The day after receiving his tarot card reading Ren returned back to the Rune Knight Headquarters back in Era. It felt like only a short walk from the capital back to their main base but nevertheless the young man was exhausted. He was also rather disappointed. From what he understood Tarot cards were supposed to come in three for a general reading or just more than one, even when answering a question. Still he didn’t know much about the craft so he didn’t say anything to the woman. Besides she was just doing the readings for fun. And overall it was a fun trip to the capital if nothing else.

Although what was a fun night soon turned out to be a restless morning. For whatever reason Ren felt a pain in his side but as far as he could see there was no mark. “Must have just slept on it oddly.” he said to himself as he quickly got dressed into his usual casual attire. The knight had been permitted a few days off for the Halloween season so he usually left his uniform in his closet. He still kept his pendant though just in case anyone did need convincing that he was in fact a knight. Looking in the mirror to tie up his hair and fixing his loosely fitting garments on himself so he looked presentable the boy left the station, opting to eating out this morning.

As time went on the pain on his side got progressively worse, causing him to take a seat on a park bench and look down his top to see if he could find whatever it was that was causing him so much discomfort. With one hand pulling back his collar he used the other to slip under his white robe like shirt. It was surely an odd sight to behold but Ren having no shame did it anyway. Heavens only know what passers by must have been thinking.

Hearing the voice of a woman essentialy reprimand him for looking at himself Ren quickly stopped the action. He let go of his side, taking his hands away from his torso entirely. Did it really look like that? he wondered to himself as he stood up from his seated position, his hands by his side. His eyes moved from the inside of his shirt to the Blood Red eyes of the seemingly young woman standing before her. No longer was he staring at his pale white torso to see if he could find the cause of his pain. Having done that the boy's face was also somewhat concealed, however now that he was looking the woman deep in the eyes all of his facial features were on full display. First and foremost was most notable the large scar on his face and the accompanying paler eye which was unfortunate to be under the wound. The other eye was a similarly dull shade of grey but not nearly as pale as the scared eye.

His eyes met the woman's and he felt something within him. It was almost like a fear. But not a fear from a Lich or Demon but something not entirely different either. How peculiar. "I'm very sorry miss, I didn't mean to give the impression that I would be getting up to such unbecoming behavior out in the public like this." the boy said with a small bow. Letting a breathless sigh of pain escape his mouth as he bent over he held his side with one of his hands. Whatever was wrong with him wasn't going away any time soon it seemed. Moving back up right again Ren naturally got a good look at the lolita's chest area and for a moment he thought he noticed a card slipped in between her cleavage. And the card in question looked rather familiar. How odd. In fact the woman herself seemed rather odd, or so Isaac thought once he stood upright again in the same quick bowing motion. He looked back into her eyes as she ate her crepe and licked her lips. Ren unintentionally copied the action now starting to feel the pangs of hunger radiating from his stomach. "May I ask where you got that confectionery? It does look rather delectable." he said breaking the eye contact momentarily to look to the crepe she had in her hands. "That is of course if you do not mind helping a miscreant such as myself." he said in a joking tone, something which was rare for the boy to do. Maybe this woman could extract more rare behavior from him?

"Ah I see. Well that's very lucky for me then isn't it." he said with a confident smile trying to mimic a flirtatious tone too. "Although I must say I don't ever do this kind of thing in public. But then again maybe I just haven't found the right partner to do it with." he continued with a small chuckle seeing as how the woman despite her young age seemed rather laid back. If Ren had to go on assumptions he would have guessed that this woman was the spoiled. She was short, cute, well dressed and had a way with words that made him and naturally many others feel a type of fear. It screamed spoiled to like she was used to getting what she wanted, by using her many charms or indeed otherwise. But she was being friendly, very friendly indeed so Ren only saw it fitting to reciprocate her kindness.

She even went above and beyond, leading him to the place where she got her crepe. "Why thank you miss...?" he asked, hoping she would continue his sentence with her name. He knew himself that he should introduce himself too but he wanted to see how much this woman was willing to reveal about herself before continuing. Perhaps she would get to learn more from him if she did so. Although she did not show it she probably was interested in the scar that covered a large portion of his face. He knew he had a lot more interest in her than he was letting on. For example he kept his gaze directly ahead, almost looking over the head of the Lolita so he could not be seen publicly staring at her rear. But peripheral vision was good enough for him! And while his mouth did not water his mind did wander, almost to the point of going into another world. This woman was rather beautiful and still in the prime of her life. Ren was much the same. While the scar could be considered a rather ugly mark the rest of Ren's face was rather handsome. Well pretty may be a better way to describe it since it was rather bright and pale and he had a beauty mark on his lower chin. Most of his skin was the pale white colour. Given the type of top he was wearing too most of his lean chest could be seen too, well that is if someone roughly his height or taller looked at him. Still he couldn't be sure if this woman thought of his qualities as attractive. He certainly thought all of hers were. Still holding his side though he continued to follow the woman as she led the way.

"Hot stuff is fine." he joked with a confident chuckle putting his hands behind his head to tighten the grip of his tied hair. "But my name is Ren if you'd prefer to call me that." he then replied a moment later with a more casual tone once more. Luckily he did managed to reply before the woman exposed another part of her skin. Was it an accident? Probably not but Ren wasn't complaining. In fact the act made the boy blush slightly for a moment before his skin turned back to it's usual pale complexion as he caught her wink. He simply smiled back with nervous naivety as the continued to walk, unsure of how exactly to respond in this situation.

The knights had taught Ren a lot about Fiore's way of life and how it differed from Joya's. It was a good establishment and he learn quite a number of lessons while being enlisted in their ranks. However they could not teach him everything and while he did get a quick course in how to combat lecherous individuals who may try interfering with his work, that lesson did not apply here. For starters he was off duty so she wasn't distracting him from anything important. Secondly and probably most importantly he was enjoying this little interaction more than he could say or show, still feeling that fear in his stomach but slowly becoming more relaxed.

Until of course the two reached the crepe stand. Yumi and her Feminine charms struck again, this time to the heart of both Ren and the man at the stall. Clearing his throat he tried his best not to get too aroused by Yumi's sententious antics as he spoke to the stall owner. "I'll take the same sort of confection she ordered earlier. Also I will pay for whatever else the lady would like to purchase." turning his head to Yumi gave her a quick wink "It is the least I can do for her hospitality." the clerk looked rather taken aback by the statement, obviously taking a more sinister meaning from Ren's innocent words. The wink probably didn't help matters either and gave the statement more of a flirtatious feel to it. Ren had no one to blame but himself for this but he was only getting used to this. Although he really was enjoying it.

Ren once again couldn’t help but blush slightly hearing Yumi call him handsome. He had only heard such comments from his older sisters and mother and on rare occasions his father but they all had a different feeling towards them than this. The clerk seemed to think the banter was a little unusual too but nevertheless he made the crepes, adding some of the extra stuff to Yumi’s order. Ren handed him the money and turned to Yumi. ”Shall we take a seat?” he asked rhetorically as he pointed over to a nearby bench.

Moving over to the seat, he sat down and bit into his crepe. As he started to chew Ren’s face lit up without his actual features changing much. He looked at the crepe which as just oozing with flavour. Yumi had some good taste, literally. After he had taken a bit he had gotten some chocolate on his check but hadn’t noticed yet. Yumi would probably only notice this when |Ren turned his head to look at her as she asked her question. ”Quests mainly.” he replied, deciding it best not to go into too much detail. ”I have been considering taking up a hobby or proper profession.” he admitted taking another small bite. ”Yourself Miss Yumi?” he asked her. Ren wasn’t too sure what this woman would do for a living. She didn’t look like she worked too hard for a living. Still he knew better than to judge her too quickly. Maybe she had some good insights into what he could do for a profession?