10 The Mainland (2/2)

”Well,” the bartender grabbed a dark glass bottle contained a golden-ish liquid and poured it into a shot glass and used a magic spell to make it cooler. ”Here you go,” the bartender gave the drink to Dima.

He drunk the whole drink in one shot, and suddenly, he had happy eyes on his face, ”Blyat, now this is what I call alcohol. Another one,” Dima said as he asked for another one.

The bodyguard that guarded Lance and Dima was surprised when they looked at Dima's behavior that surely already violate the code of conduct. However, they just let it go because officer is known for their attitude of searching for a mistake in any of his/her hated subordinates.

”Wow, you're such a heavy drinker, I don't know anyone besides me can handle that drink,” The bartender said.

”What do you mean? Do you want to try it too? It's on the house,” Dima said as he brought up one gold coin and grabbed the bottle from the bar, and poured it into his shot glass.

They both started to drink heavily, and that face of Dima had begun to turn red. Lance just wait there to be served until, ”What do you want to drink?” A grey-haired woman of the same age as Lance said. This woman was the daughter of the bartender, and she helped her mom. In Lance's opinion, she is more beautiful than her mother.

”Hey there, a beer,” Lance said to the beauty bartender.

”Ok,” she said as she filled a large glass with beer and did the same thing as her mom, which was chilling the glass with a spell.

Lance took a sip from the glass and asked the woman, ”Do you rent any room?” Lance asked her.

”Well, about 2 silver coins per night,” the girl said to Lance.

”Is this is enough?” Lance said as he handed her a gold coin.

The girl held the gold coin in her hand and wiped it with the cloth that is used to clean the glass, ”How long are you planning to play this out?”

Lance got surprised and put his drink down, ”What do you mean?”

”Gee, Lance, Getting sunk at sea really messed you up, isn't it? You Hellish bastard, remember me now?” She said to Lance, that was confused.

”Wait, Are you Amara Gardner? Amara the young viscountess? Amara?” Lance asked in full curiosity.

[Quest completed. Transferring the reward immediately to the user. [Amara the Pantomath] has been unlocked for the user.]

”Yes, I'm Amara. Gee Lance, do we play and go to school together memories flew away in only a month?” Amara said to him.

Amara was Lance's childhood friend. Their parents were pretty close since they grew up together as childhood friends. They played together since the age of four and continued until they grew up and entered the nobility school. Now Lance was wondering, 'Why the hell did she got stripped off from nobility status.'

”So, Amara, what the hell happened?” Lance asked as her mother and Dima were singing an incomprehensible song in English. Though, Dima oftentimes started by singing Kalinka at first. The bodyguard was trying harder to not give a fuck on Dima's action. Lance tried to hide his embarrassment.

”Don't mind them,” Amara said to him.

”What the hell did he drink?” Lance asked her.

”That? A quadruple distilled whiskey specially made for mom, and she is the only one that drinks it. Seeing that guardian of yours drinks multiple shots without passing out is already impressive,” Said Amara as Dima and her mother had already dead drunk.

”Follow me, Lance, I will take you around the town so you won't be lost in the massive change of the city,” Amara said as she grabbed a robe and a hood and wore it. She put the shop to close and let Dima and her mother have fun in the closed tavern. He gave Lance a sword, but he blatantly refused. He said his rifle is better. The bodyguards followed them from behind and harassed every soldier that gets in their way.

Lance and Amara walked side by side, they walked around the town that had changed so much since he left, ”Well, what the hell happened? Are you a viscountess? Who is the town lord now?” Lance asked.

”Viscountess? Two months ago, yes. Now, No. After your disappearance, mom and dad were having a divorce resulting, my mom gets stripped off from his nobility status. Luckily, my mom has talent, especially in the alcohol sector. Not stopping there, now my father had been thrown to jail because of suspicion of espionage,” Amara said to Lance.

”Well, my ship is sunk because of the same reason apparently,” Lance said sarcastically.

”I know you won't talk about it. You might want to exchange and put some of that coins at the bank,” Amara guided him.

Although what Amara had said, the town hadn't changed much since the last time he was there. Though, he could feel the massive appearance of soldiers and pirates. ”What's with these pirates?”

”Since the new townlord came, the pirates use this harbor as a trading Post. Though, it has been well known as a public secret,” Amara said as one of the pirates seduce a prostitute.

They continued to walk across the busy port, and finally, they stumbled across the bank.

”This is the bank Lance, here you can use my mother's account,” Amara said as she gave him a book.

”Is it better for me to make another one personalized for me,” Lance refused the book.

”Fine, do you have 10 gold coins?” Amara asked him.

”10? I have a chest of them,” Lance said as he entered the not so busy bank.

The bank was just like a usual bank. The teller at the front and an entrance for the vault in behind. The security guard was standing near the door of the bank with one wealthy merchant was lining in front of the teller.

”Just come to the teller and tell him that you're going to make an account,” Amara said as he sat down in a wooden waiting bench beside a wealthy merchant that wore clothes far better than her.

”Ok,” Lance said as he stood behind the wealthy merchant.

The line was quick, and Lance could get his account fast and deposit all of his gold coins. He exchanged it with 200 silver coins. He got out of the bank with Amira afterward.

”That was quicker than I thought,” Lance said as he put his bank book on his leather pouch.

”Yeah, What's that black rod that you hold all the time?” Amara asked me.

”Hmm, a magic wand, I guess,” Lance replied while trying to hide his eagerness to explain his HK416A5.

”Cool, Can it do this?” Amara asked as he showed him the [Fire] spell.

”What? No,” Lance said.

Suddenly, yup suddenly, a woman came screaming to the soldier's direction. ”The bank is under attack.”

Lance added his opinion, ”Bank robbery? In the middle of the day? What a ruse,” he said as he walked away from the bank towards the farmer's market.

”It could be true, though,” Amara said to him.

”If it's true, then that's the soldier's business and not mine,” Lance straightened his point.

In the farmer's market, the traffic was so heavy. Their intention was to buy some fresh fish for the beer platter for the night. The market was selling fish, a lot of them.

”Hehe, That's a good fish,” Amara said to Lance as she pointed her hands at a fresh salmon.

”Yes, but we need a smoked one for the platter, am I right?” Lance said.

”Right,” Amara said as she went searching for a high-quality smoked fish. Once she found one, she put it inside her bag after paying for it, of course. They bought many glasses, and only God knew why.

What a not so big surprise for Lance, but big enough surprise for Amara. Dima and his mother were drunk as fuck. Well, no surprise since the alcohol that they drunk has more than 90% in alcohol content. They have passed out in the bar stool with an empty shot glass and a quarter full dark whiskey bottle.

”Gee, now who is going to serve the crowds tonight?” Amara said as she slapped her drunk mother multiple times. Lance did the same too with Dima, but more harsh, ”You lazy cyka, wake up for blyat sake.”

”What should we do now? Renting another person will surely be costly. I got an idea, Lance, are you familiar enough with alcohol?” Amara asked Lance as she guided her mother to her bedroom.

Lance and his bodyguards carried Dima to a nearby floor and used his large backpack as a makeshift pillow. He put a bottle of first aid for him, which was some drugs for his hangover. Though, Lance also brought some alcohol in the form of Cabernet red wine from the admiral's office. Though he prefers to drink it with meat.

”I'm familiar with alcohol, why?” Lance said as he tried to show off by making a drink inside a collins glass. He added a large rectangular ice cube to the glass and added 15ml of fresh lemon juices into the glass. Then he added 45ml of Gin and 15ml of simple syrup. Then he pops opened a bottle of champagne and filled the glass up. He served it at the bar to Amara, ”Here you go, please enjoy.” Lance said as he used the same spell as Amara used when she served the drink to him.

”What's this?” Amara asked as she tasted the drink. She took another sip since the drink was delicious, ”Hmm, nice one Lance, I don't know you are good enough in alcohol. What's the name?”

”I forgot it to be honest,” he lied.

”Ok, help me for tonight, and you and your buddy can stay here as long as you want,” Amara said as she finished up the drink.

”Ok, hey, help me and her!” Lance said to the other bodyguards that are going to be a server for the day.