Alvlin silently signed the contract and Keith gave him another copy to sign as he wanted both of them to have one copy each. Once done, Keith began to walk towards the door.
"I'll bring you the money tomorrow." he said and left the place before going straight to his house, but as he was walking, he saw Alia and Clara giggling together as they ate skewered at.
'Well, that was fast. It was a good thing I didn't get involved.' he thought as he walked over to them and looped his arm over Clara's shoulder, prompting her free hand to fly towards his cheek which he caught effortlessly.
By then, Clara had turned her head to look at him and the frown on her face disappeared instantly, "It was you... don't scare like that again, please." she said and leaned into his embrace while Alia ordered more skewers for Keith.
"I don't think I need them. I gotta hurry back ho since my sister said that she has a surprise ready for ." he said when he saw her grabbing a handful of skewers.
Alia looked at him in surprise, "Wha? A surprise? Can I co too?"
"No." Keith rejected her instantly, but couldn't stop himself from grabbing two skewers for himself.
Just as Alia was about to through a tantrum, Keith heard a familiar voice from behind him and turned around.
"Oh hey Adam. What are you doing here?"
Adam shrugged, "You were late so Rebecca sent to find you." he said and showed Keith a small compass.
"Is that a..."
"Yeah, it's a cursed artifact. I usually don't use it even while I'm at work, but Rebecca forced to use it... I have to feed this thing my precious blood for it to work and it also needs a part of your body. Luckily or unluckily, Rebecca found your hair in in your room. It points in the direction of the target basically." Adam said, his voice low.
He then put the compass inside his pocket and looked at Keith, "So, you coming or what?"
"Coming..." Keith replied as his mind was still on the compass. He liked it a bit too much and now he wanted it for himself. But on the other side, he had another question.
'How did Adam get his hands on sothing like this?'
Keith couldn't keep his thoughts in and asked him directly, to which, Adam chuckled, "Well, a secret person gifted it to a few months after I beca the sheriff. As for the na, I think I'll keep that a secret."
Just as Keith was about to leave with Adam, Alia blocked their path and looked at Adam cutely, "Hey, can I also co and see what this surprise thing is about? Pleaseeee"
Adam looked at her and then at Clara, who also looked like she wanted to tag along. He smirked and looked at Keith who shrugged in response, "Your call, I don't really know what this surprise event is about."
"Well... I saw the way you were holding this girl." Adam comnted as he looked at Clara before pointing at the two girls, "But sure, you two can join us. I'm really looking forward to the ss that Keith will have to handle with your presence there. I told Rebecca that now isn't the ti but she was stubborn and this is the perfect situation to prove her wrong."
Alia and Clara felt both worried and excited when they listened to Adam's words, but Keith let out a soft sigh and decided to check what in the hell was going on. He didn't want to ruin the surprise for himself but Adam's words made him feel like sothing bad might happen.
He stared at the system screen in front of him as he walked with the other three and as ti passed, the frown on his face deepened. The situation wasn't dangerous in any way, but it was sothing complicated and sothing that Keith did not want to deal with at the mont.
But he knew that he had no choice but to go. He then glanced at Clara as a smile ford on his face, 'I'm with Adam on this one. Rebecca was too hasty... '
The four of them shared their skewers until they reached Adam's house and the mont he opened the door, Keith stared at the three extra pairs of foot wear.
"More guests?" he asked, feigning ignorance as he looked at Adam, who simply smirked and pointed at the living room, "Why not just go in there and hear it from your sister instead?"
Keith thought that he was ntally prepared, but his legs just did not move.
'Damn...' he thought as he closed his eyes and took a deep breath before moving forward. His hand grabbed onto his pipe that was in his pocket and as he slowly moved forward, he stuffed it with a small ball of dry leaves that he had prepared before and lit it up.
One long drag and he exhaled, feeling his body turn lighter. The anxiety disappeared like it was never there and he walked into the room with confidence, only to see his sister talking to a family of three.
The man was huge, with a lot of muscle mass that was covered up with fat. He also had a nice fat belly, but just one look and Keith could tell that it was a stiff belly and not a flabby one. The girl in the middle was young, around his age and was pretty cute.
She fit the beauty standards of the empire in a certain way and she also had a certain youthful charm to her. Beside her sat a middle aged woman who was also soone who conford to the beauty standards of the empire.
Rebecca excitedly got up from her chair when she saw Keith enter the room, but the excitent diminished when she saw Clara and Alia stand behind him with Adam grinning behind the two of them.
"What is this, sis?" Keith asked as he feigned ignorance, but he still looked visibly annoyed.
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