?The next day, Eli and Kayden are already prepared to embark on their journey to the Portia Valley.


    Governor Fidel will apany them until the entrance of the old asani vige he will immediately go back to assist the Emperor when the envoyse.


    Meanwhile, Leon became a single daddy.


    There was still a little more time before the Crown Prince attends as the envoy of the Pope, and ording to the intelligence they have gathered, he was still going around the Capital exploring some tourist destinations.


    Of course, each and every move he makes did not go unwatched by Leon''s men. So far, none of his movements were suspicious.


    On the other hand, Leon had to take care of Little Han on good days and leave him with either the Forgeworns or Faraulds on busy days.


    "Daddiii! Owfish~~~" Little Han happily cheered as he was carried by Leon to the teleportation array. He is excited to y once again with the brave big brothers in his father''s office.


    "Aren''t you excited, little one?" Leon nced at Little Han with a helpless indulgent smile. Seeing his son''s happy and carefree face, he touched his tiny nose gently.


    He was d to see Little Han act carefree and not uneasy about not seeing Eli. He prayed that it would stay like this until Eli came back, or he would be helpless on what to do.


    "Ayeeee! Johann ys with daddy owfish!!" Little Han answered cheerfully, an unmasked excitement glowed in his crystal blue eyes.


    When they finally finished teleporting, Little Han wiggled excitedly in his father''s arms as his eyes were stuck outside in the training field where the des were doing their morning routine.


    "Yayyy!!!" He eximed while asking his father to let him down so he could walk around therge training field.


    While the father and son were being greeted by the des, Little Han bounced cheerily as he walked towards his favorite spot in the field - it was the shaded part under the tree where he first yed with his Uncle ze.


    The men watched him with delight in their eyes, watching the toddler do his own thing, asionally asking the des to help him spread his ying mat on the grass mat and then politely saying thank you afterward.


    Sometimes, he would interact with the des curiously, like asking them what is the thing (weapon) they are holding.


    Little Han is a sensible child, he knows when they are busy and when they are idling.


    "Umcle umcle… can you teech me how to swoosh??" At one point he asked the de how to use the sword.


    "Errr… young master, this sword is too heavy for you… I can''t teach you the sword yet. But when you grow up a little bit more, all of us can teach you how to handle the sword." While the de was ted that he had finally talked with the little master, he had to unfortunately decline his request to touch the sword.


    "Oww… Awieee…" When Little Han heard the de''s gentle refusal, he was downcast and sad. His eyes formed heartbreaking puppy dog eyes as he tried to bargain, "Umcle, can I touchie???"


    "Errr…" The de looked around deeply troubled.


    Seeing Little Han''s pitiful puppy dog eyes made him unable to refuse outright. When he looked around all his brother''s des turned their backs on him, unable to help him reject the adorable little prince.


    "You guys…" Feeling alone and betrayed by their actions the poor de''s eyebrows twitch uncontrobly.


    In the end, he sighed andpromised, "Young master, this de is truly dangerous for you. Master will also scold us if ever you get hurt by the sword. Why not do it like this, I will make you a little wooden sword for you to use?"


    "Weally?" Little Han looked up at the de with excitement, his eyes beaming in anticipation.


    "Yes, only if you can wait until it is finished, young master." The de reminded me.


    "Owkieee!!! Owkieee!! Thayku umcle!!!!" Little Han pped happily as he smiled and thanked the de.


    The next moment, the de sat beside the shaded tree while Little Han sat beside him sculpting the wooden sword he will give to Little Han.


    He chose a specific wood that was light and suitable for Little Han''s size and he ensured that the edges were smooth and not pointy so that he would not get hurt by it.


    He also made its own leather scabbard, so that Little Han could keep it nicely whenever he wanted it out.<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Finally, before giving it to Little Han he told Baobao not to let Little Han y unattended with the sword so as to not cause any untoward idents.


    No matter how safe the object can be, it can still hurt the young when they were not under adult supervision. Even a small piece of the toy can choke a child to death when it was swallowed away from the adult''s sight.


    When Little Han received the sword, he was incredibly happy. He even grabbed the hem of the de''s uniform and hugged his thigh happily to say thank you.


    "Thayku Umcle!!! Little Han likes swoosh so much!" He squealed.


    "You''re wee Little Master!" Seeing Little Han''s face made the de feel that the work he did is worth it.


    The next moment, the de taught him some simple moves suitable for Little Han''s current physique. In essence, it could not be considered as sword fighting moves but rather light exercises to improve the toddler''s motor skills.


    For they were very well aware of how fragile and weak a toddler''s body could be aspared to children of suitable ages to start with sword fighting.


    Little Han became highly interested in the exercise, so much so that he would insist on going to the barracks and ''attend practice'' every day. This went on for the seeding days until Leon became truly busy with the envoy''s arrival.


    –


    Meanwhile, Eli and Kayden finally reached the entrance of the asani vige in the Portia, or Blood Valley.


    "This is the Portia Vige, the only vige that housed the small tribe of the Asanis." Governor Fidel introduced the ce."


    Eli and Kayden looked around Portia Vige as it was quite remote and hard to locate, especially when it was located beside the mountain wall.


    As it was located in the blood valley, it looked so deste and eerie. There lingered a trace of chaos and deathly struggle in the vast expanse of the valley itself.


    Contrary to the name blood valley, the surroundings were not colored red, rather, it was because of the number of people that died unjustly in thend that it got its new name.


    "I''m sorry that I could only escort you here… up until now, I have had no courage to step inside the vige once more… I''ll leave this troop to apany you on the journey. I''ll be going back to the Capital and reporting to the Emperor."


    Governor Fidel reminded them. In his usually calm face was a trace of destion, regret, and sorrow.


    Kayden and Eli could now understand why he was acting like this, so theyforted the Governor and assured him that they would bepletely fine continuing the journey without him. They also thanked him for giving them troops to apany them further.


    After all, the troops might help them in times when two people were not enough in the fight.


    And so Eli and Kayden with a small troop of seven scouting knights entered the vige and explored the ce.


    As they walked deeper, they finally found traces of the habitations of the previous asanis. However, there was no longer a single hut that remained intact.


    All of them were only remnants, as the remaining wooden poles and huts were burnt and torn down.


    "Are we going to dig these ces?" Eli found the ce rather heavy as if there was something in her that grieved deeply.


    They are here to investigate deeply and find the trace of the remaining relics left by the Asanis, however, with the scarce traces of the previous vige, how are they going to find any clues? The traces were almost wiped out by the passage of time!


    "Governor Fidel gave me the oldyout of the vige, we can refer to this map and start choosing ces to investigate strategically. Also, you have the clues from the Elder Leprechaun''s notes, we have to remember them and consider those in choosing the ce to search." Kayden calmly exined.


    "Alright then…" Eli agreed right away.


    Seeing that it was alreadyte in the afternoon, Eli suggested that the troops look for a ce to prepare for camping. While the troops were doing that, she and Kayden started analyzing the map.


    "We will start on these three ces tomorrow. These ces were the previous ces of the elders and the vige chief back then. Assuming that those relics were quite important to the vige, then they might be housed in one of the official''s residences…"