THE ARCHAIC SKY

THE APPROACHING ARMY

The compliant gold banded rod is a staff that could duplicate and size shift in the hands of the monkey king. They said he forced the dragon king to give up one of his iron pillars. The monkey king hides his staff behind his ear. The other compliant rod is owned by a strong unknown figure. Though since they all took a rod, making the total stolen staffs three, aoguang's domain now looks like a table.

Amara's compliant rod is a little different. It could duplicate but it could only shift in shape. The size is relatively the same as is the weight. But it did mean that when not in use amara would turn it to a gold banded hair pin she tucked away in her hair.

Amara dusted off her dark red dress decorated with golden flowers and swirls as she walked around the town. Her umbrella handle spinning in her hand as her half her hair was up into a bun filled with hair pieces to hide her compliant staff. Frey walked behind her, hands behind his head as he walked in a lean. "morning, my lady," a little girl called out with a big grin on her face, bringing a soft smile to Amara's as well. Yet it was odd she even knew Amara was the Tennousei.

"Chihiro... where are you off too today?" Amara bent down, her barely long dress brushing the ground. Chihiro, the princess of an organization inside the seikatsu. Where the underage all took part in an alliance to help the rest of the seikatsu with their simple yet helpful clandestine missions. "I heard you found a Felsen in the woods the day before, do you think you can find more for me?"

Chihiro narrowed her eyes and pursed her lips. "Yui said the children in the town get candy for listening in on others and telling you, don't I get some too?" she pouted. Amara grinned pulling out the sweets she brought from her pocket. Chihiro was smart. Her eyes spoke for her. "if you are going to talk down to me and treat me like a child, then please, reward me like so as well"

It annoyed Amara that she saw herself in Chihiro.

"hm... I thought you were one to help even when there would be no reward" Amara teased, dropping the rather large pouch of candy to Chihiro's hands. The little girl only huffed, her mouth pouting and her arms folding.

"everyone here wants to help you, help the seikatsu now that you are part of the new council, even the children wants to help, no matter how young they are" she insisted "I won't be a kid forever but I'll make sure that I will make the most of it to get as strong as you your grace" she let out a hand. An offer of help.

"but just because of that, doesn't mean you don't want a reward right?"

"ehe" Chihiro grinned. Amara wanted to scoff when she shook the little girl's hand

"don't go too far, the guards will worry and it'll just mean more work for them" Amara stood up gently. "ah and don't go near the chasm, Junpei wishes to have complete peace today"

"yes lady reaper!" she winked, running off through the crowd of people in her path to the edge of town. Tsk. They were in public. Even children younger than her knows not to call her that outside of the seikatsu estates. "bye big brother Frey!" she added, waving with her back no longer facing the two.

Amara turned her eyes to Frey whose face was holding back the flush in his cheeks. "I don't even know who she is" he clearly lied.

"my, you've been getting along well with the other children... if this is what would've happened then I would have never asked kazari to look after you" amara teased, giving another spin to her umbrella. It's not like she could ask kazari to look after Frey again. That arrogant saiguu was called away from a shrine ritual in some shrine to the north.

She wants to leave him with Hanabi. But that woman enjoys day drinking as much as kazari, which wasn't good since Hanabi was mortal.

Which reminds her to "ugh, why are we here?" Frey asked as they arrive in front of the moon gate. This house was supposed to be for kazari and the fox fairy when they visit. But kazari had just left and the fox fairy has yet to reply to amara's letters. For now, it's Hanabi's home.