"Anyway..." Silvana bowed down to her knees and apologized "What I came her for is to sincerely apologize in my guild's and behalf. We are very sorry to offend these honorable young masters"
Everyone was taken aback, even those who are eaves dropping in their conversation was stunned. Why is she apologizing? She didn't even do anything, neither was she there! Everything is starting to get awkward. If they knew it will get to this point, they wouldn't have pursued that matter even further.
Deeply embarrassed, Reiji lifted her up to stand. "It was fine, that matter have already been resolved. And besides, don't take this stupid children's words seriously"
"What does that suppose to mean, huh, Uncle?" Asked Kin slightly exasperated
Reiji glared at him coldly. Airi thought of a plan to get away immediately, and he looked at Kishi who looked at him confusedly in return.
"oh! It seems Kira had gone chasing butterflies again" he said "Uncle, were going to look for her, 'cause you know, she might get herself hurt. Come on Kishi"
Airi dragged a bewildered Kishi away from them. Lune followed their trail without taking his eyes off his book, while Rex carefully tagged along hoping nobody will notice. The ones remaining exchanged glances then one by one, they all started spouting excuses to get away.
Feeling extremely awkward, Silvana looked at Reiji with a confused look. She then bowed again and apologized, her face turning red from embarrassment.
"I'm deeply sorry, I might have said something wrong" she said
Reiji on the other hand, quickly brushed off her apology, "No, you said nothing wrong. Those kids just escaped quite some scolding I have prepared for them--What?"
Silvana giggled in his statement. "You seem close to them, aren't you, Your Majesty?"
"I can't deny that, but I won't agree to it either" he replied
While they are chatting, the attendant whose accompanying him is growing impatient. "Your Highness, I dare say that you shall begin the quest. We have already delayed much; we simply can't waste more time than we already had."
"Oh! Right! well, I'll be going. Have fun in your little adventure" He waved at them then left.
After a while, the children finally found a way to regroup themselves again. The plaza was now also packed with more people. They are now placing all their attentions on the Emperor waiting for him to start the quest.
With a pleasant smile on his face, Reiji began, "Without further ado, the long-awaited legendary quest of the Frozen ruin shall begin!"
Applauses and roaring cheers filled the air. Some others are raising their weapons in the air, while some others just merely raised their fist.
"Now, my dear adventures, treasure hunters, go forth!"
And just like that, all the people in the plaza left and started their hunt.
Currently, the mountains are covered in raging blizzards. Unless they have a death wish, they would wait until the storm is over. But even so, many groups of adventures and even treasure hunters are already beginning their hunt.
The children, however, went walking around the town first. Since their group is quite big, they decided to split into teams. Kira and Kishi was obviously with Airi, along with Rex, Lune, Mythica, Bubblegum, Yin, and Yang. They sat on wooden benches, not knowing what to do
"Have the others told you guys when were leaving?" Airi asked
"Nope" Yin answered
"We'll be leaving in fifteen minutes" Bubblegum said looking on her fancy looking pocket watch. "So, you guys have plans on what to do?"
"Aww! I should have asked nanny to come with me if I knew we will be waiting like this! We could have gone shopping!" Mythica whined
"Such a baby" said Yin
"Shut up!" she retorted
Being born in a wealthy family, they have nannies who accompany them wherever they go. As such, they also don't know how to go shopping by themselves, much less purchase with money. Their knowledge of this is limited, so much for having so much of it.
Trying to think of something to do, she caught sight of Kira and remembered something. She grabbed her arm and pulled her somewhere. Utterly confused, they did not bother to come after them.
When the two of them came back, Kira was wearing a hood that matches her outfit.
"Er....Sister--" Kira opened her mouth to speak, but Mythica spoke a second before her
"There you go! You should take good care of yourself; you might catch a cold if you're not careful" She said
Actually, she always catches a cold every end of the year, for whatever kind of circumstances. May it be warm or cold, she always gets sick afterwards.
Kishi could only sigh while the rest stared at her.
"What's with the ears?" Airi asked
This startled Mythica. With an embarrassed face she looked at Kira then gave her a warm hug "Even if it's cold, one should always mind some style! Look, isn't it cute on her?"
They all looked again. Kira was dressed with a pearly-white fur lined velvet coat, and fleece lined winter boots. A matching white elbow-length cape with hood, lined with fluffy fur, and a pair of fluffy cat ears.
Kira is always cute. No matter what she wears, she would always look extremely adorable. With that in mind, could she be cuter than she already is?
"Myth, she's always cute" Said Airi flatly
"Of course she is, but what Myth mean here is that Kira's a lot more adorable this way" said Bubblegum
Looking smug, Mythica pulled out another cute hood and showed it to her. "I'm glad you understand me Sugar. Here, I have one for you too"
"Er! No thanks! What about Kishi!" She quickly declined
"What!" Kishi protested
Not noticing their refusal, Mythica showed them more of those fluffy and cute outfits "Don't you guys worry, I have one for everyone!"
Stunned, they feel like running away. But unfortunately for them, it already too late. In the end all nine of them wore matching hoods with cute fluffy ears.
Deeply embarrassed, Bubblegum asked looking at herself in a frozen lake. "Where did you get all this anyway?"
"That's a secret" She replied
"It's actually very comfy, not bad" Lune murmured
"See, I told you" Mythica said, pleased with herself
The other guys however, think of this as ridiculous. They actually think that Lune was crazy, saying that it's good. But they have to admit, it's really nice and warm, it's pretty comfy too.
Fifteen minutes passed, and they all gathered again in the plaza. Seeing their outfits, the others laughed at them. All of them were deeply embarrassed, except for Mythica who was still very pleased, and Lune who's still reading his book, not noticing anything.
Just like earlier, Mythica pulled out a bunch of similar wear, that ceased all their laughing. It seemed as if everything back fired on them.
Wearing those cute little hoods, they looked like a group of werecreatures with those cute furry ears. The only thing missing are tails. Good thing is, that thought never came into Mythica's mind, which relieved them.
Together they traveled the mountains hoping to find the ruins and complete the quest. What didn't cross their minds until they realized it, they were completely unprepared and have no plans on where to start searching.