Chapter twentysix: Preparation for the wedding

Aria and Hi explore the elven village and buy some fruits and vegetables. On the way he meets up with Gale again. "Hey, Hi you free to hunt?" he asks him. "Yeah of course!" Hi says. "Excuse me!" he tells Aria giving her a hug. "Don´t get hurt." Aria says returning to the clothing shop to catch up with Yuxuan. "Where to?" Hi asks Gale. "Into the woods follow me there was a giant tiger that has been causing trouble overkilling it´s prey." Gale says running forward. "Alright." Hi says following him. "You´ve gotten faster." Gale comments. "Have I?" Hi asks. " And stronger too! I can see it!" Gale says. "Right your elven eyes see through everything. I´ve picked up a strong aura it´s probably the tiger you spoke of." Hi says leading the way. "You´re right it was down there." Gale says seeing the tiger in the distance. "Cover me!" Hi says charging fast at the tiger. Gale jumps on a branch and draws his bow covering him with arrows. The tiger turns around confused and dodges the arrows and sees a trail of fire charging toward it. The tiger tries to overpower him plunging on him but Hi pushes through with his sword and delivers a mighty vertical cut that sets the tiger ablaze. The tiger drops dead then and there. Gale jumps to him. "That was fast! Even an experienced party of elven hunters would have trouble with it." Gale says. "I´ve fough stronger before." Hi says picking the tiger up which is several times bigger than him. "Let´s go back." Hi says teleporting back to the village. Back at the village. "Come with me I´ll take you to the butcher." Gale says leading the way. "Alright." Hi says following him carrying the tiger catching a lot of stray looks. They arrive at a big stone house with a shield that says butcher in elvish. Gale opens the door and Hi puts the tiger on a table. "What a big catch!" the butcher says. A tall, muscular elf with a white beard wearing an apron and holding a butchering knife. "Give me a knife please." Hi says holding his hand out. "Here you go. I´ll help you out." the butcher says. "I´ll go out I can´t look at something being butchered." Gale says leaving the house. Hi gets to work taking the tiger apart at a swift pace. The butcher assists him and the tiger is taken apart in no time. "I´ll take this and this." Hi says snagging some of the fur and the meat and packing it up. "You guys can have the rest." Hi says. "Thank you for your kindness. We´ll make a feast from it. Not every day you can eat meat here. Someone has to eat it so that the cycle of life can continue." the butcher says. "Rare seeing elves that eat meat." Hi says. "More than you think but only when we have to hunt monsters or put an end to them." the butcher says. "Alright, good bye!" Hi says leaving the house. "You finished?" Gale asks. They return to the shop. Earlier: Aria has tried the dress on. "You look perfect in that!" the owner says. "It fits your aesthetic nicely!" Yuxuan says. "Thank you. I´m sure he´ll be pleased!" she says looking at herself in the mirror seeing the wavy white, gold and blue dress. She changes back into her normal clothes and packs the dress up. "Here´s the suit for your groom." the owners daughter says handing it to her. "Why don´t you give it to him. He is already back." Aria says. As if on cue Hi and Gale enter the store. "Yo, I´m back!" Hi says. Aria walks up to him and cleans his face covered in some blood. "You gotta be more mindful of your looks!" she tells him. "I´m fine it doesn´t bother me!" Hi objects. "You always gotta look your best especially in a social situation like this one!" she says. "Alright let me try my suit on." Hi says taking the suit from the owneres daughter. He goes into the changing room and puts it on looking at himself in the mirror he loosens the collar and puts a tie on and puts his hair back into a nice ponytail. "Oh you look handsome in that!" Aria says looking at him. The suit is white with red and orange flames going up the legs and sleeves as well as his black tie with red flames going up. "Now that´s a change of pace!" Gale says laughing. "You look to good to be Hi!" Yuxuan comments. "He has to be!" Aria says. "This feels weird I´ll change back!" Hi says going back letting his hair loose and changing his clothes. The owners daughter puts them into a bag. "Anything else you need?" she asks them. "No!" Hi answers. "As for our payment." the store owner says. "Here you go!" Hi says giving her some of the fur he picked up earlier. "Oh that will do nicely!" the owner says. "It´s rarer than the silk Yuxuan got from her beasts." she says. "I´ll keep some of the fur to show off." Hi says. "Great thinking!" Aria says complementing him. "I´m reliable when I have to be." Hi says. "About the wedding , don´t you think you have to invite us?" Gale asks. "I planned to. It will just be weird with all the nobles gathered at our place." Hi says looking at Aria not knowing what to do. "I´ve got some invitation letters. Be sure to tell the others from your party!" Aria says handing out some letters. "You saved me!" Hi says giving her a hug. Aria pushes him back. "What would you do whitout me?" she asks disapponted. "Alright you two lovebirds time you got back home!" Yuxuan says pushing them out of the store. "Goodbye!" Hi and Aria say. "Let´s go home." Aria says. "You like what you got?" Hi asks looking at her bag. "I like it stop snooping around!" she says. They teleport back home. "Welcome back!" some servants say. "Shall we carry some of your things?" they ask. "Take this to the changing rooms" Aria says giving her the bags. "Very well!" the maid servant says taking the bags and going to the changing rooms. "Make sure you hang this up well!" Hi says handing the servant the tiger fur. "Oh, quite the rarity! Good job hunting it" he says going away to put it up somewhere. "And you give this meat, fruits and vegetables to our cook and tell him to prepare them for the wedding!" he says. "Very well!" another servant answers going to the kitchen to deliver the goods. "I´ll go crash!" Hi says going to their rooms and jumping on the bed falling asleep immeadietily. Aria goes to her parents and talks to them about all the things the´ve done. Time passes fast and uneventful and the marriage is right around the corner.