At Royal View Garden, Harvey York dialed a number and spoke calmly, “I’ll be taking a trip to Half Moon Bay tomorrow.”

“It is my honor, Chief Instructor. Would you like me to fetch you?” The excitement was seething from the other side of the phone.

Harvey gave a thought about it.

“No need, I’ll call you soon.”

“I’ll prepare immediately!”

The person on the other side of the phone was named Ray Hart, one of Harvey York’s personal guards in the Sword Camp back then but he had retired for about