DUNGEON CREATOR
Ch.26
Satisfied after watching the battle Sora turns back into her human forms in some quiet alley after confirming there’s nobody around, and because she already remembered the way into the main road as she search for quiet alley from above she didn’t get lost this time. Returning to the main road she decide to return to her inn to get some meals, even if she doesn’t need to eat she feels like she wanted to eat something after watching the battle.
Arriving at the inn Sora enter through the main entrance and gasped, she’s surprised because of the people crowding the place, the place is so crowded by people even the air is start to feel uncomfortable. And when she’s about to leave, a waitress come and greet her.
“Welcome madam Elris, did you come here to eat?”
“I was, but not anymore, I’m about to leave, and why did you know my name?”
“The employee here is required to remember every person renting VIP room.”
“And I’m sorry for the crowd since the western gate is closed lots of stalled merchants come here to eat.”
“That’s fine, anyway I’ll find another place to eat.”
After seeing the waitress bow Sora leaves the building and thinking ‘Where should I go…. Hmm….’ As she walks while deciding her next destination she arrived in the adventurer guild. Thinking that she doesn’t know any good place to eat Sora decide to enter the guild and when she opened the door different atmosphere is very conspicuous from the inn she visited before. Somehow the guild is very quiet there’s no one except for the staffs in the counter, when she enter the bar area inside the guild one of the staff approach her.
“Elris, you’re not joining the battle?”
After ordering some drinks and snack Sora answered the man.
“No I’m not.”
“I thought the Baron ask you to join the battle.”
“Yup he did, but I turn him down.”
“Anyway, who are you?”
Sora asked the man who’s started the conversation and enjoyed the snacks she ordered as if they’re close friend.
“Did you forget?”
“I’m Markus, the receptionist who make your card the first time you come here.”
“No, I don’t remember you ever introduced yourself the first time we meet.”
“And stop eating my snack.”
“Come on Elris, I know some snack won’t hurt your wallet.”
“After all you paid 3 gold coins just for guides around the city.”
“How did you know?”
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When she thinks drinking alone is kind of pathetic, Sora decided to ignore Markus rude behavior and asked him indifferently.
“Hehehe, you shouldn’t underestimate the guild information network.”
“…”
After Sora stared at him with disgust eyes when he tried to joke around, Markus finally confessed while feeling uncomfortable with her stare.
“Okay, someone see you giving out three gold coins to Dwane, so stop staring me with that eyes.”
“And it looks like someone also saw you handing out a single gold coin to some punks in front of the guilds.”
“And that’s what causing the ruckus this morning.”
“So be careful, there might be someone tried to trick you.”
“Aren’t the guild capable of sorting those kinds of people?”
“Well… we can’t say we’re that good, but we tried our best.”
“The guild can’t monitor everyone in their daily life, but we still monitor some we think suspicious, so unless we have complaint and solid evidence we can’t do much.”
With a dejected face Markus told Sora about the guild weakness. And after a little bit more chats Sora decide to leave while there’s still some amount of snack on the table.
“Thank you for accompanying me, you may have the rest.”
Pushing out the plate to Markus side of the table Sora thanking him and bow a bit then leave the guild without paying her drinks and snacks.
Uncertain where should she go next, she wonder the city aimlessly. Walking aimlessly following the main road she suddenly thinks ‘I haven’t seen any magic since I arrived here I wonder did magic really exist.’ Lost in her thought while thinking how wonderful it is if she can use magic Sora suddenly feels someone touching her pouch and feel it slips from her waist, with a swift movement Sora stuck out her hand and catch the thief small hand. It was a child, taking pity towards the child looks because dirt is covering his body she take her pouch and squat to see the child.
“Why did you do that?”
“Did someone tell you to steal?”
“No ma’am, I’m sorry, please let me go.”
“I won’t let you go if you won’t tell me your reason.”
“…”
“Well if you won’t tell me, let’s go find the guards.”
“No…. please ma’am I beg you. Please forgive me.”
With tears flowing out of his eyes the boy begged for forgiveness, because of the boy cries the surrounding start to pay them attention. Ignoring the stares from the people walking by Sora asked the boy again.
“I’ll forgive you if you tell me your reasons.”
“But… father told me not to tell anyone about this.”
“So your father tells you to steal?”
“No, he never asked me to do that.”
“I just wanted to help him to get some money for my mother.”
“So your mother tells you to steal?”
With a confused tone Sora asked the boy.
“Um…. My mother is sick, so father is always busy looking for money, he even quit his job to find more money to heal mom.”
“Your story is confusing me, why did your father quit your job to find more money?”
“…”
“Anyway where’s your house, let me take a look at your mom.”
“If you lied, I’ll take you to guards.”
“I’m sorry ma’am but father said not to let anyone near mother, he said it was contagious?”
“Hoo… then to the guard post we go.”
Holding the boy arm Sora drag him slowly faking his walk to find a guard.
“No, please ma’am.”
“…”
“Okay, okay, I’ll let you see my mother, but please don’t tell father about this.”
“Now, that’s a good boy.”
Saying that Sora stroke the boy head and tell him to leads the way, thinking that she have nothing to do while waiting for the Baron to make his decision Sora decide to help the boy for a bit. Following the boy Sora walked behind him, and when she see the boy making turns to back alley she asked.
“You’re not going to run away right?”
“No ma’am, my house is this way.”
“Good, because if you ran, I’ll catch you, you know.”
After taking turns here and there Sora thinks to herself ‘Well, I’m helpless now, I won’t remember the way back to the main road.’ Still following the boy walked in the back alley when suddenly the boy stopped.
“This is my house ma’am.”
Seeing the house is located in a small damp alley with a dim light Sora muttered in small voice ‘You’re bound to get sick if you live in such place.’ When the boy opened the door unpleasant smell is bursting out from inside the house, bracing herself Sora entered the house and the boy leads her to a room on the right, following the boy to enter the room she see a woman lying on top of the bed, after her eyes is getting used to the dim light inside the house Sora see that the woman lying on the bed is a little bit blue, not sure because of the dim light or because of the sickness Sora tried to use her appraisal.
Corpse
Corpse of a woman.
Confused because of the result Sora tried to approach the woman to feel her breath and pulse, when she can’t feel her breath nor her pulse Sora thinks ‘What kind of sick joke is this.’