🎀 Wisteria 🎀

Raphael helped his companions dismount, carefully inspected all the slaves and servants, adjusted their clothes, and brushed off the road dust. "Alright, we'll be leaving soon," he said. (after addressing everyone) "Everyone behave properly, don't cause any crowding, don't create any problems for me, our companions, or the local border guards. We need to be discreet, but we also don't want to unnecessarily bother the locals," the merchant said, raising his finger in a lecturing manner. "Everyone knows their roles: the bodyguards, Zakharka, and the girls as servants. And there's no need to talk unless it's absolutely necessary."