Chapter 46: Time with Sasha!

Cao Tai POV

I know Violet and Lantla will be jealous but I believe that they've been having too much of my attention, while Sasha has been with me for significantly longer, so I think its only right for me to treat her... this one time, probably.

We peer down the streets, and while we do so, I secretly check how much I have on me, aside from the Gold I had 30 Silver and the 5 Coppers. Should be enough to do quite a few activities with her, right?

We walk over to a storefront [Yes Ladies and Gents, A STOREFRONT!] we sit down, and I ask, "Anything you want to do?" I ask.

I don't hear Sasha speak so I turn around to see her in front of dart board-looking station, gazing at its prizes, specifically the one near the top, an expensive-looking atlatl. 'Weapons as prizes?!' I stare, 'What kind of village is this?! Wheres the crime rate!?'

"You want me to earn that?" I asked, she nods so I turn to the stand owner and asked him the price, the old man in his early 60s grinned with a smirk that could only look like he was going to swindle me, "I mere price for 5 Silver Coins," He says smoothly, with that smirk plastered to his face.

"F-f-five!!? Mistress, this man is a mere thief, let us go to another stand," I wink, 'Hey Sasha, this is because he thinks I'm alone, so just roll along,' I message. She nods in affirmation and says, "Lets go," In the most spoiled, regal, and disappointed voice she could muster.

"W-wait young Mistress! I didn't know you were with him! Its only 1 silver per round, for your kind!" He says, desperate to earn some kind of money. She doesn't happy to see me dragged through the mud but accepts, turning around she nearly pays him herself, but I tell her not to.

"My Mistress doesn't want to even touch people of the likes of you, so I'll pay you myself," I pull out my purse and hand 2 Silver Coins, thats all I need to get that prize.

And lo and behold, two shots later I was handing Sasha the atlatl, "You know how to use this, RIGHT?!" I say, peering into her soul, she blushes and nods. "A little..." She mutters.

"So what do you use?" I question her, since I actually didn't know, "Darts of course! I mean, usually they are a little different but yeah, practically darts," [They are longer than darts but shorter than arrows, I think, I don't have one] Sasha responds, already walking away from the fair, probably wanting to fashion some darts, or just get a feel for it.

"Wait! Before we leave maybe we should get some dinner! Violet's food is OK, I guess, but its always charred!" Its almost never burnted but I want to convince her to hang out a little longer.

She reacted just as I wanted her to, her ears perked up and she smiled from ear to ear, "Why not?" Sasha exclaims, skipping right back to me, "Where to eat... where to eat" She mutters.

She suddenly perks up and grabs my arm pulling me, "Oh! I know!!!" She says excitedly, as if her actions didn't already tell me.

She quickly leads me to a stew store? Or maybe a soup? I'm not sure, all I know is that there is some pasta involved by the smell of it, "What is it Sasha?" I cautiously ogle it, as if its poisonous.

"Thats not what I want! That looks funny! I want that chicken-looking dish!" Sasha points to the dish right to the left of the Soupy dish.

I took a whiff from the stand, and my nose immediately began to cry, "What is that stuff made from!?" I cry.

The vendor looks up from whatever she was cooking and says, "Spice," Then looks back down to whatever she is doing. Wow, very helpful.

"I'll take two, please," I ask, handing her 2 Silver Coins and turning away, to walk the beautiful moonlit night, alone.

Passing several vendors, I walk by the smith, still at her station hammering at something, "Hey whats your name?" I ask, leaning against a nearby wall.

She looks up and shoots me glare, "You know your an unethical business owner?" She asks, furiously.

"And where would I be with it, your just sad you got the bad end of the deal," I look at her with the most innocent expression I could display, I peer down on what she was working on, "What is that?" I ask.

She peers down and looks at it carelessly, "Oh this is what we call a Ōdachi, its practically a mix of a sabre and a longsword, its not my finest work," She says, but then stops abruptly, "But I do have some better options behind the store if the buyer is willing to pay~" She says, already becoming greedy again, this time I feel bad enough to give her a free tip.

"You know how I exploited you?" I ask, "Its because you were being greedy, like you are right now, just wanted to let you know," I continue.

The smith stops for a second and straightens herself out, I smile in approval and this time more professionally leads me into her storage.

There she asks me to wait there while she picks up three of her finest creations, I hope they are super long, since those swords still would look pretty short considering Violets stature, maybe I'll get one for Lantla as well...

When she returns roughly 5 minutes later, she was lugging one sword in at a time, making sure to not drop them, and putting them on a display stand, unfortunately she only had two, and layed the third one on the table beneath the other two.

They all looked the same, except they all had different lengths, one was small enough to be considered a large Katana (~4 and a half feet long), the middle sized one 6 and a half feet long, pretty much the same height of Lantla, and I don't think it should be, and the final one at the length of 7 and 3/4 feet long, "Are these supposed to be lances or long swords?" I mutter.

However I've already chosen which ones I would take, the Large Katana and the 6 and a half foot long one, I think that the final one would be just too large for anyone to wield, unless they were literally giants.

I message Sasha that I'm on my way home, pay the smith and make my way home as well, in the night.