Chapter 3: Chapter 3: The enigmatic Mr. Itakura.

In the corner of Naebashi near the eastern entrance an old man and his slightly dilapidated wagon were setting up  the shop that operated from it which would then sell various goods while bartering what he had gotten from other villages and towns on his way here. The old man had a short gray beard that had specks of gray and black with a white base layer. His body was medium build with not an ounce of fat on it. It was clear he lived a quite mobile life not one of extreme luxury, but not wanting for basic needs either. Besides the weagon laid an enormous horse sized boar that pulled his wagon and also worked as a useful deterrent for bandits. While he unpacked his supplies he would hook the extension to the wagon itself giving the set up a proper shopping stall feel.

 

“It’s a good day to be in the frontier isn’t it Borus?” he said looking kindly at the large boar while stroking its bristled head. Itakura was a man who enjoyed coming to this town most of all ever since he first discovered it many years ago. In fact it was so long ago he couldn’t remember the exact date.

 

“Mr. Itakura!” a small voice came from down the street causing Itakura to smile to himself not bothering to look. It is about time that the rascal showed up, he thought to himself.

 

Turning towards the little girl who approached Borus with more confidence than most people would, she gave the giant boar a big hug on its oversized snout.

 

“If it isn’t Miss Minako Rize what a lovely sight to see you’ve grown even more beautiful since I last saw you last year!” looking behind where the girl came from he smirked “where is your father?”

 

Borus snorted blowing up a bit of dust causing Rize to let out a soft sneeze *Aaaachoo* “Sorry Mr. Itakura, my father just got a Dern from today’s hunt and is going to clean it. I think he will come by tomorrow!”

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“Ehh well make sure you tell him to come by tomorrow morning so we can discuss the proper exchange.” Itakura said, his voice giving an old cracked sound as if he was trying to be the cranky old man, but it wasn’t in his nature so it came across as if he was pretending.

 

Rize nodded happily “Of course Mr. Itakura…” she paused thinking about what she wanted to ask “Mr. Itakura please tell me what is happening around the empire!”

 

Just as she spoke those words Mr. Itakura’s smile faded “I apologize Miss Rize unfortunately this year I don’t have much good news to share with you. You may be a little young to understand, but the empire is on the brink of war with its neighbor Kalimdah and internally there are a lot of factions who oppose conflict and are now vying for power within the empire itself.”

 

Rize didn’t understand all of that, but she knew that based on his tone that outside Naebashi it was not pleasant like Mr. Itakura had spoken about it in the past. “Mr. Itakura is it really that bad? Will something happen here as well?”

Itakura smiled, messing up her hair a bit. “Don’t worry kiddo I doubt this quiet little town on the opposite side of the conflict will experience much at all.”

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