Chapter Five: Blake Town
The first one to wake up in Chris’s group was Elise since she’s the least physically injured and mentally exhausted, and when Elise opened up her eyes, she noticed the unfamiliar ceiling right before her eyes which made her jumped up the bed.
“Wha?! Where?!”Elise shouted.
Elise then looked around her then saw the rest of the group which made her release a sigh of relief but when she saw Harold’s arm completely unharmed and Chris’s lacerated chest close, she gasped her breathe by the miracle that everyone of the group is safe.
Elise got out of her bed, letting the group to rest then Elise looked around the unknown room they were in, the room size is somewhere hundred fifty square feet and five small soft beds, the reason they slept well. Elise saw a round table with four chairs with a small pouch and besides it is a small white envelope, so Elise did what a normal human being would do, check it. yes , because curiosity is in the human’s DNA, it can’t be helped. So Elise arrived at the table then picked up the envelope then Elise looked at its back and saw.
“A letter for you people….. From us”
“Who?” Elise said flabbergasted.
So Elise sat on her bed not even glancing at the pouch besides it then decided to open up the envelope then she saw a piece of paper, Elise separated the envelope from the paper then unfold it, Elise saw the paper that it was a letter for the whole group but before she can read the letter, Cathy woke up.
“Ah- an unfamiliar ceiling” Cathy said still dazed.
After Cathy said something clichè like in some novel, Elise slowly walked towards Cathy’s bed then helped her get up. From the moment Elise woke up, she felt hunger but she don’t even know what to do since they are in a establishment that they didn’t know. Chris isn’t waking up and either Harold, Cathy is still staring at Elise like some idiot.
The last time Elise remembered was that, the group was saved by a group of three youths but forgot their appearance and names but still even though she forgot their figures, she still remembers that they killed the chimera that almost killed her group.
“What? Why are you looking at me like that?” Elise said.
“Is this heaven?” Cathy asked.
“I’m sorry to disappoint you but this is not heaven” Elise answered with a sarcastic voice.
“Eh? Elise?! Wait, what? Where are we?”
“I also don’t know”
“Where’s Chris and Harold?!” Cathy asked.
“Still sleeping” Elise said while smiling.
“Ah!” Cathy gasped in surprise then released a sigh of relief.
After Cathy saw the two boys were alright, Cathy then asked Elise what happened since they were still alive and kicking then what’s the reason how they survived? Elise answered every questions Cathy has with all her might and unfortunately her memories were blurry so she can’t answer all of her question.
Questions like how’s Harold and Chris’s injuries were healed like it’s not injured in the first place to how did they came here. After asking so many questions, Cathy finally started to feel the hunger that Elise felt when she woke up.
“Ne~ Elise~ I’m hungry, is there anything to eat?” Cathy asked.
“I’m also hungry but we can’t go anywhere when these two are still unconscious” Elise replied.
“Ah- right! Then let’s open the window, we need wind to enter the room so that it may help the two’s rest” Cathy suggested.
“Right, I didn’t think about it” Elise agreed.
So with the two girls agreed, Elise walked up to the brown rectangle windows with some curtains at the top and the sides, the window has a criss cross rope in it and a handle at the center which Elise pull and then more light came into the room. Elise’s eyes was blinded when her eyes got blasted by the sudden light but when she regained her sight, the scene right before her eyes gaped at it. Cathy, seeing Elise’s reaction when she opened the window made her curious and want to see it too so when Cathy walked up to Elise, Cathy also saw what Elise saw.
What the two girls saw was a bustling town, a town that looked like in a 18th century era, full of horses and people wearing medieval clothes. The streets were noisy, this made the two girls think why they didn’t hear anything before? Thankfully not like some medieval ages in earth, the air doesn’t stink of horse poop and urine. Elise and Cathy can see people walking around with swords, spear, hammer, shields, some were wearing robes that made them looked like wizards or some sort, and some were wearing clothes that made them looked like merchants sitting in the front seat and when it passed the two girls at, they saw different barrels and goods with some guards following them, and below them, they can see people coming in and out the place.
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With all the noise generating by the town, Harold woke up and slowly sat up from his bed.
“Hey, what’s with all the noise?” Harold asked.
Hearing Harold’s question, the two girls finally escaped from their silly expressions and turned around to look at Harold with eyes full of excitement and expectations.
“W-what? What’s wrong?” Harold asked while flinched.
“We’re now safe Harold” Cathy said with a light tone on her voice.
“Safe? Wait, where are we?” Harold looked around.
“In a town and this is must be an inn, probably” Elise replied.
“I see, but what happened after I passed out? Where’s Chris? M-my arm was cut off, wait, why is my arm is still here? Is it just a dream?” Harold said panicking.
“Settle down Harold, I’ll explain what I remembered” Elise said.
With so many different questions, Elise slowly explained all she know to Harold which finally subsided some panic from his eyes then he looked at Chris who was still unconscious.
“We’re lucky we met those kids aren’t we?” Harold said with a smile on his face.
“We sure are hahaha!” Cathy replied.
“So, what do we do now?” Elise asked.
“Well Chris is still unconscious and we’re hungry from that fight, let’s split up first” Harold suggested.
“Right, what’s your plan?” Elise asked.
“Hmm, why don’t you stay here? Me and Cathy will do something about the food, but what’s in the pouch in the table anyway?” Harold said.
“I don’t know but it came with this letter” Elise replied.
“Hmm~ read it then” Cathy said.
“Okay” Elise agreed.
[To: The people we saved,
We are entirely sorry for the inconvenience we have made with the chimera accident, so we decided to help you get out from that forest and put you in an inn in a town called “Blake Town”, left some of this world’s clothes inside the closet so that you won’t gather gazes from the others with your clothings, and some coins for you all to use. As you expect, we are ‘Earthlings’ just like you but we can’t put you in danger with our quest to fight the gods in this world and if you are planning to go on an adventure looking for a way to go back, then I’ll say that you’re wasting your effort and time. You can live in this world quite easily and leisurely, if you have the power to not die in some pit or you coming inside a monster’s belly, anyways we have finished helping you with this. Just remember that this place is a world of swords and magic, and some ferocious beast. Don’t worry, the people here can understand your words even though we came in a different world.
P.S.: You can go in a adventurer’s guild for starters so you can have a decent income by doing odd jobs or if you want to be a merchant, then go to the merchant’s guild.
P.S.S.: The pouch on the table has 20 golds to go get your own food, we didn’t ordered food here since the taste here won’t help you up you spirits. The money system here is different so remember this: Copper>Silver>Gold>White Gold. a coin will go up a higher rank if you have ten pieces of it, for example: 10 Coppers = 1 Silver. So use your math here, then you won’t get scammed by other people.
Sincerely yours,
The people who saved you]
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The three quietly looked at the paper then after a moment, the trio’s eyes lightened up.
“These people is making a fool of us aren’t they” Elise said.
“Hahaha! Calm down Elise, they are right. We can’t be unthankful to them, they saved us so accept their arrogant letter because they deserve it and they explained things to us” Harold said.
Elise, clicking her tongue looked at Cathy still looking at the letter.
“Cathy?” Elise worried voice sounded.
“Hm?” Cathy answered Elise.
“What’s wrong?” Elise asked.
“Well with my job I can be a merchant or maybe there’s some crafting guild that I can join” Cathy said in a excited voice.
“Ah- hahaha~ you’re excited aren’t you” Elise said.
Mentally sighing, Harold then interjected between the two girls talk.
“Then let’s go find something to eat since we have the money”
“Okay, I’ll wait till Chris wake up” Elise said.
“Then, let’s go Harold! I want to see the town!” Cathy said in a enthusiastic voice.
“Let’s go change then” Harold said with the same exciting voice as Cathy’s
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“Woooaaahhh~! This. is . so . amazing!!!” Cathy looked around like a kid which literally looked like with her small height and all.
“Just stay near me and don’t go anywhere, I might lose you okay?” Harold said.
“Okaaaay~” Cathy replied.
Harold wears a plain green leather clothes that looked like t-shirt but stitches can be seen in his sleeves, he also wears a leather pants. As for Cathy, she wears a cute white one piece silk dress which complimented with her hair and made her looked like a kid with innocent face looking around the town, and it definitely don’t have defensive properties but just to cover their naked bodies.
The two were like father and daughter which gathered soft gazes to their surroundings, and after walking around the town and asking people the directions, they finally reached the central plaza which they can buy food to fill up their bellies.
The central plaza was a place where different people gathered, there are stalls, peddlers, buyers, different kinds of shops, and at the centre is a big fountain that has a tower on the center of it and on top of it water flows then goes down to a circular which filled with water. The town people are full of vigor, children runs around the town playing, different beauties showed up, the elderlies has smile all over their faces, the young women and men gathered at the fountain to meet up with their love, housewives doing their housewives thing, their husbands leaving for work, one can see adventurers everywhere, and the shops were always full of customers, you can feel that the people here live a good life.
While looking around, Cathy saw a food stall that sells a skewered meat that looked really delicious with its aroma and juicy appearance, so Cathy dragged Harold into that stall to try the food. The two were not disappointed and ordered more to take out so that they can bring it back, after for thirty minutes of scurrying here and there, Cathy and Harold finally returned to the inn. Thankfully no other clichè event happened on their way back, like thieves saw their gold and want it for themselves that would made Cathy and Harold to show their prowess and trash the thieves, which would definitely won’t happen since only Harold is the fighter and they didn’t brought weapons with them which is an idiot thing to do.
The inn was called ‘Gino’s Inn’, it’s a cheap inn but with good bed and furnitures. The inn is composed of mainly wood but with some metals here and there, it’s pretty normal
But thankfully it didn’t happened, so Cathy and Harold entered the room where Chris and Elise were, but what they saw in the room when they entered was that Elise is hugging Chris while crying. This made the other two to be surprised since from the start, the two were like cold to each other and didn’t really talk but when Cathy and Harold looked at each other, the two gazes meet and understand that something must have happened and that they didn’t need to ask about it.
When Cathy and Harold entered, at the same time, Elise and Chris separated with each other blushing slightly, then Chris regained his wits and asked Harold.
“So? What did you brought?” Chris asked.
“Food!!” Harold replied.
“Finally! I’m famished!” Elise exclaimed.
“Let’s eat!” Cathy scurried to the table then put the food down the table.