"Pull your hood up," Felix said and Chan looked over at him. He frowned but pulled the hood of his cloak up. "We're about to enter a human city," he continued and he could hear Chan snort.
"Why are we entering a human city?" Chan asked, voice a little hushed. "Shouldn't we avoid it?"
"We should," Felix confirmed. "But we need supplies. We still have a very long journey ahead of us and we need everything we can get out hands on," he said before Chan could protest. "We'll be as quick as we can. It shouldn't be any problems because it's still daytime."
"What does that have to do with anything?" Chan asked, pulling back his hood a little again so Felix could see his face. He was still frowning, yellow eyes narrowed.
"During the night time, the human cities close their gates and more guards are on duty," Felix explained, pulling out a pair of leather gloves from his bag and quickly slipped them on. "During daytime, you just nod as you pass the guards and they don't ask any questions. If it had been night time, we would have been stopped and they would... probably figure out that you're not exactly human."
"Oh."
"Pull your hood down again," Felix instructed and Chan did as told, pulling his hood down to obscure his eyes. "We'll try to be as fast as possible though."
"Yes please," Chan murmured as they approached the gate leading into the city.
Felix straightened his back, letting his eyes wander casually over the two guards that were standing casually on one side of the gate, before moving to scan the wall. There were no guards on the wall, meaning there hadn't been an alert of a dragon in this kingdom or something like that. Felix took a sigh of relief.
He gave the two guards a nod as they passed and the guards merely nodded, acknowledging their passage before they went back to chatting. The small town of Daln was busy in the middle of the day. Felix knew that the market in the center marketplace of town was bustling at this hour and that meant that the other streets would be less busy. He gently took Chan's arm, pulling him closer so he wouldn't get lost as they made it through the busy streets.
"People are looking," Chan pointed out, leaning a bit closer to Felix.
"I know," Felix murmured, worry turning in his gut. "But I think we're... going to be okay," he continued, trying to not let his nervousness show. "I don't think they're expecting us here just yet."
Chan nodded, remaining quiet as they continued to make their way to the shop. Like Felix had been expecting, the further they got from the city centre square, the less busy the streets would be. There were only a few other people on the street as they turned left and entered the building.
The bell on the door chimed gently and the person behind the desk looked up from the heavy leather bound book on the counter. Felix recognized the girl, chubby cheeks with round eyes, straight eyebrows, soft brown hair reaching below her shoulders and covering the jagged edges of her ears.
"Felix!" she greeted, smile stretching on her lips and she smoothened down the worn leather apron she was wearing before shifting her gaze to Chan. "And a friend?" She looked back at Felix, raising an eyebrow.
"You can take the hood off," Felix said, as it was only the three of them in the store. Chan did as told, pushing the hood down.
"I'm Chan," he said slowly, letting his gaze wander over the store.
"I'm Jinsook," Jinsook said, taking a good look at Chan. "Where in the world did you find a dragon?" she asked, voice hushed.
"Would you believe me if I said he fell from the sky?" Felix asked and she just gave him an unimpressed look. "He was on his way back to his kingdom after being injured..." Felix shrugged and Jinsook hummed.
