Chapter 445: A Date In Evenfall
22 years ago…
The pale dark-haired youth spent little time in one place. He hurried from one market stall to the next. His eyes were wide with wonder as he surveyed the trinkets and food the tribe craftsmen had brought with them from their villages. Aurelia seemed to be following him more than guiding him. She felt as if she was watching over an overactive child.
After looking through almost two dozen stalls, he finally stopped in front of a stall with a firepit. Several spits with skewered meat hung over the blazing fire, their flavorful aroma wafting through the air.
The goblin cook looking after the meat sent the outsider a suspicious look. “What do you want?”
“We’ll take one,” Aurelia spoke up and handed the man some coin.
The cook noticed her white acolyte robes and nodded reluctantly.
Aurelia glanced at her charge and stiffened in shock. “Hey! Stop, wait! It’s too hot, you’ll burn yourself!”
The strange youth had already grabbed the sizzling slab of meat from the spit and taken a bite out of it. He looked up at her and tilted his head in curiosity. “Huh?” he asked between his chewing.
“Eh…? N-Nevermind,” Aurelia muttered.