The preparation

Caius returned to his room. After lying down on his bed he started to think that many things had already happened in last three months. From the proposal to the graduation everything seemed to be moving in a very fast pace.

He felt tired. He couldn't believe how his life seemed to have flipped around. He suddenly became the center of attention in a way he couldn't even think even in his wildest dreams. His life was slowly becoming unfamiliar to him.

He tossed around for a long time. Then he rested his eyes for the day.

Caius was deep asleep. Commotion coming from the window caused him to come out of his dreamland.

He slowly opened his eyes. He still felt a little lethargic. He slowly walked to the balcony. He was still in his nightshirt. He looked around with the aim to find the source of the commotion.

Sun had already started its duty and was shining as brightly as it could. It was already late morning.

He couldn't believe he slept for so long. Nobody waked him up for breakfast either. He was surprised. He had never slept for so long since his childhood.

Down in front of the villa, many people were carrying some sort of luggages. They all seemed quite busy. Viviana, Kasper and Valeria were also there. They seemed to be talking about something.

Caius couldn't figure out what was going on. 'Did something happen?' He thought for a while.

A servant pushed the door of the room wide open and came inside. He saw Caius in the balcony.

"Young Master! You are already awake. I will help you get ready. There are so many preparations to be done."

"Preparations? For what?" Caius was puzzled. He looked at the servant directly.

His hair was messy. He was in his body hugging nightshirt. His eyes were a little puffy. His face was fair and the sun's light was making him dazzling.

The servant got flustered.

'So pretty' This thought suddenly struck his mind.

"That..that for your journey to the Northern Region." The servant stammered. His face was turning pink.

Caius didn't notice his flustered look. He asked the servant to help him get ready.

After getting ready, Caius went downstairs. All three of them were still discussing something. When they saw Caius approaching them, all of them went silent.

This made Caius very suspicious.

"Good morning" Caius's smile was dazzling.

Three of them replied, "Good morning"

Viviana noticed his puffy eyes. "Looks like our Caiu has started to get lazy after graduation." Viviana said with a smile.

Caius got flustered. His cheeks started to turn red.

Valeria laughed and said, "Did you have a good rest?"

"Yes mother." Caius was still embarrassed.

"But what are you all doing here?" Caius was looking at the workers.

"I have ordered some of the necessities for your journey. We are cutting off all those which seems unnecessary." Kasper was holding a list.

Hearing Kasper Caius's eyes were wide open. There were too many luggages.

Kasper had asked him to pack clothes. Except clothes what might he possibly need. He couldn't think of anything. He felt like he was moving his entire house.

"Aren't these things too much? There are too many things. I don't need too many things." Caius said with a awkward smile.

"Is it? But we need to pack some food, blankets, pillow, books, magic stones to keep you warm...." Viviana came closer to Kasper. She was still going on while looking at the list.

"Some clothes will suffice actually. I can get food from inns on the way. I will be going through the town route not the jungle route. About books I will take three for the journey. After reaching there I can read one from the library. About blankets and magic stones I will take which you have packed here." Caius was still looking at the busy workers.

Hearing him, Kasper said, "What about clothes? Have you prepared? The clothes you have won't be able to protect you from the cold. I can order some right now."

"I have prepared some for the journey. There are few suitable to wear over there. After I reach there I am planning to buy what I need. I don't want to take too many things." Caius told them his plan.

"That is nice. But you might still need something else. You can check the list." Kasper handed the list to Caius.

When Caius was going through the list he found hundred of things. From the books he likes to read to the teddy bear his father got for him everything was on the list. There were too many and unnecessary items listed down.

Caius looked at all of them. They were looking eager to take down the things from the list and add new things.

Caius smiled a little and said, "I don't need these things." Caius showed the list to his father and pointed at almost all the things.

"If you don't want the things in the list, you can add some more." Viviana said after thinking.

"No I really don't need too many things. I can buy if I want anything more on the way." Caius said in a determined tone.

Hearing him all of them didn't force him to add any more.

"Then you two can look over the things if you want. I am sure you two have your own things to attend as well. You can have butler look over things and go to your work. Caius come with me." Valeria looked toward Caius and said in a bold tone.

Valeria was walking in the front and Caius was following her.

Kasper and Viviana were looking through the items in the list. Both of them looked serious.

Viviana paused her feets when she reached her study room. She sat down in a chair and asked Caius to take seat.

"Information about your knights and personal servant is here in this document. You should go through it. Since you all are going to be together for a long time, it is good to know each other better." Valeria handed some papers to Caius.

Caius took the paper and started to went through them. There were many papers. He was carefully going through the contents.

While going through the paper he was shocked.He raised his eyebrows. He looked at his mother and said....