sit in front of the board, he sits in front of the board, she asks him if he knows the board game and he says no, she the tells him that it's chess, while also saying
"Not all of people know it, mostly because only nobles and royalty play it"
She then starts telling Art on how to play, it took a few losses but he got the hang of it, and started winning, Lucia surprised, says she never saw someone learn this quickly, Art doesn't say anything, but Lucia is having a lot of fun.
We switch to Sigurd and Varen, who are talking about the current state of the kingdom, suddenly they are approached by one of the guests, Varen looks at him and says
"Syrus, my friend, you came"
Syrus, while smiling replies with
"Of course, I'd come, why wouldn't I"
Sigurd looks at him and is immediately suspicious, Varen the tells Syrus about sigurd
"Syrus, you still haven't met the army's general, this is Sigurd Wolfblood"
Syrus looks at Sigurd and and extends his hand to him for a handshake, Sigurd silent, ignores him and takes Varen to the side to talk to him, Varen confused by Him, asks
"Why did you ignore Syrus?"
Sigurd looks at him and says
"He doesn't look like a human"
Varen still confused, asks him to explain, and Sigurd says
"The aura around him it's that of a demon"
Varen says
"I've known him for years, he's a human like us"
Sigurd, angrily says
"Do you think i was born yesterday, i know a demon when i see one"
Varen tells him to calm down, Sigurd about to leave looks back at him and says
"Get your shit together"
And leave's to look for Art, after asking the guards, they tell him Art went into the library,
Sigurd heads there, only to find Art sitting and reading an old looking book with Lucia, Sigurd tells him that they are leaving, Art gets up and is about to leave, only for Lucia to stop him saying
"Am usually at home, so if you fre-"
Art cuts her of saying "okay"
"I didn't even get to finish….oh here take it"
And she hands him the book they were reading, Art takes it and thanks her, after that he leaves with his father, while walking back home in the middle of the night, Art breaks the silence and asks a question
"Dad, who's statue is that, back at the castle?"
Sigurd, answers him saying
"That's Sir Artorias's statue, now it's my turn to ask, what's that book with you?"
Art, answers back with
"It's a book about Demi-dragons, i want to learn more about them"
Sigurd tells him, that they should hurry back home or Alva might get angry.