Debt settled

After walking some more we arrived back home and entered the city then we went straight to the adventurers guild.

We settled the proceeds accordingly me getting the 15 gold I was promised and Blade getting the rest.

Blade spoke to me as we left.

"Hey, you are... reliable if you ever want to work together again I'm sure I could sort it out this was a quick cash grab but I usually work in large parties"

I was taken aback we hadn't spoken that much I didn't expect him to be so sincere so I looked him in the eye and spoke.

"Thank you and of course just don't complain if I take you up on that offer"

With that we parted, I was back a day before I said I would be I'm interested in seeing how Callum has risen to the occasion.

Despite the other day he is a good father when push comes to shove infact I'm pretty sure the boys are the only thing he loves right now.

I was almost home when I saw it, Sven and five other men infront of my house Callum was standing with his longsword in one hand.

Sven was the biggest loan shark in the city it must have been pretty serious for him to personally show up again.

I dropped my bags and snuck closer to hear them just in time to hear Sven talk.

"Well mister Callum of Drevec you have missed yet another deadline better pay up or we will have to find some...collateral.

I hear you have two sons-"

Callum cut him off.

"My wife will be back with the money in a day or two, and if you talk about my boys again I will kill you"

Sven smirked and chuckled darkly as he spoke.

"Haha is that so? Well I'm afraid your deadline was today, and I'm not afraid of some crippled silver plate"

I picked my bags back up and walked over before things could escalate any more I saw Callum's face relax and Sven met my gaze as he began to speak.

"Oh how lovely miss Julie of Drevec your husband was just assuring us of your due payment"

I glared at him and spoke.

"My name is Juliet Sangue Del Cielo Draghi, you shall address me as such, I have your money"

I threw the purse of gold I received at the guild at him and he caught it then spoke.

"Oh my I apologise I didn't realise I was in the presence of nobility, especially given your accommodation hahahaha anyway pleasure doing business with you"

With that he left, money people only care about money, coins were easier to use and get more of than using people to make money.

I walked over to Callum touching our noses together and spoke.

"Good job, let's go inside"

We both sat down at the dining table and both Julio and Jamie ran to me and bombarded me with hugs.

I ruffled their hair and pulled out the treasures I had gotten from the wyvern nest, the grimoire and wyvern egg.

I look at Callum and spoke.

"I plan on giving the grimoire to Jamie because he has shown interest in magic I'm going to sell the wyvern egg buy something for Julio and use the rest to get a place to rent in the common district"

Callum shook his head and spoke.

"No I think I have a better idea, Drevec has a very special kind of knight"

Callum picked up the wyvern egg and placed it in the fire place, he took the salt from the kitchen and placed it in a bowl then poured in some water from a pitcher.

Callum went over to Julio and to Julio's dismay sliced his pinky finger with a kitchen knife prompting me to interject.

"What are you doing?!"

He grinned and spoke.

"You'll see"

Mixing the bowl of salt, water and blood he spoke while approaching the egg.

"You shall never harm this blood, you shall protect this blood, you shall obey this blood, you are this blood and this blood is you"

I could sense him imbuing magic energy into the water and suddenly I remembered, Drevec is known for its wyvern knights.

Callum lit the fire in the the fire place then doused the egg in the mixture, cracks formed on the egg and from it a fist sized fur-less and scale less creature arose like a baby bird.

Callum put out the fire and fed the baby wyvern the mixture, then made Julio drink the rest, which seemingly caused both Julio and the wyvern to glow momentarily.

For the first time in years I saw Callum smile he looked at me then spoke.

"We have a wyvern knight in our family!"

Callum had wanted to become a wyvern knight but he had never secured a wyvern egg in all the adventures we had together.

Callum explained that now the wyvern is born and contracted it can subsist simply off magic energy supplied by either Julio or a closely related person and will always obey Julio.

Then the shared realisation that the wyvern would need to get registered as a tamed creature and the fact we live in a shack with two bedrooms hit us.

I looked at the calander and noticed it was sunday so tomorrow we had to meet up with Bella.

I am so dead.