"Finaaaaaaally!" Yelled Mo at the top of his lungs upon seeing a city.
The city that they had reached was called Plum. Plum was near the border of Biyou and would only take a 3-day trip to cross over to Biyou territory.
Happily making their way to Plum, they went through the front gate easily as they had mercenary badges and lied about buying Chan as a slave recently.
"Let's go find an inn to use as our rendezvous then go and sell the stuff we gathered," Mo instructed the others.
Walking to Ken, Mo whispered something to him, "Let's find an inn close to a pleasure hall so we won't leave Chan alone for a long time.".
"Haha, ok, I'll go ask around," Ken replied.
After asking around for a few minutes Ken came back with a stranger who would lead the way for them.
Making their way through the busy streets of a city, Chan could feel how different a town was compared to a city. The city had a lot more entertainment and people walking around.
Trying his best not to be too distracted, Chan followed the group closely.
"Here we are, Doto's Inn, the inn that best suits your needs as the pleasure hall is onl–"
"Ok! Thank you so much!" Mo interrupted the guy who help navigate them.
"Alright, everyone remember the name of the inn, as if you get lost ASK!" said Mo before the Crimson Reapers split off into groups to sell the items they had collected.
This time around, they stayed at a nicer inn as they received some extra money from looting the dead bodies of the bandits who tried to kill them just three days ago.
Tagging along with Ken once again, Chan and Ken's task was to trade or sell the herbs to buy some medicines.
Asking and exploring around, they eventually made it a medicinal shop.
( Creak! Chimes! )
"Please wait as I'll be right out to help!" shouted a voice from the other room.
While waiting Chan looked around the store as Ken waited at the front counter of the store. Looking around Chan could see different types of herbs and ointment stored in different size jars.
"Sorry about the wait, how can I help you," said a lady walking to the front counter from the back room.
Chan and Ken were shocked to see such a beautiful woman. The lady was tanned and had a nice-sized chest ( double Ds according to Chan's calculations ).
"Uh, Um, we, we're," ken stuttering over his words from seeing the lady.
Chan looked at Ken and coughed twice.
Snapping out of it, Ken told the lady, "We're looking to trade or sell some herbs. Also, we might buy some medicine."
"Alright, pull it out and let me see," replied the lady over the counter.
"Are you sure we should do that in front of the kid?" Ken embarrassingly asked.
"I'm sure he won't mind looking at some herbs, why do you have some dangerous herbs?" The lady asked Ken back.
"Oh, yea yea, here you go," said Ken as he opened up the bag filled with herbs and handed it to the lady.
"Be cool, you're in front of Chan. Show him how to be cool in front of the girls," Ken thought to himself.
Finally clamming himself, Ken and the lady were able to come to an agreement and Ken traded the herbs for some medicine and also 4 silver coins.
Before leaving Ken asked the lady, "Hey are you free anytime later as I'm new to the city and wouldn't mind having a beautiful lady such as yourself help show me around?".
"Sure, my store closes in 3 hours, so I should be free then," answered the lady.
"Ok I'll be back in 3 hours then," said Ken as he and Chan leaves the store.
Walking back to the inn, Chan couldn't help but be drawn in by the amazing smell coming from a food stall.
"We got meat skewers! Meat skewers! Very cheap and delicious!" shouted the man behind the stall advertising his meat skewers.
Chan's mouth was watering from the smell of the beef being cooked over an open fire. He could hear the fat sizzle from the heat.
"Can we have some of the meat skewers?" Chan tugged on Ken and asked.
"Sure," Ken answered.
Buying two skewers, one for himself and one for Chan. Ken and Chan made their way back to the inn.
They were the last ones to arrive as Ken was spending a lot of time flirting with the lady over the counter at the medicinal store.
"Not only were y'all last, but y'all also got meat skewers," Mo scolded the two.
"Mhmm," replied Ken as he was eating the meat off the stick.
"Come on let's hurry and get a room as I want to stick some meat as well," said Mo smirking.
Talking with one of the inn workers, Ken rented out 4 rooms. Ken walking back was instructed by Mo, "Ken give Chan 1 silver and 10 coppers, as we forgot to reward him for alerting us that one day.".
The currency of the world had three tiers: Copper, Silver, and Gold. 50 coppers equal 1 silver and 50 silvers equal 1 gold.
Getting his money from Ken, Chan was told to get something to eat and do whatever he wanted, but he had to stay in the inn. The rest of the Crimson Reapers were going out to do some "adult festivities".
Walking around the inn and asking one of the security guards where the dining hall was he eventually made his way to it. The dining hall was packed and filled with people conversing.
Walking around the dining hall, Chan couldn't find an open table. Every table had at least one group sitting there.
One old man noticed Chan looking around and shouted in his direction as it was very hard to hear if he spoke in a normal tone, "Hey! Hey little boy! Are you lost!?".
Chan noticed that the old guy was talking to him and he walked over to answer, "No I'm just looking for a spot to sit and eat, as I am hungry.".
"You can sit with us." the old man told Chan.
The old man's table had two open seats. At the table included him, 3 big muscle heads, a person wearing a hood, and lastly a well-dressed young-looking man.
Noticing that Chan was looking at the three big buff guys he told Chan, "You can sit with us, they won't eat you, probably, hahaha.".
Sitting down next to the person wearing a hood and across from the old man, Chan took another look around the table. The three big guys had scars all over their bodies and carried big blades. All 3 were eating plenty of meat, based on the bones left on the plate and they were also still chowing down on more meat, while the person in the hood ate their soup very feminine-like, taking their time taking small scoops to finish their soup. The young man was eating a bowl of noodles. The old man barely had any hair left on his head and had gray hair on not only his head but on his long goatee. The goatee was black with a mix of gray in the center. The old man had only a bottle of liquor in front of him.
"Do you need a menu? Wait you're probably too young to know how to read, let's do this, what do you like eating, and I'll ask one of the servers to bring it over. I'll even pay for it." said the old man.
"No, I can pay for it as I got some money," replied Chan.
"No, no, you're too young. Save your money, now tell me what you want," said the old man who insisted on paying.
"Ok, hmmm. Boiled beef and greens over rice," said Chan as that was his favorite dish to eat with his family.
The old man called over one of the servers and ordered for Chan. Sitting there quietly, no one at the table was making a sound except for the meat heads chowing down on their food.
Sitting down near others Chan could hear a conversation about Yan, "Did you hear that the princess is not coming out of her room, she doesn't even come out to eat and only eat or drink when her servants bring it inside her room.".
"I hear she has been very sad lately, I wonder what made her so sad.".
"She's probably getting forced to marry someone she doesn't want to.".
Hearing the news Chan couldn't help but feel some sadness creep inside him. His first crush in his new world might be getting married soon and the thought of that almost made him shed a tear.
Unlike the rumors, Yan wasn't being forced into a marriage. She was sad about hearing what had happened to Chan and his family.
Receiving his food, he quickly ate it and thanked the old man, and headed to his room.
Wanting to cheer himself up, Chan left some belonging in the room and went to the bathhouse inside the inn and relaxed in a tub filled with hot water.
Cleaning himself, he eased his mind. After washing his body and cleaning his teeth he made it back into his room.
Finally having some alone time and knowing it is still only the evening, Chan knew he had plenty of hours to himself.
He spent the majority of those hours training his ki. He would gather and dispel his ki, trying to gather more ki each time he does it. After doing it for a while, Chan was exhausted and eventually lay on the bed with nothing to do but think.
Never having time where he's by himself since the day he spent alone in the wilderness, he was finally able to think about how he got to where he is now.
Thinking about all the events that happened and also what he heard earlier, Chan laid face first on the bed with tears flowing down onto the sheets.
After a few hours have passed, Chan could hear the door being opened by the key.
( Click! Clank! Creak! )
The door opens and Chan pretends to be sleeping and hears Mo talk with the others while drunk, "Now that was what I call a fun night, hehe. Now let's rest and HICUP! wa– HICUP! wake up early tomorrow and head out, also that Ken bastard better be back on time or we might leave without him like how he left us.".