For six months, Drake spent his days in a small town he eventually learned was called Ymir.
Every day, without fail, he would return to have long talks with the old beggar, Kashier.
At first, it was simply an attempt to gain more knowledge from the man.
It wasn't that what Kashier shared was entirely new to him; rather, it was about hearing familiar lessons from a different point of view.
It was the kind of approach Ash had always encouraged in every child, teaching them to seek out new perspectives to deepen their understanding.
It was always wise to see the whole picture before passing judgment—assuming you intended to invest your attention at all.
By this point, Drake had come to regard Kashier as something of a mentor.
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One calm evening, the two stood outside the local barracks, a solid stone structure bearing the banner of the House of Lightning, though it was only a branch of the Pantheon, that governed this town.
