Christina adjusted her glasses, re-reading the job request once more allowed to Elijah. The job entailed a skilled wizard to decipher the meaning of an ancient tome that the Magnolia Museum of Magic History had discovered at their dig site out in the desert. Scholars had confirmed that the text is not dangerous, so the reward was fairly low. She folded the request up and nodded towards Beau. This was her way of telling him that she was taking the job so he could scratch it off the list. Jobs like these were easy money for Christina, since she was blessed with a Celestial Spirit who could read all forms of language and literature as if they were her native tongue.
"It says that they gave the tome to Fairy Tail, so it's in our archives most likely." Christina spoke with confidence, holding out a shining, silver key out in the air in front of her. "This won't take a moment. Open, Gate of the Fox Constellation." A light pink magic circle appeared before Christina, the sounds of bells chiming echoing around her. The circle erupted into light which shone to every corner of the room, fading away to reveal the beautiful, flawless appearance of Velpecula. Her pink hair was tied up into several pony tails, flowing down past her shoulders. Her white robes gave her the appearance of some type of scientist. Her gale-force glasses stood out brightly on her small, fox like face. A single lollipop stuck out of her mouth, another one firmly placed in her hand.
Velpecula stretched her arms up behind her back, yawning. Her attention drifted from Christina to around the guild hall, which was met with a sigh.
"This place again. These guys will give me a migraine. Oh, new members. What a joy." Sarcasm dripped from the spirits voice, shooting an annoyed look at the two young mages who she expected to be just as annoying as the rest of the guild. Christina was always disappointed when she had to swap out Pan for Velpecula. Pan loved everyone at the guild; Velpecula thought they were trash.
"I'm not asking you to socialise with the other guild members, Vel. I have a job for you. You can get it done in a few minutes." Velpecula raised and eyebrow at Christina, scanning the piece of paper in her hand. Without a moments hesitation she snatched it from her Wizard and read it over.
"A few minutes is unrealistic, Christina. This text is old, I'll need at least an hour to decipher it. It'll cost you big though. Red Velvet Cake with creamed cheese dressing. Not a slice, the whole cake." Christina barely had the money to pay for her own food, and now she had to pay her spirit in expensive cake. Dishearteningly, she agreed to Velpecula's terms. the Fox Spirit nodded and quickly rushed off to the Fairy Tail archives. At least she'd be in a quiet place.
Once the ordeal was over, Christina stared at Elijah with a small smile.
"I believe we have a good hour to kill now. Let's go for that coffee."
The closest cafe to the guild was a small joint run by an elderly foreign woman and her son. They were nice people and Christina often made stops her on her way back from jobs. She sat at the table, taking small sips out of her flat white while she stared at Elijah. Wrapped up in plastic on table was the cake Velpecula had requested in exchange for taking the job. Another 800 Jewels down the drain. Resting her cup back down on the table, she pressed her hands up against her chin with her elbows leaning against the table.
"So, Elijah. If you don't mind me asking, why do you have such a fascination with Dark Guilds? Generally we don't bother with them unless they cause a fuss." Black Knight was known for being a quiet guild, it's members working from the shadow. Few people even know it existed. However the more Elijah snooped around the Dark Guilds, the more likely he was to find about them. They were famous amongst the underground for their assassins, so there'd be no question of Elijah discovering them if he kept taking on those jobs. She'd worked too hard to erase Black Knight from her past, and she couldn't risk being found out.