Heaving a sigh, Astaria pushes herself up from the bed, the cover falling away to expose her clean, perfect skin with only a crude white bra covering herself.
Feeling the rush of blood, she experiences a slight bout of dizziness from having laid down for so long, propping herself up with a hand.
After her vision clears, she looks around the room. Seeing its clean state, she is somewhat surprised. Realising that she should be covered in blood, the hazy memory of that waitress lady stripping her came back to her mind as she remembers what had happened. With her cheeks becoming red realising that some random woman had stripped her down and wiped her all over while she had been unconscious was incredibly embarrassing. Not to mention that she has not even checked out her own body yet.
'Ugh, get such thoughts out of your mind…'
With that thought Astaria sits there, thinking about her new body before her hand rises to cup her right breast. Feeling the comfortable and relaxing feeling spread over her body from her warm hands touch, a slight smile makes its way onto her face.
'So, this is what it feels like… I expected something a little more… erotic.' Giving herself a slight squeeze, that warm, comfortable feeling became a little stronger, relaxing, and further calming her mind a little.'
'I should stop wasting my time here, now I have calmed down and straightened my mind out a little, especially having gotten a decent amount of sleep, even if it contained some horrible memories. At least now fighting goblins shouldn't send me crazy. That was just all too much piled up for one day.'
Swinging her legs down to the floor, Astaria spots her clothes on the chair, now cleaned, and folded neatly. Smiling at the incredible service the inn had provided, she quickly gets herself dressed and starts to figure her way downstairs. Because of the state she was in last night, by the time she made it into Haligrad the only things she remembered was focusing on walking while following the guards back, then being led by the hand to the room she woke up in.
After taking a wrong turn and walking to a dead end in the labyrinth of the old building, she finds the stairs and makes her way into the entry hall. It is a small room with a desk to the left of the stairs. Beyond that is the bar and dining room filled with tables and chairs, most of which are empty.
"Oh, you're finally awake!" The energetic voice of the waitress from last night calls out from behind the desk.
"I was wondering if I should go and wake up, but was unsure since you seemed so tired yesterday."
Blushing after remembering this was the woman who had cleaned her, Astaria awkwardly replies.
"Ah, um, yes… thanks for your help last night. I was I only remember being led to the inn and you cleaning me…" with her voice becoming quieter at the end of her sentence she arrives at the front desk.
"Oh, no need to be embarrassed, you are just so beautiful, you should be proud of it! Oh, and you shouldn't put yourself in such a vulnerable state and follow a random guard you just met, especially with your looks! You are lucky it was Gerald you met!"
With her hands on her hips, she sighs.
"But what happened to you? Gerald mentioned you might be one of those Immortal Warriors? And that you had said you slaughtered goblins?"
Letting out a deep sigh, Astaria starts to explain.
"Well, it's like this. I first arrived in the world yesterday after finding out that the gods had just turned my life upside down. I originally had plans to kill goblins, so made my way over while trying not to think about the big changes in my life."
Astaria pauses in thought as she decides to how to explain the next part of her story.
"Well, I guess it all got to me a bit too much and by the time I started to hunt, my emotions were quite volatile and some memories of the past atrocities I had seen the goblin's commit came to mind and I sort of went on a rampage…"
Awkwardly smiling, she hopes that the waitress will not ask anything more.
Hearing Astaria's story, she comes out from behind the desk and wraps her in a hug.
"Oh my, you poor thing. That explains why you were in such a state when you got to the inn… come, let's get you some food."
Taking Astaria by the hand, she leads her to a table. Thankful that Gerald had led her to such a good in, she promises to repay the favor.
Looking towards the kitchen, the waitress calls out.
"Jorn, one bowl of soup and a sandwich please!"
"Got it." Jorn's deep voice calls back.
Realising she still didn't know the waitress's name, she speaks up, her once flat voice having regained much of its original vigor.
"By the way, I never asked your name? I feel bad for not asking until now."
Opening her eyes in slight surprise, the waitress introduces herself.
"Oh, I am Anna, and that big lug of a man is my husband Jorn."
Bowing her head slightly, Astaria replies in kind.
"Ah, a pleasure to properly meet you, my name is Astaria, a new adventurer. That said I do still need to register with the guild."
Smiling, the two then continue to make small talk while Astaria eats.
"So, what are your plans from now Astaria?"
Thinking for a moment, she answers.
"Well, I am going to see if my friends are still around, we were supposed to meet up in the market square 2 hours ago, but I imagine that they have likely already left. After that, I'm going to register with the guild and hand in all of the proofs of subjugation that I collected yesterday."
Widening her eyes slightly, Anna tilts her head slightly.
"Oh? I didn't see any goblin ears on you?"
Remembering that the NPC's are not yet familiar with players, she explains.
"Ah, you see us Immortal Warriors have a storage space we can access anywhere we are."
Saying so, she opens her inventory and looks at her currency counter. 2 gold, 36 silver, and 78 copper. Surprised at the amount, she sends a silent thank you to Fortuna for the blessing of luck.
Quickly calculating the average inn price at the current time in the game from her memory, Astaria selects 5 silver which appears in her palm.
With eyes full of surprise at the silver coins appearing from nothing, Anna exclaims.
"Oh wow, that's amazing! I can imagine how helpful that storage must be!"
Gently picking up Anna's hand, Astaria drops the coins into her palm.
"This is payment for the room and meal, as well as thanks for everything else you did for me. Your kindness will not go unforgotten." With a thankful expression, she moves her hand back.
"Oh my, there is way too much! Just 1 silver will more than cover everything!"
Gently closing the hand that was trying to return the silver, Astaria smiles.
"Please, accept my thanks. If it is really that hard to accept, just get Jorn to sneak me some extra potatoes in the soup next time I am here."
Lightly giggling, Astaria stands up while Anna happily nods hearing her suggestion.
"I must apologise, but despite how I may look, I really am quite pressed for time, even more since I incapacitated myself yesterday. I must get going."
Nodding in understanding, Anna stands up to see Astaria out.
After reaching the door Astaria warmly smiles waving her hand.
"Thank you for everything, I will visit again when I next get the time."
Like a mother seeing her daughter depart on a trip, Anna calls out as Astaria exits onto the market square.
"Our doors will always be open to you. It's a shame we don't have more time to talk, but I look forward to when we next meet. Take good care of yourself and be careful!