Chapter 139 - Another Reunion
The figure gave one last glance at the duo at the countertop. Lifting his mug, he gulped the remaining golden liquid that he kept swirling for a while now.
He reached to the side where a carefully wrapped sheath was resting against the wall. There was a sword in it, but besides the hilt's vague figure nothing could be made out, as the thick linen wrapping carefully hid its decorative motifs.
He stood up and slowly put the holstered weapon back to the empty scabbard on the left side of his black leather belt. Raising his arms in the air he yawned loudly and stretched his tired back. After several days of information gathering and fruitless search, he finally found this runaway boy.
The only thing that puzzled him, was the second person, the female figure that arrived with him. Who was she? He couldn't glance at her due to the baggy hood they were wearing, but in the end, it doesn't matter. He had a job to do, and he can finally complete it and bring him back.