Master Of None

The three returned to the mansion seeing that the garden had radically changed. The strawberries were showing bright red fruit along every row. The oozing vines had taken their growth in stride and were covering most of the walls. However, the surprise was that they all had vibrant purple flowers here and there. They were not large but they brightened up everywhere the vines grew. 

Walker was amazed by how large the willow tree grown along with many of the other once small plants. There was also a sizable dragon fruit sapling that was almost taller than he was now. Besides this, there was a feeling of relaxation that came from the garden as a whole. It was as if there was something stopping the worlds' time and slowing it down. 

Walker spotted Stella flying about the mansion property and decided that he wouldn't disturb her. She appeared to be happy to check everything out that had changed since the last time she was there. In the distance he could also hear that Elise was rambling and talking, this most likely meant that she was trying to teach the demon woman about taming. 

Midnight and Walker moved to the door and as soon as they opened it heard a flurry of foot steps coming from the stairs in front of them. "Finally! I have been waiting for you to get back!" Lisa was jumping in to a hug with Walker before he could even speak. Onyx was nearly knocked from his shoulders but wasn't angry in the least. He and Midnight knew just how glad Lisa was to see them back safely. 

Lisa moved to hug Midnight and Onyx too. Onyx felt he needed to let himself grow to a larger size so she wouldn't crush him which surprised Lisa greatly. "How will I make you a sweater to wear in the winter if you keep getting bigger?" She sounded aggrieved but was showing a concerned and warm smile. She was more or less teasing while working out the problem. 

"Sister, I will keep growing. It is only natural…" Onyx wasn't catching on to the teasing from Lisa and everyone ended up laughing slightly. 

"Are mother and father home? I have a bunch of stuff to give them. But first," Walker pulled out one of the charms that they had found in the forest elf city and handed one to Lisa. 

"It's shaped like a rabbit! I love it. It's so cute!" Lisa was gushing over the small gift and fixed it on to a bracelet she wore immediately. "Father is out helping with the incident. They asked him to head to the outer walls since he has experience managing one of the entrances to the city. Mother is working on bread for a large order. She said she would make as much as she could for those who lost their food to the attack and that dinner would be up to whoever cooked for themselves." 

"I thought it would be like that. They will be really busy for the next few days. But I will still head to the kitchen to drop off some of the frog and rabbit meat I managed to get. I don't think they will want to cook with the orc meat. That's pretty...gross." Walker knew that no one would want the orc meat and that it would have to be given to the dissection center at the guild. 

"Did you bring any fabrics or tools for me?" Lisa was too curious to hold back any longer. She wanted to know just how many interesting and unique things Walker may have found while at the elf city. If he had things she could use it would be great for her to try and make some new pieces of clothing for everyone. 

"Did I? Ohhh, you know. Just some fabrics that have elemental runes stitched in to them. I thought that someone like you might be afraid to teach yourself how to stitch them but even if you don't learn they can be displayed on the walls or something." Walker pretended to think Lisa wasn't up to the challenge to bait her a little. 

"Challenge? That's nothing. I can learn one of them in a single week. Just show them to me!" Lisa watched as Walker took the fabrics from his inventory and Lisa grabbed them one by one. She had never seen runes stitched in to fabric and was amazed by the quality.

"The materials all work with the affinity and element of the runes. They are way more complicated than they look. Each stitch had mana to bind the rune to the material the fabric is made of." Lisa was losing herself in the green fabric with a wind elemental rune on it. 

"I was told that they don't do too much to replenish mana and such but that they are great for those who garden or do daily activities. They will pull the elemental manas to them and can do a lot to assist the person wearing them. They are very common in the forest elf city. I can see them being very popular here if you can request the proper materials." Walker saw his sisters' eyes light up at this. 

"I can put a request in at the guild or I can buy them from merchants. I can make all of you headbands or even arm bands with runes in them. I bet a scarf or a handkerchief would sell well to gardeners or maids. I need to start drawing designs. You can make me dinner as an advanced payment!" Lisa shouted to Walker as she rushed back to her sewing room. Walker didn't know yet, but Lia had recently expanded her sewing room to take up another of the bedrooms as a storage room. She had greatly improved over the last month. 

Walker headed toward the kitchen and Midnight rushed ahead of him. She wanted to see what His mother was cooking and see if she could steal away a snack. 

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