At the first floor of the inn, the scene in there aren't really different to a typical bar or tavern, the whole room is filled with seats and tables for people to eat and drink, the size of the building isn't much, but its enough to hold more than 30 people.
"Gulp.. gulp.. ahh.."
At one of the seats, a group of 4 men can be seen eating and drinking, they have roasted meat and beer on the table, and all of them seems to be talking with eachother.
"Is that really true?" Said one of the man.
"I tell you, new cases of missing people keeps appearing every single week, this is the fifth one— I heard the guards have launched an investigation, but i doubt they will be able to catch the culprit."
"Chomp... It's another mage that uses their magic to do evil, God knows what kind of spells they have learned to be capable of doing such feats."
"If this cases still cannot be resolved, sooner or later, Chief Garr will have no choice but to ask for help from Knights in the cities."
"Why can't Chief Garr just hire a mage that can detect mana residue to catch the culprit-"
"Sshh! He cant.. Do you know how rare it is to find a mage that is available for hiring? let alone one that is capable of detecting mana, almost all of them now either became an Adventurer or works at a bigger city, why would they stay in a small town like this when they can be rich somewhere else."
"That's true.. Damn mages— If only i have some affinity with magic elements."
"That's enough rambling, people like us is destined to be a commoner and follow those with power, gulp... gulp.. Ahh, anyway.. I heard from the inn owner that theres a beautiful demihuman lady that visited and staying in the inn right now." The man face smirked.
"What? Really? a demihuman? that's really unusual, what does she look like?"
"The inn owner said she–"
Just as the man were about to explain, the lady that they were referring to appeared from the stair that leads to the upper floor, it was Sylias.
She walked downstair and took a seat infront of the counter, where the inn owner is currently making a dish for customer.
The 4 man that is sitting across the room looked at Sylias in awe before turning away and stared at eachother.
"Woahh.. She's stunning.. You think she's a noble or a princess?!" Said one of them with a quiet voice, almost whispering.
"What are you talking about, since when there are a demihuman noble or princess, almost all of them prefer to live with their tribe deep in the forest or somewhere else."
"I- is that so.."
"But i can see why you think that, i've seen a couple demihumans before, but none of them compares with her beauty– Also it seems like she's a wanderer, seeing that she stayed at an inn, she will probably move out in a few days."
"Hooohh.. But still, that body though.. If that's their average beauty, i wouldn't mind marrying a demihuman."
"Im with you.."
The other men at the table nodded at the same time.
On the other side, Sylias who actually heard all of their conversation due to her heightened sense of hearing, twitched her ears a couple times, but she acted like she didn't hear them talking, right now her priority is gathering information about this world, and whats a better method than asking other people about it, especially this inn owner, he had a scar on his face and his body is quite built too, he must have some experience with battle or atleast the outside world.
"Excuse me" Sylias said while raising her hand to grab the inn owner's attention.
"Hm? Ah, What can i help you today, miss?"
The inn owner placed a roasted meat on a wooden plate with some herbs before exiting the counter and walked towards a customer that is waiting for the food.
After he gave the food to the customer, he came back to Sylias and goes inside the counter once again.
"Do you want to order?" Said the inn owner while cleaning his hand with a handkerchief.
"No, but i'd like to ask a few questions."
"Hmm? Alright, ask anything." The inn owner smiled and waited for the question.
Sylias went quiet for a few seconds, while she kept staring at the inn owner with her red eyes, she thought to herself, '...What im about to ask is probably a common sense in this world, but i know a reason that can convince him'
"This is my first time arriving at a human town after living my whole life deep in the forest, I want you to explain how this world works, some common sense that all humans know, and other important stuff i should know about."
'That should be reasonable, seeing that this town is mostly occupied by humans, it means other races is still rare to come across and that also means most of them are living outside of human civilization.'
The inn owner looks at Sylias in some sort of a confused stare, but he ignored it and gladly accepted the question.
"Well, this might take a while, but i can explain." Said the inn owner with a grin.
Soon, the inn owner began to explain various things to Sylias, it took them a while, in the end, the inn owner spoke for about 30 minutes before stopping.
"Do you understand it now?" Said the inn owner while crossing his arms on his chest.
"Yes."
"That's good, is there anything else that you want to ask?"
"No, that'll be enough."
Sylias has heard enough from the inn owner, she mostly have gathered everything she needs to know now, while the inn owner have said many things, what Sylias can summarize is that, this world works quite similar to what she expected a typical fantasy world would be like, there are nobles, kingdoms, dragons, monsters, adventurers, and other amazing stuff that she definitely have heard of in her previous life.
After the conversation was done, Sylias had a couple of thoughts, so she stayed at her seat, there is one thing that catches her attention the most, and that is how this world had a different map than she expected.
'I thought at first this world is the same as in Serpent Journey, but its different.. The name of this town, Achstone, did not exist in the game, also the kingdom of Highlios that i currently reside in, also didn't exist in Serpent Journey.'
'Most of my other guesses are correct, but it seems like theres no dungeons in this world. well maybe there is, but its probably a monster nest, so there wont be a treasure or legendary artifacts in them.'
Sylias said her thanks to the inn owner and even gave him a couple of silvers from her pouch, after that she walked to the exit door and went into the town street.
***
"Derec! One more beer please!" Said a customer to Derec, the inn owner.
"Ah, sure."
The order came from one of four men at the seats across the room, Derec quickly made another glass of beer and gave it to them, however upon arriving at their seat, Derec was asked by the mens.
"So, what do you think about that demihuman girl?" Said one of the man, he was clearly drunk.
"Hmm, what do you mean?"
"Don't act clueless, she's really beautiful, and from the looks of it, she must have a feeling for you, right!?" He said with a smirk.
"Hah, as if.. It's true that she might be gorgeous but she came to me to ask a question about this world, it turns out this was the first time she went out of the forest and into a human town, i only told her some common sense and informations, thats all."
"Is that so... Hey, hey! Egar, you're too drunk, goddamnit this fucker really can't stop drinking.." Said the other man beside him, Egar was the one that ordered another beer earlier and were knocked unconscious after being too drunk, even though its still noon, it seems like someone need to get a rest.
***
[ Achstone Main Street, South Area ]
"Shit.. what a mess, just when i was about to give my resignation letter.. Why do i have to stand here and watch people walking" A man complained at the edge of the street, he seems to be somekind of a town guard.
The man yawned as he was standing with armor and holding a spear.