Abel sighed as he took a seat in the inn room that he and the others were occupying in exchange for a few lumps of gold. He peeled off his boots and let his feet feel the air. Oscar more or less did the same, leaning back in the chair that he had settled in as he made himself comfortable. Leonidas had chosen a wall, while Lacus had taken a bed and Atalanta had just settled on the floor. "Alright." Abel muttered as he crossed his legs and let his hands rest in his lap. "We've found a place to stay for the night." He muttered. "But we're still a ways off from… Mistral was it?"

"That's right." Oscar stated as he stretched. "Mistral is the closest of the Four Kingdoms here."

Abel just made a noise as he nodded and looked ahead, his attention turning to everyone. "Well, it's still a way trip before we get there, and ideas on what should be done before then?"

"What are you saying we have to do something in the meantime?" Leo grumbled as he looked at his counterpart.

"Well, we can't just keep throwing lumps of gold around like it's a common currency." Lacus stated. "You saw how both the train's ticket manager and the innkeeper responded to what little we brought out." The young lady admitted. "We keep handing out gold, we'll draw too much attention to ourselves." She stated. "And if that becomes an issue, we will most likely draw the wrong kind of attention our way."

"So what do you suggest?" Leo asked as Abel seemed to think for a moment before looking at Oscar.

"No doubt theres a way to obtain this land currency. Any ideas, Oscar."

"Yeah but… w-why are you asking me?"

"Well, this is your land after all, no doubt you are more familiar with the ways on how to make money here." Leo made a noise in annoyance.

"Are you serious, you want us to work while we're here?"

"If it assists in fulfilling our goals, then yes." Lacus stated glancing at Leo. "We want to go somewhere, we need to work to get there, quite literally, might I add."

"She's right." Abel muttered as he returned his gaze to Leo. "We need to work to get where we want to go, and work to obtain what we need further down the road." Abel returned his attention to Oscar. "Oscar, what would you recommend we do?" Oscar didn't answer for a moment, seeming uncomfortable for a moment as he looked at his companions. "I uh… I don't really know." He muttered. "I mean, i'm sure theres a few odd jobs we could do in the villages we cross into, that should give us some Lien to work with." He admitted as he continued to think. "Or you know… you guys are hunters Right, I'm sure there's more than enough requests out there for missing people that someones looking for something along those lines."

"We aren't hunters." Atalantia stated as she continued laying out on the floor.

""Y-you aren't?"

"Not really." She stated. "We have training in that Path, but we aren't Hunters, not really."

"Then… what are you exactly?"

"Nobility." Leo stated as Oscar looked in confusion and Lacus' visible annoyance.

"N-nobility?"

"Yes." Lacus stated. "As some might say, we are bluebloods." She paused. "At least, in our lands we would be considered such." She admitted. "Here we are simple a people of the land, much like you."

Oscar didn't say anything, just staring at the group in confusion as his head shifted from one to the next.

They were nobility? How could these people be… actually that kind of made a bit of sense. In its own strange way. White hair was always believed to be pure and mystical in nature, and it made sense that people saw them as something more than regular people. Not only that, some of the little things they did, didn't seem right for a normal person. The way they talked, the way they stood and carried themselves. Hell the air around them seemed ..surreal, almost refined. Like… something more than human.

"Your nobles…" Lacus and Abel nodded. "Your… nobles." Oscar repeated in disbelief.

"Yes Oscar." Lacus giggled. "We're nobles, but not in the regard that you are likely familiar with."

"What do you -"

"Our family is split between two households." Leo stated, his tone shifting to become less annoyed and aggressive. "There lies the main house, which belongs to our Kaiser and the royal family, and then there is the Branch House where we come from." He admitted. "While the royal family runs the entire House, we of the Branch Family are responsible for protecting them and carrying out their will." He explained. "As it stands, their will dictates that we find our lost brothers and sisters, and that task has led us here." He stated with a wave of his hand. "Do you understand?"

"I… I…" Oscar wasn't sure what to say concerning what he had just been told.

"It must be a lot to take in so suddenly…" Lacus whispered. "But I hope it doesn't change how you see us. As I said, out here, we are just people of the land like you."

'This is boring." Gales yawned as pulled himself from his spot in Beacon's gymnasium. Everyone was busy either working the treadmills or lifting weights or just stretching. As much as he would have wanted to join them though, their Physical Education teacher had him sit out so that his wounds would get some time to heal up. "Times like this I wish I had some healing vials." He muttered. "That stuff works even better than using the Restorative Skill." He muttered. "Sure they aren't cure all, but they're even better than the Restorative Skill I learned from Ash."

"That's because Ash's Skill is a quick fix instead of a full on restoration. It will realign what's broken and hold it all together, but it won't 'fix' everything."

A familiar voice called out and Gales grumbled.

"I know, I know." He muttered. "Still, I wish I could do something till these wounds were fully patched up. I hate just sitting around doing nothing." Gales muttered as he crossed his arms and leaned back to rest his head against the wall. "Still…" He muttered his attention turned to Pyrrha and the others as they did their choice of exercises. Everyone was working up a good sweat. Although, that wasn't really what Gales was paying attention to at the moment.

Weiss was in the middle of stretching.

"54…" Yang did another dumbbell curls. "55… 56… 57…"

"77…" Nora was doing squats with a barbell. "78… 79…80."

"One more mile to go…" Pyrrha muttered as she continued jogging on the treadmill.

"I guess taking a minute to rest isn't too bad." Gales muttered as the voice in his head 'sighed'.

"Long as your sword doesn't reveal itself…"

Gales continued watching the 'show' so to speak.

Girls in gym shorts and tanktops… well, at the end of the day he was a teenager so…

Yang noticed that he was staring and gave him a grin as she lowered her dumbbell and pretended to adjust her gym shorts as she put her ass in his face. She mouthed a few words in his direction.

"Like what you see?"

He gave her a thumbs up before looking away as Ruby looked at her sister in confusion.

"Yang what are you doing?"

"Nothing Ruby…" Yang told her younger sister. "Just showing off the goods." She stated as she went back to her curls. Ruby sighed in annoyance as he shook her head.