21 A Quest! (1/2)
”I'll be sure to tell my husband to put something more for your portion. My daughter will be taking it up to your room so don't worry and enjoy your meal. As always, thank you for your patronage.” The owner, Dalia, said. See, kindness is basic.
I turned to walk away after saying my thanks, but she stopped me from doing that, ”…oh! By the way, you look young and strong, if you don't mind me asking please do me a small favor.” The owner, Dalia, revealed what's on her mind. I had no reason to refuse now, however, I really want to laze around today you know!
”Depends on what kind of favor it is, let me hear it first.” I answered, turning back to face her. I still lean on lazing around though, but being nice is basic right? Dammit. Me and my big mouth.
”O-Okay, you see we've been having trouble with catching some boars lately from the known hunting spots for them. And well, the adventurers here are all kind of lug heads who do little work and spend it all on drinks or merry making so I can't rely on them to really do the job. Don't misunderstand, these people are good at what they do but just too damn bloated in the head. So seeing as you're young and I think the strongest of the people here, I figured you'd take on this favor and check to see what's making the boars go in hiding and report it to the guild branch here, that'd really help. But if you could procure some of those boars then that'd even be more appreciated.” She elaborated so. Hearing her concerns, I found that it sounded really like a quest. And if my ”knowledge” is not failing me now, adventures like this usually start with easy tasks at first and then increasingly get harder as each task is completed. And if I'm really another world traveler, quests should be basic. However, this doesn't mean that I'm leaning towards doing it now. I still stand by my lazy spirit, unless, there's something that really benefit me I won't move.
”Hm, what will I get for doing this, owner?” I think it's easy especially with my abilities. I don't have to move far from the Inn as well, plus, I'd like to taste their pork meat dishes. Maybe I'll be able to try that anime meat that's very convenient looking to eat? Before she could answer, I already told her my price. If that's what my reward will be, then, lazy or not, I will go!
”You know, if I get to eat your meat dishes from the boars then I guess that's good enough for me. What do you say?” Maybe my bargain's too much to agree on, but I won't stand down from this. I got two choices anyway, lazing around or eating anime meat, if one's out of the equation then lazing around is going to win by default.
You see, their dishes here were stew with some vegetables here and there and a piece of jerky or dried meat or the alternative of having hard bread and a piece of jerky. To have juicy meat dish for a meal is good enough to make me stop craving for it. Well then, let's get to work.
”I'll do it. Wait for good news.” I told her. I agreed to her request obviously, so I asked for the spots she was talking about and gave me a map with circles signifying the hunting spots for them and hurriedly hid from sight. That exchange just now felt to me as if I was a game character who've just accepted a quest and when I come back I'd get some EXP and bonus rewards with its completion, so it made me want to try it at least once, just like that Princess Giselle's case, too bad for her really, she was likeable, just not companion material since she was dedicated to her citizens and what-not. Well, enough remembering about her nice curves, I'm already up in the skies and using my great vision, I can see the lay of the land and well that little patch of forest to the east should be one of them then there's the other one slightly north of that little patch of forest and then the last one is… way east of the forest patch. That's the three of them, so I wonder if I can survey it this way. Looking at it with my eyes to see through things is awesome. The forest is laid bare before me and there's no trace of any boar there. North, there's movement but it's of wolves instead of boars. Do boars and wolves leave near each other? Well then, the last one would be that grass-filled plain way east. There are also movement but those are human footprints right there. It leads to the town, so maybe the previous investigators. I can't find anything else like this, I must survey some more and maybe even must descend there. The fact is this forest was big and beyond that forest was a forest-swamp that intersected. This forest had trees that had trunks big enough to give 10 people difficulty in circling it while grabbing hands.
*Roar*
Then I heard that distant roar of the frog monster I heard from earlier. What's up with that thing? Is it really a problem of my ears being too strong or is it that it really is just loud? Anyway, I won't find anything else but that now, so I better go back, I'll continue my 'investigation' later after breakfast.
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I ate my breakfast consisting bread and egg. Well it was a sight for sore eyes, the daughter of Dalia, her name is Daisy as she introduced herself. She is about 17 years old and well she's already a consenting adult, so maybe… nah~
After breakfast, I wanted to continue my investigation and walked out of the Inn to go to a more isolated place where I can take off and fly, however it seems that last night's trouble has come back to bite me in butt. Janus and his companions are surrounding me in one of the corners of the street.