Chapter 22

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"I see what you meant by her scoldings are the worst," I said, looking like a dead fish sitting on a bench outside the station.

"Right, at least I had it light you were there resiting laws to her for a couple of hours," Sara said, trying to hide her smile.

"4 hours, 32 minutes, and 12 seconds," I said with unfocused eyes.

"You counted?" Sara said, surprised.

"After the first walk-through, yes," I said, dropping my head down.

"Haha, now you at least know what not to do," Sara said sarcastically.

"Yeah, I don't want to go through that again," I muttered, sitting beside her.

"Anyways, did you get your equipment?" Sara asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah, I already sent it to my room," I said, sighing in relief.

"By sent. You mean like teleport?" Sara asked, looking at me worried.

"Yeah, of course."

"Where in your room did you teleport it to?" Sara asked hesitantly, already knowing the answer.

"Hmm, probably on my bed. Why?" I said, tilting my head at her.

"Ah is see. In that case. May the gods be with you." Sara said, giving a bow of condolence.

"What?" I said, confused at her actions.

"Your maid is going to kill you." Sara simply said, giving me another bow.

"Why?"

"You will see. Anyways what do you want to do next?" Sara said, standing up, not wanting to continue the subject.

"I don't know, but what did you mean my maid is going to kill me," I asked, not wanting an answer.

"You will see. Oh, right, let's go to this restaurant, I know. You will love it."

"How do you know I will love it?"

"Because you love pudding."

"That might be true, but…"

"Haha, just trust me on this," Sara said, smiling brightly.

"I still have things to do, though," I muttered, still following Sara towards who knows where with our two pegasuses following behind us.

[40 Minutes later]

"So, what do you think," Sara asked, looking at the front sign of the restaurant with me next to her.

"Sara, I haven't even tried their food. How am I supposed to say I like it or not," I said, looking at Sara like she was dumb.

"Not that I mean the sign," Sara said, pointing at the sign.

"It's a sign. What's so good about it?" I said, shrugging at the neon light sign.

"It lights up. Isn't that cool," Sara said, sounding like a small child.

"No, that's very common."

"No, it's not there are only a few that have it," Sara said, surprising me a bit.

"If you say so," I said, not wanting to argue, walking into the restaurant.

"But it," Sara whined, following me.

"Good afternoon, customers table for 2?"

"Yes, please," Sara said, grabbing my shoulders as if I would run away.

"Right away. Follow me, please."

"Thank you."

"Here you go, table for 2." The waiter said, stepping aside so we could go past him.

"Thank you," I said, getting into the seat.

"Hmm, what will you have to drink." The waiter asks, taking out a small notepad.

"Can we have two giant ground smoothies, please?" Sara said, ordering for me and making me raise an eyebrow at her.

"Right up."

"Huh? Did I hear that right? Ground?" I asked, looking at her even more confused.

"Yes and no, it's not little ground that we will be drinking. You will enjoy it believe."

"Not going to believe you until I have it," I stated, making her frown.

"Here you go, 2 ground smoothies." The waiter said, putting down two glasses with brown milkshake liquids on the table.

"…. That was too fast," I said, looking at the brown milkshake.

"Ground smoothies are trendy, so we have a few ready and waiting." The waiter said in a proud tone.

"Huh, okay, thank you," I said, tapping the straw on the table.

"What will you ladies have to eat today?"

"Hmm, can you bring this and two of these for us?" Sara said, pointing at stuff on the menu.

"Alright, I will bring it as fast as possible." The waiter said, taking his leave.

Seeing him go, I looked down at the milkshake in front of me and took a slow and wary sip.

"This is a coffee milkshake, Sara," I said, looking at Sara with an emotionless expression.

"No, it's a ground smoothie, not a coffee milkshake," Sara said, annoyed at what I said.

"Sigh, whatever," I said, sighing, not wanting to debate it.

'Though I do love my coffee.' I thought, tasting the loveable caffeine in the drink.

"Well, while we wait. Where are we going after this." Sara asked

"The merchant guild, please. So that I can get the best metals, you guys have. The blacksmith already gave me enough tools to make the right tools for the big build." I explained with a giant smile on my face.

"Alright, will do. But what sort of tools will you be making."

"Well, industrial tools,s of course. Like robots and some printers. I need something to carry everything around, you know."

"Is that so," Sara said, looking at me, not understanding me at all.

"Don't worry about it. You will see in a few days what I meant," I said, laughing at her expression.

"Uh huh, can't wait to see it," Sara said, nodding while drinking her coffee milkshake.

"You don't sound very convinced," I said with a chuckle.

"Well, I don't understand why you needed a smithy," Sara said, looking at me.

"How else am I going to melt the metal?"

"Uh, that's true. Wait, but can't you use your sword?"

"What? No, that's not going to work properly. I need something that can regulate it to perfection. Though I will start the fire with my sword every time." I explained, tapping my sword on my back.

"Hmm, I guess that makes sense."

"Well…"

[45 minutes later]

"Man, I am full," Sara said, patting her stomach and leaving the restaurant.

"Yeah, that wasn't so bad after all," I said with a satisfied expression.

"I told you you would like that."

"I said it wasn't that bad, meaning I had better."

"Pffft, don't hold yourself back too much, okay," Sara said, laughing and jumping on her pegasus.

"What?" I hummed, confused, getting on my pegasus.

"To the merchant guild," Sara said, pointing to the west.

"Alright."

"A wrong way," Sarsa said, embarrassed, going the opposite direction.

"You sure it's this way."

"hundred per cent certain."

"If you say so."

"Yes, it isn't far away anyways. Let's run."

"Okay," I said before we started running with the pegasus.

"Well, shit, you didn't talk bullshit," I said, seeing her stop in front of a building with a Merchant Guild sign.

"What you actually thought!?"

"Yeah, of course. Who walked passed the blacksmith before?" I said, teasing her.

"You are so mean, sister," Sara whined, starting to walk to the front door, not getting off her pegasus.

"Hmm," humming, I raised an eyebrow at her before shaking the weird thought out of my head.

"P-Princess, how can we help you today."

"Here you go," I said, giving him a list.

"Uhm, princess, these are all ores." The man said, looking at Sara. Even though she was still on her pegasus, the man didn't even blink at the weirdness.

"Well, that's what we are looking for," Sara said, annoyed.

"I see, young lady. Might I know your name?" The man said, realising I might be more important than he thought.

"Don't call me that. I might give you my name after you get everything on the list." I said, pointing at the piece of paper.

"Will do, Milady." The man nodded, walking to the receptionist.

"Hey, why are we not getting off?" I said, looking at mister white.

"There is no need." Was all Sara said while smiling.

"Sigh, whatever."

"Here you go, princess, milady." The man from before said, holding a bag up to me.

"What?" I said, confused at his gesture.

"Everything on the list is in here." The man said, giving me the bag.

"…. Sara?"

"It's a storage bag. Everything will be in there. Don't worry, sister, they won't lie." Sara said, gesturing at the bag.

"But so fast," I said, taking the bag hesitantly.

"Haha, we pride ourselves on our servicing speed."

"I see. Well, my name is Ren."

"Princess Ren. she is the new addition to the family."

"Don't say it like that. It sounds weird. I am adopted a few weeks ago." I said, looking away, embarrassed for some reason.

"Ah, I see. It's nice to meet you, Princess Ren." The man said, bowing down respectively.

"Thank you for everything. Let's go, sis." Sara said, turning around.

"Thank you," I said, nodding at the man following behind Sara.

"Where to next," Sara asked, waiting for me to catch up.

"The hunters guild?"

"Why?"

"I might need beast or monster bodies in the future," I explained thoughtfully.

"Hmm, but you don't need it right now, right?"

"No."

"Then it's not necessary to go there."

"Don't I need a permit to buy bodies?" I asked, tilting my head at her.

"No, not at all."

"Princess privileges, I guess," I said with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, royal and noble privileges." Sara nodded with a smirk.

"Ah, I see. Then we are done."

"Well, let's go back home then."

"Yeah, let me start with the tests."

"Tests?"

"Yeah, I need to find out the best metal to use on certain things. That's why I didn't buy that much yet."

"You mean spending over 20 000 gold is not enough to even start," Sara said, baffled.

"Huh, no, no, I can at least start with the generators, but not more than that," I said, shaking my head.

"Uh, right. Why did I think it would be that simple? If you buy in bulk, let one of the servants go buy it for you next time."

"I will wait for our sister to come before I start building it. I did promise Lena, after all." I explained thinking about my plans already.

"Yeah, good luck with that," Sara said, shivering.