"You will give us a room for the night and an open stable stall for the dragon."
Seeing Sesshomaru say that with the most serious face was more fun than it should have been. I had to turn away and press my fist against my mouth so I wouldn't laugh at the inn keepers face. The mixture of fear, confusion, and awe, was just hilarious.
"A-ah o-of course..." The human rang a bell which had a young woman come quickly from a side room. "A room and stable stall will be two silvers..."
The silver was promptly pulled out and given by Jaken. The imp scurried away to take Ah-Un to the stables while the rest of us followed the woman to our room.
Rin hummed happily as she skipped between Sesshomaru and I. The woman brought us to our room that had a sliding door in the back that opened to a beautiful courtyard in the middle of the inn.
"Dinner will be brought in a couple hours" The woman bowed after being dismissed.
Once we were left alone, I collapsed onto the bed mats that were set up in one corner of the room. I shove my face into a pillow while listening to Rin make a B-line to the sliding door to the courtyard.
I startle slightly feeling flingers run through my hair. turning my head a bit, I see Sesshomaru kneeling before me. He silently motioned for me to lift my head, which I did curiously.
He proceeded to remove the pillow from under my head, then sit so I could use his leg as my pillow. I roll to lay on my back so it would be more comfortable for the both of us.
"You know... I never got to ask how it was traveling without me or Rin. what did you do? go anywhere interesting?" I muse, reaching up to play with a strip of his hair that fell over his shoulder. A smile graced my lips when I feel him begin to play with my hair as well.
"I traveled back to the western palace. Some of my advisors were becoming too comfortable in my absence." He hummed, scratching lightly at my scalp.
"Mmm. I would love to see the western palace one day. Possibly after all this dragon lord drama is done? Jaken said the northern palace is carved into a mountain. Can you tell me about yours?" A low rumble comes from the back of my throat, which encourages the demon lord to continue scratching my head.
"My home is in a great valley, lust flat land all around with a river cutting through the middle. The palace is built in the center with high walls...."
He told me of the palace halls filled with paintings of all kinds, made by both demon AND human. How some art pieces he enjoyed more than others had been moved to his personal wing.
He spoke of the town that resided at the entrance of the palace, where human servants settled with their families and some have even been serving his family for generations. Apparently, his great great grandfather was the one to bring human servants.
I was fully focused on him describing the temple that honors his families dead. Buried deep underground with twisting tunnels and dead-end shafts, only true inu yokai can find the temple through scent alone.
"Many have tried to find the Inu Yokai Temple and all have failed" Sesshomarus voice rumbled through the room "A demons sight in the dark can only take them so far. My ancestors burrowed to the deepest points where the sun had never touched, using only their heightened sense of smell to travel through the ground"
I hum, having closed my eyes a while ago, trying to imagine how it was like even further in the past as he spoke.
"with great effort, they dug deep enough to create their own light. It was my direct ancestor that struck the wall that released a river of bright molten earth, It lit up the cavern they were creating and soon it became the center piece of the temple"
I let out a soft sound of surprise, not expecting lava to be part of the story.
"It continues to flow? does that mean the temple is warm constantly? Or is it even too hot?" I question, slowly sitting up with his help seeing that dinner was arriving.
"Mn. It continues to flow to this day" The fluff lord confirmed, eyeing the human servants with mildly concealed distain.
His attitude causes me to roll my eyes and swat at his arm "at least do better to hide your dislike to humans" I wave the humans off once they were done placing the food down.
"Rin! Come eat"
"Coming!"
A/N- IDK if I want to be over dramatic with the dragons or not lol
