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Lawrence and Holo reached Ruvinheigen shortly after waking up. The pack of wolves were gone by that time.
Holo grinned, leaned toward Lawrence, and asked,
"I want some of those honey pickled peaches you speak of."
Lawrence left his horse at the stables and the wagon parked with it.
He sighed, and held Holo's hand as they walked to a store of delicacies.
Holo was marveled by the sight of all the foodstuffs there, and the various jars of other things she hasn't seen before.
Lawrence walked to the back, and there was a few jars of yellow substance on one of the shelves.
"What?! Absurd prices for just a few peaches!"
The price tag was clear: 1 Lumione per medium sized jar.
There was only a few cut slices of peach in each jar.
Holo tugged at his coat, and pouted.
He sighed, and proceeded to buy the jar of pickled peaches for Holo.
She walked out of the store with the jar happily.
The shopkeeper laughed heartily,
"Your wife is quite the hard one to satisfy, isn't she?"
Lawrence scratched his head, and looked at Holo, who was happily waiting for him at the door.
Her ears twitched slightly when she heard the word wife, but only Lawrence noticed this.
"She is.", Lawrence said while he slightly chuckled.
Lawrence always introduced Holo as his wife, since it was simple and it kept her out of trouble most of the time. However, he had feelings for her truly. And he had truly admitted them to her back in the forest, Holo would unimaginably tease him about it. Now, he really wants her to be his wife.
Lawrence walked to the door and both of them walked out there, arm in arm.
"You will start treating me as your wife, will you not?"
Lawrence blushed, and dodged the question by opening the door for her at the inn,
The innkeeper nodded at Lawrence when he entered,
"Please stay here Holo, I have some business to take care of before I come to sleep."
Holo was displeased, but she had her peaches, so she didn't mind and went to their room.
Lawrence sighed, and walked back outside, but the innkeeper stopped him.
"What are you doing so late at this time of night?"
Lawrence got closer, and whispered, "I am going to buy a gold ring to propose for my companion. I want her as my wife."
Lawrence leaned back, and began walking down to the gold foundry.
The innkeeper smiled, and remembered his own times as a peddler.
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Lawrence took out a few lumiones, and handed them to the metalsmith.
"Please make a nice ring out of these gold coins, I need to give it to my companion."
The metalsmith nodded, and proceeded to put the gold coins in a furnace.
It took a while for the gold coins to melt, but the metalsmith immediately worked as soon as the coins melted. He proceeded to cut and pound down the melted gold into a nice ring. Lawrence engraved the ring quickly with his choice of words, and ran back to the inn.