you, the child of the king and queen, had been held for ransom by a nefarious group.

but it wasn’t money that they wanted- they had plenty of that.

your parents had the sample to a powerful resource for alchemy in their hands. if the king and queen gave it to them, they’d return you to their family. your parents didn’t want to give it up, but they had no other choice if they wanted their child back, did they? so they sent their best knight, leon, to bring the sample on their behalf.