The Princess and The Swordsman [Social/Sylvia/Invite only]

The black haired man was walking in the busy street of Heliohapt, his destination was the place where he could enjoy some liquor and probably relaxing there while befriending some people so he could gather some important information. Today went just simply ordinary for the swordsman, nothing interesting happened and the day passed by just like that, letting the night setting in to take turn. He would then enter the tavern and as the bartender greeted him with a bright smile, Tenma would smile back at the bartender as well. He would quickly maneuver himself to sit near the counter, his favorite place at tavern usually as he could easily order lots of liquor for himself. Just five or six bottles would not satisfy his thirst and knowing that, the black haired man ordered ten bottles for himself for his first drinking round.

The barkeeper knew Tenma too well and quickly served his regular customer with ten bottles of Heliohapt signature liquor made from grape, liking how his customer always managed to drink all of his stuff without actually getting really drunk. With a chuckle, Tenma lifted his liquor-filled glass towards the barkeeper before gulping all the liquid to wet his throat. It felt great and satisfying, but the black haired man decided to keep it slow. Perhaps if he did that, he could see something interesting or maybe even meeting a new person that would pique his interest.

A woman with hair as pink as cotton candy was being raised by a noble family, but that could be seen from her clothes she was from a wealthy family. The outfit Sylvia was wearing was a long sleeve, gold, white and red skirt kimono with golden clouds design and long ribbon falling down, the robes that wrapped around her waist had a flower design, around her neck, she is wearing a gold and red neck choker, around Sylvia's hands is two pairs of red gloves, to finish her outfit is two pairs of long white flat pumps that are tied all the way up her legs near her knees tied within a bow. (It's the one called House Clothes in my profile.) She didn't bring her staff as her foster family said to leave it even if it would be unsafe for Sylvia.

But she did things her family didn't know about and that was looking for her brother who was taken a long time ago, Sylvia didn't know if he was dead/alive or a slave, this was the only reason Sylvia would come to a place like this everyone could see she was someone who was out of place like a princess in an unknown land.

Many insides were getting drunk, drinking alcohol, Sylvia would walk to the front with her speaking in a soft calm tone. "May I have a glass of red wine please." Out of everyone here, nobody was drinking anything that was close to wine but he did have it as he placed it in front of Sylvia she didn't see anything that was of use here to find her brother, as she would take a small drink from her glass thinking she could leave soon if it was nothing here for her.

It was unusual to see someone from Kou entered the tavern that was full of native Heliohaptan inside, especially when this someone was a woman and her attire kind of indicating that she came from a noble family. It was a naïve choice for this woman to come here in Tenma’s opinion; someone might approach her and harassed her for being a woman from Kou alone. Things might be bad if she was really a noble from Kou unless she could protect herself. The black haired man gave a quick glance towards the pink haired woman before focusing on his drink and sipped it slowly to let his tongue feel the taste of the liquor. Judging from what he saw, the woman didn’t bring anything that looks like a weapon; however since she was brave enough to come alone, then perhaps she had something hidden under her sleeves. Perhaps she was a stealth user or even a magician, anything was possible though and he could just hope that things wouldn’t be bad. The silence was real when the entire patron stared at the woman with a curious look as if she was suspicious and meant them harm, but when she proceeded to order a glass of red wine, they decided to just assuming that this woman just passing by to get some refreshing drinks and continued whatever they were doing before the woman came.

Even though he was wearing his Heliohapt attire, but if the woman ever gave him a quick glance, she would notice the color of his pale skin was different than most of the natives that resided in the country of sun. Tenma would then decide to start a conversation with the woman after having this curiosity to know the reason why she would visit this country. “Greetings, milady. I apologize if I sound rude, but I really find it is unusual for a lady to order a glass of red wine.” He said with a playful smile before lifting his glass and said, “Not to mention a Kou lady would want to visit this tavern…” He said it with caution but his smile was still intact, he would want to see her reaction so he waited until she replied him.

Sylvia knew it was not safe here, mostly without her weapon, but if she walked inside having her scythe people would look at her even more and they are right now, maybe harassed her, but Sylvia didn't wish for that to happen, this was the reason she took the risk to come inside, but telling people she was a noble wouldn't be a good idea and she knew it, one of the men inside would look at Sylvia but only for a moment.

Everyone wouldn't stop looking at Sylvia in till she took her order she didn't know why, but she did feel a little uneasy inside this place. As one of the men inside spoke up, she would give him a kind smile. "It's okay, sir, but I only came inside for a small drink." As her glass was next to her, she would go to take a small drink.

As she was about to take a sip from her glass somehow the man would know Sylvia was from Kou but now she would start to think of how he knew as her chair would start to move backwards putting her glass down. "How do you know that I am from Kou?" She would say in a curious worried tone.

“How do I know that?” Tenma asked the girl back but he didn’t expect an answer from her as he let out a chuckle after that. He would then bring her finger to point at the girl’s attire, it was a pretty obvious that her clothing was influenced by Kou’s culture and maybe this girl had not noticed that it was really different with the Heliohaptan clothing. “Milady, I have been living in Kou for years and your clothing is the typical Kou’s clothing for a lady.” His golden eyes gave another quick scan to her clothing but didn maintain his gaze too long because he knew it was not polite to stare at a lady. “It is simply different from Heliohapt’s clothing, but worry not, as long as you didn’t do something that will provoke a trouble, then your attire wouldn’t be a problem for you.” His tone was made to assure the girl that it would be okay unless she did something bad in the country, but he was also curious about why such a girl would visit the tavern and drank liquor alone.

“Forgive me for asking too much question; however I am very curious to know why you would visit a tavern. Judging from you entered a place that could be considered as dangerous alone…” Tenma would pause for a second before leaning closer to the girl, but he stopped before he got to close and until it was enough for her to hear his whisper. “Perhaps you are looking to find important information…?” Right after that, he would give a friendly chuckle towards the girl and said with a normal voice volume, “Well, since that is a pretty common thing here.”

OOC - Tenma's Heliohapt Clothing:

Sylvia would be shocked at how he knew, but was her style of clothes really enough to tell him that she was from Kou? She didn't really know the Heliohaptan style of clothes were really that far apart from her own nation's style of fashion as he pointed his finger at her as he would chuckle.

As he said it was okay, for her to be from Kou as long as she didn't do anything to make problems for herself everything would be fine as she would sit back down onto her chair, her family would be mad knowing she came to a place like this as it wouldn't befitting of a noble, she wouldn't say a word so far as she would sit back down in her chair listening to the man sitting next to her.

As Sylvia was asked why would she come to a place like this as it was not many people who would look like her and dress like her and come in a bar like this one. As he came closer she would think of what he asks but less shocked as he said it was a common thing for people who come into this bar to do. "I am looking for my brother." Liliana would say taking a sip from her glass after she spoke to him in a soft kind tone.

To think that this girl would quickly answer his question like that truly made Tenma found this girl as an interesting one. He would give her a smile and asked the bartender to give her another glass of red wine; of course he said that it would be put on his tab later. “Another drink so you would keep me company if you don’t mind, I find about what you mentioned earlier as an interesting topic unless you don’t want to talk about it.” Tenma would give the girl a warm smile before let out a soft sigh, her situation was pretty similar like her but he wondered if she needed to deal with herself like what he had to while searching for his sister. “So… may I know what kind of person your brother is?”