Chapter 58 - Thieves (1/2)

Chapter 58: Thieves

Miss Thana pro about the ive so about it for a bit

Nisha, in turn, was extreing the pouch with coins on one of the lashes adorning her leather hunting gear

She didn’t check the contents, but the clanking and clinking was enough to give her a good estimate of the inside

Under no circumstances did Nisha want to fail her mission and let the kind old lady down, therefore she quickly walked down the street, she had been here before, the carriage ran along here the last time she visited the temple

Following the instructions Miss Thana gave her, the elven girl quickly arrived at one of the streets leading to the city’s uild and the skill library were located

The avenue profited fro the temple with the plaza Hundreds of humans and even the occasional elf passed by her, all too busy to spare the slance

Being sub flesh still strainedsenses, the sheer multitude of input to blame for that, yet it also started to become more natural for her to filter out round noise

Still, I have no idea how so e to live in such a s stuck packed so closely in a den, they’d probably split into several tribes

Viewing her surroundings through [Spirit Sight], the busy road also appeared as a grand strea a bit ofcurrent reen, red and yellow

Of course, the dragon also spotted a feisps of the re three colours, but a different phenoht her attention

Drained ofthat made her stand out from the crowd

Instead of giving off spirit and vigor, the swirling energy diffused inside her body, slowly replenishi+ng her depleted resources

She always knew that being a dragon made her different from others, her secret had to be kept from anyone

Her older sisters had warned her about unusual occurrences in her proximity that needed to be concealed

It’s nice to see there are soes as well

Revelling in the pleasant sensations she overlooked before, Nisha drifted through the crowd, looking for the store sign; [Raff’s Tearoom]

Compared to the noble’s sector, the shop fronts seeoods didn’t have the sa at the different unknown articles, she swiftly evaded onco pedestrians

Sadly, her evasion didn’t work all the ti the display of a materials store, especially wood and stones that reminded her of the Wilderness, she collided with a brown haired girl, only a few turns younger than Aubrey

Reeling back fro to hold onto the other girl to re

“Oh my, I’m so sorry Did I hurt you?”

Giving the stunned dragon a dazzling smile, she also reached out to steady the one she run into

“Ah, no, I’ into you”

“Don’t worry about it, I wasn’t looking either Sorry, gotta go”

Without leaving the elven girl a chance to recover, the girl sped away

Unperturbed by the incident, Nisha continued walking down the street, looking for the store Thana described

Wandering for a while longer and about half way before reaching the plaza fron cast froave the emblem a nice touch

Skipping happily up the three sirl cheerfully pushed open the smooth and dark wooden door

“hellooo! Is anyone here?”

Shouting into the empty sales room, she first noticed that instead of a display , the store had a table with two chairs set up, a can of water boiling over an enchanted fireplace

The counter itself, opposite the s many different kinds of tea blends beneath it, separated in little wooden boxes

Apart frole free bit of space was covered in the sa, even above the entrance

“Co, esteemed customer What can I help you with?”

E from the backroom of his shop, aNisha his best business smile

“Um, Miss Thana sent me, she wants me to pick up her order”

He looks kind of friendly

Slightly intilass counter, this was the first time she entered a shop to make a purchase

“Of course, I have Lady Thana’s shi+pment prepared already, please wait a moment while I retrieve it”

Hurrying back into the room he just came from, the man, presumably Raff, left Nisha in the shop

Not knohat to do, the elven girl sat down on one of the chairs in the seating arrangeh a tinted

The hu for the dragon secretly observing them

Even now, s with her body

Prior to the episode in the Guild earlier, Nisha would have undoubtedly said there was no difference between herself, her older sisters or other humans

Now she had to rethink her whole worldview, and what it meant for her

While she was lost in thought, Raff returned from his back room

“Here you go, Miss One order, containing a bag of [Cinderwhistle Leaves], [Drea Stalk] and [Icebreeze Leaves] each I’ve also added a bag of [Lifewhisper Stalks] – Lady Thana’s favourite – for free

All in all, it comes to a total of 55 silver”

Placing a solid wooden crate on the counter, roughly the size of Nisha’s upper body and light enough that he could easily carry it, expectantly waiting for his customer to finish the transaction

“Yes, I have it right he-…”

Reaching for the pouch on her hip, the elven girl was only able to find the remains of cut leather

Hoping to only haveit on the table

A sht below the place she fastened the bag, effectively severing the fabric and enabling someone to steal the purse

“Oh no …”

It’s gone

Realizing what happened, Nisha slumped back in her chair, only able to whisper

Tears welled up in her eyes, unbidden, nonetheless she was powerless to stop them

First, she failed to stop herself in the guild, creating aherself down

Second, she ran away and pushed all of the responsibility on Aubrey by running away, letting her down as well

Finally, she lost theto let her down as hen she needed to return and confess that the pouch was stolen

Falling freely, her tears soundlessly shattered on the ground, Nisha did her best to keep her sobs in

Alare, the well dressed shopkeeper quickly drew close, unsure what caused the outburst of sadness

“What’s wrong? Tell me!”

Obviously concerned, his gentle tone was more than Nisha could endure