There was a knock in the door of Wang Zen’s room. The young boy rose from his meditative stance as a red furred monkey jumped in excitement at hearing the door. He walked to it and opened the door to seen an elderly man with grey hair.
“Master Wang Zen,” the elderly man said.
“What is it, Don Fat?”
“I have a letter for you.” Don Fat, who was a long time servant of the Wang’s handed the letter over to the young master.
Wang Zen opened the letter without dismissing the old servant, noticing the curious smile on his face. As Wang read the letter, his face grew from mild interest to shock.
“This can’t be!” Wang Zen read the contents of the letter over again. “This says that I’ve been accepted into the Goixi Acedemy.”
The servants smile widened…show more content… “Father! Father…!” Wang Zen called onto the figure in the room that was staring outside of the window.
“Don’t you knock?” The man’s voice came quietly, not bothering to turn around and look at his son. His tall figure continued to look out of the window, revealing only his back and neck to his flustered son.
“F-Forgive me father but I received a letter,” Wang Zen said, shaking the piece of paper in his hand, “I received a letter that says I’ve been accepted into Goixi academy.”
“Oh? I guess congratulations are in…show more content… “It is ranked in the top 3 of Academies. It will be a suitable place to teach someone from our family.”
“But I don’t want to go to Goixi,” Wang Zen said quietly and timidly.
“Speak up, boy! Don’t go around whispering!” Wang Shu was obviously annoyed.
“Father, I don’t want to go to Goixi, father.” Wang Zen spoke a little louder. “It is in a whole other province and I thought the deal was for me to go to Wuming Academy instead.”
“Wuming is a low ranked academy and plans are changed when better options come across.” The man said before he turned around to look at his son. Even though his face was hidden behind a black mask with a demons face, his son knew he was scowling behind that mask. “You should be honoured by the acceptance and instead of whining like a little child, you should look to this opportunity with eagerness, eagerness to get stronger and make our family name proud.”
Wang Zen lowered his head to hide his sadness and disappointment at the turn of events. “Forgive me, father.” He bowed to his father.
“You leave in 3 days, so you should prepare yourself right away.”
“Yes, Father.” Wang Zen kept his head bent low for a moment longer before he turned around and left the room, followed by his
