It was close to nighttime; they had just finished eating their meal. Some rested while looking at the lake, while some went for a Light walk.
Like Roku and his father, who went on a walk while his mother rested in the camp.
"Tell me, Roku, what do you think of the trip so far?"
Roku looked at his father excitedly: "I like it, Father; I want to journey more from now on!"
Ronald laughed happily: "Good, good, we will travel more from now on then."
The two walked leisurely by the side of the lake. The lake was snow-white, reflecting the beauty of the moon. The mountains around the lake looked grand and majestic, giving the scenery a more in-depth feeling.
After some time, Roku asked his father, "Father, what did you mean when you said the path for me will be harder?"
Ronald was taken aback when he heard this: "Just your way of being an astral wanderer will be a little different from the way others does, but you don't have to worry about that; I will always be there for you."
Roku got confused: "How will you know about astral wandering, Father?"
"Haha," Ronald had a smug face: "Your father was once an astral wanderer as well."
"WHAT!" Roku was dumbstruck.
Ronald laughed heartily: "I used to be one of the leaders of a squad in the first cosmic war; after that, I settled with your mother in this region."
"Why am I hearing it just now?"
"Haha, those were the days." Ronald shook his head: "Let's not talk about that for now."
"Which path did you want to take again, Roku?
Roku replied excitedly, "Life path!"
"Life path... You will have a hard time following a life path in this time period."
"Hard time?"
"Yes, the life path is considered a demonic path in this time period, but it always starts to rise when a new great war starts to form; even the life path stone is hard to find these days."
Roku was confused: "Demonic path—why is it considered a demonic path when the ancient destiny king was the creator of this path and saved us all?"
Ronald looked at the moon high up in the sky: "Life path focuses more on learning about life; for that we use the life form around us to learn more on our way, but doing that will also harm the one around us"Ronald looked at the lake by his side: "Look at this lake and the creatures living inside it. Anyone that studies the life path is like this lake, while these fish, representing beasts or us, the hermon species, are the rewards we get along our way."
"Tell me, Roku, my son, what do you want to be, a lake or a fish?"
Roku thought for a while before replying, "A lake!"
"Good, good, and that's what everyone wants to be as well; no one wants to be controlled."
Ronald looked at Roku: "Now do you understand why it's called a demonic path for now?"
Roku had a gloomy face: "Yes, Father."
Ronald lightly patted Roku's back: "Don't feel dejected, son. Look, you have your father here, a life path wanderer, and you shouldn't worry about people calling you unholy when you study life path. The only thing that matters in this world is strength. If you have enough strength, anything you like will be good, while anything you don't like will be considered bad from that day forth."
"Always remember this, Roku: don't care what others say about you; you are Ronald Dormetz and Rosy Dormetz's son, Roku Dormetz. Anyone that talks ill of you or tries to stop you from walking on your path is someone that wants to harm you."
"Yes, Father!" Roku tried his best to remember this and repeated it inwardly 3 times.
"Good, good child, now give me your hand."Ronald took out something from his pocket and placed it in Roku's hand: "This is a gift from me and your mother."
Roku looked at the necklace with sparkling eyes; it was made of gold and wood mixed together. There was a flat round thing in the middle; it was a locket, covered by many beautiful decorations, and it looked like it could be opened up.
Roku carefully opened the locket; inside, there were two pictures carved in. On the top was a beautiful mountain; it was a golden mountain. In front of it was a tattered house; it was Roku's house. At the bottom were both his father and mother side by side with Roku in the middle; all three of them had a joyous smile.
Roku was about to tear up when he saw the house when Ronald suddenly stopped him: "Now now, don't cry son. I don't want to be scolded by your mother again. Always keep this chain safe; your mother was the one who worked the hardest in this while I only helped her by her side."
"Alright, it's getting late; let's go, or else we will have a hard time on our journey tomorrow."
Ronald turned around and walked in the front while Roku quickly wore the locket on his neck before running to his father's side, holding his arm.