Episode 28.1-2
It's already been 20 years since Nark succeeded his parents to run only has five rooms. Each room can only house one person.
But three of those rooms are permanently in use, so only two rooms are vacant.
"How much is it for one night?"
"Five big copper coins without als."
Ordinary guests would have gone out right away and never co back once they heard that.
Of course they would. The inn is situated quite far from the dungeon, neither is it facing a big alley. The building isn't exactly high-class. It doesn't have a horse stable. The furniture and facilities don't look remarkable either. And it's got no bodyguard. Five big copper coins to stay in this kind of inn is just too much.
However, the slender young man moved on to the next question without so much as looking surprised.
"How much is breakfast and dinner?"
"Breakfast is one big copper coin. Lunch is two big copper coins. Dinner is three big copper coins."
"Hee. We can have lunches too then."
"If ya ask for it in the morning, sure."
The young man turned around and looked at the big man behind him.
The big man gave no response. Which is probably his answer.
"Then, rooms for two please."
"OK. Go up the stairs, yer' rooms are one at the end and the one next to it."
"Understood. May ask you to prepare dinner for us now?"
"Yeah sure. Gotta wait for the missus to co back, but ya should get it by the Fourth of Water Buffalo. What's yer nas?"
He asked their nas to put in the inn register.
"This big man here is Lecan. I am Arios. And you mister landlord?"
"It's Nark."
Afterward, Lecan and Arios went upstairs to their rooms.
Nark drew water, heated it up and brought it to the two's rooms.
About half a period later, the two ca back down with refreshed looks to them.
The dining room has four tables each having four chairs.
"You got booze?"
The big man, Lecan, asked.
It's a calm yet deep voice. Sounding sowhat similar a groan of a wild beast.
"Yea."
(This guy's presence ain't like yer' ordinary folk.)
Nark has never gone in a dungeon, but he did work as an adventurer for a ti in his youth. Besides, he's lived in this town, Tsubolt, for decades, and had opportunities to see several big-na adventurers in person.
This big man, Lecan's got the aura of a big-na adventurer to him.
And despite his lumbering size, he produced almost no sound when he was coming down the stairs, he's undoubtedly skilled.
"For two."
"Yea."
Nark went behind the counter, took fernted Kizolt liquor from the shelf, and two wooden cups before pouring the liquor in them. The fernted liquor was not stored in a barrel or a clay pot, but in a glass bottle. A transparent amber-colored bottle with an allure that never gets old no matter how long you gaze at it. It's a high-class booze.
He put two cups on the table.
"Two big copper coins for two cups."
The big man took two big copper coins from his chest pocket and left it on the table.
Nark took them and headed back to the counter when he heard soone spoke behind him.
It's the slender young man's voice.
"Cheers (Joo Jood)!"
Then a sound of wooden cups getting knocked together.
The big man didn't say a word.
"Man, that was too much, Lecan-dono. I never would have imagined we would run all the way here from Vouka."
Nark stopped moving for a second.
(What?)
(Running from Vouka to this town?)
(Nah can't be.)
(Ah, right.)
(Must be out of cash, these folks couldn't take a carriage.)
Nark started walking again, but then he it hit him that no penniless man would stay at his inn.
"I cast on you. too."
(?)
(Yer' tellin' that big dude did?)
(Guy's a practitioner with those looks?)
(And ?)
(Never heard that magic before, does it speed up yer' running or sothing?)
He got behind counter and fetched a jar with dried Posu inside.
" is such a wonderful magic. That really took by surprise. And yes, I could keep running once you cast when I was about to drop dead. But, that only made feel like a dying horse who got whipped right back up, you know?"
"Which got us here in eight days. Would have taken 40 days on a carriage."
"Did we really have to be such in a hurry?"
"The faster we get here, the faster we get in the dungeon."
"No no, let's enjoy the trip more. Talking with new people along the way, gazing at the sceneries and townscapes, and enjoying local cuisines in the regions we pass by, doesn't that sound fun?"
"We had als and booze along the way here."
"Yes, when we were in a lodging. We literally spent all day running forever."
"I wanted to get in ASAP though."
"Okay okay."
(Eight days?)
(Nah, musta misheard that.)
(No way you can run here from Vouka in just eight days.)
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