When the days are cold
And the cards all fold
And the saints we see
Are all made of gold
So, he didn’t argue and just nodded with a sigh when she told him it wasn’t the best place or time. He stood there and watched as she walked into the church, with a yearning look on his face as her figure receded. An old lady walking by mistook it for his love for Illumin and gave him a mini sermon. Out of respect for her age and innocence, he just smiled and nodded. When he noticed she was carrying a heavy bag of groceries, he offered to help, which he regretted soon. The lady wouldn’t stop talking about ‘his holiness’.
When he was finally freed from her, he made his way to the town hall. He was certain there were plenty of things that he could do to help the town get back on its feet. And so, the rest of the morning was spent leading a group of volunteers who had signed up to lay a new road wherever it was required.
Later in the afternoon, he headed to his office after lunch to see if there were any pending cases that he could close. As he turned the knob on his office door, he was interrupted by a rather rude teen. His hair and attired looked extremely shabby. Haru was certain this man wasn’t a Knight; at least not a Rune Knight. “Finally! So early to work,” the scrawny intruded muttered sarcastically as he fished something out of his pocket and held it out in front of him. Haru plucked it away from the man and looked at the envelope to see who it was from. He didn’t have to look at the name; he instantly recognized the handwriting. He looked up to thank the deliverer, but he was long gone already. Haru simply shrugged and entered the office to read the letter.
As he expected, it was a very curt letter with barely any details. She had asked him to meet her, and he couldn’t think of any reason why other than that favour he asked. Now that she was officially out—which he still had trouble accepting—they couldn’t even solve cases together without paperwork that took at least a month to go through. Haru was looking forward to the rest of the day and was quite excited. He gets to meek Akira and also work towards getting his magic under control. The young Lieutenant was grinning widely as he walked down the hallway.
Unfortunately, that grin didn’t last long. Walking towards him from the other end was Captain Baldanti. The captain had a nasty smile on his face; one that screamed trouble. “Lieutenant Hatsuharu! Are you not aware that getting private correspondence delivered to your office is against the rules?” he asked, rather loudly to catch everyone’s attention. Haru almost rolled his eyes as he saluted the Captain, but managed to stop himself. Sure, it was against the rules. But no one ever followed it. He was just nitpicking the stupidest rules to sound important. Alas! He couldn’t say it out loud. Instead, he had to respect ranks and apologize.
Haru thought it would end at the apology, but Baldanti wanted a formal complaint filed and made him sign it, accepting that he was at fault. He then personally added it to Haru’s file, in an attempt to provoke him. Haru couldn’t give a flying crap. He was more annoyed that he was late for his appointment with Akira than the fact that he had a ‘oh-so-bad’ black-mark in his file. “Are we done here, sir?” he asked, smiling a little too widely. Baldanti was annoyed that he couldn’t get to him and grunted his dismissal. Haru saluted once more and began walking briskly towards Akira’s apartment. He was going to have a good day and he wasn’t going to allow anyone to change that.
Training Nullification (D-S)
Total WC: 2307/12000