After the morning lessons end, I’d usually have lunch. But today, with a tea party ahead, I head to the venue without eating anything. I asked the morning instructor, and it seems attending the tea party itself is indeed the…
It was, without a doubt, an incident. Gernot, the tax collector, a regular at Izakaya Nobu, visited during the usual afternoon hours. However, he didn’t order the Neapolitan pasta that he would normally request without fail. “…Red wine. No snacks.”…
Previously: Zenos and the others drove off the men from the underground guild who had crashed the slums’ festival. “Well then, good work everyone.” After the first festival in the slums came to a grand close. With Zofia’s words, the…
I pick up the fallen sword with trembling hands. Since this doesn’t seem to be a real space, I don’t even know if there’s any need to pick it up. It’s probably just the habit of a swordsman. First, I…
It’s the usual Lady’s Day. But today feels different from the norm. “Are we off today?” “Yes.” Marie-san informs me that today’s dance lesson has been canceled. Did something urgent come up for the instructor, I wonder? As I ponder…
A flash of crimson-black light swept across the top of the city walls. “…No way.” The archer, his hair ruffled by the passing flash, looked nervously to his side… and saw what only seconds ago had been people, now scattered…
Ignaz and Kamil visited Izakaya Nobu around lunchtime the next day. The noren wasn’t out, but it seemed they were serving lunch to regulars inside. Two or three customers were enjoying their meals with gusto. Ignaz had expected Gernot to be there,…
Previously: The men who barged into the slum festival were from the Underground Guild. “The Underground Guild…” Lily muttered, gazing at the men who had suddenly barged into the slum’s night festival. “The Underground Guild, as in that Underground Guild?” “Yeah, the…
“What’s wrong?” I’m startled by the sudden appearance of the Commander. Wondering if something happened, I ask, only to be met with a troubled smile. “Sorry, were you still in the middle of a lesson? I don’t have any urgent…