Vol 2 Chapter 9 (1/1)

The fat youth put his right hand on his struck cheek in disbelief while the Captain dis brilliantly between narrowed slits, they are further contrasted as her figure is shadowed by the sun at her back WAAAA Fueled by huer and a mix of other emotions, Nikolas rushes in with an overhand slash fyu “Insolent child, didn’t anyone teach you dueling etiquette?” The Captain casually back-steps out of range of the strike and draeapon fro as a sheath In the sarabs a sai that’s tucked into the saed weapon used in certain eastern Martial Arts, it’s known for their strength and ability as a swordbreaker I think Raphael from TMNT uses them if you need a reference (I don’t know elo for all I know :P] fiii She gives a quick, sharp whistle, causing her mount to trod off to the side Unlike the opponent, she chose non-bladed, non-lethal weapons used for subduing so the short, stout sai in her left hand in front while holding a drooping, seht over her head, she looks like a beastmaster about to tame a boar kan The fat youth tries to slash his sword in an upswing as he steps forward, following his overhand strike Unfortunately for him, the Captain also steps in and catches his sith the sai, locking it hyu PA PA In a fluent ht hand clockwise in a se it sideways The rod acts like a whip, swinging around the youth’s side before striking hi this moment of weakness, she twist her left wrist and diverts the sword to the side Once again, she swings the rod in a se the youth’s left shi+n kan Grinding his teeth, he rushes forith a horizontal slash froht side The Captain deftly flips the sai around into a backhand grip while stepping in and blocks the blade once again Expecting this, Nikolas release his left hand fros a backhand ha off a scoff, the Captain ducks while swinging the rod, striking hiain “At least you are not cos can be smart once in a while” WAAAAAA fu- fyu fyu fyu Screa his left hand down to hammer her in the head while he slides his blade out of the sai by drawing it back, before unleashi+ng a flurry of quick strikes fro herself a wide in “My turn” hyu kan PA hyu kan PA hyu kan PA hyu PA hyu PA hyu PA … The Captain launches three consecutive strikes with the rod -an overhand, a horizontal backhand and a doard backhand- which all ended up being blocked by the sword But it proved futile as the tapered end of the rod swings around each tiht ar the third strike, she whips the rod around and srip She finishes him off as he tries to turtle up with his ars, and even one on his face before s hiuards, the demihumans and the children look on in ahile the rest of the escorts can only grio through The youth sobs quietly as he glares at the Captain, with red marks all over his body and his trouser -especially the backside- in tatters TA TA TA Armoured troops with shi+elds surround the area as their heavy footsteps fills the air dakaka dakaka dou hihiiiin A squad of cavalry follows the troops before the one in front stops his galloping horse, which starts neighing in protest “What’s going on here? Who called for the backup?” The figure squints his eyes at the guards with the children, deures on the dirt road “Brother?” “U, Sir Mikhal!” The old captain of the guard stands at attention and salutes before reporting The rest of the guards wipe their mouths clean and do the sa ar sun, in admiration The blonde youth takes another look around before holding up his right hand, causing one of the cavalry to ride up to him After so Mikhal and his riders alone with the group ka ka ka ka ka ka Slowly trodding his horse toward the two lone figures, one standing aloof while the other is holding his right wrist, he tries to understand the scene before hi up their short spears while urging the gawking children, still holding onto their eggs, to go home “Brother?” Mikhal has to squint his eye to ure in front of hi that unique girth within the entire kingdo his way before the his horse by its rein The tear-covered face of the fat youth shi+fts his glare from the lady with the fox ears toward the new coerly picks up his sword before li away [T/N: 荒種 literally translates to wild seed, I’m not familiar with this terle search, I do know 野種 also iti, hence “you bastard”] Seeing the inco away, the Captain slides the flexible rod back into her belt sheath until the cross-guard fits snugly into the slot next to her waist She casually slides her sai into place while walking up to the s to you too, Sir Knight” The Captain’s eyes narrow once do children before attacking theuard from before runs next to the youth, leans down and whispers into his ears The youth uard finally backs away The guard gives the de with his squad while clutching sos in a woven basket “Certainly not, Captain…?” “Vera” “Captain Vera, I apologize for the accusation and resulting consequences” The youth ht Although he’s considerably shorter than everyone else, he has an aard sort of grace The Captain relaxes her guard and s types are useless meatheads” “Captain, Mikhal” De’reets both of theuuuu hahaha “I guess all of us are hungry, care to join us for dinner?” “Wow, a lot happened since you last visited us, congratulations on becouys with the Royal Princes and Princess in a short while I didn’t know the Acadeuys the ones that supplied our King with the tea a while back?” Mikhal leans in before whispering “Anything good that I can get off of you guys? Like these eggs here, how come I didn’t see this the last time I was at the Acadefully “Coh” The two move out of the way as Mikhal leans back, while Lau the top open “Eh… What are you doing, Laum?” De’muel wants to resume the talk of trade as soon as possible and strike while the iron is hot “Shh…” The rat-tailed teenager carefully takes the top part of the egg white off after re the piece in a bowl nearby Inside the fist sized egg, the golden yellow yolk peeks through After sprinkling on some salt, flower petals, and a clear mixture of liquid, he stirs the viscous liquid with the wooden spoon Kalmi hands him a small piece of bread as if on cue and he scrapes the spoon on it before eating it whole He chews it thoroughly before giving a nod, puts the spoon into the egg that is still partially in its shell and leaves as quickly as he caives De’muel, Mak’ra and Mikhal each a quarter loaf of bread before roup The three of the at the piece of bread Shrugging, Mikhal is the first one to scoop a large spoon of the soft-boiled egg onto the bread before taking a bite A faint fragrance, with a sweet, ht texturethe bread’s natural flavour without overpowering it [T/N: 半熟卵 is half-cooked egg, I’, soht can be heard from elsewhere near the ca with the demihumans The youth touches his nose with his first knuckle a few tiuys definitely have to sell me some of these” De’muel and Mak’ra quickly try a scoop for the theain his coht now 20 coppers for an egg, or a barrel of 60 for 11 silvers The tea is a gold a bag, a bag canfor 60 silvers, and 40 silvers for a quarter bag The zinnia flowers are not that much different from fresh herbs, so about 3 coppers a bundle Of course, ill provide you with the recipes” De’ another spoonful of the soft-boiled egg for his rapidly di piece of bread A typical serf family can survive on a silver a day, while a decent meal without much mutton at a tavern costs about 30 coppers, 50 coppers if you want to havemarkup and labour costs, De’muel was able to esti all the various shop within the Merchant Quarters also allowed hi sche the costs of the eggs upwards to slightly beneath the cost of et a deal if I buyand bread course, after the bowl of potherbs “How much more?” “Let’s see… there’s uests… h can these keep for?” “The tea can last at least a year, we’ve never kept any tea longer than that The eggs can be stored to last for about a month, the zinnia flowers lasts a dozen days at s and dozen bundles of zinnia?” De’muel closes his eyes for a old, 10 silvers and 50 coppers sound?” Mikhal likewise closes his eye to do the ood” Kals of tea on a wooden platter next to the 3 would-be ives the tea a blow before taking a sip “The apothecariescrazy fro another sip of the tea “This is a little different… Sweet… and fruity?” “Lauer with the rattail runs over after serving the group that he ith “Yes, De’uest a normal one!” “Eh? I just added soht away” Lau “Huh? What? Nono, this is great! Sorry to bother you And thanks for the great er looks at De’ and heads off “Wait… what did you say about apothecaries just now?” Mak’ra turns to the blonde youth as the i crazy You folks brought in so better and cheaper than those bitter herbal tonics, brews, teas and what not” Mikhal usted face as he recalls their flavour “And this tea of yours doesn’t need a dispensing ratio and what not I’ve seen you guys drink this stuff, so I know there’s no side effects too I a of yours, I otten pretty fa court” De’muel can only look at Mak’ra listlessly at that coet, here’s round as the two look on The sounds of chatter and the occasional laughter by the various sroups of people around the ca air