Chapter 413 - Children’s Outing (2)(unedited) (2/2)
A Rabanasi woman saw the children looking at them and waved them to come. The children came to their stall with excited expressions.
”Hello little ones. I cannot but help to see your cute little things.” The Rabansi woman said looking at the cute little faces.
”Oh my. These little angels are so cute.” Another Rabanasi woman in the stall said.
”This color will look good at these little girls.” The other Rabanasi woman said while holding pink and yellow silk and wrapping them around the little girls.
”And these will look good with the boys.” The other Rabansai woman wrapped blue and green silk around little boys.
”W-We are not buying, I am afraid.” Philip said with an awkward face.
”Oh, what a shame.” The Rabanasi woman said with a sad face. ”Then how about this, I will give you these to these beautiful girls as a freebie.” She took golden chained bracelets with little red jewels.
”T-That looks expensive!” Philip was about to reject but the Rabanasi woman put the bracelets to the little girls' wrists.
”This is just cheap accessories.” The Rabansai woman said. ”Take it as a sign of good will.” She patted the heads of the children.
”Then thank you, big sister.” Aerith said smiling happily while looking at the bracelet on her writs. ””We will surely repay you for these. bracelets”
”No worries.” The Rabanasi woman replied. ”It is not every day I see such cute children.”
The children were grateful to the Rabansi women and waved their hands goodbye. Philip was inspecting the bracelets for anything odd, but it looked like they were regular accessories and there was nothing to worry about.
”Do not worry. I did not feel anything bad with the bracelets.” Alphonse told Philip.
”It is my job to inspect anything you are eating and wearing.” Philip replied. ”There is no harm in being cautious.”
”Those Rabanasi women were so kind.” Aliyah replied.
”I heard they have been doing trade with out continent for a long time now.” Deimos said.
”How about them?” He pointed out to the people from Xing in the stalls.
The people from Xing had black hair and fair skin but in a yellowish tone, different from the white skin that they have. They also have slanted eyes.
”Xing is a country near the sea. I heard they practice alchemy.” Aliyah whispered in a low voice. ”I heard that their country had magic in the past, but it vanished some hundred years ago. They replaced magic with the form of alchemy.”
”Shhh, lower your voice.” Deimos replied. ”You know that they are a strict people. They may have started doing trade outside of their country recently, but they are still a closed country not letting others inside. They may have secrets that they do not want other people to know.”
The children all become silent. The older kids knew about the country of Xing through their studies, but they learned other things from rumors and hearsay.
The children started to eat the meat buns Philp bought them and they enjoyed the delicious treat. They resumed their walk along the streets of the capital happily.
Unbeknown to them, there were hooded men that were watching their every move.
”Is that the child?” One of the hooded men asked.
”Yes, there is no doubt about it.” The other hooded man asked. He was holding a board with strange writings on it. There was a compass like pointer at the center and it was pointing towards the children's direction. It is moving slowly as the children were walking around.
”Then we will commence our operation.” The other hooded man replied, and the other man nodded in agreement.
”We will get back what was ours.” The other hooded man replied.