Chapter 61 - Uncouth Little Brat

After the contract was completed, Alexander bid his daughter farewell as he had to return to his work, leaving Andria and the kitten to their own devices, with only a few Wilderwolf soldier's guarding them. Openly at least. In the shadows were several more soldiers, waiting to act upon any sign of aggression towards their beloved young miss.

With nothing else to do, Andria and Lexa decided to have a look around the city and see what there is to do.

So now at this moment, Andria was walking merrily through the streets of Skyview City, the kitten lying snugly in her little hands.

Morning was in full swing by this time and people were beginning to crowd the narrow streets as the children played and the adults travelled towards their place of work, be it inside or on the streets themselves.

They were now in the central area of the district, where many shops and businesses were dealing with wares of a magical nature. At the side of a street, Andria pointed the kitten's attention to a small group of performers who were using magic to entertain a group of kids and their parents.

"Wow, that woman just jumped through that loop of fire." Andria exclaimed in awe.

Their were many other performers like this throughout this area of the city and it was becoming even more common as the two got closer and closer to the tip of the hill on which Skyview City was situated upon. At the tip of the hill, a large tower stood, and the kitten looked in awe as they reached the outskirts of that tower.

"Its huge!" Lexa couldn't help but exclaim when seeing the tower from such a close distance. Andria nodded enthusiastically in agreement as she also took in the great sight of that tower.

"Daddy says its called the Cloud Viewing Tower." Andria finally spoke.

"Hmm." Lexa mumbled when she noticed the noisy sound of various voices not too far from them. Searching left and right, she quickly found the source of this noise.

Outside of a rather large building that nearly matched Cloud Viewing Tower in its grandness and size, a group of maybe 100 people or even more had gathered and the sound of excitement and exclamations were travelling throughout the area ceaselessly.

The gathering wasn't getting smaller as well, as several more people were joining the excited gathering of people one after the other. The people consisted of mainly young teenagers, but there were also some elderly, couples and families joining in with the excitement as well.

"Oh, what's going on over there?" Andria also came to notice the gathering group of people and turned to ask one of the Wilderwolf soldier's what was going on.

"To answer the Young Miss, if I've remembered correctly, these people should be lining up to watch the Hawk Academies Youth Tournament." The Wilderwolf Soldier amiably answered.

"Hawk Academy?" Andria tilted her head in thought. "Ah! The one from Falcon City, what are they doing here?"

"The Hawk Academies Youth Tournament usually takes place outside of Falcon City, its a sort of advertisement to draw in new students." The Wilderwolf soldier further explained. "The Crow Academy you are to attend does the same."

"Hmm, hmm. I see, I see." Andria put on a wise front and nodded seriously. 'Andria didn't understand any of that, what does adve-whatever even mean...'

"So is this a fighting tournament between Magician's?" Lexa's voice cut in, she was also curious about this. 'This might be a good chance to get some more experience.'

"Ah, yes. I believe today is the semi-finals, so that's why everyone seems so excited. In fact, the actual tournament shouldn't start till noon, by then, the people lining up will be in the several thousands."

"Thank you." Lexa thanked the man before turning her attention to the gathering of people ahead of them, which was still growing bigger and bigger as they conversed. It was now easily in the several hundreds.

"Should we watch the tournament, Little Fang?" Andria looked at the kitten expectantly, she loved watching Magical fights. She would always be first in line to watch all of Jonathan and Uncle Kil's spars. Which basically meant she watched fights nearly on a daily basis.

"Yeah, I want to see it too!" Lexa answered excitedly. "Its just that we'll have to wait until noon till it starts..."

"..." Andria turned to face the same soldier from before, whose lips turned into a wry smile, understanding her meaning instantly.

"Don't worry Young Miss, you two can play about till noon, by the time you come back, you'll be able to enter the tournament without waiting in line."

"How sweet of you." Andria nodded and smiled sweetly.

"..." Lexa was speechless. 'The benefits of the rich is limitless...'

The soldier joined another as they headed off in the direction of that grand building while several other soldiers remained by Andria and Lexa's side. In fact, two more soldier's had joined their group at some point, Lexa was befuddled at when they did.

'These guys are really good, I can't sense any of them.' Lexa had only understood at this moment that they were being followed by more Wilderwolf soldiers than she thought, but she still had yet to detect any of them yet so far in the surroundings.

Suddenly, a low grumble was heard behind the kitten's ears. Turning around she saw the reddening face of Andria's.

"Haha, are you hungry, partner." Lexa teased.

"S-be quiet you..." Andria faced away from the teasing eyes of the kitten's and happened upon a nice cafe across the street. "Its only healthy that children have their breakfast everyday. hmm, hmm."

The little kitten laughed. 'How cute, she doesn't want me to think she's a little glutton.'

Andria chose to ignore the heaving bundle in her arms and walked over to the cafe which had the homely name of "The Sunny Touch Cafe." The establishment was rather large for a cafe, but that was to be expected for a business in the busiest district of the city.

Seats were comfy and the tables were made of pristine glass, Lexa couldn't help but think that the place was rather contemporary compared to the rest of the city, which seemed more traditional and historical in its design.

When a young girl carrying a cat, followed by several stoic men wielding blades at there waist came in, the attention of most everyone in the cafe was drawn to them. Whispered voices could be heard as they tried to figure out who this young girl was, to have so many powerful men guarding her.

Andria seemed used to the curious gazes as she walked straight into the depths of the cafe unperturbed, sauntering right up to the front desk where a kind looking middle-aged woman greeted them. "Hello little miss, welcome to the Sunny Touch Cafe, what can I get for you today."

Andria tried to reach for the menu standing on the desk but couldn't reach due to her inferior height. Pouting, she turned to the kind looking woman and pointed at the menu. "Menu please."

The woman let out a warm chuckle and placed the menu in the hands of her cute customer. "There you go."

"Thanking you!" Andria said sweetly, though her eyes didn't leave the menu as she perused the kids section intently, grumbling internally all the meanwhile. 'Why does Mummy always say I can only have one breakfast, I want all of it!'

The kitten looked at the menu as well, she was rather hungry too, but gave up once she remembered her inability to read.

"Hey miss, I can't read, can you tell me what you have for breakfast." Lexa chose to directly ask the cafe employee.

The woman blinked her eyes twice as she looked at the kitten in the little girl's arms. She then looked left and right, stood on her tiptoes to look beyond the girl in front of her, looked behind herself until finally her eyes returned to look into the kitten's greenish-red ones once more.

"Puppet?" The woman mumbled.

"Who you calling a puppet, have you never seen a talking cat before?!" Lexa quipped.

"Wha-, of course I have-I mean, of course I haven't!" The woman opened her mouth in shock and awe. "Are you a Magical Beast?"

"Yeah, isn't she amazing!" Andria's attention left the menu and she proudly gloated to the lady. "She's my partner!"

"Oh, how cute." The kind looking woman replied warmly, but gave a doubtful glance towards the kitten in the girls hands. She couldn't see how this small kitten could be useful in a battle. 'Ah well, that's typical of these rich folk, wasting their money on things for appearance only.'

If Lexa could read her thoughts, she would have turned the woman into a scratching post.

Their conversation came to a sudden end when the sound of a large "THUMP" was heard behind them, followed by several gasps and the shriek of a girl.

"Huh?" Andria turned around, the kitten in her arms and looked on to see what had just happened.

Before she could process anything, an arrogant and youthful voice resounded out throughout the cafe.

"Who do you think your talking to, you bloody peasant! I'm the Fourth Young Master of the Farhawk Family, how dare you tell me to quiet down!!" The voice belonged to a young boy who looked to be no older than ten years old. His hair was short and brown, the same colour as his sharp eyes. He was dressed in rather extravagant gold and brown clothing and his brow and lips were scrunched up in a mocking sneer as he looked down at the man opposite him in contempt. Behind him were five menacing looking men, dressed in brown light armour, the crest of a hawk on their chest, looking vicious and heroic.

Meanwhile, the man opposite him was on the ground, having been knocked off the chair he was sitting on and was shaking miserably. How could he have thought that simply asking their table if they could please quiet down a little would lead to such a perilous situation?

'Whose this arrogant brat?' Lexa's feline brow scrunched up and she looked at the scene with a look of displeasure...

While she didn't know what exactly happened, Andria could gather what sort of happened through that arrogant brats words and her mouth instantly pouted in displeasure as she spoke out unhesitatingly. "What an uncouth little brat, wagging your tail about as if you own the place!"

Lexa nearly spat out her non-existent drink. 'Where did Andria learn to speak like that?!'