Burning Soul

Others had no clue about what they were supposed to do! Breaking the tension Theo stepped in taking the charge,

“Sir Dimitri!

We need to tell them about the purpose of our visit, right?

We mustn’t be rude to him at his place!

Pardon me for my intervention!” He spoke while tilting his head down a bit.

“Huh! At-least this kid has got more manners than all the sentinels you got combined.

Wait!

Who are these people anyway?

And what are you doing with them?” Lumiere somehow calmed down a bit after hearing Theo.

“They mean business to you!

They got their hands on some really high-quality crystals that they want to forge weapons from. Oh, and do take a good look at these materials!

They are genuine!” Dimitri spoke as he took a stroll inside the Tavern.

Hearing him Lumiere looked at him narrowing his eyes as he answered,

“Don’t you remember, I don’t make anything anymore!

Those glorious forging days are gone!

Take these kids and leave this moment!

And before you do, pay me for the barrier you broke!” He was standing in a demanding pose.

“Oh! That I can’t do!”

Dimitri replied as he smiled from the corner of his mouth.

“What do you mean you can’t? You need to damn it! Do you have any idea how much it costs to put up a barrier?” Lumiere demanded as he slammed his fists on the table causing some empty gallops to fall and scatter.

His actions were understandable as it was really hard for those who had lesser mana affinity to use such highly defensive magic for longer.

“It wasn’t me who broke it though, if you want it paid ask them!

And why do you even need one?” Dimitri’s reply was on spot, there was no real need for him to put up a barrier, a simple alarm would have done the job just fine!

“Wait, what? It was a genuine product!

How on earth anyone broke without your help?” He had a very unpleasant expression.

Breaking their conversation Aeneas jumped in,

“I hate being ignored! What did you take us for?

We are not just your every day passing adventurers!”

“Yeah! We thought you had skills worth unknowledgeable but looks like rumors were false!” Vivian wasn’t able to hold back either.

As being one of the very people to witness the catastrophe, how could she bear to lose time that easily for things that were not going to go their way!

“Well, can we not figure a way out of this?

What do you say? Is there any way we can convince you to help us, mister?” Theodore asked Lumiere to which others calmed their attitude.

“I can’t kid, leave!” He still insisted on not helping.

Dimitri was getting ready to smack him but was stopped as Theo replied, “I really need your help mister, there are many people waiting for us to return with some answers, and to do so we need some really fine weapons! If you are who you are, we need you the most mister!

Please don’t say no!” He bent and asked him pleadingly.

“Argh! You sure are persistent, but I’m the kind of person who is not convinced by words but by actions! If you can live up to my expectations, I can lend my help, otherwise, you can forget it!”

Hearing this Vivian, who was already pissed, gave a sharp glare to him which went unnoticed by him as his eyes were fixated on Theo’s reply.

“I will!

I will do whatever it takes!

If that is what I must do to move forward!” His words held resolve, looking at which Aeneas and

Dimitri couldn’t help but share a look!

“Hmm! Let’s see what you can do first!

I’ll give you a weapon, for now, it ain’t the best one but it’ll work for the time being, if you could do that one thing I’m about to ask, I’ll take you in for your offer!”

Saying this he turned around. There he pulled one of the wine jars on the shelf, a rumbling noise was followed by movement in the shelf. It went down through the ground while exposing a set of weapons, dual-handed long-swords to be exact!

“There is a certain being who’s getting on my nerves, you take him out with these, and I’ll acknowledge you, and you have to do it alone, no one else will help you!

Will you still accept it?”

He asked Theo while handing him one of the swords which looked a bit worn out, a bit resembling, to the one Aeneas had been carrying around.

Seeing the weapons everyone was shocked!

After all, he was a Dagger user, handing him a sword was like asking a tailor to make jewels!

Totally absurd!