Way of the Knights

Chapter 229 - Godfather

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"Elder Ent! It's me again! I brought you some guests."

Raven yelled towards the dense forest in front of them. From underground, dense tree roots emerged and stopped in front of them. Raven climbed through one and nodded to the people behind him. Seeing no harm in doing so, they followed and as soon as all of them got on the tree roots, it began moving and transporting them into somewhere. 

Their surroundings blurred, it didn't took them long before they arrived at their destination. In front of a massive tree that has a facial feature on it's body.

The tree roots stopped and gently placed them down in front of the tree. Raven bowed and looked at the people behind him.

"Sit down and meditate, you'll know the rest."

Alexander, Balmung and Luna nodded to him and followed what he said, Raven then retreated to the nearby shades and sat down to review some things for his project while the trio have their little reunion with their Godfather.

Yes, Raven did promised to bring the Kind Ent that he will bring them here. And today was the day he fulfilled that promise.

Raven wanted this to be a surprise to them so he didn't tell them about the Ent's identity as the Godfather of Alexander and the Great Godfather Balmung and Luna, he only told them that he's bringing them somewhere secret.

Looking at the files in front of him, Raven smiled wryly. 

"I know Uncle said that I have full authority on this project. I could just set some rules for them to follow before they could get a chance to claim those battle arts. But knowing Uncle, I know he's expecting more from me."

"I'm confident of delivering that, but what I have in mind is a complete reform of our social system. This is going to affect many territories and some people might be hesitant to welcome these changes. But if this gets approved, then the kingdom would truly prosper."

Sure, Raven could just place some thoughts on the project and be done with it. But he didn't want to miss the chance for a complete reform either.

The time is ripe for a change. Raven knows it's risky but he had full confidence to this plan of his. 

The Golden Sun Era's inheritance, his knowledge about Spirit Entities and the Three Known Paths. Just these alone could create massive waves in the Kingdom. If he could set parameters and reform the educational system along with it, then within a year, the kingdom will see a huge boost in its forces. If he could implements some rules and regulations with it, then in just five years no beast horde will be able to threaten the kingdom. This world would be centered to them.

But Raven didn't want to get too far ahead of himself. For now, he should work on compiling his knowledge about Spirit Entities.

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As Raven was busy compiling his knowledge about Spirit Entities, he suddenly felt a pair of delicate arms wrapping around his waist followed by a familiar scent that he oh so loved.

A smile formed on his lips as he didn't even need to turn around to know who this is.

"What are those?" Luna asked as she rested her head on Raven's shoulders while hugging him from behind. Raven already informed her about the project that he's working on.

He also gave her the Fleece of the Sun God for her to use since he didn't want it. At first she refused it but Raven insisted so she could only accept.

"Spirit Entity Records." Raven replied as he pecked on her cheeks. He gently pulled her closer as she showed her what he was working on. "I'm placing everything I know about them here, how to properly identify them, their appearance, history, benefits they could get from acknowledging them and so on. I'm compiling everything I know on these papers and plan on publishing them into Book Volumes later."

Luna appeared to be interested as she read some of his inputs. 

"There's a lot here." She commented as she went through the stacks of paper, "How many have kinds have you written so far?"

"About a thousand." Raven said which made Luna gasp, "Don't be surprised. That's just enough for one volume. There's at least 100,000 that I know. This is going to keep me occupied for a while."

That was a staggering number. When he's finished with this, there would be a total of 100 Volumes just for Spirit Entities alone. 

"That's a lot! Are you sure that this will be needed?" Luna asked out of concern, to her it seems that he's overexerting himself for this project even though he didn't need to.

Raven of course knows what she's thinking so he merely smiled and said: "It is. Don't worry, you'll see why in the future. I can do this."

Luna remained silent, Raven noticed this and asked her what's wrong, she replied: "I'm just a little bit upset because I can't help you with this."

"You being here's enough." Raven told her in a heartfelt manner, Luna blushed and playfully slapped his arms, thinking that he's teasing her again. "How's your meeting with you Great Godfather?"

"It was nice." Luna smiled sweetly, "I didn't know that we have another piece of family here. He told me many things about great grandfather. He said that…"

Luna then went on to retell the stories that the Kind Ent told her before. It basically the same thing that he already knew beforehand, nevertheless Raven allowed his girlfriend to tell the story and became satisfied listening to her speak. 

It seems that the Kind Ent decided to talk to them separately. 

After a while, Raven felt something so he turned around. Luna tilted her head and asked him what's wrong.

"They're done." He said while standing up. Luna followed suit and waited for her father and brother.

As Raven said, the two woke up from their meditation and looked around to see the two waiting for them. 

"Thank you for brining us here, Avi." Alexander said as they descended from the main body of the Ent.

"It's nothing, Uncle." Raven replied, "Besides, I received some blessings from Elder so I ought to do something in return. Should you want to meet with him, just remember the path we took earlier, it's not too far from the kingdom anyway."

The King nodded and thanked him once again. They then asked the elder to send them back and afterwards, they returned to the kingdom.

The next following days for the kingdom had been rather busy. 

With the projects that the king passed down, many forces were mobilized. Blacksmiths, alchemists, lair hunters, the royal army, soldiers, everyone was busy due to the workload but nobody complained.

Raven had to participate on some meetings for these projects since the King had given him the freedom to express his opinions about them.

At first, everyone was skeptical about his participation. None doubted his prowess as a young knight due to his fame but in terms of management and other areas? They couldn't help but be doubtful of his abilities. 

But this quickly died down as soon as he started expressing his opinions. Every single word of his removed their doubts and quickly elevated his position, since then no one showed any doubts about his abilities anymore. They even started taking the initiative to seek for his advices sometimes which widened their horizons and made them realize that there is a sky beyond a sky. 

Raven also made sure to work on his own project. One week was all that he need to complete his compilation of Spirit Entity topics. He already sent it to the publishing shops to turn them into books that he will later on show to some people. Of course, he also made sure to remind the people he worked with to keep this under the wraps first. It is not yet the time to reveal this.

This, on top of his daily training and spending time with Luna kept him occupied. He didn't want to compromise and choose one over the other, even at the premise of him losing his sleeping schedule. 

He also introduced Luna as his girlfriend to Luis and Eva. Sufficed to say that the two was extremely satisfied with his choices. They kept reminding him to take care of her properly and never hurt her or else they won't know how to explain themselves to the King. Raven could only smile wryly at this point, as if he could do that to her.

Luna also fawned over his twin sisters. She kept playing with them until sun down. She immediately treated them like her own sisters. Luna always wanted a younger sibling but sadly she couldn't have one. Fortunately, Nina and Tori was here to keep her company and the twins were actually very fond of her. They kept kissing her alternatingly much to the princess' joy. 

It was obvious that the way they treated Luna was different with Raven. When they're with her, they kept kissing and talking to her.. But when they're with Raven, all they do is to pull and pinch his face and hairs.