Yeah and I thank you for your hard work, I always like to give ideas but I understand how hard it can be to accomplish it, it's just that I like to write on my free time and I always liked to imagine multiple types of situations.
This is a tiny scene that I did related to the path I described (I don't know if it has good enough quality but well):
To enter the route choose “Sir Ronald, I thirst for knowledge”
“Wonderful!” exclaims the old man, however you notice that the light on his eyes goes away, as if he is lost in his memories. A few moments later he noticed it and said “Sorry, I was just thinking about the past”.
He takes a short pause and then continues “You know when I was about your age, you could say I had a rival, both of us wanted to get knowledge, however his means to do it wasn’t something that I could accept, in my fight with him I had to do some despicable things to win, but thanks to my heart I never became what I was fighting for. This was a big lesson for me, even if you make mistakes, or even if you gaze into the abyss, if your heart remains true you have nothing to fear”.
Sir Ronald got up from his chair and with heavy steps arrived next to the window, with his gaze into the horizon, he said “Just remember, don’t let power control yourself and remain true to your heart”.
Closing his eyes he then smiled towards you and said “Well, having said that I think it’s about time to begin your training, don’t you think so my young apprentice?, I want you to find me a magical stone, your first step will be to obtain one of these, of course so that you can identify them you will need to obtain knowledge, I would start asking in an antique shop or perhaps finding books about it, on another point, just so you are free from worldly affairs I will give you a tiny monetary support, you can ask for, at most, 200 $ per week. I think it will be a good enough quantity for a student like you”.