The nightshader of the king

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"Okay, so does everyone get it?" Eva asked. "Yes." "Alright, I think we will hear it when he is in the inn." "It is already dark again so are we almost there?" Berry asked. "Yes. Can't you hear it?" Eva said. "What do you mean?" Berry asked. "The music." Welrich said. If you listened closly you could hear music. Or it was more like people singing than music. "Okay, now I hear it too." Berry said. They continued walking towards the noise. They walked into the village. Eva walked towards the inn were the singing was coming from. "Juxy, you stay outside." she said before entering the inn. The others folowed only Juxy stayed behind just like Eva had asked. When they entered some people looked at them. The people who saw the group stoped singing causing the other people to also look in there direction and stop singing, until everyone was quiet. "Is that yours?" one of the people asked pointing at Welrich. Eva looked at Welrich confused only to realise that Welrich was stil holding the cendamli. "Yes." Welrich answered. "Sinds you like dangerous animals. Why don't you take that one?" one of the man in the inn said pointing at a man. The man was sitting alone in the corner of the inn close to the door. He wore a black cloak with the hood on so nobody could see his face. Welrich was confused by why the man had pointed at him while talking about that. "Cut it out!" a woman yelled before coming slightly closer to the group. "May I ask why you have that animal with you? It is quit dangerous so we are a little bit woried." "He won't hurt anyone." Welrich said. "If you put it in a bag or cage we will alowe it inside but if you don't do that I will kick you out." one of the people working in the inn said. Welrich put Mimi in his bag but made sure the bag was slightly open so Mimi could still breath. The lady came towards them and hugged Eva. "We are here to ask you for a favour. W want you to take us to the cemetery." Eva said. "No." the lady said. "If you want to go there you will need to ask my brother." The lady pointed at the man in the corner. Eva walked towards the guy. "So you are going to take him." one of the man said. Eva ignored the guy but her friends didn't. "Shut up and quit bulieng him! Do you think it is cool or something!?" the woman yelled. The man looked down and some of the people in the inn laughed about it. Berry looked at Eva and her friends brother. The two were talking softly but he could just hear him "Come on. We will even pay you to do it." Eva said softly. "No." the guy said. "Harper come on."Eva begged. "Just help us this once." The guy stayed quiet. "Harper..." Eva began. "No." Harper said this time a little louder. He pulled his hood even lower over his face and moved completly to the corner. Eva bowed over the table to get closer to Harper. "If you do it we will leave you alone from now on." Eva said, but Harper didn't react. "We took a water spirit with us." Eva said for some reason this caught Harper's attention. He pulled his hood back slightly and looked at Eva with curious eyes. This was a sign for Eva that she had his attention and permision to continue. "The spirit might be able to explain some things for you. They even have a very high position so they could always find a way to get more information for you." Eva said with a smal smile on her face. She already knew she had won when Harper had showed interest in the spirit.