His eyes wisened a little as he looked at her<em>I was racing with a princess?</em>he thought as he looked back and forth between them "I mean, she only told me that he made the blade" he shook his head to get rid of the shock "well, that explains a lot. From her beauty to well... everything, except for the ranger part" he paused for a moment to listen to them talk and as they talked about how suicidal it was to travel north Daric helped himself to a bottle of alcohol from the bar, placing the coins on the counter, a little more than the market price for it and chugged a good amount before turning to Merrick "not like we have much of a choice do we? Do help us" he said and turned to Ariadne "so what'd you like to drink? I'll get some while we talk<em>princess Ariadne</em>" he teased her a little in a friendly way as he looked around and listened "as for the news, let's go from bad to worse" he said preparing to make non alcoholic drink.