Northern Continent Year 12209

Ryu had just 4 years old this year. He was now 4 and half years old at present. He had grown to about 2 feet or 2/3 meter. He was now more active than before, running about the house calling out to all the guards and maids. For his 4th birthday, His mom had given him a small flute, enchanted by wind magic. His dad had tried again to give him a weapon, after which he was dragged off by Selina. Ryu's dad wouldn't say what happened, but he came out of that room shaking and shivering. After finally compromising, *cough* begging *cough* Ryu's dad had given him a wooden sword to play with. Ryu started taking music classes with his mom and swordsmanship classes with his dad. But to this day, Ryu had never crossed the house gate. He had never left the house.

Zaenor called, "Ryu, come down here we need to talk."

Ryu shouted back, "Coming Dad!"

He shouted and ran downstairs, sliding down the handrail of the stairs. Zaenor was sitting down in a chair and drinking tea. He gesture to an empty chair right beside him. Ryu sat down and wondered why he was summoned. Ryu asked, "You wanted to talk to me Dad?"

Zaenor responded, "Yes son, me and your mom have been talking and we were worried about something."

Ryu reassured his dad, "I won't tell anyone that you get beat up by mom, I promise Dad."

Zaenor spit out the tea in his mouth and started coughing violently. Zaenor looked at Ryu and asked, "Son where did you here about that?"

Ryu tilted his head and said, "I heard one of the guards mention that you were henpecked. I asked Uncle Doran what henpecked meant and he said it's when the wife beat up the husbands. Is it wrong?"

Zaenor ignored the question and started muttering, "Huhuhu, looks like I need to have a chat with your Uncle Doran about this."

Meanwhile somewhere in town, Doran suddenly sneezed.

Ryu seeing his dad muttering asked, "Can I go now Dad, you have that weird look on your face again."

Zaenor shook his head and began to smile normally. Zaenor asked, "Never mind that, the reason why me and your mom were worried is because you have never been outside the house.. All the other kids your age have already started playing in the town and running all over town causing a nuisance. But you haven't stepped outside. Don't you want to play outside?"

Ryu put on a puppy face and had tears in his eyes as he asked, "Dad, (Sniff) (Sniff) Do.. do you want me to become a nuisance? Is Ryu not a good boy? (Sniff)"

Zaenor shouted as he tried to console Ryu, "Waaah! Ryu is definitely a good boy. Come here. Don't worry Daddy will make everything all better."

Zaenor said as he left out of his seat and hugged Ryu. He started patting his head and tried his best to calm down Ryu.

As he was doing so, Selina walked in through the door and saw Zaenor hugging Ryu and comforting him. She smiled as she though that Zaenor had convinced Ryu to go outside with them. Selina asked her husband, "So Zaenor, is Ryu going to come outside with us?"

Zaenor turned around with fire in his eyes and said, "NO WAY!! My little boy doesn't need to go anywhere. I will give him everything he ever needs. Ryu can stay right here with his super awesome Dad."

As the guards and maids saw this they thought his Lordship had finally become a man and stood up to his wife. All the guards were giving Zaenor a thumbs up. As they were doing so, a dark shroud covered the entire room.

Selina said in an eerily monotone voice, "DEAAR, I don't know where that courage came from, but I will teach you what happens to brave fools."

BAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! CRRRAAAAAAASSHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

A few seconds later Zaenor sat in the corner and was holding an ice pack to the lumps that had appeared on his head. A pathetic Wuuuuuuh could be heard from coming from him. The guards and maids had disappeared in these few seconds and where nowhere to be found. Selina ignored Zaenor as she sat down next to Ryu. Selina asked, "Ryu why don't you want to go outside?"

Ryu tilted his head and had a puzzled look on his face, "Why do I need to go outside? I have everything in this house. You and Dady are here with me. There are lots of books for e to read and sometimes you read me bedtime stories. There are lots of uncles and big brothers (guards) for me to play with and all the big sisters are super nice(maids). I can practice the sword in the garden and you teach me how to play the flute. Why would I need to go outside?"

As Ryu said all this, Selina listened closely. After Ryu had finished, Selina let out a little sigh, "Ryu, do you remember the story I used to read to you for a bedtime story?"

Ryu excitedly began to ramble on, "Yup! It was super awesome and the hero was so cool and super strong and he had the strongest friend and......"

Selina interrupted Ryu and said to him, "Ryu, don't you want friends like that? Don't you want to have adventure like that? Don't you think it would be fun to travel the world?"

Ryu stayed silent.

Selina continued on, "Remember reading about what a great time the hero had in school? Don't you also want to go to school? You can get a super strong pet and wander through all 5 continents. You like reading right? You know there are uncountable number of books waiting for someone to read them. There are books from ancient era's that nobody has found. There are dungeons and ruins waiting to be explored. Don't you want to enjoy all of these?"

Ryu lifted his head up and Selina saw stars shining in them. His entire body was shivering and there was an excited aura about him. He opened his mouth and starting talking nonstop, "Alright. In order to have fun, I will go outside. What's first Mom? A dungeon or going to a different continent or maybe school or fighting a dragon or ......."

Selina interrupted Ryu, "Ryu, calm down. First you need to grow up to go to a different continent or even dungeon exploring. As for fighting a dragon, I hope you don't do that because they are extremely powerful. You have to be prepared to fight them. You can go to school, BUT you need to be 10 years old. So you have to wait another 6 years."

Ryu pouted, "AWWWWWWW."

Selina continued on ignoring his pouting, "But for now, you will accompany me and your dad to walk around town and do some shopping."

Ryu shouted in excitement, "Yay, Let's Go!!"

Later

Zaenor got up and walked over to Selina after talking off the ice pack. He seemed to be thinking deeply about something.

Selina asked, "What are you thinking about Dear?"

Zaenor replied absent-mindedly," I was just thinking about our trip to town. You know what happens if he meets a cute girl in town? "

Selina froze. She stayed that way for a few minutes. Then frost began to cover the room. Selina started muttering, "Fufufufu I will never let some vixen take away my darling little boy. If some witch tries to steal him then I will truly get furious. HAHAHAHA....."

A dark air spread throughout the house and anyone who saw it shivered from fear. A woman in town saw the house and shivered instinctively. Then she sighed, "Haaaah, it seems Selina has gone into that mode again. Geeze she should really learn to control that bad habit of hers. Well that answers my doubt if she was present or not."

Here's your regular chapter for today. These will be another one tomorrow! Happy Halloween. Have fun, Be Safe, Enjoy your Candy