While it was true that dark elves rarely left their forest retreats, it was common knowledge among Adventurer's especially Adventurers who had met Dark Elves, that Dark Elf women tended to be rather attractive, sometimes even bordering on divine beauty. So, whenever one such elf showed up, they tended to get a lot of stares, especially the women like Caelyn. This, of course, would have worried most people, however, the young princess already knew that Caelyn was likely a far more capable person than anyone who may attempt to do anything to her.
Taking a deep breath, the young princess then slowly shuffled over to the announcing stage, which was generally used exclusively for large-scale endeavors. This, of course, caught everyone's attention even more than the dark elf who stood beside the princess. If someone was using the stage, then something big was about to go down. And if something big was about to go down, gold would be involved.
Gold is always involved.
The young princess glanced around, slowly nodding once she noticed she had everyone's attention. Including the elven receptionist whom she had been flirting with. Upon this, the young princess took a deep sigh and began explaining to everyone what was going down. About how a possible Void Crystal had been located, and that a team was going to be gathered soon to deal with the possible threat. She explained that joining the team would not be a requirement for Adventurers, but as per stipulation agreement with the Adventurer's Guild, compensation would be given to any Adventurer who joined in the subjugation, in way of 150 Gold coins by the royal family, which the princess was representing at the time, and not acting as an Adventurer.
As she finished, she left it open for anyone to step forward, and offer their services to the subjugation. When no one did, likely due to the nature of what was being dealt with, she slowly nodded. She then glanced at Caelyn, who shrugged, before announcing that the two of them would be in town for another week, and if no one stepped forward by then, they would be heading to the Central Branch to look for allies.
As she finished this explanation, she lightly frowned a bit, as once more not many Adventurers seemed to stir, a few did, but none stepped forward to take the prize. It seemed that far too many had bad memories from the events a long time ago, back when Abyssal magic, and thusly Void Crystals, were the prevailing problem of the Guilds. Back then, it was not uncommon for people to lose their lives. That meant that almost everyone there in the Guildhall at the time had lost someone in a Void Crystal subjugation. A parent, a sibling, maybe even a child. In fact, these days, it was more common to know someone who lost someone to a Void Crystal raid, than someone who had been in one.
Despite this, the underlying dread of them was still there.
Due to this, the young princess was understanding, she two lost her older brother, who at the time was the Crown Prince, to one such subjugation. Despite this, however, unlike most, this had invigorated the young princess and instead spurred her into studying the known counter-measures to combat against Void Crystals, in-case any such event happened again, in the future. And lo, one such event had happened.
A couple of hours had passed, and the two had moved on, to a cafe nearby the Guildhall, since no Adventurer there was really willing to step forward. It was then, as the two silently sipped at drinks, the princess a herbal tea, and Caelyn an espresso, that someone had come forward, startling the both of them.
"Well, well. and here I thought I was imagining that elfy scent of yours." A woman said, causing the princess to jump in her seat, slightly startled as she looked back. The woman before her was very clearly a beastman brawler. Her clothes were rather lax, her top consisting only of what could barely pass as a vest and a cloth wrapped around her chest. As well, the woman wore rather small shorts, all of which did little to cover her skin, which had the odd patch of fur. As well, atop the woman's head, paired with a yellow bandana, were two rather wolf-like ears. With a slightly bushy, and well-groomed, tail to match. "So, what brought you here Scarlet?"
As she spoke, a sour look slowly formed on Caelyn's face, as she glared at the beastman woman. "That isn't exactly your business, now is it Gold?" She then said, glaring at her still, her voice filled with venom.
"Well, when you show up in my territory Scarlet, I should take it as my business... Shouldn't I?" The beast-woman said, smiling smugly as she did so, before glancing over at the princess finally, quickly recognizing her, a look of confusion on her face. "Say... did you say you were done dealing with Royals?" She then said softly, still confused as she looked back at Caelyn.
Letting out a soft sigh, Caelyn only shook her head, frowning once again. "It's... a long story Gold." She then said, glancing up at the beast-woman, once more.
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