Mid Afternoon - Early Spring : Springarrow City, Elynnor
Inside the city walls, Springarrow was quite pretty.
It seed to be fairly small compared to Kaelallan's capital but it didn't fall behind in beauty at all, in fact it was a bit ahead of Kaelallan.
The city was incredibly clean and didn't even seem to have slums. -Maybe it's just because Kaelallan is a huge capital city that its slums were.. so rough..-
Another huge difference from Kaelallan though was the amount of greenery.
To my surprise, there were actually trees planted along the main road with so kind of greenery planted outside of each building.
The greenery mixed with the fresh air made strolling through town quite enjoyable.
Not long after I just started walking around though, I found the building I was looking for.
Next to the road was a large two story building with two signs. The bottom was a simple tavern logo with a mug, fork and knife, and the other had a bow and arrow in front of a leaf and flower, the sa insignia that the knights wore.
-That must be it!-
As I walked up to the doors, I heard music, singing and people talking and laughing coming from inside.
A wave of nostalgia washed over as I pushed open the doors.
The atmosphere reminded of many mories that I thought I had forgotten from earth.
The air was full of the sll of delicious food and music that made want to sing and tap my foot along.
"You seem new!" A man next to tried to yell over the noise. "Do you need help with anything?" He was a large and muscular man that was covered in scars but he wore a bright smile.
"Do you know where to order food?"
"Of course! Feel free to pick a table and a pretty lady will co take your order!" His genuine happiness was contagious.
"Sweet! Do you have any food recomndations?" Looking around the room I saw several different foods on each table, and they all looked delicious.
"Ah, you need to try their 'Pirates Special'! It's a bit pricey but it cos with so heavenly ats, soups and booze!"
"Alright, I think I'll give it a try! Thanks for the recomndation!" My excitent to try so of the food was mounting.
"Any ti!"
Walking towards the section with the tables, I found a table and sat down.
As I waited for a waitress to co out, I enjoyed the music and atmosphere.
Not long after, a muscular but beautiful woman ca up to my table. "It's rare for such a beautiful man as you to co by~"
"Haha, I'm truly flattered."
"Well, what can I get for you this evening?"
"I heard that sothing called the pirate’s special was good, I'll go with that for now."
She paused with a look of shock for a mont before shifting back to her smile. "I dont normally say this, but that special is quite expensive.. I'd hate to see such a good lookin' man fall into debt here.." Her concern seed genuine.
It was a common thing in this era for bars and taverns to not ntion the bill of the food and drinks till after they were all finished, so they could catch more people in debt.
If the tabs were left unpaid for too long or the debt couldnt be cleared, then they would either be forced into slavery and sold or forced to work under the tavern in the black markets. Long story short, it was an easy way for bars and taverns to make more money as well as get more people to grow their power in the underworld. (in black markets)
"Money isn't an issue for , but thank you for your concern." I gave her a warm smile seeing her concern.
Her cheeks imdiately beca a bit rosy. "Ho~ Well, I'll bring out your food, young lord." She winked as she gave an exaggerated bow.
As she walked away, the young man sitting behind tapped on my shoulder.
"Hm?" I glanced back and saw a young, blonde adventurer with donning white and gold armor.
"To think you managed to make the Pirate Queen flustered." He looked like a stereotypical isekai hero character, the type to get summoned to kill so demon lord and save a princess. A Prince Charming of sorts.
I managed to overlook his out of place looks though. "Who’s the Pirate Queen?" -The waitress?-
"Haha, you must be new in these parts. She's pretty famous around here for constantly breaking the hearts of guys that hit on her." He glanced over at her as she walked into the back room.
"Why is she called the Pirate Queen?"
He quickly turned back to . "Her father is the leader of a massive pirate group around here known as 'The Skulls'. They're a ridiculously strong bunch with unimaginable strength and influence, but as long as you don't ss with them, they won't ss with you."
"Thanks for the warning. So how's life around here?"
We continued to talk for a while after that, about anything from so of his adventures to how it was to live in the cities around Elynnor.
From the sounds of his stories, Elynnor seed to give its satellite cities tons of freedom when it ca to their laws and regulations as Springarrow was not only the cleanest but was just simply the best to live it by far.
Springarrow was what he called 'an adventurer city' where nearly all of the population was adventurers as well. This made it so there weren't really anything that could truly be compared to the slums in other cities and capitals.
It was an amazing conversation and I learned quite a lot, but once the food ca, I rembered why I was here.
-Oh.. my.. goodness..- The food had completely filled the table and looked absolutely divine.
"Wow, soone actually had the balls to order the Pirates special?" There was commotion around the tavern but I didn't pay attention to it.
I wasted no ti and quickly dug into the food.
The good atmosphere, good music, and good food made for a wonderful experience. The alcohol was also not super strong and tasted sweet and fruity.
"Haahh.." I let out a satisfied breath as I finished off the mug of cooled alcohol. -Making it cold was a ga changer..-
"Would you like a refill on that drink sir?" A man that looked like a waiter walked up.
"Sure!" I leaned back a bit to let him refill the drink. "Thanks!" As soon as I took a sip, I noticed the sll was vastly different and instead of tasting fruity sweetness, it was more sour.
It only took a second for to realize what it was. -Poison..-
I paused my sip and scanned the room to notice the guy I thought was a waiter had sat down at a table and blended in with the crowd.
After a second of thinking what to do, I tilted up the glass and threw the alcohol down.
-It honestly doesn't even taste that bad.. the sourness is actually kinda nice..-
As I slamd down the empty mug, the man who gave the refill wore a greedy smile.
As the day passed though, along with the food on my table his greedy smile steadily disappeared.
It was a great night, I struck up conversations with the people at neighboring tables and ended up talking to them until late in the night.
It was honestly a blast to just talk and have fun with everyone, so of them even turned out to be so big na adventurers as well.
"Well, I think it's ti we get going." A beautiful elf woman I was talking to slowly picked up her dead-drunk boyfriend.
"Haha, no worries. It was good talking to you!" I gave a small wave as she walked out the door.
"Sir, would you li-" *Bonk* *Thud*
I smacked the 'waiter' in the head with my wooden mug, knocking him out as he offered poisoned alcohol for the 7th ti tonight. "How have you not noticed that not only alcohol, but also that weak ass poison does nothing to .." I looked down at him with a look of disbelief.
-I guess I should thank him for the free drinks though..- I glanced over at Ilios who was by my feet. “Did you get enough to eat, Ilios?”
His tail was wagging as he gave a light nod before he rolled over.
“Haha, good.” I leaned back in my chair with a look of satisfaction. -That was so good food..-
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