The city of Noctis [1]

The trip to the city was long, it was a 90 kilometer trip.

It took us about 4 and a half hours to arrive.

As if Hans had prophesied it, the moonlight began to illuminate the city.

Noctis was one of the great cities of the kingdom of Krendrania.

This particular city was built on a network of flat mountains where the moon could be observed more clearly and receive the light.

When we arrived at the city they asked us for our identification to enter.

I looked out one of the carriage windows and showed them my family logo.

Although we were just barons, they quickly recognized the symbol and let us pass.

Being the closest city to my father's territories, we constantly came to meet with the alliance he had formed with my father's brother-in-law, my uncle Viscount Archivall.

The few times I saw my uncle directly were somewhat strange, he had a serious and annoyed face all the time.

But that was only limited to us, when he saw his sister.

He treated my mother as if she were his little girl.

Although I sometimes had a bad opinion of him, I discarded those ideas when I saw how much he loved my mother.

That made me think about the relationship that Catalina and I had.

We didn't get along very well.

Our personalities were clearly different.

And although we were close to the same age, she was 13 and I was 15 years old.

Our tastes could not be more different, Catherine loved to drink tea and have slightly pretentious meetings with noble ladies of the alliance and some daughters of rich merchants.

On the contrary, I liked to stay training with my family's knight orders.

He hated when he had to make an appearance as the young heir to the barony.

While I was thinking, Catalina spoke to me.

"What inn are we staying at?"

Catalina said curiously.

"Father gave me enough Ents to stay at the Golden Cup Inn."

"And is it good?"

'Sometimes I forget that Catalina has never spent the night away from home'

"It is, plus she's close to the tea house you like."

I saw how Catalina's eyes lit up for a moment.

"What was her name? Daffodil petals or something like that"

"That's what her name is"

I responded with little emotion.

"Well, we'll see what we'll do, maybe I'll come with you tomorrow."

My sister looked at me with a face of absolute horror.

"Please no"

She said pleadingly.

'So you're scared that I'll ruin your pristine reputation?'

"You have no choice, we come without guards."

"Whether you want it or not I have to be there to protect you."

"How are you supposed to protect me if you don't even have a weapon?"

She spoke upset, looking at me with contempt.

"Just because I don't have a weapon doesn't mean I can't do anything."

'I'm also close to unlocking her aura, I'm already able to feel it, I should be able to strengthen myself with it soon'