-W-who are you?! One of the soldiers said, struggling to grab his sword off of the ground. Kiwo looked at him with eyes of pity.
-Kiwo Shiitera. Said Kiwo, calmly, with a smile on his face.
It may have looked like an ordinary smile to Rii but it was a death flag to the soldiers. Kiwo let out a little laugh before calling Rii and entering the gate of Servonah (the name of the empire they are in).
Rii walked behind Kiwo, their eyes covered by their hair and their head down so as to not attract any attention. As they walked on, Rii often moved their head a little to see the little shops, colorful fabric, weapons, papers, maps, wood and all kinds of food items, the little child was amazed by everything.
From what Kiwo had said, the place he goes to sell goods was a little further down the road.
After a little while, they arrived at a small stand, on its front were marked the words ``Hunters' Shop". The shop's owner was an old friend of Kiwo, a proud artisan. Suddenly a middle aged man with a small beard and brown hair appeared from behind the door facing Kiwo and Rii. He looked at the two people standing in front of his shop and came up to them.
Once Rii saw him up close they saw that he was a lot shorter then Kiwo, or maybe Kiwo was really tall. The salesman looked at Kiwo, surprised, he then looked at Rii and smiled.
-Wow Kiwo, my friend! Didn't know you had a kid! He said, before laughing loudly.
Kiwo looked uncomfortable,like he knew this would happen but was still not prepared. He seemed embarrassed by his obnoxiously loud friend. Kiwo looked at Rii and looked around.
-Why don't you look around, here take this and buy yourself some clothes at the blue shop. Kiwo pointed at a small blue shop that contrasted with the other small shops, this one was a lot brighter and cleaner. Tell someone that works in the shop that I'm your guardian. Kiwo said, giving Rii a small bource of silver and gold coins.
On the wooden panel the name of the shop was beautifully written, "Shii and sew". Rii nodded and turned around to the magnificent small shop. They opened the glass door and entered the place. There were other people in the shop. They were all looking at the things hanging on the walls and the mannequins.
There were alot of wonderfully made clothes and big squares of fabric of multiple colours. Rii was so amazed by the craftsmanship of everything that they didn't realise someone was coming up to them.
-Poor child, where are your parents? Do you have someone I can ask for? A person said, they were dressed in a dress blue just like the shop and had worry in their eyes.
Rii flinched, they were surprised by the sudden appearance of the person next to them. Rii turned to face them and then bowed with their right hand on their chest, they had learned a little bit of manners through Kiwo's lessons, they knew that this was the respectable way to greet someone. Rii then turned their head and looked through the glass door and saw Kiwo still busy talking with his salesman friend,they seemed to be negotiating.
-Kiwo said he's my temporary guardian, untilI find my family. Rii said, innocently, they looked at the person dressed in blue next to them, they were surprised and somewhat amazed, they whispered.
'a child of the young master? Young master Shiitera must be so kind!'
They then looked at the angelic Rii.
-I shall tell the sub-owner of your arrival. The person said, Rii was confused, " Young master Shiitera? What did Mister Kiwo forget to tell me?" The person asked Rii to sit on one of the small benches while they waited for them to come with the sub-owner.
Rii had a bad feeling about this but decided to ignore it.