"Anyway, let's leave the distant future for later." Marjorie was wiping a small tear from her face after laughing non-stop.
"I already told you it's not what you think!" Mei continued with that attitude that didn't help her much.
"Okay, master. We believe you, but now I'm curious, who exactly is he, could you tell me, Marjorie?" Shino was still curious, Mei had already told her a bit about Ragna, but what had to do with his father was still a mystery, for that reason she asked Marjorie since she seemed to have some knowledge.
"Well, I don't have a problem with that… From what I understand, his name is Raguna, apparently he had a lot to do during the sabotage of the Sechs empire's plans, in addition to communicating with Terrable. At first there was no knowledge about him, but after an investigation, little Gilbert discovered that Raguna was his second cousin, the intervention of the other branch of the royal family also had a lot to do with it, but in the end, Raguna was informed of everything this and decided to accept the truth. I guess now his name would be Raguna D. Lawrence, right?" Marjorie said everything she knew at the same time that she was looking for Mei to affirm all of it.
"Yes, that's basically what happened, though in the end Raguna decided not to get involved with the royal family or the nobility, and just stayed in the town of Kardia to live away from all that..." All of that information seemed to be incredibly important, even many high-ranking people in Uruz didn't know about it, which was quite remarkable.
"I see... So Ragna is quite special." Shino now understood the situation a little more and couldn't help but be surprised again.
"That means that Ragna boy caught your interest, he must be quite talented... Apart from the fact that he is part of the royal family, that means that he is very likely an Earthmate." Mei nodded at Marjorie's words at the same time that Shino remembered something.
"By the way, Marjorie. It seems that Blake could be a Rune wonder."
"A Rune wonder...? If they couldn't verify it, I'm not surprised, the only way is for Blake to know the chants used by the Rune wonders and to check if the Runeys respond to him." Normally, Marjorie would be a bit surprised, despite in all the time she had lived, she hadn't had many chances to come into contact with Rune Wonders, but since it was Blake they were talking about, she wasn't surprised, even if they told her that Blake was actually one of the elder dragons that would make her sigh calmly since that would explain all the weirdness that surrounds him. "But now that you mention Blake..."
"Crack!" And that sound echoed in the room after Shino felt like she was hit by Marjorie's broom this time.
"And what is that for?" Shino asked that question as she touched the area where the pain didn't seem to lessen.
"That's for acting smug! Didn't I tell you that Blake's eccentricities had to stay hidden?!" And listening to the reason, Shino could only hit her head a bit as she stuck out her tongue trying to act as if she forgot.
Marjorie didn't want to argue with her anymore and turned her attention to Mei.
"And you… who gave you the guts to steal my disciple?!" Once again it was Mei's turn to receive Marjorie's wrath, but Mei didn't understand why she was acting like this since Blake was Shino's disciple. "Anyway, now that we've got to this point, we might as well clear things up a bit, pay attention girl, what you're about to hear might be something too hard to swallow."
And not knowing what Marjorie was referring to, Mei remained silent with some curiosity showing on her face… Although that curiosity would quickly turn into a very complicated expression…
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The sunset was covering the exterior with its characteristic orange hue, all the nocturnal creatures were close to waking up and taking over the exterior of nature and near the town of Sharance the first thing that would appear in anyone's sight would be the huge tree that seemed to touch the clouds that rested in the sky.
It wouldn't take long for nightlife to appear, causing both the restaurant and the town inn to become quite lively, and especially, at one of the restaurant tables you could see a couple of guys who were having a good time.
"Sigh... There's nothing like a delicious meal after a good bath." Ragna's relaxed voice was clearly heard as Blake remembered a little bit of the day they had.
"That's right, although you really didn't have to invite the whole dinner." Blake was also enjoying the moment, and although he told him that it was not necessary, Ragna had told him that he would take care of inviting him to dinner for the inconvenience he had caused.
The atmosphere of the place was decorated by a large number of customers, in addition to the lively atmosphere generated by the music and songs of a bard who handled the runes of the wind element a bit, giving an interesting demonstration. The smells of delicious food were enough to mesmerize anyone as it seemed like Blaise was showing all of his abilities at that moment.
Collette literally looked like lightning going around the tables taking the orders of the clients, in her hands and head she carried the plates full of food showing her ability and she had not taken long to return to the table where Blake and Ragna were.
"Do you want to order something else?" The first time they entered the restaurant, Collette noticed Ragna, and it didn't take long for Blake to introduce him as a friend of his and an acquaintance of Shino's.
"I'd like another plate of fried vegetables and some snapper sashimi if it's not too much trouble." Ragna wasted no time in asking for something else since the use of his abilities had caused his energy to drop even though he had entered earlier to the hot springs of the inn.
"Okay, it'll be ready soon, how about you Blake?"
"Actually I think I'm fine..." Blake didn't want to continue taking advantage of Ragna's kindness, but it looked like he wasn't going to allow that.
"Nonsense, the only thing you've ordered so far is a couple of rice balls!" Ragna couldn't help but raise her voice upon hearing Blake.
"Ragna is right, Blake. If you carry on like this you'll soon be left in bones for not eating." Collette put her hands on her waist as she agreed with Ragna, though deep down she had a sly smile on her face.
"Sister Collette is right. Forget it. Please bring another round of the same thing I ordered, no, it better be two!"
"Okay!" And with a simple smile, Collette returned to her work thinking about that night's earnings while Blake could only sigh to himself.