Mistblade settled in just like that. Though Chasing Sun's little house wasn't very big, it could still accommodate one more youngling.
Chasing Sun found Mistblade a job too, right across diagonally from Thief Bug Tavern. Her working hours were a little longer than Yu Xunge's, though. After work each day, Yu Xunge still had to spend two hours studying on Garbage Street. By the time she came back, Mistblade was just getting off work.
Sometimes, they went to the library to study together. Other times, they wandered around Delano.
Mistblade had already received the tuition and living expenses Chasing Sun had given her. The first semester alone came to 3,000 gold coins.
After learning that Yu Xunge was taken to class by Chasing Sun every day, she asked Yu Xunge, "Can I go talk to Chasing Sun? Can I ask whether she can take me along to learn something too?"
Yu Xunge was surprised by Mistblade's question. "Of course you can. You don't need my permission for something like that at all."
Chasing Sun wasn't her property. If she even dared entertain the thought of making decisions for Chasing Sun, Chasing Sun might twist her head off and hang it on the living room wall right beside that goblin head.
Oh, right. That goblin had had its head chopped off and hung on the wall simply because it had cheated Chasing Sun out of 28 gold coins.
According to Chasing Sun, that was the largest sum of money she had ever been scammed out of in her life. That goblin had earned the right to hang on her wall.
When Chasing Sun returned home that evening, Mistblade immediately made her request, only to be mercilessly refused. "You're not my apprentice."
After receiving that answer, Mistblade fell silent.
She didn't