Chapter 143: Opportunity
[August 22nd DxD/April 11th DBT]
While tending to his crops with Xenovia helping out in a dark red flannel shirt tied in the front to expose her belly and lower back, blue jean short-shorts, and beige-brown work boots, Vahn raised his gaze to the hole in the cave's ceiling at the precise moment what appeared to be an orange tabby cat with yellow-green eyes peered over the edge.
"You looking for me...?" asked Vahn, recognizing the expressive-looking cat as Teo, one of the central characters within The Top Dungeon Farmer.
'I can see why he's so popular on social media...he's adorable...' thought Vahn, watching as Teo flipped down from the entrance and landed nimbly on just his hind paws, allowing him to stand upright with a green mantle fastened by a bronze badge, denoting his status as a Novice Peddler, and a dark purple bag, worn like a backpack with ropes for straps.
"Are you my customer, Vahn Mason, nya?" asked the roughly 80cm-tall cat, his voice boyish with a cute, cat-like inflection, known colloquially as a Granier accent.
"I'm Vahn Mason," confirmed Vahn, nodding affirmatively before raising his right brow and asking, "And you are?"
Puffing out and thumping his chest with his right paw, the orange cat confirmed what Vahn already knew, proclaiming, "My name is Teo, a Novice Peddler from the 75th Floor's Granier Village! I look forward to doing business with you, nya~!"
"I can at least hear you out," affirmed Vahn, shifting his gaze to the picnic table perched along the periphery of light cascading down from the hole above, stating, "Seul-bi. Please prepare something to eat and drink for our enterprising friend here."
"Okaaaaay~!" responded Seul-bi, hopping up from her perch and skipping to Vahn's cottage in a way that caused her breasts to bounce and sway as she excitedly went to prepare tea and snacks.
Following Seul-bi with his gaze, Teo's non-existent brows perked as he asked, "Is that a Service Bunny? I've never seen one wearing an outfit like that. Doesn't she know her butt is hanging out, nya...?"
"She's well aware..." responded Vahn, smiling wryly as he gestured to the picnic table with his right hand, asking, "Shall we sit down and chat...?" as Xenovia made her way over to get a closer look at their newest arrival.