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| - Asbel and the others return to town and decide to meet with Richard. After greeting themselves to Richard, Richard tells them to leave, believing that Asbel and his friends plan on using him. After this event, Richard's sword training teacher, Bryce, orders Richard to do his training, despite the fact that Richard is not feeling to well. Asbel decides to take Richard's place in training and manages to land a hit on Bryce, which causes Bryce to bring out an actual weapon. Bryce is stopped by Richard's escort and orders him to join the other guards in the manor. Richard's escort commends Asbel’s swordsmanship and tells Asbel he has the talent of becoming a knight. Asbel and Sophie decide to take Richard to Lhant Hill and ask Hubert and Cheria to cover for them. While on Lhant Hill, Bryce reveals himself as an assassin to kill Richard, but Asbel and Sophie take on Bryce and defeat him. After defeating Bryce, Asbel and the others fall down from the top of the hill. The group manages to make it back to the top of the cliff and form a friendship pact by carving their names into a tree. Asbel, Sophie, and Richard return to Lhant, but Asbel is confined in his room for endangering their lives and for having Cheria and Hubert lie.One day, a young Asbel and Hubert Oswell go to explore a flower field located on Lhant Hill. As they near it, they see a purple-haired girl sleeping in the field. They soon introduce themselves to her and, because of her lack of memories; they decide to take her back to their home in Lhant. When Asbel and the others return, he, Hubert, and Cheria Barnes travel throughout Lhant to see if anyone knows the mysterious girl. While inside Lhant manor, Asbel's father, Aston, speaks to Asbel about Prince Richard's expected visit to Lhant and how he wants to hand the mysterious girl over to the authorities to find her family. Asbel is reluctant to hand over his new friend and decides he will take care of her, much to Aston's dismay. Outside of the manor, Asbel and the others decide to name the mysterious girl Sophie, inspired by the name of the Sopheria flower that she was fascinated by. After naming their new friend, Asbel and the others hear that the Turtlez carriage carrying Richard has been attacked by monsters. Asbel and the others head to the East Lhant Road and save Richard's carriage from some of the monsters. After saving the carriage, Aston begins to scold Asbel for his recklessness, but Richard's escort commends Asbel for his bravery and puts the situation aside. After being locked inside the manor, Asbel sneaks out with Sophie and heads to Barona. After arriving in Barona, Asbel plans to explore the capital city with Richard, Cheria, Hubert, and Sophie. Asbel and the others ask Richard to take them to the castle, but Richard says they will have to take a secret passageway at night to get in. That night Richard does not show up and the group discovers a passage to the Barona Catacombs. While exploring the cave, they discover an unconscious Richard on the ground, and Asbel hurries up to wake him. While he and Sophie tend to Richard, a monster appears and attacks Hubert and Cheria, leaving then unconscious. Asbel, in his fury, naively runs up to the monster and attempts to attack it. He is severely wounded by the monster, but at the last moment is saved by Sophie. After this, Sophie is enveloped a bright light, and launches an attack towards the monster just as Asbel blacks out. Asbel is awoken by Sophie, who is overjoyed that he is alive. Happy for her, Asbel smiles as she helps him up. Just as he sits up, the dying monster stabs Sophie in the back, then drops her. Sophie struggles to get up, her wound releasing energy rather than blood, and runs towards the monster, exploding in a flash of purple light and obliterating the monster in the process. One week later, Asbel wakes up to find himself in his own bed at his house. When his father visits him, Aston tells him that Hubert has been adopted by the Oswell family in Strahta and Sophie died in the cave. Aston begins to blame Asbel for the incident, but Asbel begins to yell at his father and tells him that he is not going to become the next lord of Lhant. Asbel leaves his room and tells Cheria he is leaving to Barona to become a knight. Cheria begins to tell Asbel not to go and she will take Hubert and Sophie's place. Asbel begins to yell at Cheria for her statement, but apologizes when he sees her crying and lies to her saying he will stay after all. The next day, Asbel leaves Lhant to become a knight so he can become stronger and protect those he holds dear.
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