Spend A Little Time With Aera

You peered back towards the guard house then looked back to Jenessa, "Figure I should go talk to Aera, see what exactly i'm going to be doing." You said slightly lying as you also didn't mind spending some time with that gorgeous Redhead,

"Oh that's smart. I'll be grabbing a drink if you are looking for me." She said with a little grin before turning around and heading down the road towards the main part of town.

You watched her walk away with a little smirk before turning back towards the guard house and walking over. You knocked on the door lightly before opening the door, "Excuse me Aera? I was hoping to speak with you."

"Hmm?" Aera asked as she turned around from looking over a shelf, "Oh!....John, right?"

"Yes that's correct. Are you busy? I could always come back." You replied holding back,

"No, no, it's alright I'm just doing some inventory." Aera replied as she picked up a note pad, "Though if you wouldn't mind, I would prefer you helping me while we talk."

"Of course," You said as you walked over to her and began looking over the shelves of equipment, "Well, seems that the guards are well equipped here."

"We would if we had more guards, right now half of this isn't even being used." She said with a small shake of her head,

"Really? I see why Tarim is looking for soldiers to join his forces." You said with a nod,

"Yes, out military was pushed aside. We focused on economics and such but as soon as we heard that Alto attacked, well let's just say King Tarim put recruitment and training into full swing." Aera said as she marked down another thing on the notebook, "Shit John, I'm sorry you did have some questions didn't you?"

"Yes I did." You replied with a nod, "Really, when Tarim told me that the training I had was uncommon here I wanted to understand exactly what training you all did have."

"Oh, yes of course. I understand that may seem odd but King Tarim detested using fear and strong arm tactics. Ever since his father died he focused on improving the city economically and culturally. Due to that we didn't really keep up with the advances in military technology. Now he's scared that Alto will crush us, so when someone like you shows up with training we've never heard of, it gets us interested." Aera explained.

Over the next couple hours Aera explained her training, standard sword and shield, as well as the overall state of the city's guard. The city having sent all but a hundred guards to defend the borders had been busy with criminals trying to take advantage of the situation. She also expressed that she would be interested in training with you, to see what tactics she must learn to face. As you two finished cataloging Aera turned to you with a smile, "So John, what do say about a little training? That is if you are willing to sacrifice the rest of your day."