“Wait, which one are you talking about?”

“Both of them.”

She pointed to a carriage in front of theirs.

“Hang on, both of them are in there!?” Tibaut exclaimed.

“Listen, it only has to be this day. If you three can't set aside your differences then I'll have to plan around it.” Elizabeth said. “Besides this is a four-day trip, you should be able to put up with this for one day.”

“That other guy wouldn't be a problem but Furor is another matter,” Tibaut said.

“Sigh, Just bear with it. Now get over there already, we leave as soon as the scouts we sent ahead return indicating there's nothing suspicious about the path.”

Elizabeth pushed him along and he begrudgingly walked over to the carriage.

“Welp, better get in.”

He climbed in through the back of the carriage and it was filled with quite a roster. Not only was the guy he knocked out and Furor in here but so was the woman named Ruby and the young Albino boy who caught his eyes a few days earlier.

“Oh, it's you,” Ruby said with a smile. It was dark out the night earlier so he hadn't noticed it but she was tanned. It was about the same shade as Tina, perhaps a few shades darker. Her hair was a normal brunette but her eyes were far from it. They were yellow. Was that even a possible colour for eyes? The darkness of night hid a lot about her features (That and he was focusing on other parts of her when he got a clear look at her).

She patted the area beside her and signalled for him to come over. She was sitting next to the Albino kid. He didn't seem too preoccupied and was looking nervous.

(“Poor son of a bitch, is she teasing him too?”) He thought as he walked over.

Normally he wouldn't have sat next to a woman like her, mostly for his own sake, but the two on the other side of the carriage made this the obvious choice.

Sitting there was Furor and the guy he knocked out last night. Furor paid Tibaut no mind and wore a scowl staring into the space in front of him. The man beside him however seemed like he had his head replaced by an overgrown tomato with how red and bulbous it had gotten.

He opened his mouth but unlike last night it was at a reasonable tone.

“You bastard? You beat me up in front of my lady-”

“Could you stop saying that, Nigel? We drink booze together and sometimes fuck, I ain't your woman.” The woman responded.

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“… (God, I'm starting to feel sorry for the guy.)” Tibaut thought watching the man before him get emasculated.

“Babe come on, don't be like that.”

“I swear, you're always so clingy, why the hell-”

Before she got any further the carriage started moving.

She sighed and took her focus off him. “Finally, it seems they've returned.”

“Took them long enough,” Furor commented. “Besides who fucking cares if we encounter those bastards? I'll rip their throats out if they think they're such hot shit they can attack us.”

“Don't be like that, they're doing us solid.” She responded.

“Tch, whatever.”

The carriage soon began moving but Tibaut couldn't hide his surprise and began whispering to Ruby.

“Woah, is this normal for him?”

“WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU SAY ABOUT ME YOU LITTLE SHIT!?” Furor shouted at him.

“Oh don't worry about that.” She responded.

“Don't say anything weird, you old bitch.” Furor commented before deciding to stare outside.

Unsurprisingly Tibaut looked at her expantantly but she quickly changed topics.

“Why are you here anyway?” She asked, not expecting an answer. “Did you scare the girls? Are more inexperienced girls your type?” She said, chuckling softly.

“Wha- No, Elizabeth just decided to put me in here.”

“Tsk, it's a shame we have this bastard in here, instead of Nora, ain't that right, Kevin? She was a real piece of eye candy wasn't she?” He said in an oddly forced tone.

Kevin looked intently focused on something and didn't respond. Now that Tibaut looked at him more, it seemed it was Furor. Did he bully him earlier?

“Maybe she noticed your stares and asked to be swapped, hehe,” Ruby replied.

(“Does it not bother her that I said that?”) Nigel wondered to himself.

“Nora? Are you saying I got replaced with someone?” Tibaut asked.

“That's right, the carriages all have five people, though Elizabeth's had four including yourself.”

“Tch, she thinks she can hog space for herself,” Nigel commented.

“Jeez, no wonder I only talk to you when I'm not sober. Do you really think a single person would take up that much more space?”

“Well, uh, these aren't the larges-”

She had already moved on and had her focus on Tibaut again.

“Anyway, you must have heard of Nora before. You know Jake right?”

“Is she friends with him?”

“She's a part of his guild buddy. Did he not mention her? Wow, I wonder if he feels shy about it. Anyway, she's a good girl, you should talk to her sometimes.”

“Oh, uh okay.”

The carriage ride continued along and instead of making it clear whether or not he'd be able to work with this Nigel guy or not, all it did was result in that guy being talked down by a woman he clearly had feelings for.

“Hey, Kevin, why don't you introduce yourself to him? You guys are similar ages right?” Ruby suggested to the white hair boy beside her.

“(I mean technically you're right but mentally I've got at least ten years on this kid.) I'm not sure we'd have much in common.”

“I don't mind.” He spoke up. “You were close with Ezekiel like me right?”