Leyaria wasn’t exactly sure what it was that had prompted her to take this request, if it had been something that was more a reflection of her own disdain for sitting around within Crocus, it being too far of a reminder of the past that she had so often tried to erase, the time in Crocus in which she was at one of the lowest points that she coul remember, one in which she had even gone as far as to seek out death as a means of release. On one hand, she was grateful that she did not carry through with that decision, but it did not change the fact that there were still numerous things in which she also detested about Crocus, though right now, it was best to simply forget about those things, at least for the time being. What was more important was that she be able to find this damn sword.

She was looking in the large garden that seemed to simply go on and on forever, taking up more space than she could have ever imagined. Even when she was in Marigold or Era, the places to whcihs eh stayed in seemed to be dwarved by this garden, and it did not help that so much of it seemed to repeat itself, so often did a handful of plants mirror that of what she had seen only a few minutes earlier and a few minutes before that even. To some degree, it felt as though this was an entirely lost cause, which made her kick herself more than it did wanting to kick the boy who had lost the sword in the first place.

She loathed the idea that this kid actually thought that practicing in the garden of a large area was a good idea, that a place that was largely hidden in shrubbery and large plants wouldn’t at all cause issues such that it may be difficult to find something if lost. Leyaria thought back to the children in the past who she could remember playing in the streets of Hargeon, how irresponsible they were, how often it seemed that one of them had lost something or another, whether it was something that was important, whether it was something that was small, it didn’t matter how valuable or lack of value it had. If there was something that someone had, you could always bet that some kid, at som point was going to lose, and that was exactly the case here too.

The only difference between those in Hargeon and this kid now, was the fact that this kid had made the foolish mistake of losing his sword in an area where it was next to impossible to piece together wehre something might have gone. At least with the kids in Hargeon, if you lost something it was likely that youw ere going to find it, so long as it did not come into direct similarities with that of the ground, though rarely if ever were that the case. However, that as far from the case here, as there were no doubt that if it were not for many people spanned out over a long canvas being this area, it would be perhaps impossible for anyone, Leyaria or otherwise, to find the sword.

It also didn’t help that she could single out the smell of the sword with her Dragon Slayer nose as there were so many various flowers and scents in the area that it made it utterly impossible to tell between them. However, there was one distinct smell to which she was surprised she could etect through all of the foliage, and it smelt not like that of a sword which she would have preferred it to be, but rather that it was like that of a creature. A dog.

Intrigued and confused, she looked to see that her nose was not deceiving her and that rather, just before her, not barely a few meters away there were exactly that, a dog which to her disbelief held something in its mouth. Looking closer, she couldn’t believe it, being shocked to find that the dog was holding what appeared to be a sword in its mouth, the dog being wise enough to hold the grip of the blade than the blade itself. Proceeding cautiously towards the dog, not wanting it to either strike her accidently with the blade or otherwise run away, she was surprised that the dog actually remained right there, more intrigued like her companion Geth was than it appeared that the dog was likely to run away or otherwise try to escape.

She took to a knee just before the dog, extending her han out, hoping that the dog would give her the sword, perhaps thinking it were a stick or something like that to play fetch with. She had no plans of doing that with the sword, lest the dog get a different opinion and try to leave, but as the dog looked at her for a few moments, its mouth released its grip upon the sword, letting it fall to the ground with a very light thud. Wasting no time, nor letting the dog have second thoughts, she took possession of the blade and then proceeded towards the kid who had initially lost the sword, a part of her wanting to scold the child for being so careless with the blade. As she came closer though towards turning it in, she realized just how much of a mistake that was, knowing not only that the child would inevitably lose it again as he were a child, but also the fact that it were a child with a weapon, one who may have been so foolishly inclined as to strike at Leyaria. Instead, she bit her tongue, gave the sword back to the kid and demanded her reward, so much wanting to scold the child, but also wanting to just leave, to not have to find it again once it were lost again. With her reward now in hand, she left, as quickly as able.

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