After Adan had enjoyed two bowls of the hearty stew, he bowed his head and gave thanks again before he arose from his seat on the wooden bench and proceeded to exit the mess hall. I'll do my best to keep my food down today! He thought about skipping out on his chores and walking through the city instead. However, he had a feeling deep in the pit of his stomach that this was the wrong thing to do, besides wouldn't Maestro be held responsible as the task master?
"I can't do that to him, he is the only person I can even consider a friend." he thought to himself. "I'll make a trip through town later on, after my chores for the day are done." And so, he walked slowly toward the maintenance room, going down to the lower dungeons and toward the sewers he could already smell the shit and rotted food in the air before he was within a hundred meters.
His stomach had already started to churn at the idea of wading ankle deep in the shit and rotted food. He grabbed his usual shovel that was slightly shorter than the rest. For him this shovel worked best with his skinny frame. Despite living here two years he had barely put on any weight at all, Maestro had tried to fatten him up by bringing sugary snacks and fattening food to him at night. But, it never seemed to do anything, nevertheless Adan appreciated the man's kindness.
As he opened the thick wooden door to the sewers the smell of rot, decay and festering shit filled his nose. He felt his beef stew rising rapidly from his stomach and swallowed it back down. Then, he got to work, "This isn't so bad once you get used to the smell I gue.." he though to himself before all the stew in his stomach spewed out of his mouth like a great fountain.
Once his stomach was empty again, he began his work again, shoveling all the built up excrement and rot into the narrow channel of constantly flowing water. Without him and other people to do this job the city would be full of sickness and infection in a matter of weeks if not days. So, Adan continued to shovel and shovel until the area he was working in was as clean as it could get.He then proceeded to the next, and the next and the next until finally, late in the afternoon his task was done and he could leave the sewers!
"Now I can take a trip outside and visit the lower city!" he exclaimed with delight. He would not be permitted into the upper part of the city until he was a full fledged apprentice, alas he still had roughly three months until he was done with his labors. Adan then quickly exited the sewers, on his way out of the academy he stopped by the maintenance room to wash his shoes and drop off his shovel.
He then made his way out of the academy by way of the basement exits to the rear of the large keep style building. Only apprentices could enter and exit through the front doors of the academy and he wasn't yet. After exiting the building, he began to walk briskly toward the lower part of the city. He could already smell the fresh cooked delicacies and hear the hammering of an anvil as well as the laughter of children playing.
A smile quickly filled his face as he took in the jovial and friendly atmosphere of the city. He began walking from street to street, he barely had any money, however the experience and excitement in the air was well worth the trip!