Gift For Duke Zalrus and Hylla

 Ryker merely nodded. While he don't want to become a leader of a nation now, it might change in the future, so, he should take this chance to learn all he can.

 "Of course Father, I will took it to heart," the Duke smiled as the two made their way back to the office, to wrangle the evil in the form of stacks of paper.

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 "Father, Hylla, I think I'm overdue for some gifts," Ryker suddenly said, 2 days into his training.

 Currently, it is in the late evening, with the sun already dipping, leaving only the topmost part left to shine a small amount of light before night consumed it all.

 "You don't have to. Taking care of Hylla and the Duchy is more than enough," Duke Zalrus said. While it steam from the fact he did not want to be indebted to his son-in-law, there is also the fact what could he gift to them that would be worth it.

 He soon eat such thought when Ryker calmly took out a golden slip before giving it to the Duke and Hylla.