The town of Nabias was famous for its countless little stores and markets, and its cultural history. Every single corner of the town echoed with culture and some sort of historical background, and the environment of the town itself was rich and exciting. Winter time introduced many cultural holidays throughout the snowy months, but the calmer summer months were by far the most exciting. That was the time when Nabias opened its huge open market, filled with various shops that filled the streets from one end to another, seemingly to infinity. From food to antics to magic items, the enormous Nabias market had so many shops that a single day wasn't enough to see the whole thing.
Even to people who'd seen the market countless times for the last three millennia — quite literally — the experience was still entertaining and exciting, since the shops were never the same, nor were they ever located at the same spot from one year to the next.
She wasn't really here for sightseeing or enjoyment today, however.
The young dragon-lady made her way through the market, arms folder behind her back happily as she looked this way and that at the various little shops. Even though she'd visited the place a few times before, it was always different every time she came. While she didn't always come here on her own, she only had some groceries to take care of today, so she'd opted to come alone.
Some faces turned as they recognized the green-haired woman, whose red one-piece dress was adorned with the symbol of her mother, and of her lineage. The one and only daughter to the divine dragon Goddess, some turned to pay silent respects to the woman, whom was often referred to as the Voice of the divine dragon. The gazes sometimes upset her, but she had nothing against some people watching her curiously from the sidelines. It was only a problem when it came to personal interactions, where the young dragon girl had to act according to her rank and status, and not according to her own unique personality. While she had certainly matured a lot, there were times when she honestly didn't feel like playing the whole "Voice" persona.
Her life had taken a calmer turn ever since the end of a bloody and terrible war from a few years back. During the war, she'd grown especially fond of a human man, and the two decided to get married. They now lived happily as a couple, together with two children; although the story behind the kids was fairly hard to believe. Before even proposing, her husband had established that he was sterile and that he couldn't have children, and that was something that the Voice had accepted. However, two children made their way to the couple in the midst of the war, supposedly born to the couple in an alternate timeline. Not only that, but the two children did not come from the same timelines either, and before meeting, the two kids had no idea that they were siblings. Still, their natural ability to transform into dragons, and the larger ears proved that they were the Voice's children, whereas other similarities proved that they were, in fact, from her current husband. While the idea of having children had left her husband to quite nearly have a heart attack — twice — the man had since gotten used to the children.
It was a little hard to explain coherently, but to keep it simple, the parents considered the two grown kids to be their children, regardless of time traveling or alternate timelines. That was but a detail in the grand scheme of things.
The goal today was to shop for some specific ingredients to bring back home for dinner. While the Voice could manage cooking and such things, her husband was exceptionally talented at the skill, and he also enjoyed cooking immensely; so the duty had been given to him. In exchange for him cooking, the wife took on the task of getting and buying the necessary ingredients for whatever dish he was going to prepare. It was a fair trade, after all.
For now, the Voice was simply walking from one stall to the next, looking over the different shops and trying to find all the ingredients she needed to bring back. She was walking around idly, sometimes stopping by a certain stall to check out their stock more carefully, or to see if the produce they were selling was of good quality.
Even to people who'd seen the market countless times for the last three millennia — quite literally — the experience was still entertaining and exciting, since the shops were never the same, nor were they ever located at the same spot from one year to the next.
She wasn't really here for sightseeing or enjoyment today, however.
The young dragon-lady made her way through the market, arms folder behind her back happily as she looked this way and that at the various little shops. Even though she'd visited the place a few times before, it was always different every time she came. While she didn't always come here on her own, she only had some groceries to take care of today, so she'd opted to come alone.
Some faces turned as they recognized the green-haired woman, whose red one-piece dress was adorned with the symbol of her mother, and of her lineage. The one and only daughter to the divine dragon Goddess, some turned to pay silent respects to the woman, whom was often referred to as the Voice of the divine dragon. The gazes sometimes upset her, but she had nothing against some people watching her curiously from the sidelines. It was only a problem when it came to personal interactions, where the young dragon girl had to act according to her rank and status, and not according to her own unique personality. While she had certainly matured a lot, there were times when she honestly didn't feel like playing the whole "Voice" persona.
Her life had taken a calmer turn ever since the end of a bloody and terrible war from a few years back. During the war, she'd grown especially fond of a human man, and the two decided to get married. They now lived happily as a couple, together with two children; although the story behind the kids was fairly hard to believe. Before even proposing, her husband had established that he was sterile and that he couldn't have children, and that was something that the Voice had accepted. However, two children made their way to the couple in the midst of the war, supposedly born to the couple in an alternate timeline. Not only that, but the two children did not come from the same timelines either, and before meeting, the two kids had no idea that they were siblings. Still, their natural ability to transform into dragons, and the larger ears proved that they were the Voice's children, whereas other similarities proved that they were, in fact, from her current husband. While the idea of having children had left her husband to quite nearly have a heart attack — twice — the man had since gotten used to the children.
It was a little hard to explain coherently, but to keep it simple, the parents considered the two grown kids to be their children, regardless of time traveling or alternate timelines. That was but a detail in the grand scheme of things.
The goal today was to shop for some specific ingredients to bring back home for dinner. While the Voice could manage cooking and such things, her husband was exceptionally talented at the skill, and he also enjoyed cooking immensely; so the duty had been given to him. In exchange for him cooking, the wife took on the task of getting and buying the necessary ingredients for whatever dish he was going to prepare. It was a fair trade, after all.
For now, the Voice was simply walking from one stall to the next, looking over the different shops and trying to find all the ingredients she needed to bring back. She was walking around idly, sometimes stopping by a certain stall to check out their stock more carefully, or to see if the produce they were selling was of good quality.