Arriving at the Lifeclover, Brenna and Aerin were met with disappointment and given how much time they'd spent trying to get to the city with those birds, their day was most certainly ruined. However, despite the locked door, the expert herbalist decided to knock. And to their surprise, the door opened swiftly with the head of a vampire waiting for them on the other side.
"Where's your master?" Brenna asked the floating head, it wasn't her first time seeing Vlad and so neither her nor Aerin were surprised by his unusual appearance.
"Gone." Replied the floating head, its voice making its own skull shudder.
Without another word it turned around and began moving towards the counter, following right behind Brenna got inside the shop while Aerin lagged behind to keep an eye on the creatures. Caressing their nape, the young herbalist was growing more and more curious about the animals.
'The Enchanted Wand–that shop probably has books on these birds. Maybe even more about such beasts?' Ensnared by such thoughts, the girl was convincing herself to converge her career as a herbalist with being an exotic monster breeder. But before any of that was possible, she had to learn about the beasts she had on hand first.
'And if the slave collar works and they can be trained, then I train them for different tasks! Even fighting off the monsters around our forest!'
Although she was aware of the dangers that came with dealing with beasts, the benefits that could be drawn from it clearly outweighed the cons in her head. She wanted to know these beasts and train them to be more obedient, however, unlike their breeder who had left the city, she wasn't going to discipline them through lashes when a gentle caress did a better job.
"I wish I knew Raven's birthday, then maybe I could've gifted him a trained beast to help him through his adventure, and it would remind him of me wherever he goes~" Poisoned by that thought, she was finally convinced to be a breeder on top of her herbalist job.
And while she was busy daydreaming about what she wanted to do, Brenna was talking to the head in Linkle's shop as it wandered around looking for a stack of slaves' collars its master had left behind. Only a few people were allowed inside in the witch's absence, Raven and his party, the Mistress's collectors and Brenna and Aerin as they sold herbs directly to Linkle.
Being one of those people, Brenna had to wait only a few minutes before the skull brought in charged slave collars. The pack of two had been left in the shop by underground merchants working for the Mistress, and Linkle's shop was meant for them to peddle it to the public on the surface.
Although not many were ever sold since openly owning slaves was banned in Athenia, rules often only applied to the regular folks, thus royals and nobility were the prime group of customers for the item.
"The herbalist and her daughter are sleeping in your room by the way, I was gonna give them a different one, but I knew they'd prefer yours soooo, ahaha~"
Placing his hand on top of her head, Raven brushed her head as a quick reward, but then leaning closer to her ear–he offered her another treat.
"Come to my room later tonight," he whispered, and the smile on Moxy's face widened some more.
As he pulled himself away, the party was ready to head back to their rooms, but that's when Liliyana who'd been a bit timid after hearing about Amedith's mother, quickly spoke up.
"Your mom is here...?" With a nervous gulp, she couldn't help but wonder if Rose would even like her son dating a devil. "I-I'll hide in our room!"
Rushing off towards the stairs, the devil was the first to head upstairs. She was scared of rejection, especially since her appearance gave away her true self and lying by shifting her looks wasn't something she felt comfortable with, especially since Rose was Amedith's mother.
"W-wait! Don't run, you'll slip on the stairs!" Rushing right after her, Amedith disappeared as well, leaving behind the rest of the party.
With the monster girls already resting in the bracelet, only Mel and Erika were still left with Raven. Aria had gone to Helga's house for training, and so the trio wanted to rest as well, but grabbing Raven's hand and motioning the other two to keep moving, Moxy held him off from going to his room just yet.
Instead, once the girls were gone, she reached for the herbal oil and quickly handed it to Raven.
"Rose is waiting for a massage, and I bet she'd like it even more if it's you giving it to her instead of me," chuckling to herself, she planted a brief kiss on Raven's chin before moving around and sitting on the receptionist chair. "Now go, I bet she's been waiting far too long for you to help ease the tension in her body~"
Smirking at the thought, Raven nodded at Moxy before making his way to the expecting milf's room.