Chapter 103: Merryside Inn (2/2)
Tyler thought he heard the lady grunting for a moment.
”There are several high class inn's in town and a few of them are even better than mine, do you know why the Merchant Guild referred you here?”
”I'm assuming you didn't bribe them so could you tell me why?”
The innkeeper furrowed a frown and turned an annoyed look at Tyler.
There was a frightening aura that seemed to suppress everyone in the hall and those that were still staring at them turned rapidly to face their drinks or companions.
”You wanna be a smart arse, or do you wanna try and think about things a little, or is you brain hiding inside a hood just like your face.”
Tyler almost laughed out loud from her retort but chose to remained calm, despite the innkeeper's annoyed and flat out insulting retort. If he wanted to go back at her, he was sure there were many things he could say to make this lady blow a fuse but didn't want to be kicked out of the inn this late at night.
The battle with Rain as well as the information gotten from Zomatsu had allowed him to realize how strong he was and those that could actually threaten him were few in between but he still couldn't go about throwing his weight around.
The innkeeper turned her head to look at the girl besides him after not getting a reaction and saw her still staring curiously at the surrounding like some type of puppy.
She sighed audibly and spoke. ”Look, it's fine if you want to sleep in a room away from others, but if you don't make any connections with other merchants from various places you'll not go far in this city. The merchant guild may promise connections, but that's usually only for VIP members. They usually leave everyone else to figure things out for themselves. So do you really want to sleep on the top floor?”
”That's fine, and we'll pass on the food.”
The innkeeper looked at the cloaked figure disdainfully before snorting. ”Fine, that would be 8 Dc upfront.”
Tyler placed a single gold coin on the counter and received a single silver coin as change. He then received the room's key from the innkeeper and proceeded to step forward, followed closely by Nadine. The two of them were bathed with the appraising looks of the few people in the hall, with Nadine receiving the usual adoring looks and Tyler the opposite.
As they headed up the stairs. There were whispers of people secretly talking about them but no one bothered to approach them, which was a bit of a let down for Tyler.
Reaching the fifth floor they were easily able to locate their rooms by the symbol drawn on the wooden plate attached to the key and the one on the doors of each room.
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After the two newcomer's silhouette vanished up the stairs, a group of five sitting at the corner of the hall with their comrade still stuffing her face with all sorts of food like there was no tomorrow started a discussion about them.
The group had two males and three females, one of the male had two small horns on his forehead and a pale orange skin. The other was a normal demon but he had what looked like ram horns protruding from the sides of his head. They both wore thick brown cloaks but did not cover their faces with the hoods.
The male demon had short red hair, brown eyes and an attractive facial feature while the ogre had a messy black hair and similar coloured eyes. He also had handsome features but gave off a calm demeanor unlike his partner.
The three females all had the same coloured cloak. The one stuffing her face had long blonde hair that almost seemed white. She had a pale pink skin tone, a pair of demon horns on her head and bat like wings were twitching just above her waist as it revealed her overly sexualized outfit under her cloak.
The girl that sat next to her had short black hair that covered her left eye with sky blue eyes. She had no visible protruding features aside from the thin long tail that extended down her cloak. The last one looked almost exactly the same as her with short white hair that covered her right eye instead, complimented by her black pupils.
All three girls had a pretty face and the other men in the hall had occasionally been stealing glances at them prior to the entrance of those two strangers.
”Hey did you hear that, they're from the merchant guild. I thought for sure they would be a new Hunter team.” The male demon spoke first.
”So what.” The second male in the group responded.
”So, don't you think they'll be perfect for that?”
”They're just newbies, how can we thrust them with something like that.”
”Newbies, did you not see them arrive in the exotic mound earlier? I bet the merchant guild has already made them VIP members.”
”You think so?”
”Well I'm not entirely sure, that was just my guess, but with that mound and the sturdy looking carriage, they should be perfect for it right? What do you think Kylyra?”
The seductive girl with long blonde hair that almost seemed white, took a break from eating as she stared at the lesser demon with a perplexed expression.
”I'm still hungry.”
”Ah—”
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