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Maeve smiled and giggled as the man introduced himself, gently kissing the back of her hands. Truth be told, she wasn't expecting to be greeted like that, which made her a bit surprised. While he was trying to be formal, his less than adequate greeting, by the standards of an Isoli noble, of course, made it obvious that he wasn't exactly a noble. That said, the man was still charming and did made her laugh.

[color=6ecff6]"A mage and a warrior... Quite intriguing..."[/color] she said, raising an eyebrow with a mischievous expression on her face as the man introduced himself.

[color=6ecff6]"It is getting a bit late, but it was certainly a pleasure to meet you, Sev."[/color] she said, with a discreet bow, calling her in a less formal manner before she retired for the night.

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Despite what Maeve had said before going to sleep, that she had a light sleep, one didn't need such thing to wake up on that particular night. In the middle of the night, the city bells started echoing through the town. Only a single glance through the window was enough for one to know what was going on. Fires lit up the town as buildings burned. The sounds of skirmishes in the distance, coming from multiple parts of the town and the smell of smoke made it clear what was happening. The most shocking scene going on though, wasn't the burning buildings or some fights going on in other places of the town... Instead, right on the middle of the square, a familiar, large man was surrounded by corpses, as he wielded an axe as big as himself and crushed many attackers under the weight of his strikes. Much to Maeve's surprise, the figure was no one but the same amicable Allard, whom she had met the previous night.

It didn't take much time for Maeve to get ready. Waking up and grabbing her rapier, she was already dashing down the stairs after but a single minute after she woke up. The second she got down, she was met by Sev standing just in front of a dying bandit.

[color=6ecff6]"I certainly wasn't expecting something like this..."[/color] Maeve said as she stopped nearby the door, looking outside.

[color=6ecff6]"Isn't this a bit too big of an attack to be made by just random bandits...?"[/color] Maeve asked, wondering if somehow, it had something to do with the kidnappings and the attack Valia had suffered.