*smack*
"Owww! What happened?" Soren said with a suprised expression on his face while finding himself laying in the space between the seats. He also saw Kana and Dallius were also in a weird position with one over the other, but that amusing sight wasn't enough for Soren to stop thinking about the situation.
"Tsk. I would like to know as well. Coachman, what did just happen right now?" Kana asked angrily at the coachman in front.
"Forgive me miss, but we nearly collided with another carriage. We will begin shortly again." The coachman said nervously while wiping his forehead with a white piece of cloth.
"Good. Make sure we begin as soon as possible." Kana ordered with a stern expression. After Soren managed to get up from the floor, he decided to ask:
"What happened just now?"
"We nearly crashed to another passing carriage. Thankfully, there was no damage done, so we won't have to provide any compesation." Kana explained calmly.
"I see." Soren answered back.
'Yeah, right. We are talking about an accident here. I think compesation should be the least of oir worries. What do you think that would have happened if someone was seriously injured? Make sure to check on people at the very least...' Soren's thoughts were actually going all over the place, but he couldn't actually speak them out, unless he wanted to bring himself unnecessary trouble.
After a bit of time, the carriage started moving again and after around 10 minutes, the carriage stopped in front of a huge metal gate that looked similar to a castle gate and entered after the metal gate opened and after another 10 or so minutes, the carriage stopped completely and the doors were opened by the coachman himself while saying:
"We have arrived."
As soon as the four of them got out of the carriage, a couple of mermen with some sort of white attire came in front Dallius and one of them said:
"We have been waiting for you milord. The doctors are all ready to patch you up sir."
"Good. I guess this is goodbye for now Soren. This operation will last a little while and I doubt we will be able today because I'll need to rest for a while as well." Dallius spoke with a slightly casual tone while holding out his hand for a handshake.
"Then make sure you take good care of your injuries and have plenty of rest as well." Soren also gave him a handshake before Dallius left with the two mermen in white.
"Let's get you patched up as well. Some medicine should do the job for your injuries." Kana said in a slightly casual manner as she was looking at Soren and Lavenza.
"There's no need to do that miss. I have alrea-" Just as Soren was talking, Kana then gave him a menacing stare that made him to stop talking. He realised that he would have to take the reward in some way or another and until he took it, there was no way for him to leave unscathed.
After that little moment, the three of them made their way towards the big mansion in front of them and the moment they entered through those doors, they saw two rows of mermen standing on each side of the door and bowing them as all of them said:
"Welcome Master and esteemed guests."
Soren's mind didn't have the capability to process the scene right in front of him, so he was left in a state of shock for a few seconds before Kana then asked him:
"Are you going to wait outside or come in?"
In reality she was amused with Soren's reaction, but she knew that he had endured more than enough abuse for the day, thanks to Diana's little scheme, so she just decided to keep that reaction to herself.
"Sorry, I'm coming right now." Soren said anxiously while he rushed to her side. As he was swimming, he saw that the mermen who were standing on the left were wearing butler uniforms, while the ones on the right were wearing maid uniforms. Lavenza always followed Soren right next to him, but she was also curious about the mermen who were wearing these kinds of costumes.
After a few seconds, another merman with a butler uniform appeared, but his face looked rather old wrinkly, while having gray hair and blue eyes and tail.
"Young miss. We were expecting you." The voice of the merman was old and deep, but it didn't sound tired or weak. Soren thought the moment he was just an old man past his prime and without much energy in him, but contrary to expectations, his voice still had the vigor of a healthy adult.
"Any news?" Kana asked with a cold attitude the butler.
"Nothing miss. Although Master ordered me to pass you a message." The old butler answered with a cold and serious expression.
"What is it?"
"He request both your presence and the guests' at his office."
In that moment, Kana's expression darkened for a moment before she said:
"Got it. Tell him thay we will arrive shortly. In the meantime, take the guests to the infirmary to take care of their wounds."
After she said that, one of the maid who were nearby then started to follow her while started swimming towards the left hall. Once she left, the old butler who delivered the message then spoke to me:
"Follow me to the infirmary young guest."
'Young? I mean I am 16, but I would have liked to be addressed a little bit more politely.' Soren thought to himself with a slightly dejected expression before him and Lavenza started following the old butler towards the right hall as they were making their way towards the infirmary.
As the they were making their way there, Soren saw that this mansion didn't have a whole lot of decorations. He was expecting to see all kinds of fancy stuff since this was the mansion of one the biggest households in the city, but aside from the occasional paintings that were hanged on the wall and a couple of armor stands that were here and there, the halls that they went through were mostly blue. Blue curtains, blue carpets, blue walls and floor, the hall was litterally covered in a blue color. The only different colors that they saw were paintings, the gray armor stands and windows that showed the colorful garden.
After ten minutes of constant silent swimming passed, the three of them reached one of the doors and before they opened it, the door suddenly opened with a load explosion while someone was blown off the room and hit the wall while making a powerful thud.
"What the- Hey are you ok? Dude, what ha-" Just as Soren was going to ask, the guy who got blowm off the room then put his hand on Soren's mouth and said with an annoyed expression on his face:
"Can you shut up for a moment so I can focus on my train of thought?"
Once he said that, he then took his hand off my mouth and started wiping himself a bit. While wiping himself, Soren gave a good look at this man and saw that he had black hair, eyes and a purple tail, while also wearing glasses and some sort of doctor's uniform.
"Did your exprements finally fix your brains Vale or did they give you permament brain damage?" The old butler asked sarcastically the merman with the white coat who was wiping himself with his own hands.
"Can it you old cod. You know this isn't the first time doing these experiments and it certainly won't be the last. So why don't you go hit the casket while I'm doing my own work?" The merman named Valed answered back with an annoyed expression while giving a scornful look at the old butler.
"Well you can continue playing scientist at another time. Right now we requure the infirmary to patch up our guests. Missus' orders." The old butler spoke with rigor while not caring about Vale's remarks.
"I guess it can't be helped. Come in you two. I'll have you two fixed up before you even say Kraken. Marcus, you wait outside for the guest. You know the rules after all." Vale gave him a taunting look while making the signal for me and Lavenza entering the room.
"Just do your job. We don't have a lot of time." The old butler named Marcus spoke with an annoyed look on his fave while rubbing his temples.
After that quick exchange between these two, Soren and Lavenza entered into infirmary with Vale. The infirmary had cabinets full of bottles and containers, as well as a desk with a few chairs, a couple of bookcases and a bed of sorts that was used for examinations. Once the three of them entered, Vale then started to look for something in his desk while saying:
"Go sit on the bed and take off all of your armor so I can start the examination."