บท 19: A Stroll Through Barl
"Travel to other worlds?"
"Yes, for example, we could go to the world you came from"
"Mmm ... I don't want to go back ... at least not for now"
"I plan to go to a world that should not be too difficult to live in, while still being technologically advanced. It is also preferable that it has a lot of monsters but nothing too strong, so we can raise our level without much danger"
"What world would it be? When will we go?"
"I haven't decided yet, I will be thinking about it for the rest of the day, it's better that we go sooner, like tomorrow.... probably. We should have more strength to be safer in this world."
"Tomorrow? I haven't got used to this world and now we have to go to another ... haaa ..."
"It it for the best, I don't feel calm having to interact with people 50 levels higher than me who can kill me if they don't like the way I look at them.
While I try to think of an appropriate place, for now, let's walk through the city of Barl and see what interesting things it has."
"Didn't you just say you don't want to interact with people? Did you change your mind so quickly?"
"Hahaha, I can't suppress my curiosity either. Besides, if we find ourselves in any danger our weapons can buy us enough time to leave for another world immediately and it's not like we are going to the slums of the city. We will walk through the main streets"
"Fine"
After talking for a moment we decided to walk around the city, I store the grimoire away, it transforms in a ball of light and disappears inside my chest. We leave the room and go downstairs to the reception.
We meet the little lady hobbit again and she welcomes us with a smile. Next to her are 4 small girls and a boy. We interrupt their talk with our presence and they turn their attention to us. When we arrive at the counter, she asks.
"What did you think of the room?"
"Not bad"
"Unn, They are my children, the girls help as waitresses at the bar and the boy helps his father in the kitchen and in other places in the inn, so you will probably see them often walking around here. If you need anything you can ask them. Go on kids introduce yourselves."
"I'm Leina, the oldest, I'm 17 years old"
""We are Dela and Delu, we are twins and we are 15 years old""
"I'm Ulen, I'm 13 years old"
"I am Tena and am the youngest with 10 years!!"
"How cute!!"
Kurisu runs and hugs the smallest ... I feel a little envious. Everyone seems younger than what was said ... having a mother that's 33 years old with the appearance of a 10yo makes sense.
"Come on Kurisu, they are not toys. You can't disturb them"
"Don't worry, they are used to it, I didn't introduce myself, by the way, I'm Vila and I am the owner of this inn"
"As I said before am Alexander, and the one who seems to want to kidnap your children is Kurisu ... I don't mind telling you, but is it some kind of formality to say your age when you introduced yourself here?"
"No, that's just something most hobbits do."
"I understand ... Well, we're both going for a walk in the city, we'll probably be back for dinner. At what time do you serve the food?"
"About 8 pm"
With a nod we leave the paradise of the lolicons after handing the key to Vila, Kurisu sadly releases the hobbit girl and follows me. We will return tonight, you can play with her all you want at that time, don't give me that expression.
"Should we look for something to eat? We haven't eaten since breakfast."
"Sure"
With that in mind, we walk down the street looking for an establishment or place where the food looks appetizing. Crossing a few streets we find a street stall with some customers, if this has people who frequent it there are only two options. The food they serve is good or it has a beauty serving it, either option works for me.
"Let's check that place out."
We approach and see a grill with several skewers of meat on it with the oil dripping making the fire flare up. It is a pity that the one who attends it is not a beauty, but the food looks good. Before I can ask something Kurisu speaks.
"What animal does this meat come from?"
Right, there was that thing with Milene in the morning, I don't wish to eat goblin meat either, so it's good to confirm it first. The owner of the stall looks up from his product and answers.
"Ostrich"
Ostrich? Does he mean those over developed chicken? Maybe it's the chicken equivalent here. I have not eaten it but it seems acceptable enough to fill my stomach. I look at Kurisu and she nods.
"Give me four of those please"
"Alright, give me one moment."
We sat at the bar and he immediately gives us a plate with the 4 skewers. Each of us takes one and blows on it to cool it. I take a bite and the juice of the meat floods my mouth, the taste soaks my tongue and forces my urge to swallow.
A few moments later the plate was empty, without further choice I order another 4 and the process is repeated. Should I bring food from this world to the other? I will miss the glorious flavors of Gaia ... yes, it is essential to take it to another world. After having eaten 6 skewers each, I asked the owner for the bill.
"How much is it?"
"12 skewers for 5G each ... 60G"
"Here is 100G... how many skewers do you still have?"
"Emmm… I don't know, about 200?"
"Well then I'll take 200"
"Eh? But what will I sell for the rest of the day? Besides, they're not even cooked yet."
"It doesn't matter, I want to cook them myself and you can go home early today. If you are OK with that?"
The man thinks about it for a moment and then starts counting the skewers, after a few minutes he counts out 200, leaving a few left to sell, but he will probably finish selling them very soon.
"Here they are, that will be 1000G"
"Here is the money, can you deliver them to the inn 'Sweet dreams'? Also, if you can prepare 500 more by tomorrow before sunrise, I'll give you 3000G for them. What do you think?"
"It's a deal!! I will be there tomorrow before the sun rises and when I finish up here I will take the 200 you paid me for and deliver them "
With that agreement, we left the stall and continued to walk around the city to help digest the food. I think the estimate of 1, 000G per day was wrong if people in Gaia eat more than normal ... Fuuu.
"They were good, but was it necessary to buy so many?"
"Tomorrow we will be leaving for another world and probably won't be able to taste Gaia's food for some time except for what we take with us."
"Eh, how long will we be staying in the other world? Will those be enough?"
"I think we may be there for a while"
We continue walking down the street observing people and the stalls, it seems like it's a peaceful place, if you exclude the weapons that you will occasionally see being carried by the adventurers, it was a normal city. No one was out looking for problems, it could be because the laws made by the Lord here are strict.
A shop that specializes in weapons caught my attention. It was a respectable building and many adventurers came in and out of it. It will not harm me to check it out. With that, we enter the weapons shop.
From what you could see they sold all kinds of weapons, it was like seeing an exhibition of ancient times in my world. Prices varied, weapons those without a rank have a value from 500G-1,000G, those of rank J rose to 3,000G-5,000G and the few of rank I they had cost about 6,000G-10,000G.
Kurisu's equip consists mostly of objects of rank [I], she wearing about 30,000G on her. Well, she can't say that I've been stingy with her. I approach the counter where a small man with a beard is. Noticing him, the question that I was thinking went down the drain and my mouth speaks by itself before I realize.
"Are you a muscular hobbit?"
"Nonsense!! I'm clearly a dwarf, do not go and confuse me with those tiny creatures brat. Why you are even in this place? We don't make toys here."
"Old man, don't be like that. I haven't seen too many different races."
"I'm not old, I'm 17... I'm the youngest son of the blacksmith who owns this store!"
"Fuck! Don't lie, you look like you're over 40 if you're going to reduce your years, make it more credible."
"Ku-hum, Alex if it bothers you that people confuse you as a woman, don't criticize others for their appearance"
"Right, I'm sorry ... young man"
"Tch, what do you want or did you come here just to bother me?"
"No, I wanted to ask if you have weapons similar to these."
I take out my Beretta and ask Kurisu to show him her rifle. He takes them and analyzes them in detail, then his eyes shine and responds.
"You're lucky, brat, I have something similar and since I'm in a good mood I will sell it to you for the special price of 10,000G."
He runs to a trunk behind the counter and takes out what appears to be a very old rifle, of which you had to insert a rod to introduce the bullet and the powder charge. But before he can even show it to me, the voice of a man is heard and then he comes out through a door in front of Kurisu and me.
"What was all the hustle and bustle from before ... useless son you're trying to sell that nonsense you bought from some lucky guy who wanted to get rid of it and found the idiot indicated"
"D-dad, this ... they asked about this weapon, I didn't offer it to them !!"
A thicker man with a longer beard than the one who attended us comes out, he bites a pipe and looks annoyed when he sees what his son had in his hands, roaring in rage.
"Does the gun have a problem, or is it not worth what he says?"
"Mmn? How much did he ask?"
"10,000G"
"If you ask me if that value is worth it, I will have to answer yes. This idiot paid 15,000G for it and taking into consideration the power of the weapon I wouldn't say it's expensive."
"So what is the problem?"
"Take out the projectiles useless son!!"
"Y-yes"
After talking with the new dwarf, he orders the other ol-... the young man dwarf with his words and he searches again in the previous trunk, he takes out 6 small metal spheres and a small package that should be gunpowder or something similar.
"Only these projectiles are remaining, although it would be more expensive than creating an arrow it is still possible to make the metal spheres, the problem is the small packages, I have asked alchemists throughout the city and they cannot create these.
So after you use those 6 shells, in the best case you will be left with a 10,000G stick to wield and defend yourself, and even with its value, it does not mean that it is resistant, it will probably break after a few blows leaving you with nothing.
If you want the weapon to be useful you will have to look for the one who made it and ask for more projectiles to be manufactured "
"I see"
Saying that I turn to see the young dwarf who was trying to sell the gun, che, really someone with a black heart. Well, I wasn't going to buy a gun anyway, I just wanted to check what Aurora told me.
"W-what? You were the one asking about the gun"
"True, but I won't buy it if I can't get any more projectiles. Sorry to waste your time, if we have the chance we'll some other time."
Saying that I say goodbye to the two dwarves and we return to the road, I wonder what time it is... maybe dinner is ready at the inn?
[It's 7:20]
You know, Aurora?
[Of course, the system can also show you if you wish]
It is more pleasant to hear your voice. It's time to return to the inn, hopefully, the food is as good as the meat skewers we bought.
[Fufufu ... I understand, I can tell you whenever you like Alexander]
"It's time to return to the inn"
"Great, let's go back to the den of those little cuties"
It takes us about 20 minutes to return to the inn. We enter and it's lively inside, the bar seems to be pretty busy.
""Welcome""
The hobbit twins welcome us, were they Dela and Delu, they are undoubtedly prettier than the dwarves ... they trot up to us and speak again.
""Dinner will ready be in a moment, it will be sucker stew. You can go to the bar and wait or we can take it up to your room, which would you like?""
"What do you want to do Kurisu?"
"I'd rather eat quietly in the room if it's okay"
"You heard her, please take both dishes to our room"
"Sure! Also, someone left that for you."
One of the twins says pointing to a box and the other goes to the counter, takes out the key, and returns to hand it to me. I hand the key to Kurisu and take the box with me.
With a nod, I proceed to walk up the stairs. When we get to the room, I throw the box into my inventory. I walk to the bed and lie on it, then Kurisu sits next to me.
"You can say it was a quiet day today"
"You're right"
"Have you already decided which world we will go to?"
"Yep, I thought about it while we were walking, it will certainly be an interesting world"
"Mmm, I don't know if I should ask ... I don't think we consider the same things interesting"
"It is a similar world from which we both come ... or should I say, it was? The point is that it meets the requirements from earlier"
"Haaa ... anyway, I promised to follow you and I will do just that"
I smiled and she does too, while we are enjoying the quiet atmosphere between us, there's a knock at the door. I jump up and approach it stopping to ask who it is.
"Who is it?"
"" It's us ""
I open and let the twins in, they go straight to the small table the room has and place the two plates and a basket with bread on it. They turn and say in unison.
""Enjoy""
Then they quickly leave the room. I close the door and me and Kurisu approach the table at the same time. After a couple of minutes we finished, I have no complaints, everything we have eaten in Gaia has been delicious. After eating, Kurisu goes to bathe and when she finishes I do too, we settle in bed and sleep to get enough rest for tomorrow.
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[Knock]… [Knock] [Knock]
The next day the sound of someone knocking at the door wakes me, I yawn and try to get up, but I am prevented from doing so by Kurisu who hugging me like a pillow from behind. I don't mind because I was positioned between two soft warm cushions.
"Kurisu, wake up ... Kurisu, if you don't wake up I'll play tricks on you while you're asleep"
"Hmm? ... what's wrong Alex?"
"I need you to free me so I can open the door"
"To free you?"
With my words, she sees our situation with me over her, while she hugs me tightly. At the same time she blushes and releases me, I get up and go to the door that sounds again.
"I'm coming, one second"
I opened the door and the tiny owner of this inn is looking up at me, when I see her, she smiles at me while saying in a good mood.
"Good morning, I'm sorry to wake you up early, but there is a person downstairs who brought a package saying you ordered it."
"Package? ... ah, the food. Please tell him to wait, I'll go down now"
"Of course, by the way, breakfast is ready. You can have it whenever you want."
I close the door after Vila leaves and proceed to equip my armor while telling Kurisu.
"Let's go down, we'll have breakfast and then leave to go to another world."
"Yes"
I meet with the street vendor and I pay 3,000G for two boxes of skewers, he happily runs out. Then we head to the bar and eat, breakfast had fried eggs of some unknown animal (to me at least) that tasted good. We finish eating and proceed to say goodbye to Vila as I hand her the room key.
"Thank you for staying here, don't you want to extend your stay for a little longer?"
"No, we will leave the city now and probably won't be back for a while"
"It's sad to hear that, take care and you should stay here when you return to Barl"
"Sure"
With that, I grab a box of skewers and Kurisu takes the other and we leave the inn "Sweet dreams" listening to Vila shouting goodbye.
"Have a good trip guys and make sure to come back"
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Written by:
Jwunder99
Ideas by:
Drack21
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