Chapter 1 - Welcome to Balandor

"Damn it Leonard!" A green skinned, buff male with pointy ears, two small horns on his forehead, and slick silver hair that goes to the beck of his neck shouted. The creature was wearing a long white shirt that went to his wrists and had a brown collar, as well as a blue sleeveless mini-jacket, which was open. This was all that was seen from the green male from behind the desk of the place Leonard had just entered - His home, Rapacci Wines.

"Woah!" Leonard replied. Leonard wore a long white shirt as well, the same as the green male Rapacci, except for the brown collar. He also wore a brown leather mini-jacket with fur along the top. Besides this, he wore blue pants, and brown boots. This male had orange-brown hair, which seemed short in the front, but had a ponytail that went a bit beyond his back.

"You better not have forgotten what today is!" Rapacci shouted. "Yeah, yeah, I know. "Today is the Princess' ball. She's introduced into society, and we step into the big time. Got it." Leonard replied. Rapacci nodded. "This is a momentous day for Rapacci wines! The court picked us to supply wine for a party at the castle! We gotta do it right, and earn the shop a bona fide royal commendation!"

Rapacci then began to shake, worried. "Oh, I've worked my fingers to the bone to get this far!" He said, before looking up at the roof, and covering his eyes with his right hand, crying. Leonard shook his head at this, and smiled. "Look. I'll leave for the Parma winery now, and be back with time to spare. " Rapacci then looked at Leonard, smirking as he got out of the counter, revealing brown pants and black shoes. "Ha! You better! I rented a beastwain at the village for ya. Use it to cart the wine back here like your life depends on it." He said, before walking in front of Leonard, and lightly shoving him with his right arm, making Leonard move back a little. "Cuz it does!" Rapacci said.

"A-All right!" Leonard replied. Rapacci looked over to another end of the shop, where someone was looking around at the wine he had stored in the shelves. "And while you're at it, that's the new kid. Take him with you." Leonard looked at the new kid, and raised an eyebrow. "Oh...Alright then." Leonard then walked over to the new employee. "Hi there, I'm Leonard." The new kid, which was an eighteen year old boy with short, messy black hair, Emerald green eyes, and a green tunic with golden trims. The boy raised his hand to say hello back, but soon Leonard shouted, "Ow!", and was now rubbing his head. Rapacci had thrown a bucket towards the back of Leonards head. "Just get your butts moving! You can talk on the road!" Rapacci shouted. Leonard frowned. "Okay, Gods!"

The two had exited Rapacci Wines, and Leonard had been reading a couple of notes on what to do. "Let's see...We have to fetch the barrels from the Parma warehouse using the beastwain...Boy, that is a lot of work." He said. The black haired male smiled. "Yeah...But the sooner, the better right?" He said. Leonard nodded in agreement. "Yeah, true.~" He replied, smiling. "So, what's your name?" He asked. The black haired male took the note from Leonard, and began to walk off. "I'm Miyazaki. Miyazaki Kyoto." He said. "H-Hey!" Leonard said, catching up.

The two walked, talking, telling jokes mostly. It was rather empty at the main street, besides a couple of people. One of which, was a strange person covered in a used, brown leather cloak and holding something large in bandages. Miyazaki and Leonard walked by the man, as Leonard looked to him. The man looked straight back at him, staring at him as he walked off. Leonard raised an eyebrow. "Weird..." He said. Miyazaki nodded. "Agreed...But I guess there'll be a couple of shady guys every now and then on the princesses coming of age day. Might be a friend from another county." He said. Leonard nodded. "True. Let's keep going."