Blake heard that question close to him. He felt that it was a bit strange for someone to talk to him about some kind of tour, but once he saw whom that voice belonged to, it didn't take long for him to greet her and understand the situation a little better.
"Hello again, Nana. If you're asking me that, I can assume you're not busy anymore." Although Blake said something somewhat obvious, it was the first thing that came to his mind.
"You are correct, I took all the woolies to the stable that Mr.Sherman prepared, so right now I am free to enjoy the festival, but I was looking for you to give me that tour that you promised." Nana did not hesitate to speak with sincerity; she was looking forward to the town tour.
She probably would have done it on her own, but she was sure it would be more fun if someone accompanied her.
"Of course, it's not a problem. If that's the case, then follow me." Blake didn't need to think too much about a route to follow, although he assumed that Nana already knew the mansion of the town, so he left the square in the direction of the restaurant.
Nana had wasted no time and she ran for a bit before reaching Blake and walking beside him. The beginning of the tour went smoothly, Nana could see the restaurant building, but it was obviously closed at the time, not far from there was also the small shrine in addition to the inn.
Blake was talking and explaining to Nana various aspects of these places and answering various questions that arose at that time.
They had even entered the inn since it was still open but had to escape when a smiling pink-haired Mer wanted to force them to take a bath.
Once they were safe again, Blake led Nana down the path that led to the center of town, the buildings of the flower shop and the Diamond shop had quickly come into view, but Blake had to apologize a little since due to the festival, most places were closed.
"And what about this place, Blake? I don't see the closed sign anywhere." Nana caught Blake's attention as she pointed her finger at the building that had the figure of a huge sword on top of it.
"That's the smithy, although it's strange, I'm sure I saw Gaius taking care of the tools we used during the event." Blake just remembered that, but at the same time a new thought came to his mind 'Did she…?'
Saying nothing more to Nana, Blake simply walked over to the door, then slowly opened it, and stepped inside to be greeted by a characteristic silence.
Nana had also followed Blake and after her vision was flooded by a large number of weapons and tools neatly arranged for any customer to peruse, but on top of that, she felt the sudden change in temperature hitting her directly.
She was sure she would break out in a sweat if she stayed there too long, but she was more interested in what was about to happen.
"I assumed you were here..." Blake had reached the store counter and said those words directed at who was on the other side.
"Welcome..." That monotonous voice was heard once more in the store, and how could it be otherwise, the calm figure of Raven was looking closely at Blake, but especially, who had entered with him, but had to stop as Blake kept getting her attention.
"Were you here all the time? I thought you would be at the festival like everyone else." Blake spoke calmly in front of Raven, maybe it was because he had interacted with her many times, but he no longer felt strange because of her serious attitude.
"I just didn't want to go." Raven responded that way since she had a good reason for not going, although a doubt came to her mind at that very moment. "Did Sakuya win again this year?"
"Well, she came in second this time. I was the one who took first place." Although it seemed like Blake said that with complete calm, there was a proud look on his face.
"I see..." As always, Raven's response was emotionless, but she was actually a bit surprised by what Blake said. "Congratulations."
"Haha, thanks. By the way, since I'm here, I wanted to give you this." Blake put his hand into his dimensional sack since he had kept the prizes he had previously received there.
It didn't take long for him to take out three papers containing recipes that Blaise had written, he received nine as a prize, so he had enough with him, plus he remembered that Raven had given him the same gift a while ago, so he brought them closer to her to take.
"..." Raven looked at that for a few seconds, but before she could say anything else, Blake's voice didn't allow her to do so.
"I'm not leaving here if you don't accept them." Now Raven was staring at Blake.
She acted in a simple way all the time, she wouldn't mind refusing requests or kindness from strangers and even from people she was close to, but it seemed that this was not possible for her if she dealt with Blake.
"Thank you... It wasn't necessary though." Raven accepted Blake's recipes, but it was still not impossible for her to tell what was on her mind.
"The mere fact that you accepted them is enough for me… Ah, that's right. Raven, she is Nana, she was the instructor during this year's event." Remembering Nana's existence, Blake turned to see that she was paying close attention to the conversation, but snapped back to reality when she heard her name.
"Nice to meet you, Raven!" Nana approached by herself right in front of the counter showing a huge smile as she raised her hand to greet Raven.
For her part, Raven hesitated for a few seconds before greeting her as well... The sight was somewhat curious to see, Nana showed a joy that was not uncommon to see in many people, but Raven's cold gaze and lack of expressions combined perfectly, and you could compare that to fire and ice being together at that moment.