Chapter 147 - Chapter 148

He'd never met such a serious child in his life, though he couldn't blame him. One look at the kid's eyes had told him exactly who Alistar's parents had been, let alone the fact that he now lived with the bookish lord of Distan. His disciple's obsession with swordsmanship, with gathering knowledge and practicing the arcane was surely related to the life he'd led prior to his arrival at Caedmon's household, which was precisely the reason why Tramon was so hard on him. Even if he wanted to live a peaceful life, it was inevitable that Alistar would have to face many terrible trials in the future, a fact that had been proven by the death of the poor lass that had worked at the lord's manor up until a short while ago. Alistar had yet to even step foot on Loyarrian soil and he already had relatives that were trying to kill him.