26 People’s Sentimen (2/2)
In one of the bars at the center of the town, a certain bearded muscle man with a 10 cm long scar on his face was gulping a glass of ale on the table.
The glass mug that he used was translucent and was certainly an anomaly in this kind of age. As he finished gulping the cheap ale, he shouts in a satisfied smile,
”This crystal-clear mug sure does enchant the sensation of drinking!” Then as if being a bit drunk, the man put down the glass mug.
'Clunk' A noise of glass hitting the table hardly was heard.
”Hey! Be careful with that thing!” Suddenly a blonde-haired male bartender that seems to be the owner of the bar came and reprimand the bearded man with holding his rough stained clothes.
”What? Despite being an expensive glass, it was sold quite cheaply at that new store now! It is also strangely very sturdy.” The bearded man replied annoyingly.
”Even so, it was still a new commodity! You must compensate me if you break it or else!” The bartender threatens with a hidden bloodlust.
”Yeah.. yeah, whatever.” The bearded man ignored what the bartender said and keep drinking the ale in the glass mug.
Suddenly from outside a commotion occurred as the door was abruptly open and a man with a small to medium figure come in and was out of breath.
”Oh.. it's you, Joseph! Come here and let's drink together!” The bearded man laughs as he called the man named Joseph to drink with him.
”Not now, Gordon! I had a piece of hot news! I hear that the Lord of the territory will be inspecting the town today!” The man named Joseph said after he had taken a few breaths then approach the bearded man.
”You mean the Lord that was rumored to be the backer of the mysterious Fortuna Chamber of Commerce?” The bartender cut in the conversation from the side.
”Yes, I also heard from the Penrith village at the west that the Lord with his mysterious army managed to single-handedly capture 10000 troops alive!” Joseph said in an exaggeration.
”No, I hear that he alone manages to capture 20000 troops without help!” Gordon said as he played with his beard.
As rumor keep traveling here and there, people were exaggerating it until it became close to a legend. If Alex were to be here and heard what these people were saying, he would have slapped them in the face for their ignorance.
”Anyhow, if I remember correctly, Lord Xendra is only an 11 years old boy and still haven't been engaged to anyone, right? I think there will be a lot of people selling their daughter to him in the hope to be his wife.” The bartender said comprehendingly.
”Gahaha… that will be fun to see!” Gordon laugh amused the fact.
”Shhtt... It's bad if the guards in the patrol were to hear what you guys said.” Joseph warily stated as he sees around the empty bar.
”Rest assured, the only one that drinks around this time was only me,” Gordon said reassuringly with a smile.
”Enough of this, there is still something I want to share with you guys! It was stated that the Lord was looking for some capable men in the town to be his left-hand man!” Joseph shared the open secret that he just got recently.
””The Lord does??”” The bartender and Gordon shout at the same time.
Suddenly Gordon climb one of his leg to a chair and shout with confident, ”That's great… I'm Gordon, the best builder in the town will certainly be chosen! Gahaha…”
”Don't be too hasty! It's said that peoples from the surrounding villages were also coming as they also got this information.” Joseph said with trying to give Gordon a wakeup call.
”Let them come! Who didn't know that I was the best in the territory?” Gordon was boasting and ignored Joseph's reminder.
”Does the requirement state restriction of some kind?” The bartender that had been listening to the conversation ask in wonder.
”From where I got the information, it seems that there isn't any kind of restriction what kind of capable men it is,” Joseph explains as he takes a seat.
Hearing that there isn't any restriction, the bartender's eyes shone as he gets impatient.
”Then, what are waiting for!? Where is the place being conducted?” The bartender was overexcited as if ready to jump to an ocean if he were told to do so.
”Whoa… calm down! This is the first time I see you were like this Woody.” Despite being previously excited, Gordon tried to pacify the bartender that seems to be called Woody.
”Despite being a bartender all of my life, I had always had a dream to be someone that was known through the world!” The bartender said full of passion in his eyes.
”Then let's go! The gathering place will be at the central plaza of the town.” Joseph got up from his seat and push open the door.
Gordon and Woody follow Joseph as they also went out of the bar after closing it.
What they didn't know is that they weren't the only ones that were thinking the same. A lot of people were also had their own dream and getting selected as the Lord's left-hand man was already something great in itself.
Then, the already bustling town became even more crowded as more and more people were gathering to the plaza. This is even more so when Alex enters the town.