"It's ready Miss, I hope you like your hairstyle, although is the same as the previous one." "In my eye is far better than what Miss Viridiana presented to us," Igor commented on Vaterian's work, no doubt it's better than what an untrained person can present, but what more important is the opinion from the young lady.
"Hard to admit, but I am not the best person to handle these kinds of issues, you did far better than me." Viridiana surprisingly didn't give any objection on this issue and accepted what she get.
As three of them walk out from the Inn, None of the customers looked at them. All they did is singing the folk song they like, "Ein Heller und ein Batzen" a classic folk song in this area, and swung their mug at the same time.
None of them would remember the Teenagers, humans forgot everything easily, especially when there's some alcohol in their stomach, it will let you forget everything in the past, even just a couple of minutes ago, but more you rely on them, it hurt more when it was taken away from you.
Silence stay when they moved. Someone who cant take silence as everyday entertainment started the conversation. "Miss Viridiana, may I know where do you learn the Hellandic Language? It's a pleasure to hear our language be spoken in such a great tune. Almost make our language sound like a perfect mix of nobility and simplicity, instead of just a language soup."
"Pay attention to your word, if anyone here heard what you said to us, you gonna go in huge trouble." Said Vaterian "I believe I just describing the truth, otherwise try to explain why it called Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien."
The long name confused Viridiana, even for someone who understands the language, it's still hard to follow up. "It meant account of all distinguished and commemorable stories, a newspaper, speciality in our land. A 4 pages paper with all the daily news you need to know." Vaterian explained to Viridiana, surprisingly with Alpinian. A language you won't hear so often in this land.
"Miss if you were curious about why I know your language, I study Alpinian in school and he studied Angles. If you were thinking about those swear words you used during our conversation, I could tell you I understand all of them. no worries, I won't leave them in my mind." Vaterian explained to Viridiana, but it might just make her more nervous.
"Back to the topic, why would you ever want to learn our barbaric language, it's not like we civilized enough to stand in the same position as you did. But I think it should be related to the family business right?"
As Vaterian predict the reasons behind Viridiana's learning, Igor unsheathe his sword slightly, just enough to let Vaterian see through the reflection. There are two guys at their back. It seems they stalking them, although is not quite sure what they up to, but better to stay alert.
"It's indeed I learned it so that I can have a better time in this country, my father said I need to show my determination before he would be allowed me to come here. That's why I spend a lot of time learning the language." Viridiana seems proud of herself in this department, she probably didn't use a lot of time to master the language.
Vaterian seems impressed, not by the time she used to master the language, but she is the one who made the decision. "I'm quite impressed by your achievement, but did your father come here before? It sounds like he knew a lot about this land."
"We did come here before when the Kingdom of Helland still didn't exist and the Grand duchy of Talismania still dominating this land, but since the stupid civil war you had, our merchant had been put on a trophy room, shown but never used. We never come here since then, even we sent some convoy, but they return with nothing," said Viridiana, her anxiety shown from her hand, she rubbing her fingers.
"No worries Miss, I believe your father won't blame you, nobody will expect a small trip will end up as a grand escape. Can I know how you planned to do, to open the new trade route?" Vaterian asked about their plan, he believe it will help a lot.
"We plan to speak directly to the grand duke, we are the biggest merchant guild in the region of Ujvaros, It shouldn't be a problem for us to meet him." Viridiana described their plan, it's a reliable plan, If the member of the family Von Nassau didn't come here to meet with Grand duke, they already held their triumph.
"If you can meet with the grand duke, why don't do it since the beginning? It should solve the problem in no time." Vaterian asked his question while keeping his eye on those stalkers.
"The Stadthalter is the one who takes care of the trade in this city, but he never allowed us to directly trade in this city, we can only sell our goods indirectly through the merchant from Mathar league." Said Viridiana.
"No wonder the Stefan only tell us to join the caravan from Mathar league, he knew there had no other merchant here. But he had no idea about the Montferrat is here, then who was the one who hunting " Vaterian gather the information and had a conclusion, but he didn't believe the merchant dared to commit a crime in the city, the Stadthalter won't allow any crime to happen, At least not in the city.
Suddenly, Igor close into Vaterian, he whispers, "Those guys notice us, the reflection of the light from your sword might make them alert, I doubt they will want to fight against three people. It won't be easy to catch them the next time, we must find a way to lure them."
Vaterian think for a while, and he quickly made his decision. "Come with me, miss." Vaterian dragged Viridiana to a dark alley, that was as silent as in the deepest part of the Ocean, Viridiana was shocked but being pushed by Igor from behind, she had no choice but to walk in.
The two men, who followed them all the way, look at each other with doubt, but later decide to followed and walked into the Alley.
Crows and rats fled out from the alley, creating a moment of discordant, but quickly went back to silence. The fate of Viridiana, no longer laid in her hand.