"Lina-san"
Lina looked up, she was the only one still at the table –everyone else had finished their meal and gone off to explore the surrounding area and check their rooms etc. It seemed Amelia was back already.
"This is for you."
Amelia held out her hand and allowed the golden chain and pendant to drop down slowly into Lina's palm with a soft clink. Lina picked up the pendant and looked at it –a circle with the Saillune crest in it. A grin spread its way across the sorceress's face allowing a slightly shaper than normal tooth to appear.
"Is this…"
"You can't charge money to it Lina-san" Lina's face fell "It just shows you have a connection to the house of Saillune. If you show that then 9 times out of 10 you'll be able to get what you want without needing to fireball someone. Within the barrier kingdoms anyway."
"Aww, where's the fun in that?" She teased. Although at the same time she recognised the favour Amelia was doing her –this would save her a lot of time and effort… and convenience. But the kinds of things she was likely to use it for weren't necessary the kind Saillune would wish to be associated with.
"Are you sure though? Why are you giving this to me anyway."
"Because I don't trust Gourry-san not to lose it." They both grinned at that and Amelia continued. "Besides… You're my best friend. You're more like a sister to me really. So I thought, at the very least, I could give you this. Seeing as I won't be able to do that for you in person."
Lina blinked. A sister? She looked from Amelia to the chain in her hand and back again. Yeah, a sister. An annoying, better developed, justice crazed sister, but a sister all the same. Come to think of it, she was probably closer to Amelia than to her biological sister. Well, you can choose your friends…
She smiled and slipped the chain over her head, tucking the pendant into her tunic before wrapping the younger girl in a brief hug and ruffling her hair affectionately.
"You better have a full banquet laid on when I come to visit."
"I'll tell the cooks to start the moment I get back." Amelia flashed a victory sign that Lina returned then dashed to the door and indicated outside.
"Come on then, lets go find an ice-cream stand or something!"
"Lina-san you just ate!"
"Well by the time we find one I'll be hungry again, and justice doesn't work on an empty stomach right?"
Laughing the two rushed outside for a last bit of fun together, as sisters.