I sighed internally. It seemed I found just another dumbass like myself. That's just my luck.
"So you have never done a quest?"
"No. I work in a shoe shop. I have been dreaming about becoming an adventurer since I was young. My dad was an adventurer… but he died when I was young. I was raised by his friend but his wife doesn't like me. I work in his shoe shop but I want to do something of my own"
This guy is more talkative than I thought! He gave his whole life history when all I did was ask if he had done a quest before.
"Oh ok."
I didn't really know how to respond to that. I thought a bit more about what to do at this point. Do I really want to form a party with a shoe shop worker? *Sigh*
"So. Umm… do you want to form a party with me? I also have never finished a quest before."
Technically I wasn't lying and I didn't really want to have more embarrassing conversation how stupid I had been today.
"Sure! I will be honored! Uh.. I mean I would like that"
I stopped myself from hitting my head. I was starting to regret this already.
"Alright. I have a quest that I want to do. The quest is to gather Kura herb which grows on the north-west side of the city. It's around 10 miles from the city, so there is a lot of walking involved. We can meetup here tomorrow morning at around 8am and then set out for the quest after we are ready."
"What do you mean ready? I don't know what I need to do to prepare."
"Do you know how to fight?"
"I have never really fought anyone before. I.. I.."
"Its Ok, I don't know how to fight either. But that means, if we get attacked on this quest, we would not be able to fight back. The good news is that, the area where Kura herb grows is supposed to be very safe. But to be on the safer side, we could try to find another party member tomorrow morning"
"I tried asking other people here if I could join them but no one will even pay me any attention. I don't know why they are ignoring me. Maybe you will have more luck"
"Don't worry about it for now, I will explain how things work here tomorrow. They only people who would be willing to join just would be unranked adventurers. Hopefully tomorrow morning we can find more people like us"
"Oh ok. So I will see you tomorrow morning. I will have to say goodbye to my adopted family"
"Wait, why are you leaving them? Where are you going to stay once you leave?"
"Uh… well I thought that's what adventurers do.. Umm... I will stay there for now. When I have the money, I will move out"
I was really starting to regret teaming up with this guy! He is even dumber than I am and that's quite a difficult achievement!
We both said farwell with the promise to meet here in the morning.