Raegar shook his head but Alaric hugged him while muttering more shit but he stopped it. ''Okay, Father, stop trying to embarrass me in front of the soldiers. If I find other women then it happens, I'm not going to the academy for love, I want to grow stronger.''
The older man started laughing, ruffling his hair. ''Well, my boy. Look after yourself on the road. It will take six days to reach Drakenwood Academy, but if you travel through Moonfire Forest, it should take you four.''
''You just want me to visit my grandparents,'' he chuckled. ''I was going to do that anyway. Yuki showed me a map and I know the route through the forest.''
Alaric nodded with a proud smile. ''Now get going, we have to reach Talonsreach City by nightfall or we're camping outside.''
After that, he watched his father and the soldiers as they pressed onward along the Kingways. As the men and women passed by, they called out their farewells, their exaggerated dramatics drawing a laugh from him.
