After a bit of walking, I found the sign for the Silver Moon. The logo had a crescent moon design. Fairly standard, all things considered. The building, which was made of brick and wood, looked like it stood three stories tall. It certainly seemed sturdy enough, at any rate.
I passed through the double-leaf doors. The room inside resembled a bar or dining hall with a large counter on the right. To the left, there were stairs leading upward.
"Welcome. Are you here for a meal, or is it a room you want?" The lady behind the counter called out to me. Her red hair was tied up in a ponytail and she looked quite lively. A woman in her late teens or so I guessed.
"Hello, I'd like to rent a room please. How much a night?" I said to the counter lady
"Two copper! Meals are included with the price. Oh, you'll have to pay up front as well." she said.
Two copper coins...? I couldn't tell if that was expensive or cheap. Logically it was at least cheaper than one gold coin, but I couldn't guess if it's the copper returned by guild or anything.
With no other option, I took one gold coin from my wallet and placed it on the counter.
"How many nights will this get me?" I said to the counter lady.
"Whaddya mean, how many? Fifty, right?" She replied, clearly exasperated.
"Fifty?!"
I felt stung by the sudden look she gave me, which made me feel that she was basically saying "Hey, can't you count?" or something. So then... one gold equals one-hundred copper. Ten gold could buy me five-hundred nights. I could live comfortably for around a year and a half without lifting a finger with the amount paid by Zanac. Well, that meant I had a lot of money, didn't it?
"Well? What'll it be?" she asked.
"Err...50 days lodging, please." Well I'm planning to familiarise myself to this world. So it won't be a problem if I stay longer.
"Alrighty! 50 days it is. I haven't had many customers lately, so you're kind of a life-saver right now. Haha, thank you." She seems pretty happy with my patronage, well good for her.
The lady took my gold coin and returned 50 meal coupons and a card shaped callender marked the days I'll be staying here.
Well here is something new, a year here counted as considered 16 months, a month counted with 28 days and week here counted with 7 days as usual.
With that sorted, the lady brought out what appeared to be a hotel register from behind the counter. She opened it up in front of me, then handed me a feather pen.
"Okay, then. If you could just sign here, please." she said to me.
"Oh, excuse me, Thing is I'm not used to writing with these, could I use my own pen please?" I said to her, during guild it was really tough to write with these kind of fethar pens.
"Really? Well, that's fine." She said as I took out a ball point pen from my backpack.
"By the way what's your name, little brother?" She asked.
"It's Yukihira. Yukihira Soma." I said as I filled the register.
"Yukihira? That's a pretty unusual name." she raised an eyebrow and said.
"Ah, wait, no. My given name is Soma. Yukihira is my surname... my er, family name." I corrected her.
"Ooh, okay! Your given name and family name are reversed. Are you from Eashen?" huh? That Eashen thing again?
"Err... somewhere around those parts, sure." I hadn't the faintest clue where in the world Eashen was, but I couldn't come up with anything better, so I left it at that.
"Okay. Your room's on the third floor, right at the end. It gets the best sunlight out of all of our rooms! Here's your key, be sure not to lose it. The toilet and the bath are both on the first floor, and this room here is for dining. Speaking of which, will you be having lunch today little brother?" she said to me.
"Oh, please. I haven't eaten since this morning..." Good thing I don't have to make instant noodles to eat.
"I'll whip up something real quick, then. You can use this time to go check out your room, maybe rest a bit." she said.
"Got it," I said. I then took my room key, went upstairs to the third floor, and opened the door to my room.
The room was roughly the size of a six tatami room featuring a bed, desk, chair, and closet. I opened the window and looked down on the street. The view was really nice. Also, it was heartwarming watching children running around and playing below.
Invigorated, and in a surprisingly pleasant mood, I left my room and locked it shut. As I made my way back downstairs, I was greeted by a lovely smell.
"Here you go! Sorry for the wait." I took a seat in the dining room and the lady carried my meal out to me. There was some soup, something resembling a sandwich, and a salad. The bread was a bit hard, but very good for the first loaf I tried in another world. Delicious, even. I devoured the entire thing.
After that, I gave some thought to my next course of action. I was going to be staying at the inn for a while, so I figured I should go get a feel for how things were around town.
"I'm heading off for a walk." I said my whereabouts to the counter lady.
"Alrighty! See you later, then." After the innkeep, who told me her name was Micah, saw me off, I left to go explore the rest of town.