CHAPTER 02 : I'M A MAN
"WHAT THE F***************CK!!!!!!!!? I MESSED UP!!!!
Part 01
witluver> did u saw the chick cursing out loud in astoc city's northern district? <
pikachuu> didn't saw any chick but i heard her loud and clear <
o.pie.lover> the chick was cursing like a maniac then went all 'orz' on the sidewalk <
kuroneko> yeah yeah she then went up and started walking and then runaway <
punsu(LOL)> she ran like mad and then went into an inn <
iluvpenguin> i luv penguin <
adventurer#1> did u guys heard about the northern rebellion? <
iluvpenguin> http://[email protected] <
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Part 02
"Excuse me! Do you have a toilet!?"
"You need to rent a room if you want to use the washroom miss"
MISS!!!? He just called me a miss and with a tone of full confidence at that. Oh man, I'm really messed up.
"Fine. I rent a room. How much?"
"2 silver for a room per day and plus 1 silver if you want 3 square per day, if you want to extend your stay it'll be 1 silver per day" said the middle-aged innkeeper with a smile.
I currently have 5 gold, 100 silver and 100 copper. It's basically what a beginner will have when they start playing. The way the currency in this world work is like this: 1 gold = 100 silver and 1 silver = 100 copper. There is no lower denominator besides copper in this word. The best part about the currency is it's universal - it is use anywhere in this world.
"I'll just be renting a room. No meal."
I said while handing him 2 silver and he hands me a key.
"Your room will be upstairs, the last one to the right, next to the washroom. Have a pleasant stay miss" He said with a smile on his face while explaining everything clearly, showing his years of experience on the work.
Miss?
*Sigh*
"By the way I"m a man." I said while ascending the stairs.
"..."
Leaving the innkeeper confuse I further ascended to the second floor.
Part 04
Innkeeper's POV
The innkeeper was shocked hearing the statement from the girl. He was confuse. He's been alive more than 40 years. He has seen all manner of people from all over the world and from all walks of life during his adventuring days. Thus he judge himself having a good eye on people. What the girl(?) said left him baffle.
"Honey are you alright? You seem pale."
Said a woman in her mid-thirties with long blond hair, emerald green eyes and two pointy ears that only adds to her already bountiful elegant charm.
"..."
"Did you saw a girl with wavy black hair, golden-eyes and peachy-red lips? She said she was a...... aaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhh..... why did you punch me?
"You were flirting again weren't you"
"Wa... Wait. No. Of course not. I've never flirt"
"You cheat."
"Wa...Wait."
*Grab grab*
"Let go of my hand"
"Let me explain. The girl I was talking about she said she's...."
It took the innkeeper about 5 minutes to painstakingly explain to her doubtful/jealous(so cute) wife about the girl claiming to be a man.
"Ohh really... It's because she said she's a man that you took notice of her?"
"Yes."
"Then show me."
The innkeeper brought his wife to the room he assign to the girl(?).
*Knock knock*
"...Yes. Who is it?"
"It's me Mr Lessore the innkeeper"
The door then opens.
'Now I can prove my fidelity.' Thought the innkeeper.
"Yes? Is there a problem." a man walk out the room and ask.
The innkeeper's face was pale. Pale and fearful. If talking about a girl in front of his wife earned him a punch in the stomach more powerful than an orc's. He does not want to imagine what her wife would do to him, if she thought he is fantasizing another girl.
The innkeeper storm into the room looking around every nook and cranny desperately.
"Looks like we're having eels tonight."
The innkeeper's wife said with a ominous smile, dead dark-green eyes and her two elegant pointy-ears now look like the horns of a demon.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKK NO. NOT EELS!!!!!!!!"
The innkeeper screams and wails while his wife drags him, a full grown man, out of the room, with one hand, without any trouble.
Part 05
I exited the washroom.
*Fyuuuuuuh*
It's still there. I checked it and it's still there. My manhood is still there. I make a quick gesture with my hand as if sliding something on a touch panel.
"Status."
[quart=Name,Gender]Apple Green,Male[/quart]
[quart=Alignment, Profession #1]Neutral,N/A[/quart]
[quart=Level, Profession #2]001,N/A[/quart]
[quart=Race, Title] Human, N/A [/quart]
[quart=Fame, Infamy]10,N/A[/quart]
[quart=Health, Mana]100 / 100,100 / 100 [/quart]
[quart=Strength, Agility] 10,10[/quart]
[quart=Wisdom, Intellect]10, 10[/quart]
[quart=Leadership, Luck] 10,10[/quart]
[quart=Vitality, Masculine]10,10[/quart]
[quart=Sustenance, Concentration]100 / 100,10 [/quart]
[quart=Offence, Defence] 10,10[/quart]
Status Window
Magic Resistance
1%
Bonus(s)
N/A
Yup. I'm a male. A certified bona fide male. I'm a macho hu-.....
"Mi...Missss!" A nervous man suddenly interject my thought as I was approaching the door to my room.
*Sigh* Another one.
I take a look on the man. Why is this man all nervous? Wait. Is he... Gonna ask me on a date?
*Shiver*
"Wha...What do you want!?
The man suddenly walks towards me quickly. Then he stop and bow.
Okay this dude is seriously freaking me out.
"Please exchange room with me."
"..."
"Since I was a kid I have this problem that whenever that I go to a new places I have trouble sleeping and feel uncomfortable. I've come to Lore because my friend told me that this world speeds up your brain activity by 2x meaning I can get use to things here 2x faster than in the real world not to mention the-...
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"So what does this have anything to do with exchanging room with me and stop bowing?" I interject on his rapid explanation.
"... I was on the process of treating myself when I ran out of money. So I unwillingly went out and do some job in order to gain some money. When I manage to accumulate somewhat significant amount of money I return to this inn and tried to rent the same room to continue my treatment... But sadly I forgot which room I've used previously so-..."
*Sigh*
"Here. Take it." I said while handing him the key with a smile trying to mellow the atmosphere.
*Blush*
Don't blush you shithead!
When the keys are exchanged I walk away hoping the guy won't try to treat to lunch or something.
"By the way I'm a man."
I left the dumbstruck man, went down the stairs and see the innkeeper talking with a women, explaining to her about something. I make my way out of the inn without bothering them.
*Sigh*
Thinking back on what has happen. I was mistaken as girl twice.
*Sigh*
That's what happen when you're too lazy to create your own character and left it to the AI. Still... I didn't expect it to give me girl's appearance.
*Sig..*
Get you self together man. You came to this world with a plan. Who cares if the AI gave you a girl's appearance. Who cares if you were mistaken for a girl. You have a plan. A wondrous, cunning and brilliant plan. You're right. I have plan. A plan that'll make me rich. Thanks me. You're welcome, now get out there and begin the first phase of our plan.
(Author's Note : He's not crazy he's simply pepping himself so he won't get a mental breakdown, yet. Muahahahhaha)
*Shiver*
"...?"
Part 06
From the player's forum I learned that there are two sure fire ways to earn your self a profession. One is at the training institute. The training institute will teach you how to fight using your body in general. Specializing in combat you'll learn the way of swordsmanship, hand-to-hand combat and etc. From there you can learn a multitude of skill and get quest that'll lead you to your profession.
Secondly, is at the library. This where you go if you want to specialize in magic and become a Mage and such. Reading books will raise your mana capacity and in turn will earned you concentration stat which will help you when you're casting spells. Mages or magic users are weak in physical combat in general. Thus they need a large mana capacity in order to release a torrent of powerful offensive spell in order to even the odds.
"Excuse me Sir Knight?"
"...? Thank you for you kind word but I am no Knight, Miss. I'am merely a guardsman employed by the Kingdom of Astoc"
"Oh, pardon me. I know not of the ranking you use amongst each other?"
"All is well Miss, no harm done. Now, I understand that you wish something off me?"
"Huh? Oh yes. Can you direct me to the library please?" I asked politely with a smile.
*Blush*
Another one? Why am I not surprise.
*Ding*
+ 1 Fame
That was easy.
"There are several libraries that you can go to. Which one do you want?"
"Hmmm... The nearest library that specialize in both magic and history"
"...Let's see. Oh, there's one that fits that criteria on the South District.
"Really? Thank you. I will be on my way then."
"Wait! If you're going to the south district then take this. Wait a moment"
He pull out a piece of parchment and start writing something.
"Give this to the librarian." He smiled and handed me the parchment after he fold it up.
Somehow I feel there's another meaning to his smile.
*Ding*
Job : Deliver The Parchment
The Guardsman Jeremy has asked you to deliver a parchment to the South District Library's librarian.
Requirement :
+ 1 Fame from the guardsman.
Reward :
Unknown
Well slap me silly. I just got myself a job.
*Ding*
Do you accept?
"Yes"
Job accepted.
Part 07
In this world you can either do a job or a quest. What's the different between the two? Well there's not much of a different actually. It comes down to the type reward you gained when you finished them. For a quest you'll earned experience point and other stuff, but for a job you won't earned any experience point instead you'll earned mostly money, fame or other miscellaneous things.
I've arrived at the library. It looks quite quaint, just what you'll be expecting from the world of Lore. I entered the library and make my way to the counter where a librarian is currently doing her work. She looks somewhere around the end of her 20's or the early 30's. I look around to see if there's any other librarian around since I don't want to bother her.
"Excuse me Miss? Are you busy?"
"...No. Not exactly that busy at all."
Perfect.
"Here, Miss."
I hand over the parchment to her.
Job completed please go back to the job giver to collect your reward.
"..."
She read the parchment.
"Please come inside so we can talk further"
"Yes."
Oh what's this is she gonna give a job as well? Is this chain job? Maybe it's a quest now?
I followed her into a room fill with numerous tome.
*click*
Did I just heard the door click?
"... Did you just locked the door?"
She comes near me, no in front of me in a blink of an eye and then punch my solar plexus (stomach).
"SORRY BUT I'M STRAIGHT!!!" She shouted while delivering a punch to me.
END OF CHAPTER 02
I've made some adjustment on the previous chapter. Instead of curly hair now she has wavy one.
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