In retrospect perhaps Tetsuya hadn't been the best pick for this job. He had all the enthusiasm needed to serve his lord and the willingness to do whatever asked, but that hardly made up for knowledge and experience. The fact of the matter was he was still a child, political negotiations and espionage were hardly anything he was trained for. It might have even been a huge mistake in asking his questions so directly like that, particularly in front of Eri and Rii. He couldn't know what they might do with the information, knowing that their relics had gone missing and they were clueless as to where. Far as he knew the Naji were hardly malicious towards Shima, but could that change if they found out about this? It didn't help that Lady Ru was awfully... Open with how she dressed. Though he was seventeen Tetsuya had very limited experiences with women, and the Lady's dress was much more casual than what he was used to.
Being accosted for how he was acting made the young Neko feel pretty idiotic, lowering his gaze as his ears folded down in embarrassment. Lady Ru was right, he was supposed to be a guard of Shima, someone who was confident. Instead here he was blabbering all because of a woman not having a shirt on, and a slightly (or very) off color comment about placing something between her legs. He wasn't used to this sort of thing but then it shouldn't get to him, he couldn't lose his composure whenever something unexpected came up. Lord Shima would probably be embarrassed of him right now, he really needed to do better if he wanted to represent Shima better. Meeting Lady Ru's gaze steadily he gave a nod as she berated him, trying to take it all in stride as he knew he was wrong here.
"Right, sorry about that. I was just surprised is all, it won't happen again," Tetsuya said, bowing his head slightly before giving Lady Ru a curious look. Damn, so she had heard nothing about their relics then? That was extremely disappointing, though maybe he was being a bit naive in thinking his first search was going to give him answers. Lord Shima would know it was unsuccessful when he didn't return with news, which meant now he would have to move to the next town over. Maybe he'd try and find someone to give him a ride there, he really didn't want to have to walk again. Those bastards... If they hadn't come through Ru then where did they go? If he wasn't quick enough the trail might go cold and then he'd never find the relics, they couldn't afford that.
"I'll kill them... How dare they do this to Lord Shima..." Tetsuya cursed, gritting his teeth as he clenched his hands into fists. Anyone that would dare cross his Lord deserved to be punished, and stealing the relics was one of the more terrible things to be done. Realizing he might be slightly out of line he blinked once, looking up at Lady Ru and smiling slightly, giving his head a scratch before letting out a sigh. "Thank you anyways, Lady Ru. I'll be sure to pass the word along, but we won't abuse your generosity. I'll be sure that Lord Shima learns of this." So... Now what then?
Being accosted for how he was acting made the young Neko feel pretty idiotic, lowering his gaze as his ears folded down in embarrassment. Lady Ru was right, he was supposed to be a guard of Shima, someone who was confident. Instead here he was blabbering all because of a woman not having a shirt on, and a slightly (or very) off color comment about placing something between her legs. He wasn't used to this sort of thing but then it shouldn't get to him, he couldn't lose his composure whenever something unexpected came up. Lord Shima would probably be embarrassed of him right now, he really needed to do better if he wanted to represent Shima better. Meeting Lady Ru's gaze steadily he gave a nod as she berated him, trying to take it all in stride as he knew he was wrong here.
"Right, sorry about that. I was just surprised is all, it won't happen again," Tetsuya said, bowing his head slightly before giving Lady Ru a curious look. Damn, so she had heard nothing about their relics then? That was extremely disappointing, though maybe he was being a bit naive in thinking his first search was going to give him answers. Lord Shima would know it was unsuccessful when he didn't return with news, which meant now he would have to move to the next town over. Maybe he'd try and find someone to give him a ride there, he really didn't want to have to walk again. Those bastards... If they hadn't come through Ru then where did they go? If he wasn't quick enough the trail might go cold and then he'd never find the relics, they couldn't afford that.
"I'll kill them... How dare they do this to Lord Shima..." Tetsuya cursed, gritting his teeth as he clenched his hands into fists. Anyone that would dare cross his Lord deserved to be punished, and stealing the relics was one of the more terrible things to be done. Realizing he might be slightly out of line he blinked once, looking up at Lady Ru and smiling slightly, giving his head a scratch before letting out a sigh. "Thank you anyways, Lady Ru. I'll be sure to pass the word along, but we won't abuse your generosity. I'll be sure that Lord Shima learns of this." So... Now what then?