Chapter 181

Unsurprisingly, the origin of the sound was Rave's shenanigans. One could take a thousand different situations and in none of them would Aclysia treat the tools in her kitchen as playthings that could come to harm.

The cause of the rattling was a pan-shaped sieve that Rave let rotate on the kitchen counter. Like a coin falling and then slowly coming to a halt, the sieve's looser parts rattled while the whole thing kept circling. Rave stared at the thing with rapt attention, while it slowly moved towards the edge of the counter.

Her left ear turned towards John when he entered. Her head soon followed. "Ther'ya're!" Rave slurred and instantly forgot about the sieve to throw herself at John. This time, he was prepared, so he caught her with some grace.