Act 1, Chapter 2:
“Well, that Lilly girl is really taking her time,” Azai stated.
"Yeah, but we can't really do anything about that," Harvey replied. "We'll just have to wait."
Team Leo were currently in Rose Town, which harboured the Sabertooth Guild within its walls. More precisely, the team were in the tavern named “Ye Newe Tea Shoppe”, located not far from Sabertooth’s Guildhall.
Each of the team members wore their casual clothes:
Leo wore his classic black trench coat and t-shirt, with black boots and black trousers. When you put this with his pitch black hair, he was pretty much crippling depression in a person when it came to appearance. Harvey chose a white t-shirt with a pair of denim trousers and a pair of black shoes as his attire. Meanwhile, Celine decided to wear a white- and light blue-striped dress, with white gloves, black tights and black knee-high boots. Margaret decided to wear a pink trench coat, and a black-and-white striped shirt. With this, she wore a black skirt and black kneehighs.
Margaret and Harvey enjoyed some freshly brewed tea, which steamed out of the expensive porcelain cups.
“I must say,” Margaret sipped her tea with great manners, sticking out her pinky as she drunk it. “This tea has a very exquisite taste. But I personally prefer the tea from ‘Ye Olde Tea Shoppe’ in Magnolia.”
“I think they taste the same,” Harvey said. “There's barely any difference between the shops, but the tea is still nice.”
“Hey, why are we discussing tea shops when we're supposed to be kicking ass?” Leo demanded, starving for battle.
“We literally told you a few minutes ago!” Celine said abruptly.
“You know very well that Leo never listens,” Harvey said.
“Just tell me!” Leo sighed.
“We are merely getting used to our surroundings, if we're going to have to hide or find an escape route quickly, in case Sabertooth have any other plans for us,” Margaret explained. “But that's not the worst case scenario.”
“What is the worse thing that could happen?”
“You'll end up destroying the entire town in an attempt to stop their 'other plans',” Harvey answered.
“Ugh, all I want is to fight someone already! I haven't fought anyone properly in ages!”
“Leo, chill yourself and wait a little longer,” Celine replied. “If that Lilly-girl doesn't turn up in the next ten minutes, you can go and wreck Sabertooth’s Guildha-”
“Did someone mention wrecking our guildhall?” a man said, he sat not far from their table. He was a bit shorter than Leo, but looked just as strong. He had brown hair, blue eyes and moderately pale skin.
The man got up and smashed his fist into Team Leo’s fragile wooden table, breaking it. Harvey and Margaret barely saved their teacups.
“Which one of you punks said it?!” the man yelled. “I'll mop the floor with your faces!”
“I would rather you didn't do that,” Margaret said. Harvey and Celine threw shocked looks at her, but she pretended she didn't notice. The entire pub stared at them in silence as the tension grew.
“What'd you say?” the man asked, as if astonished by Margaret’s response.
“I said, I would rather you didn't do that, since we'd need to get the magic council involved. It's called GBH, I think. Could give you at least ten years, considering the circumstances,” Margaret lifted her cup and sipped her tea, staring the man in his eyes and still sticking up her pinky.
The man began shaking in rage. Suddenly, his body began burning in extremely hot flames.
“You'll regret this!”
“Who are you anyway?” Celine asked. The entire pub exploded into laughter.
“You don't know who I am…?” the man said through gritted teeth, his voice shaky. “I am Jack Thompson, the Salamander of Sabertoo-”
He didn't finish. Leo already had his fist in Jack's face.
Jack flew into three other tables and fell onto the pine-wood floor. He got up slowly, smiling widely, as if all sanity had left his mind and muttering:
“You'll have to do better than that.”
Margaret placed her teacup onto her chair, stood up and moved in front of Leo.
“Outta my way,” Leo growled, his red eyes glowing. “This dude’s mine.”
Margaret was much smaller than him, but she didn't take any notice of his command. She simply drew a glistening silver card and yelled,
“Come forth! Canis Major!”
Before Margaret, appeared a huge Doberman, already baring his teeth.
“Which one do I tear apart, Margie?” he growled.
“That one, Kaine,” Margaret pointed straight at Jack. With a powerful bark, Kaine leaped onto Jack and grabbed his arm in his jaws. Jack cried out in pain, while Margaret picked up her cup and sipped it again.
“I may look small and weak, but believe me, a dragon is like a cute puppy compared to me when I'm pissed,” Margaret said for everyone to hear. Suddenly, the pub owner rushed in and yelled:
“Just what the hell is going on here?!”
“You shouldn't shout like that, if you don't mind,” Margaret said. “The demons might get a bit offended that you're using their homeland's name in vain like that. Not that I'm in any kind of pact with them; I simply care for the well-being of those who haven't wronged me directly. Moving back to your question, this man right here decided to interrupt my teatime. As a penalty, I summoned my strong bodyguard who is currently biting his arm off.”
Kaine seemed really impressed to be called a ‘strong bodyguard’. Margaret added, “Alright, Kaine, that's enough,”
“I'm always here if you need me,” Kaine replied as he let go of Jack's arm. Margaret raised her card and Kaine dematerialised into shining particles as he returned into the card. Jack slowly got up, his arm was one bloody mess.
“You!” he yelled, pointing at Margaret with his healthy arm. “You'll pay for this!” Jack stumbled out of the pub, Margaret went to pay the owner for the repairs.
“Here,” Margaret said, showing the owner a bag of money.
“Oh no, it's fine,” he said. “I was going to replace them soon anyway. Thank you for the charity, but I can't have your money.”
“As you wish, sir,” Margaret said and walked back to her teammates. Leo seemed quite annoyed.
“Why do you never let me fight anyone?” he asked abruptly.
“Take an example like what happened at our last job,” Harvey replied.
“Ok, this is getting ridiculous, where is that Lilly-person?” Celine demanded. Suddenly, a girl stepped over to them. She was of average height and build and wore a green and brown leather dress and a matching pointy hat.
“It's me you're looking for. I am Lilly Yurami.”
Author's Note: I honestly did not expect to upload this so early since the last chapter. Either way, it's here! Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
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