ー elzer!

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤfor any and all inquiries pertaining to the business——elzer, at your service. | i hope there's biscuits, @politespirits!

[⋆ & BURN . @RETRIBUTIONIIST]

( elzer aggro ping. )

[⋆ & BURN . @RETRIBUTIONIIST]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ
𝘢𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘩————
https://t.co/zpNdwrkyJN

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

×| i amn so sleepy

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

a shadow looms over the sleeping figure, darker and denser than it should be...

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

he has fallen asleep under a tree,
all the walking exercises had him
completely exhausted . 🌀

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

https://t.co/rNO3nVXWcq

drew the old man UEUEUEUEUEUEU

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

( while being shaken, causing his voice to oscillate, ) ah, sir, not at all! like I said, it is a genuine question.

though this current act of yours—— does seem very reminiscent of a young sir diluc——

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

my heart hurts— how dare you
say that i'm equivalent of a child—?

( hands soon return to the other 's
shoulders, shaking him lightly . )

🥺

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

well, of course ^^ it simply puzzles me how a man with such sophisticated palate for wines would have an aversion to coffee...

( leans closer, curious. ) genuine question, sir——is there a difference?

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

you make it sound like i'm a weirdo—

( he squints his eyes, whilst sipping
coffee; a sigh leaves him once he
felt relaxed . )

and i'm no child you can stop from
eating and drinking what i want . . 🌀

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

( laughs, then sighs, picking up the coffee brewer. )

goodness, master crepus. if not for our long time spent together, I'd never believe you are a connoisseur of wine.

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

sniffle .

iloveyouelzerTHANKYOU---!!!

( proceeds to drown his coffee
with sugar cubes . )

☕️

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

hehe. just kidding. pushes forward the bowl of sugar cubes.

he just wanted to see the helpless expression on master crepus's face, that's all...

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

^^...
...
...

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

elzer----!!!!
uwwwaaaa --- i'm not drinking this 😭

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

what's that? sorry, sir, couldn't quite hear you! ^^

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

what—??
he's a healthy man !
always on track with his medicine
and exercise !
elzer's SEEN him do all these!!

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

give up on it, sir crepus! at this age, out of consideration for his health, it's better to cut back on the sugar. ^^

it's okay——surely, the master has dealt with worse!

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

what ???
but he likes MORE sugar!
why's there no sugar ?

elzeeeerrr — 😩

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

because crepus doesn't know how to make it right ^^

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

steals a glance at @tenderghouls .
why is he making crepus' coffee ?

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

forms. it's not his bedroom, he recognises immediately, but finds he can make sense of little else.

“master crepus?” he murmurs, for no reason other than instinct; perhaps he himself did not realise what he said.

“master, are you there...”

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

the events afterwards could very well be described as dream; the last true memory he has, he is bundled up into something warm, and everything beyond that are gentle shakes of a bell crashing into each other. he recalls the visiting hint of a familiar scent,

[𝑪𝚁𝙴𝙿𝚄𝚂 .ᐟ @handofgIory]

he had been very preoccupied with
a lot of the paperworks regarding the
business , his face buried in these
stacks and stacks of documents .

it was almost a routine, wake up ,
get ready , work , sleep .

what he didn't expect was for adelinde

____

[ー elzer! @tenderghouls]

and——out he goes. his eyelids shutter down, and elzer falls asleep just like that, laying on his side.

——
the next time he wakes, all is quiet, and the moon is high.

darkness swirls in his bleary vision. the throb had settled in fully, pounding firmly away at every thought that