"Ahh, you must be hungry, come here, i'll make some food for you, do you like boar steaks?" - Alem
"Sure, that sounds good" - Kyne
Kyne sat down at one of the chair infront of Alem, he waited for his food while its being cooked with a magical stove, the stove were imbued with a fire gemstone that generates heat when being touched with mana, the gemstone has been modified significantly by professionals so that the mana required for it to produce heat is reduced almost to none, making regular people that lacks mana able to do it effortlessly.
'That stove had a maximum mana output if i remember..' - Kyne thought
A mass produced stove like this that were being sell at almost every magic store is most certainly be safe, its pointless to think about it negatively or search for a risk of danger.
After waiting for almost 15 minutes, the steak finally arrived at Kyne's table, he thanked Alem for it.
The steak aroma is surprisingly very pleasant, its as if you can taste the steak just from its smell alone, the steak appearance is not bad either, the juices is dripping, and the redness of the steak can be called perfect for some people.
Kyne took a small portion out of the steak, immediately putting it into his mouth.
"!!"
Long story short, the steak is out of this world.
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"Urrggh, that was delicious, thanks for the meal" - Kyne
"No problem" - Alem
"Here's some drink" - Alem
"Hm?" - Kyne
It seems like something didn't quite make sense.
"Mister, do i have to pay for all of this separately?" - Kyne
"Ah, i forgot to tell you about that, but all meals are included when you paid for the room earlier, so don't mind it." - Alem
"But, aren't these food costs more than a silver?" - Kyne
"I mean, the ingredients alone should cost about 5 silvers at most"
"Its fine, really, its only for people that rent a room like you, for those that only comes for food and drinks, we charged more than this" - Alem
"Ah, is that so?" - Kyne
"Yes, and it might surprise you, but we actually gain some profit at the end of the day, so we're all happy" - Alem
Alem smiled, followed by Kyne as his thoughts earlier were proven false, he felt a little bit relieved.
Since Kyne is done with eating, he now plans to go outside to do some matter, he told Alem that hes going out and makes it towards the front door and into the street.
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[ Yucca City, South Point ]
Among the hundreds of buildings that were located at the South Point, there is one that might come off as a little weird or out of place, to find the building, you need to go through some narrow road that can be dark even at daylight, it wont take very long until one could see the building, its quite small compared to the other buildings right beside it, the building is used as a store, which seems to have no specific open or close time.
"That's the one" - Kyne
Kyne arrived at the building, not from the narrow road, but he jumped ontop of other buildings roof, its as if he was being secretive.
Further inspection tells him that the store is currently closed, he found it weird at first but remembers that this is the building that is being reported to be an illegal slave market, Kyne decided to do one last thing for the Crime Management, and it is to help them with this case.
"Alright, show me everything" - Kyne
He was trying to grab something but remembered that the item that he was looking for is with the coat that he left at the inn.
"Ah shit, i forgot about it" - Kyne
"Oh well" - Kyne
Thankfully he had a second plan, and that is to use magic, he closed one of his eye and used the other one that's open to cast a magic spell, the spell is called Eye of Mana, when casted, the caster's eye will turn purple and they can temporarily see all kinds of invisible mana structure that usually cannot be seen with normal eyes, this spell is mostly used as a way to detect invisible barriers or cursed mists.
"...That's what i had expected." - Kyne
With the spell Eye of Mana, Kyne could see that the store is being surrounded with an invisible barrier, he doesn't know whether it's dangerous or not, but he wont risk it.
"Hmm.. Today is a full moon, i guess i'll wait for night time, im sure there will be atleast another detectives that will patrol the area." - Kyne
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[ Night at Approximately 12AM ]
In this world, might time is considered extremely dangerous, because these are times when criminals or evil beings like monsters are mostly active.
Although it is dangerous, when you live inside of a city or town, where there are walls protecting everyone inside, its not really that big of a deal anymore, that's why even in the middle of the nights, you'll still occasionally see some people wandering the streets.
In this particular night, Kyne had been investigating the supposed illegal slave market case, to see if its true or not, he waited until it is time for a full moon, and when the time comes, he arrived at the building, without anyone knowing obviously, and see for himself.
"The store lights are on.." - Kyne
He checked the main street, just incase if someone were to walk towards the narrow road that leads to the building, and to his surprise, he can see a horse carriage coming in closer from a far.
'The fuck.. Who is the idiot that decided to go on a carriage in the middle of the night..' - Kyne
Yucca City might be full of people and wanderers that arrived with carriages, but even a child knows that going out into the wild at night, especially when the moon is at the very top, is not a very good idea, its different story if you're strong enough to defend yourself, but for a normal person? Its basically suicide.
'This son of a bitch, i can already tell what's your destination is..' - Kyne thought
He keeps peeking at the carriage until it eventually stops at the narrow road towards the supposed slave market.
'Yeah, yeah.. Come in, and i'll kill all of you in a few minutes'
The carriage was carrying 3 people, all of them got out at the narrow road and began walking inside.