" eeeck!, what is that! " feeling alaine jump i shot awake as Te'let slowly climb down a web that was connected to the ceiling settling on my lap
" damn it woman, you almost gave me a heart attack, that's just Te'let she's a nether spider she won't hurt you"
" awake,happy." I felt the little spider lightly bounce on my lap " I'm happy to see you are still as enthusiastic as ever, where have you been " I was glad to see she has been doing ok
" explore, enjoy, town." Learning she had been moving around town had me worried good thing I told lazza and the others about her existence
" im glad you are enjoying yourself just be careful when you're around strangers." I gently rubbed her head as she leaned into my touch
" she is so cute!, can I hold her I've never seen a creature like her."surprised she wasn't scared by her i accepted her request and gently handed her te'let
Looking at the spider with sparkles in her eyes she hugged her while Te'let struggled to get away " geez don't hurt her." Realizing she might be squeezing to hard she loosened up
Te'let bolted away the moment that happened free from her hold " im sorry i wasn't trying to hurt you." It was to late te'let was already gone
" could you step out so i can get some clean clothes on and don't worry te'let she is just a bit iffy about people holding her."
Yawning i got up an put on some clothes that were neatly placed nearby no doubt by Elise after alaine left still feeling bad about what happened with te'let
Stepping outside as zauto followed me i turned to alaine " do you want to follow me im going to check on the construction of the building im having built for you."
Of course she nodded so we made our way to our first stop
being the middle of the day the town was quite busy filled with life, along our way I saw a few dragons walking around they seem to be visiting the town trying to integrate into it
Elise even created a partner seeking program to help their diversity, but that hasn't bore much fruit yet " why are people stared at me so much?"
" because you are with me." Looking around again she understood what I meant " O."
Quickening her pace she moved to walk beside me
Moving through the entrance of the trade house i climbed a set of stairs before getting to Elise's office
Without knocking it entered but found it absent of her presence " she isn't here, she wanted me to tell you not to follow her she will come to you whenever she is done with what she is doing."
Sitting in her section of the Amelia spoke up seeing me enter " what is she doing?"
" i don't know she just left with that merman prince." Shrugging she answered me before turning back to the papers she was going through
" it's not like that she loves you as much as you do her she wouldn't do that to you. " alaine said this taking my hand into hers trying to stop me from over reacting
Taking a breath i left the room and back outside moving back down the road "your right, thank you for say that to me." Smiling she moved closer beside me
our little walk continued until we came to a tree house, walking behind it i placed my hand on the trunk injecting some mana into
The wood next to my hand split apart revealing a set of stairs that went downward after i made sure the entrance closed behind us and nobody was following
" what is this." As we got to the bottom of the stairs alaine spoke up moving into a medium sized room filled with things she didn't understand
" its a workspace of a friend im borrowing." Hearing her stop i turned to see what she was looking at " that's te'let mother."
She was able to take her eyes of the transparent container holding the spider " is she alive."
" no im keeping her here in stasis until I can get what I need from her body." I saw her shift a uncomfortable about what she was seeing
" i told you there is more to me then you know, you can't love me because you don't me." Closing her eyes she took a breath before looking straight into mine
" show me and let me decide for myself."
" whatever." Walking further into the room eventually we arrived in front of a workstation with a mannequin next dressed in a partially unfinished clothing
" wow!, it's so soft the stitches could use some work though ." Without a second thought alaine touched the unfinished fabric making my heart jump
" CAREFUL!" She instantly jumped back from the volume of my voice " sorry its just extremely fragile and I've worked really hard on it to get to this point im not exactly a good tailor. "
" you're making this...why?." Carefully scanning the fabric i made sure their wasn't any rips even on a microscopic level could ruin it
Sighing with relief i sat back down putting the magnifying glass in my hand back on the bench in front of me " its for Elise, i wanted to make something for her to show my love and as a present for becoming queen."
Picking up a book on the bench in flipped through it passing instructions and diagrams until I landed on my drawing of what I wanted to achieve with this dress and showed it to her
" ugh....ahh." she covered her mouth to not show her expression frowning slammed the book shut putting it back on the bench " i know my drawing is bad but at least pretend its not horrible I wasn't able to use the special paper for this."
" im sorry I wasn't trying to upset you." Taking the book while I pouted she went through it
" do you want my help with this im not a seamstress but I have basic weaving and clothes making skills."
I didn't want to have any help with this that's why I denied Leon's help I wanted this to be a labor of love but I had to admit I wasn't doing a great job and I wanted to make something worthy of Elise
" fine but you'll have to let me know before you do anything to it and you have to teach me everything you know, I want to be involved in the process."
" Deal! " she glowed as i gave her my blessing to help " I'll be back. " Disappearing she returned five minutes later holding a few tools " there are tools all over this place why get those?"
" because im use to them, I dont want to mess this up i rather I use what im comfortable with." I didn't mind her bringing her own stuff in was just curious as to why seeing this place was filled with things to help with the craft
" whatever helps you. " Shrugging I flipped through the book landing back on the page that I was on last time I was in here and showed it to her so we could begin
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" is this what you were looking for?" Taking the magnifying glass on the desk i looked over the now finished base of the dress
But even just looking at it with my eyes I could tell she was able to follow the instructions of the book far better then me
" its hard for me to find fault in it you followed everything perfectly, better than me in fact."
" im only this good thanks to my mother she taught me so I could adjust my clothes i worked hard on it so i didn't bother her." Coming to the bench she placed her tools beside mine " what are you doing?"
" won't you still need help." Thinking about it i saw she was right i didn't have the skills necessary to complete this the way I want without her help and I didn't want to go back to Leon after denying his, he'll just hold it over me
So instead of instantly rejecting her like I was going to do, i reluctantly agreed to have her help me on this project of mine
' just one more ingredient and I'll have everything i need to complete this.' Smiling that I would have this complete soon I left the basement of the tree-house an went towards the future site of alaine's restaurant/diner / eatery
It was near the furthest gate on the north side of the town were the forest is,it's a bit more underdeveloped allowing for a perfect place for something like this to be built
Hearing hammers pounding against wood i knew we are getting close to the building site
" let me show you around before you make a decision on how you like it."
When we got to the building a dwarve was yelling at the workers trying to get them to hurry up with the final touches so everything was ready for our arrival
It was the very same female dwarve that worked on our castle I had her build this, she seemed like someone capable of doing this
I went with a 50's style diner for look with a tavern like twist to it so it didn't feel to out of place in a era like this
Most things were covered up but you still get the idea of how it's suppose to look
" welcome your lordship i apology for not being ready in time for your arrival." Smiling at the outcome of the building i didn't mind it not being finished
" that's fine is at least safe for us to to look around? " nodding she waved us inside
As soon as you stepped inside you were inside the dining area, it wasn't huge but could fit a nice crowd hopefully not enough to overwhelm her
Towards the back was a door with a little window beside that leads to the kitchen giving people a view of what was going on and a place to request orders
The kitchen was as you would expect it stoves, ovens, a sink all the things she could need
Even further back you could find a spiraling staircase that lead to a floor above everything that had three bedrooms and a bathroom this was a place for her to live in that wouldn't be far from her restaurant since it was literally above it
" eventually I can have the walls painted a color you like or even do some designs of that what you want that will just have to wait tell everything is completed, but what do you think so far."
" i-i.." struggling with her words she just hugged me instead as i stood there with my arms sticking awkwardly out to the sides
" my lord the queen is outside." Hearing zauto i moved to meet her