A year passed by in the blink of an eye, and that lost boy who had vanished into thin air was now thirteen years old and about becoming an adult taking.
Despite the swirling rumors of his strength, his calm, blindfolded form was again a familiar sight in the city of Aschel. Nonetheless, the city itself... it was no longer the same.
The land once ridiculed as "the land of waste" was now slowly being transformed into the land of miracles.
Under Duke Arin's firm grip and Commander Steven's strong determination, Aschel was booming. Its lands were greener than ever before, its markets busier and noisy, and its inhabitants where surprise over the massive change. Its formerly empty streets were now bustling with life and laughter and resolve. Merchants traveled far and wide to come and trade under the gates of the city, and the bountiful resources which had long gone unmined were being uncovered with accuracy. Even the Everwood palace was paying attention to it now.
