Chapter 63 - Lavians regret... (1/2)
”Good morning Mayor Lavian”, I said to the mayor who was currently on the floor and staring at me as I dismounted Rakka. I immediately set upon the task of helping up the knocked over leader figure.
Mayor Lavian was a tall, lanky middle-aged person characterized by a clean shaven face, tired yet kind eyes, greying hair and a lopsided smile.To be honest, I'm not even sure how old they actually are. Mayor Lavian had always looked like this even when I was little...well...their hair was darker back then. Regardless, I couldn't help but notice Mayor Lavian staring at Rakka while I was helping them get back up and dusting off their black ceremonial robes.
”Uh...S-Silvia”?
”Yes Mayor Lavian”?
”What is...this?”, they said while gesturing towards Rakka.
”Oh him? He's Rakka. My majimonster...I'm a binder now”. To prove my statement, I gestured towards my hunting knife that had an amethyst drajule pommel.
”Do you...want me to recall him?”, I asked.
”Uh...yes please”, they replied with a hint of nervousness. With a click of my tongue and in the blink of an eye, Rakka turned into several wisps of aether and flowed back into my drajule. Lavian let out a sigh of relief once Rakka disappeared.
”So...I suppose you can guess why I rolled up on a monster right?”, I asked a little cheekily to try and lighten up the sudden frightful mood.
”I'll be sure to send a message to the recruiters so that they can swing by here. Is this everything?”, they said while looking towards the barrels.
”Five barrels worth of our Infernum spirits sealed in dry wine barrels and five barrels of our summer harvest wild berry honey wine in oak barrels. Just like last year and the year before”, I said while quickly looking over the barrels.
”Good, good. Well then, let's getting moving shall we”, they said as they began to roll up their sleeves and gesture to two burly-looking men, who then shuffled over. The four of us then began the rather ardous process of moving the alcohol barrels, more specifically, moving the wine barrels into the main hall while moving the strong spirits into a side room. This would normally be boring and painful work, but when you have a curious maji(monster) chattering in your head...well, the work is less boring.
We eventually finished after some time, and the two men that Lavian had assisted us bid farewell so that they could prep for the night. Meanwhile, Lavian and I were rather exhausted so we just laid back against a wall in the main hall and just sat for a bit.
As the Mayor and I were panting from exhaustion, I took out a canteen to take a drink from it before offering it to them. They shook their head in polite refusal before taking in a gulp of air and catching their breath.