Chapter 96: A servant card
The same room in the inn, the same bed, the morning after the festival and event, with the sunlight shining in through the windows, the couple who should have woken up by now were still asleep.
With her one leg upon his and his hand on her back, with the blanket thrown away below somewhere, his other hand holding hers, they were sleeping peacefully.
-Chirp. Chirp~.
The morning sounds of a lively town filled the atmosphere.
Their room that was normal last night was a mess once again. Things were a little more chaotic around here for some reason, but one can ignore it thanks to the peaceful atmosphere of the fine morning.
The table beside their bed was still in a good condition, though there were strange marks of claws, or nails, or something all over it.
-Swiiiiiiiish~.
A unique metallic card rested on this table.
There was an illustration engraved on the metallic surface of the card. A unique illustration depicting a feathered being with hair covering their face, as well as going all the way to the base below.
An angelic halo floated on the head of this being, and from what one could understand, the being in the depiction was wearing an ethereal thin cardigan.
One could not tell if the depiction on the card was of an angel or a fallen angelic creature.
One could not confirm the gender of the being either.
There were no specific characteristics that confirmed if this being even had any gender…
All one could say when seeing this illustration was the fact that whatever this unique ethereal being was, was something very unique.
The silver that it was carved on was different from the silver that was used to make the coins, it had something one could only understand as… ancient.
Just by looking at this unique card, one could get mesmerized by its presence.
There was no unique energy exuding from it, there was no Mana around it either, and yet, the uniqueness of this object was so special that anyone seeing it would want to possess it for themselves.
It had a devilish attraction…
Yet, when he obtained it, instead of using it right away, he placed it aside, and decided to think what to do with it later in the morning…
But even though the morning had arrived already, he was still asleep.
-Crrrr…
There was a unique calm on both their faces. They were sleeping, and the intimate connection and the special understanding the two of them had of one another was pretty much reflected in how they were sleeping.
It was a unique sight, so…
"Miu?"
"Muuu…"
When the door to their room crack opened and a little slime jumped in with a little gecko, and a young girl, as they saw this unique sight, they did not disturb their friends and just closed the door behind them.
They ignored the messy room since they already knew the two cleaned things up as they should on their own, and went down to play.
There was no need to wake them up like she had been doing for the last few days. The festival and the event had ended, so they did not have any work left.
They had also worked hard all this time, so they deserved some rest.
They left them like that… but perhaps they should have made some noise while going out so that at least one of them wakes up and sees the time.
"Hmmm…"
They had slept late but it was still not like them to stay asleep for too long.
"Ugh…"
Perhaps because of the kind of things that they tried or perhaps it was because of the fatigue from the event and festival, but by the time they woke up, it was already late evening.
"We… should stick to the normal things for a while."
"Ugh, yeah…"
Both of them were in pain, and, since he woke up before her, he got to see her sleeping face and hear these groaning voices.
She did not like him seeing her like that, but sadly, there was nothing she could do here either since she was the one to suggest a lot of things that resulted in the pain and soreness that They were feeling.
"Some of that was fun, regardless."
"Hehe, right?"
He helped her wake up and sit down on the bed and though his body ached as well, he used one of the potions that she had bought for him when they went shopping a few days ago, and got out of the bed.
"You want something?"
Drinking some water and giving her a glass as well with a forehead kiss, he first got into his clothes and looked around the messy place with a complicated expression.
He was at fault this time since he couldn't take her provocations anymore and went a little overboard.
He knew fixing things here this time will not be that easy, perhaps they would spend the rest of the day on it.
"I'm hungry…"
She used a potion as well but she knew she was not going to feel well with just these potions this time.
She needed to rest a little longer, and he understood that as well.
"Anything special you want? Or should I just throw some stuff together?"
"Well… surprise me."
With a new smile, a happy smile, she rested her head on the wall, and thought back to the wild but fun night that they had.
"Alright then. I'll be back in a bit."
If she could somehow infuse worldly taste in her cooking her partner could present even the simplest things like a cabbage as attractively as a three star dish.
She liked eating her cooking more, but occasionally, they didn't mind having him make something special for them.
In times when she could not make anything for them or does not want to, he knows what he has to do.
"That bastard…"
The Servant card was still beside her on the table so she picked the unique thing up and caressed the cool surface of the card.
She could tell the card was made from a material called [Primordial silver]. She had never seen a card that was made from something that was only found in the highest difficulty runes of the past.
She had only seen something made from this material twice before this card.
The first was a Sword that had been said to be stained with the blood of a God, and the other was a normal ring in the personal collection of <The Collector>.
Just the value of this card was astronomical.
But to think a being was trapped inside of this small piece of metal…
"What could you be?"
She did not know what the being inside this card was, or how it will be, or what it will grow up into.
She had been with only a few Servants, and all of them were unique.
They did not have many memories of their past, but they served anyone that summoned them as their eternally loyal servants.
"Haaa…"
She was looking forward to what the being coming from this card would look like, so, she was now excited.
As she waited for him to come back, she thought about the many possibilities of how this new individual would become a part of their lives in the world outside this lovely town.