Lotus circled the transformed black dragon, and then grabbed Nachtia by the hand to drag her into the back yard.
"Look at the altar that Karl made. Isn’t it pretty?" She asked.
"It looks like you grew a tree totem, and then he enhanced it with runes? This is quite the piece of work. Just living near it will help you advance, and that’s not to mention the extra favour from the Gods that you will get for having a healing totem active in your house." Nachtia agreed.
"It’s also good for the grass. So much softer on the feet than when we moved in. How long are you staying? Did you come to try the coffee?" Lotus inquired eagerly. freewēbnoveℓ.com
"Coffee? Dwarven Coffee is a harsh thing, but the Demons must make something different if you’re so excited about it." Nachtia asked.
"Oh, it’s so good. We will have to go to the boardwalk and see all the things. Why don’t I take you on a tour of the city? We can grab Thor and Tessa and make it a full outing."
"I take it that the one known as Thor is the Red Dragon Cleric’s bonded knight?" Nachtia replied with a smile as she followed Lotus back to the front of the house.
"Sort of. Technically, he’s one of Karl’s bonded partners, and was a Lightning Cerro before he evolved to become an Overlord. But they’re together a lot." Lotus winked as she finished the sentence, and the black dragon smirked.
Whether he was someone else’s bonded partner or not, it did sound like he was certain to become the Red Dragon Cleric’s knight.
Inside, everyone had gathered in the shop, which had no customers at the moment.
"These are all my people." Lotus explained, then went around the group, introducing everyone to Nachtia.
When they got to Thor and Tessa, Nachtia smiled at the protective way that he was standing by her shoulder, then examined him more closely.
"Some sort of behemoth? An Impenetrable Bulwark Behemoth, I believe. I have felt that skill before, but an Overlord and still so young. Not even three years old yet, but very soon. You have a bright future ahead of you, Mister Thor. Take good care of your cleric." She greeted him.
Thor smiled at her. "Have you met our Cara yet?"
Nachtia nodded, confused by the sudden change of topics, but Cara knew what he meant.
[Turns out, all black dragons taste the same.]
Karl rescued her before someone gave too many details. "The Winged Void Badger has a thing for dragons. She likes to bop them on the nose and tease them, so they’ll chase her around."
Nachtia giggled softly, a noise that had a haunting echo, as if coming from another realm and not a small transformed dragonkin body.
But the noise made Tessa laugh as well.
"It seems your god still approves of small, fearless things." She joked.
Nachtia frowned. "Well, I might be able to check. I’m from Marres, on the north coast of the North Continent. Definitely too far for the Guild Bank function to work. If I use the Guild function to search for the Darklight Host near my home location..."
She paused, and then her eyes went wide.
"Uh, you have Guild members on the North Island. In the nation of Cyhosasa there is a branch of the Darklight Host. But I’m not sure that you want to meet them. There are only two listed members of the branch, and one of them is Supreme Lady Matilda."
Karl shrugged. "I have no idea who that is."
Nachtia rolled her eyes. "A Hundred-thousand-year-old Supreme Rank Chaos Dragon? Any clue now? Oh, right, you didn’t grow up on this continent. You know how parents tell children horror stories before bed to make them behave? She’s the one who created most of them, just for fun.
She’s insane, unpredicable, definitely not safe. She doesn’t even run the country, even though she existed before it was formed. She just hangs out in the capital, causing chaos every so often when she gets bored."
[...]
[Yes, Cara. We will go visit the dragon one day.]
The Black Dragon misinterpreted his hesitation and continued. "Don’t worry about her attacking. She’s not malicious in that way, and I’m sure she won’t take offence to someone else being in the Guild."
Karl smiled and shook his head. "I was thinking that Cara might have found a new friend. She also enjoys causing chaos for personal amusement."
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