The royal palace

"H-How may I help you beautiful l-lady?" He said with a little stutter on his side.

The girl blushed too, "My… My father told me to check on you, so here I am, standing right in front of you"

Aiden peeked his head around and saw the long hallway, he then took the girl's hand and pulled her inside the room, his blushing disappeared like it was never there at the first place, "First, let's introduce ourselves, I'm Aiden"

The girl, for some reason, still blushing, said to him, "-I'm Jasmine"

Aiden sighed and grabbed the girl's hand and sat her down at the edge of the big bed, He then placed his hands on the girl's shoulder and said, "Okay Jasmine, I have some question to ask for you, please answer this"

The girl realized that she was in no situation to play with Aiden and most of the pink colour on her cheek disappeared, most, "Okay, I will answer them truthfully"

Aiden released his hand from the girl's shoulder and grabbed a chair and sat right in front of her, "First, what place is this? Second, who is your father? Third, did you know what happened to me? If not, don't answer. If yes, tell me how many days have I fell asleep"

The girl answered without hesitation, "This place is the royal place of the sultanate of Jyni, located in the capital city of Ctedu. My father is the sultan himself, Sultan Arslam. I know what happened earlier, I saw it with the two of my eyes in the throne room, you slept for 10 hours and it's almost afternoon"

Aiden thought about it for a few seconds. He then noticed the big window, covered by a huge curtain, 'Is this girl telling me the truth? Let me check it with my own eyes!'

He got himself up from the chair and opened the window, there he realized that the girl's words are true, the san is about to set in the far distance and the view was simply amazing and fantastic, "Wow… this kind of view…"

Needless to say, he was surprised by how the scenery greeted him as the breeze flew and hit his face, "This place is simply beautiful…"

Soon enough, the girl walked and stood beside him, "This royal place took several generations to build. Even though the people down there were poor, they lived their life to the fullest, knowing what kind of person ruling them. A kind and strong one… no one has invaded us for several years"

Aiden nodded, but all of a sudden, he heard a familiar voice, "Oy! Let me inside! Let me inside! Ma'disciple is in there!"

He looked toward the direction of the voice, the giant gate of the place, slightly opened as the guards ran toward the familiar face, Oliver, "Jasmine, you see that guy over there? That's actually my friend, my teacher, can you tell the guards to stop?"

Jasmine looked at Aiden for a few seconds and nodded. She grabbed a bell out of nowhere and shook it several times. The guard's attention was directed at her. She made an 'x' sign with her arms and the guard eventually stopped.

Aiden smiled at her, "Thank you"

Oliver, looking from afar, noticed what was happening and when he saw Aiden beside the beautiful young girl, he smirked, 'Ma'student, Aiden, grew so fast. Just before we came here, he was after a girl and now, he got another girl! Mustn't disturb him!'

He said to himself as he smirked while maintaining eye contact, then slowly with his fingers, she formed a hole with the thumb and index finger on his left hand and moved it, slowly but surely toward the index finger on another hand, hinting at something.

Aiden facepalmed, 'That pervert…'

Oliver turned around and went away. The girl was confused at that moment, "Aiden… what was he hinting at you? That gesture using fingers… let me recreate it"

Before she finished it, Aiden grabbed her hands and applied some pressure to it, "No, don't, it's not any special gesture. He basically said to have good luck on my job"

Jasmine nodded, understanding and believing his words. Aiden then released his grip on her hand and asked, "Talking about my job… I was supposed to train some nobleman, but I haven't even found him…"

She chuckled, "Train? My silly father, he just wants to spar with someone and ordered a guard to place his offer in the bulletin board in the local pubs"

Aiden blushed and slowly said, "Thank you…"

…

"Then, thank you for accompanying me today, see you again later!" Aiden nodded as she closed the door of the room.

Walking down the hallway, the girl thought of him, "Well… He is such a kind guy, how could my silly father does that in the throne room…?"

She took a right turn after walking on the hallway for a bit and saw her bulky, muscular father, standing right in front of her, "Father? What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to prepare to meet the delegations from the northwest?"

The man, the one that sat at the throne, the sultan of the sultanate, Sultan Arslam, while wearing his white turban, stared right at her eyes, all of a sudden, he raised his hands and…

And he scratched his head. The scary, muscular man suddenly turned into a kind-looking, not as scary, but still a strong man with his turban, "How does it go? Did you do anything with him?"

The girl sighed and shook her head, "I tried to do it but he kindly rejected it. His friend also hinted him to do something with me but he just sighed and placed my hands down when I tried to recreate the gesture… though, he said it's for good luck on his job"

The man sighed, "Well… better luck next time, you can also do it in the night and wear more… you know, less revealing clothes, don't forget to take the remedy though!"

The girl just nodded, and they both walked away.