I awake once again to saf hugging me in hert sleep
"...."
sigh
i shake her awake
" wwaaa .. oh... good morning nova " she said untangling herself from me
" ..... good morning " I say then proceed to get up and off the bed
safs not to far behind and I look at her
a silent question on my face
" you can go first as I went first last night " saf said
I nod and walk into the bathroom and take a quick shower
once I exit saf enters and is not long herself
I was wearing a plain black shirt and pants with my traveling cloak and saf was in purple and black outfit with her travel cloak
we left the room and head down the hall then down the stairs
once there we see yilvena at the bar and a few females still eating breakfast
we head over to yilvena and I ask " are you still serving breakfast? "
she nods and without a word heads to the kitchen
we watch her leave than saf led us to a table in a corner, away from the other females ogling us
yilvena comes out soon with a big plate containing two smaller plates and bowls
once it's on the table I see it was what looked like oatmeal and on the plates where pancakes, eggs and some kind of monster meat
saf was drooling and didn't hesitate to dump syrup on her plate
I follow her at a slower speed as I wanted to savor the food as it tasted like nothing I had before..
it didn't take us long to finish and as we are about to leave, we are stopped by yilvena " you two must have forgot that ivianna is coming by to pick yall up. you can't leave until she finishes with you "
I mentally kick myself for forgetting that
" how long will she be? " saf asks
" with her? there's no telling but with work she will try to be punctual " yilvena says
" uumm...do you have anything we can do in the meantime? we don't have anything to do and sitting in the dinning room being gawked at isn't fun either " I ask as even now I could feel eyes on my back
" hhhmmmm " she hums while thinking
" you two can help my mother feed the animals out back " she finally says
" great. let's go nova " saf said and starts walking towards the front door
" you can go through the kitchen, just turn right and walk foward " yilvena said stopping saf
".. thank you " I said walking to the kitchen door with saf behind me
walking in I saw a big stove, and grill to my left. straight head I saw a dish pit with differnt pots hanging on a rack along the wall and ingredients on top.
turning left and a little further down I saw a office door on the left wall that was slightly ajar but dark, beyond the office was a door
opening the door we was met with a big backyard that has being turned into a small farm
the backyard was sectioned off into 5ths. in one area were animals that resemble pigs but we're grey or almost black and double the size and in another ..chickens?
there were goats with two extra legs and light blue rabbits with big hind legs and claws. in the last section was a small herb garden
yalsena was currently walking to the rabbit area from the goat area next to it having just fed the goats
" morning you two, what are you doing out here? ...judging from the fact you came out the back door, my daughter must have sent you here " she said when we walked closer to her along a path in between the rabbits and chickens. there are paths that divides all the sections and met in the middle
" we are waiting for ivianna to show up and we had nothing to do. yilvena suggested we come help you in the meantime " I told her
she nods " if that's the case you can help me get lunch started " yalsena said while scattering purple carrots and dark leaves to the rabbits
" ok just tell us what we need to do " saf said
" ohh you don't have to do much.. just a bit of heavy lifting " yalsena said while walking out of the rabbit section
a bit confused we follow her
she walked into the pig section with a bag of feed for them before dumping it into their food slot
we watched as she did this not saying a word, just waiting on her direction
yalsena watches as the pigs run like mad-men shoving each other trying to be first to eat
yalsena looks at them with a critical eye before a bigger weaker pig stumbles into view from the pigs living hut
it slowly walks towards the food on unsteady feet.
yalsena sighs
" Tiff ....you old sow...I hate to do it ....but I cant watch you decay any longer " she said pulling her sword from her inside her cloak and walks to "Tiff"
I look on with a surprised expression as I just realized what yalsena meant by heavy lifting
once she arrived in frontvof the old pig she gives it a long look before raising her sword high
the pig had stopped when she got close and looked at sword above it and her face before a kind of ...understanding pasted through its eyes before it slupped down with its eyes closed
I could see yalsena visible hesitate before bringing her sword down
...I watch as yalsena steps back avoiding any blood splatters and turn to us
" can you two bring him to the shed beside the house " she asked
we both nod and we walk towards the pigs body
saf started channeling dark magic to make a moving platform under the pig
I was going to use my mind arts.... but didn't want to deal with the dropping blood so I just helped reinforce safs magic with my own as while she didnt say anything. I knew the pigs body was a little too heavy for her dark magic to carry
when we got to the shed there was a big hook hanging from the roof and a pit with a bucket underneath the hook
" just put him the hook feet first so the blood can drain " yalsena said from behind us
I then use my mind arts to lift the pig onto the hook. securing it's feet to it
we watch as blood poured into the bucket
I kinda wanted to ask her about the pig but kept quiet when I saw her face
" NOVA! ..SAF!.. ivianna is here. are you ladies done?" yilvena sticks her head out the back door yelling our names before spotting us at the shed
I look at yalsena who nods before saying " yes, we'll be right there "
we say goodbye to yalsena before following yilvena back to the dinning hall
ivianna was there along with two more lighly armored females
we walk over and ivianna looks us over and said " I hope you two are well. I am here to escort you two to my commander 'Commander Taal' as she wants two speak with you in person "
we both nod and saf said " we have been waiting for you for a while now, how do you plan to compensate us for delaying our morning plans "
I raise an eyebrow at saf....
ivianna looks at bit awkward " I apologize for delaying you both as I had work related things to take care of. I'm a underpaid guard. all I can give you is an apology and a smile " she said and proceed to give us a blinding white smile
" ugh...never mind I was joking, let's hurry up and get this over with " saf said and walks towards the front door
ivianna gives her a strange look before walking ahead of her
I follow behind both with the two other guards behind me
I try to keep ahead of them and with saf as much as possible as I could feel what they are
the way to wherever we were going was uneventful
I could tell we where closer to the city center as we arrived at a plain stone grey two story building with the words 'Justice Hall' written above the door
we enter and follow ivianna up two the second floor
the other guards break away from us at this point and I breathe a small sigh of relief
they had gotten a little to close once inside the building
ivianna continued two lead us through a maze of hallways and offices before coming to a door marked 'Commander Taal'
ivianna knocked and waited for a " come in " from the othef side before opening the door
inside we saw a skypeian with red eye, hair and wings sitting behind a big wooden desk pulled with papers
me and saf takes a seat in the two chairs in front of Commander taal while she took one last look at the paperwork before looking at us
" I am to understand that you two where attacked the night before last by a .." she looked at a paper on her desk before saying " fox kin in ... your room miss? "
" Nova, and yes we where. is there anything specific you need from us? " I ask
" I wanted to hear if from you two how exactly the accident occurred and I wanted you brought here as to compensate as not just that inn but all of loaera is declared a safe zone. violators would face strick punishment, but this happened under the guards watch " Commander taal said
" it's fine, really. I just want to put all this behind me and not have to worry about it " I say
" hey speak for yourself nova...I could use a little compensation " saf said adding in her input
I just shake my head at her
Commander taal nodded " that fine. now can you tell me how this happened, from the start. "
I sigh
" I was woken in the middle of the night....two night ago by a sound... " I proceed to tell her everything that happened and so did saf.
by the end Commander taal was silent
she looked at a paper on her desk and said " I again apologize you had to go through that. I can offer you 20 gold coins, 10 for both of you and a free pass to enter the city one time. again one for both "
" thank you " I said taking the city pass but handing the 10 gold ment for me to saf.
who had sparkles in her eyes as she added to her growing gold stash in her coun pouch
" so are we allowed to leave the city now?" I ask the main question bothering me
" yes if you want to leave, you are more than happy do to so. you don't have to worry about anything else as it falls on me to handle " Commander taal said and I couldn't be happier
" than if there is nothing else, we will be on our way " I say and walk towards the door
ivianna follow me and saf out " I'll walk to the front "
I sigh in relief as I had no idea how to navigate my way back downstairs
" I hope you two will stick around as I can tell yalsena likes you both and I wouldn't mind getting to know you ladies " she said but I could she she looking at saf from her peripheral
saf saw it but ignored it " we don't have anything planned for the time being so I think we're fine " she said
wellll.....now that we can leave the city
I already explored as much as I wanted. I also got the information I originally came here for, though I met saf and things took a left turn.
now that I got it and were I want to go next .....I planned to leave.
Today if possible
ivianna brought us to the front door before saying goodbye heading back the way we came
I look at the morning sun and the bustling city streets
before heading back to the inn
" so where are we going now? " saf asked as she walked beside me
" uuhh..... I plan to head back to the inn " I say
" Huh? what for? " she asked
I look around before asking her softly " saf do you really want to leave with me? "
" Huh? of course,we're inseparable now. wherever you go, I'll go. " she said before her eyes went wide and saying " what.. do you plan to leave? what about the room for the week, and ivianna just asked us to stay "
I shake my head " I don't care about that room...I lost mine anyways and we can just cut our losses. you have more money than you came here with plus I paid for rooms and I'm not hurting for the extra gold. with ivianna she asked not demanded. I didn't....like the way she looked at you...I don't like how any of the females in this city look at us....I'm just ready to go. I got what I came here for. did you? " I ask her as didn't know why she came to this city
" oh ...I guess you can say I did...are you really ok leaving. what about yalsena and yilvena I think them are coming to like us " she said
" they run a business, it's not uncommon for people to leave after staying a while. ...I get what you are saying though, it's not like we can't come back. I'm just ready to keep moving " i say and we soon arrive back at the inn
once inside i saw that yilvena had just gone into the kitchen and there were females congregating at some of the tables
we walk upstairs and into safs room
once there we pack all of our belongings than left out the room
we closed and locked the door before going back downstairs
saf has been quite once we was inside the inn
downstairs the two elf's were still gone, but the women were still eyeing us
all the more reason to leave
I place safs and my old room key on the bar before heading back outside
In my mind I'm already outside.... before I remembered the suit..
we swing back by arias shop and was met by a uniformed worker
" hello what can i do for you " she asked
" I was wondering if mrs.aria had the body suit ready for me? " I ask
" oh you two are the ones who modeled yesterday, I'm sorry I couldn't see it. everyone said It was magical. Mrs aria has finished your cloths and left it upfront in case you came by for it as she'll be busy all day today " you said while going behind the front counter and retrieving a designer bag before walking back
" thank you...can you tell Mrs. aria that to for me? " I said taking the bag and looking inside seeing a bundled black cloth
the uniformed worker looked at our travel bags but said nothing about it " sure no problem. I hope to see you two again " she said as we walked out
I put the bag inside my travel bag and resume walking back to the city gates with saf
we see one of the guards who was here to admit us into the city the last time by the gates again
she spots up walking towards the gate and said when we were crossing out " I heard what happened. I'm sorry that happened especially when I saw what led to it and didn't do anything. " she sees our bags also "you two are leaving so soon? " she asked
" yes, we got what we came here for and are really to leave....the fox kin may have helped us make the decision faster but we weren't going to stay here long anyways. I thank you and wish you well "I say walking away from the gates and down the road leading west towards the spirit nation
" come back soon!!" the guard called after us and I breathe a breath of fresh air once back in nature
" so where are we headed? " saf asks walking beside me after we havebbeen walking a while with a smile on her face
I wasn't thinking about how to get to the spirit nation with saf faster
I was quite before saying " we are going to see my mother "