The group had been travelling for a week now and had made some stops at some small villages along the way. they were able to restock their food supplies along the way and had some fun with constant jokes being told by Finn.
the only one who seemed to not be a part of the group was Masha. but she was fine with this as long as she could be of use to Alyssa. Marv would constantly ask Masha to have duels with him and try to improve his efficiency with his skills. the only skills that he used during these duels were [rose scythe] and [extreme speed]. at first, Masha was caught off guard by his new power but eventually managed to gain her composure.
unfortunately, the speed of [extreme speed] was too fast for Masha to ever counter so it ended up with Masha training herself to be as fast as Marv. Marv was fine with this as he had made a mental note to no longer neglect his teammates.
Marv and Alyssa had sex every other night and Alyssa would always try to get into Marv's sleeping bag only for Marv to activate his [extreme speed] skill and move somewhere else.
this went on for the past week until they had returned to the gates of Arcane city. Finn whistled as he steered the carriage onto the streets of Arcane city. the group alighted from the carriage as Finn said that he wanted to take care of some business before he joined them. matters about Finn joining the party were already handled some time ago so he only needed to successfully pass the adventurer's test. Marv and the others including Brianna headed for a hotel and booked rooms for themselves. Brianna was sleeping with Marv in his room while Masha and Alyssa were sharing another room. Finn would either get his own room or share a room with Marv and Brianna.
Marv had realized his physical changes and frowned as he remembered how he had gotten rid of that great armour. he was walking through the streets while holding Brianna's hand. Masha and Alyssa headed for the adventurers guild to report the outcome of the destroyed village. Marv led Brianna into a tailor's shop so he could give her some nice clothes.
Alyssa had given up the idea of earning money from doing quests and just decided to use her own family's assets. Marv had an unlimited source of money to spend and he wasn't gonna hold back on his spendings.
the shop had different clothes that were up for sale. there was bikinis, sweaters and women's lingerie. Marv was more interested in the children's section so he headed to the left of the shop and saw the same clothes but in smaller sizes.
Brianna stared at all the clothes with obvious wonder in her eyes. she let out 'oohs!' and 'ah! as she looked at the dresses. Marv asked if there was anything she would like in particular and Brianna shrunk immediately.
did she deserve any of this...she was the child of a monster that had killed several people...she was a monster herself...did she deserve any of it. Marv could guess what she was thinking but wouldn't have any of it as shook Brianna's shoulders a bit. Brianna gave out a tiny shriek as she came back to reality. she looked up to see a smiling Marv who asked her what she wanted once more.
Brianna knew that it was probably best she chooses a dress. she looked at the different clothes and while avoiding Marv's gaze she pointed at a certain dress.
the dress was about Brianna's size, it had a light blue colour and frilly sleeves. the dress looked simple and had snowflake patterns all across the skirt. Marv was ok with that but decided it was better to have multiple clothes...so he bought all the girl clothes that could fit Brianna.
when the store clerk saw the number of clothes Marv was about to buy she couldn't help but let out a gasp. the clothes were a total of 26 items and 6 different pairs of shoes. the clerk tried to kiss Marv's ass as best she could only for Marv to tell her to stop and just tell him the damn price.
the clerk then told Marv that the amount was a total of 76 gold and 13 silver coins. Marv sighed in relief as he had enough money. before he came here Alyssa had given him 300 gold for him to spend however he wanted. after paying for everything and receiving 7 silver coins in change Marv immediately placed all the clothes in the now-empty inventory slots.
the clerk watched with amazement as Marv simply touched all the clothes and they immediately disappeared. she had found a spatial mage! but before she could ask for Marv's proper name Marv took Brianna's hand and left the shop for the cafe they had often frequented.
Brianna was shocked by how much Marv was willing to spend on her and assured herself that she had to be of use to him. when they entered the cafe Marv immediately headed for an empty table with Brianna struggling to keep up with her small legs.
a waitress appeared to serve Marv and he ordered a glass of milk for Brianna. he ordered a mug of tea for himself. having confirmed their orders the waitress left their table while giving a smile. Marv watched her walk away and then looked to the smiling Brianna sitting opposite of him.
"Hey, Brianna..."
"hm?"
Brianna stopped smiling for a bit as she tilted her head a bit. Marv looked at her and couldn't but give her a head pat while smiling.
"stop worrying about your past...I promise you that I won't ever care about who your parents were or what they had done...what I care about is you...so stop wondering about your past, ok?"
Marv kept smiling as he said these words. he really did want for Brianna to stop worrying about her parent's deeds. he was gonna treat her like a little sister...nothing more and nothing less. Brianna widened her eyes as she heard this. she wasn't sure of how to react, she blushed a bit while looking away.
eventually, the waitress returned with their orders and placed them on the table while smiling. she then left with her wooden tray close to her chest. Brianna watched the waitress walk away before she held the glass of milk in her hands and drunk it. Marv watched her drink for a while before he started drinking his own tea. they both finished drinking at the same time and both let out satisfying sounds.
they looked at each other before Brianna started laughing while hitting the table with her small hands. Marv just smiled as he watched her antics, he then looked around the cafe and saw that the other customers were chuckling while watching Brianna's antics.
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unknown to Marv one of the customers who was watching his table was looking at him up and down. the person was at the height of 174cm and was a male. he held a glass of alcohol in one hand and was flipping a gold coin in the other. he was suppressing his own power and was acting like as if he was also laughing at Brianna's antics.
he had short black hair combed back with a few white streaks. he had black pupils and a large grin on his face.
"well...I wondered where the death horseman was...seems like I found him..."
{don't you think we should talk with them?}
"no...we don't need to...after all it is the fate that we four will meet each other...just continue staying happy, death until, I, war...come for you."
with that, the man stood up and placed the gold coin on the table. with the payment done he left the cafe to head somewhere else.