Chapter 90 - The Festival (1/2)
On that summer night, Vasconcelos seemed like a more beautiful town than usual. Hundreds of families gathered in the main square of the area and enjoyed themselves at the many different games and food stalls.
Young men were looking for girls to flirt with and maybe kiss. The adults had fun drinking and relaxing. The children spent their energy running around.
Nathalia, Luke, and Alexis visited most of the stalls and spent a lot of money. Luckily, Luke managed to keep the two thousand five hundred silver coins he earned in his inventory, so whenever he needed to spend some money, he took only the necessary amount out of the inventory.
However, Nathalia proved to have the energy of a child and wanted to play on several bars.
”Go Luke, you can do it!” Nathalia cheered for the half-wolf, who was using a paper sieve to try to pull goldfish out of a tank of water.
He placed the sieve in the water carefully so as not to tear the paper. This was already his third attempt. Luke slowly moved the sieve into the water and began to follow the movement of the fish.
As soon as he tried to lift the sieve, the weight of the goldfish tore the paper.
”Ah, my friend! It wasn't that time! Want to try some more?” The shack merchant tempted him.
The half-wolf did the math quickly and realized that he had already spent fifteen silver coins on this game alone, and he hadn't even come close to winning.
”N-no, thank you very much.” He said, fighting his pride. Alexis and Nathalia had a good laugh at Luke's disappointed expression.
During the party, many looked at Alexis with contempt, disgust, and curiosity, after all, it wasn't every day you saw a woman with horns.
To Luke's surprise, the woman didn't seem to mind a bit. He had already noticed that Alexis was not afraid to show herself to be a half-beast, but that day she affirmed this even more.
If it were the half-wolf exposing himself, he would surely have attracted the attention of many prejudiced people, as had happened on several occasions throughout his life, but there was something different about Alexis that made people respect her.
When Nathalia finally ran out of energy, Alexis put her on his back and began to carry her back to the Strogueher mansion. Halfway there, the Elf slept while being carried.
”It's no wonder she's like this. She trained all day and still had so much energy... Ahh! Youth is so good.”
”You talk as if you are an old woman. How old are you?” Luke questioned her. Because they had had fun together, he was feeling more comfortable talking to Alexis.
”Should I talk~? I don't think it's a fair trade just me saying.”
”I'm twenty.” Luke answered her bluntly.
”Twenty!? You're surprisingly young for your looks.”
”Look, I know I don't take much care of myself, but you don't have to humiliate me either.”
”AH!? No, that's not what I meant!” Alexis exclaimed, almost letting go of the hands that held Nathalia's white thighs.
”Relax, it was just a silly joke.” He said, punched his forehead weakly, and stuck the tip of his tongue out of his mouth.
”You have a sense of humor!? I don't believe it!” Alexis spoke ironically and brought her hands to her mouth, feigning surprise.
Nathalia fell backward as she was released by the half-dragon. Tomp! The Elf's back hit the dirt floor. ”Ouch, ouch, ouch!” she expressed as she stood up while massaging her spine.
As soon as they arrived at the mansion, the servant girl Martha welcomed them. This time, she was not wearing everyday black and white clothes. She wore a long satin camisole that highlighted her body.
Martha welcomed Nathalia into her arms so that she could carry her to her room. ”Are you going to sleep now? If not, I can serve you some tea in a moment. At that time, the guards should be patrolling the back of the mansion.” The competent woman said, with Nathalia propped up in her arms, who was about to sleep again.