While Seya and his friends were having fun in the pool, the news of his late incursion into the Empire lands reached the Emperor and his Ministers. "My Emperor, we have some strange news to report. The Sage that came here last time travelled along the Empire lands, and he took all the weapons and horses from every Palace and Castle!"
"Again? And no one could stop him, I suppose. And what about that Magical Border?"
"My Emperor, one Noble that has lands near it sent two of his Slaves into it, and they both disappeared, like the arrows and stones that were thrown against it. And the families of those Slaves were taken from inside his Castle. When the Noble returned, there was a hole going from his basement to a field in the back of the Castle."
"That's strange… Is it also true that we are
