“This is it,” one of the men, probably the leader, suddenly said and stopped the caravan altogether. Seira sighed and turned around, crossing her arms in front of her body and leaning against the house wall next to her. “What?” He had a grim expression on his face, “This is far too much trouble for us for one delivery. We have other places to be today and our entire schedule is already out of order because this one, specific delivery is taking far too long. I’m sorry, I know you have been tasked to lead us around but we cannot and will not work under these circumstances.” He seemed upset but Seira merely shook her head, “There is no other way,” she explained patiently, “it’s too dangerous out there and like I said, the item is quite fragile.” The man started looking through the bags of the caravan while continuing to talk. “We will no longer continue to this quest - you do that, that’s why you are here in first place, right? We really have to keep moving now, I don’t have the time for this. I know that Lady Merlin is quite high ranking, but our institution is neutral so you can’t threaten us with consequences either way.” He kind of had a point and Seira knew this. The man brought out a small package that contained a white crystal orb. He handed the orb to Seira and pointed towards the distance. “This is what Lady Merlin ordered, be careful not to break it. You’re going to have to deliver this to herself now, I don’t care what you do with it otherwise. We are leaving now, goodbye.”
With the glass orb in her hands, Seira watched as the caravan left. “So much work for nothing,” she said to Espeon and shook her head. If they had just given her the damn orb right away everything would have been done already by now. Seira rolled her eyes and made her way to Merlin who resided at Mercurius. Of course she was being careful and all, but the item was small and easy to protect so the task was simple and when Seira arrived at Lady Merlin’s study, she began explaining the situation to her and gently placed the glass orb onto the table. “I tried my best, but they were incredibly impatient. They said they had other things to do and they did not have the time to venture through the whole city for one item, so they ended up handing it to me so I could deliver it to you personally, I hope this is alright,” she explained and Lady Merlin nodded in response. “I understand, of course that is okay. I’m quite disappointed with the caravan, but considering their reputation this was almost to be expected. Unfortunately, you cannot always choose the people you want to work for you. They left though, so their reward is yours as well.” Lady Merlin paid Seira double than what she would have usually gotten and then the vampire was dismissed.
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