บท 27: Chapter 26: Dog Food Soldiers
There was a small entrance on the side of the building. I could not risk that she simply jumped back down after I had entered.
Next to the entrance was a ladder, which did not look very sturdy. But I had no choice.
With great care I tested the ladder out and it did not break under my weight. I sighed from relief and started my climb to the second story of the light house.
She had not noticed until I was back on my feet. The lighthouse was not as spacious as I had hoped. And now the robber and I were standing face to face.
I was completely out of breath right now. And the catburglar was resting her hands on her knees.
''I have to compliment you on your persistence, Dog. Most of your kind would have given up in the alley.''
I was now fuming at this point. Knowing that we were now far away from the locals I decided to give her the facts!
''I AM NOT A DOG! I AM A HUMAN! AND GIVE ME BACK WHAT IS MINE!'
The Cat was almost keeling over with laughter at this point and showed me the very feminine panties.
''Are these yours, Guard-dog? And if you are not a Dog, why are you wearing that?''
She pointed at my uniform.
I started to blush, knowing full well that the panties are not mine. I pulled the silver coin from my pocket and showed it to her.
She started to laugh even more, adding to my frustration.
''That is not a fair deal, Puppy. Do you know what these are worth?
Come back when you have ten times the money.''
At this point I could not take it any more. I really wanted to get the panties back, and the girl would not take my money.
The cat saw that I was not having as much fun as she was right now, and grabbed me by the hand.
''Are you in the need for a drink, Dog? My treat. '
I really did not like being called Dog, but I really needed a freaking drink right now.
My feet were burning up and my head felt like it was filled with boiling oil.
I sighed and took her offer.
We descended from the lighthouse and walked toward a building which was made out of both wood and stone.
It looked like the stone building had burned down and a new building was constructed on top of it. The construction team had done a good job on it.
Because it looked a lot more natural than the other chaotically constructed buildings around it.
Making it stick out even more!
Feeling relieved that I was not an Architect, I looked at the sign above the door; it was a Jellyfish.
The catgirl opened the door for me and I walked into the Tavern.
The Tavern was almost empty at the moment.
Behind the bar was a tall, young man with a sharp face. He did not look very menacing and he had a bright smile on his face.
He greeted my feline companion and looked at me with a sly grin.
''Ah, have you found a new DFS, Sandy?''
I looked at the girl who's name was Sandy.
She looked at me and told me that her name is ''May You Walk On White Sands'', but that most call her Sandy.
We sat down opposite to the young bartender and I ordered whatever this world called beer. Sandy ordered the same and gave the man a handful of Korees.
The bartender looked at one with interest and stuck it in his mouth. He crushed it with his jaw and spat out the shards into the sink next to him.
Sandy laughed nervously and gave the bartender three more Korees. This time he appeared to be pleased and poured us two large glasses of dark, foamy beer.
I took the mug into my hand and took a small sip. It was pretty good, I guess. It was my first beer, so I had nothing to compare it with. Except for the wine from last night.
''Is this your first beer, Dog?''
Sandy asked me.
I told her that I was not born in this world, and that in my world I was too young to drink.
She smiled and slapped me on the back, making the beer slush in my mouth.
''You are a strange dog, Dog.''
I turned to the bartender.
He had one hazel eye, and the other was slighty darker in colour. It was the first time that I saw something like that in this world. So I stared at them for a while.
The barman stared back, saying nothing. Putting an end to the mindbreaking staredown I asked him what ''DFS'' means.
Sandy answered for him instead:
''DFS stands for Dog Food Soldier. When the Dolovian Scouts first came to my people's homeland, a few generations ago, they brought along a baggage train with them.
In our culture it is acceptable to take something from someone who is not part of the clan.
So my ancestors took a few things for closer inspection. There were weapons, armor, potions. Nothing that peaked our interests.
Except for the largest cart which was filled with metal cilinders. We took a few of them for ourselves back to the Camp.
The Elders inspected the cilinders, and came to the conclusion that these metal containers were filled with something.
Using knives and stones, we opened up the cans; they were filled with cooked meat.
The meat was in excellent condition, although it tasted not like much. It was very salty and contained no spices.
We figured out that we needed to prepare it in some way and cooked it on an open fire.
The guard dogs around the camp smelled the meat and went absolutely wild over it. We gave them some of the meat and they really liked it.
They liked it so much that a few of them went to the Scouts to beg for more of the canned meat.
Not wanting to cause more problems than needed, an emisary was sent to negotiate with the Scouts. Although the Scouts did not like it one bit that we took their food without permission.
But the incident gave them some leverage during the negotiations. Most of their products found no fertile ground among us, except for the most basic foodstuffs like flour or cooking oil.
But now that we wanted something of value, the Dolovian diplomats told us that we could get as much canned meat as we wanted to.
As long as we allowed their miners to operate without interference in the borderlands of the Dolovian Kingdom.
We accepted and the next moon an entire mountain of cans was delivered. To our shock we found out that the Dolovian Soldiers not only ate it, but ate it straight out of the can with gusto.
We asked them if they liked the taste of it. And they told us that they liked it very much. And asked us why we wanted so much of it.
We told them that we only use it as Dog Food, and that we had blessed them with the title Dog Food Soldiers!''
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