<i>A pair of travelers happen upon the garden, the first and leading one is a tall man in a long, red overcoat, suited for the winter weather, with short white hair highlighted in red. Clinging to his side is an extremely young blonde girl with a purple coat hanging over her short white dress and blue skirt, hair topped with a large, cute, blue bow.</i> Girl: Can't you carry me? We've been walking for hours Man: The answer's still no. Stop asking. <i>The man says with a scowl, he pushes the girl off of him before approaching the garden, the girl takes note of the flowers and kneels down next to the whistling white ones, picking one without hesitation</i> Man: Definitely a lot of good stuff here. Girl: Oooh, pretty.

<i>&quot;Did he say dragon?&quot; The taller man initially thinks, glancing back at Mishiru. He glances sideways to the girl, who remains picking flowers by the garden's edge, and nods silently to himself before walking towards Mishiru, a friendly grin spreading across his face</i> Man: Pardon me sir, I can't help but notice you seem newer around here, is there any way I can be of assistance?

So is this thing supposed to be a new fanclub for Archers, or a fanclub about the new archer?

Man:&quot;Well you certainly don't mince words.&quot; <i>The man chuckles to himself, glancing back down at Mishiru, he doesn't seem to be armed, at least not in any way the man can identify, so it can't be too bad, so the man keeps his calm grin with ease</i> Leo:&quot;Then I'll get to the point. My name's Leo, and I've got information on a lot of things, if you've got the money for it. You were talking about dragon's earlier right? I've heard they're worth quite a lot.&quot;

<i>Dragon slayer? Far from a typical job. He knew some people didn't like them, there's a reason they're not just called human after all, but going out of their way to slay them seems extreme.</i> Leo: &quot;Very well, nearest dragon I've seen is a few days travel to the west, hiding out near a place called Indigo Village. Though I do feel obligated to mention you'd make a lot more selling 'em than killing 'em. Since its more of an area than a location I'll sell it cheap, how's 10,000 G sound?&quot; <i>of course, they'd likely find no dragon out there, but he'd never feel bad about lying to a killer. Leo nods back to Prometheus</i> Leo: &quot;Very well, I've got all sorts of bits and pieces from my travels, its what the kid and I live off after all.&quot; <i>The girl looks back at Kotori with a smile</i> Girl: &quot;Leo's really nice, he just doesn't like it when I talk to customers.&quot; <i>The girl holds up some of the songlillies she picked earlier</i> Girl: &quot;I can keep these right? They're really pretty and sound neat too.&quot;

<i>The girl pauses a little over halfway through and raises an eyebrow at Kotori. She finishes eating before giving a little burp and replying</i> Girl: Did he? I can never tell when he's lying, its all mixed up with truth and... Ugh. <i>The girl sighs and shakes her head, before checking around her body</i> Girl: Efi doesn't have scales. When did you get them? <i>Leo lets out a chuckle as he looks down at the briefcase</i> Leo: &quot;Good luck with that friend. You'd need your own spy network to have a chance of following me.&quot; <i>Leo opens the briefcase to confirm the contents, assuming it all checked out he would grab it and stash it under his coat before starting to look around for the girl</i>

Leo: &quot;Did you now? So I take it you were hungry earlier&quot; <i>Leo looks back down at Efi with a sigh, the younger girl smiles back up at him with a nod</i> Efi: &quot;The nice lady told me a bunch of- <i>The girl is interrupted by Leo calmly flicking her in the head, unprepared for it, Efi falls back down, rubbing the sore spot</i> Leo: &quot;You should know not to tell strangers about it by now. Information like that is extremely valuable to some people, and not all of them are nice. Cost me a pretty penny there runt.&quot; <i>Leo grins smugly as Efi gets back to her feet, catching her little flower necklace out the corner of his eye</i> Efi: &quot;You don't have to be so mean about it.&quot; Leo: &quot;I won't be as soon as you learn. Just consider yourself lucky.&quot; <i>Leo turns back to Kotori, his friendly demeanor changed to a more distant, businesslike one, hand held tightly to the briefcase he got earlier</i> Leo: &quot;Sorry about all that, like I said the kid's a handful. So lets get down to it, how much will it take for you to keep this little secret of ours, at least for the next few weeks?&quot;

<i>Efi tilts her head, not entirely sure what Kotori's going on about, there're a lot of big words in there for her, but she still returns Kotori's smile</i> Efi: &quot;Leo told me I'd have wings too when I'm older, but I haven't been able to get them out yet.&quot; <i>The girl concentrates for a moment, to no apparent avail, and continues as Leo hears Kotori's shout and heads over to the pair with a grin</i> Leo: &quot;Sorry about any trouble Efi may have caused you, the runt can be quite a handful at times.&quot;

<i>Leo continues smiling, putting one hand in his coat pocket as he continues speaking, eyes closed for the moment. Around this time the girl looks up from the flowers, noticing that Leo had left her side</i> Leo: &quot;This your first time or something? Not to worry, its your choice as to whether you believe me or not. If I were lying you'd simply know never to buy anything again.&quot; <i>soon enough the girl would rush back to Leo's side, eyes bright with delight, upon hearing the girl's voice Leo breathes out a deep sigh</i> Girl:&quot;Leo!!&quot; Leo: &quot;Not now runt, I'm in the middle of something&quot; <i>Leo returns back to his cheerful, friendly demeanor as he turns to Kotori</i> Leo: &quot;Ah, this place is yours I take it? Mind taking the brat and doing something to keep her busy? I shouldn't be too much longer.&quot; <i>The girl frowns after getting patted, not so much at the patting, but more at Leo trying to keep her out of it</i> Girl: &quot;Can't I stay with you?&quot; Leo: &quot;Like I said, I won't be long. I'm sure you can find something interesting to do.&quot;

<i>Leo wouldn't even need to consult Efi on something this simple, he'd breathe out a sigh before looking back up at Kotori</i> Leo: &quot;You don't actually know why do you? Dragons like her tend to be rather strong and tough, so there're a lot of people interested in them. Like that green-haired kid earlier.&quot; <i>Leo kneels down by Efi and pats the kid on the head, the kid still seems somewhat downcast, and looks back at him with a pouty face</i> Leo: &quot;That's why its very important you don't go showing it off unless I say its alright. Got it brat?&quot; Efi: &quot;You don't have to keep telling me.&quot; Leo: &quot;I'll stop telling you when you start remembering. Now come on.&quot; <i>Leo grabs Efi's hand and starts to walk away with the child following at his side, as they start to go Leo looks back at Kotori</i> Leo: &quot;For that matter, I suggest you keep your part-dragon bit to yourself. If these people heard of a dragon that could reproduce naturally I imagine there'd be a fortune in it for them.&quot;