Spending my retirement in a game

chapter 103

The Guild employee tilted her head to the side a slight bit and looked at the small iron tag, then looked back up at the old man standing in front of her.

"I'm sorry, Sir, I'm afraid I am not allowed to simply hand such information over to you. First, are you part of the Guild yourself?" She asked, and Eisen nodded before handing her his clay tag.

"I only joined recently, so my rank is not all that high yet, but I plan on raising it a bit higher soon." Eisen explained, and the guild employee took a look, taking both the iron tag as well as Eisen's clay tag in order to scan them to see if they are real.

After a short while, she returned and handed the clay tag back to him. "Depending on the circumstances, we may be able to tell you how to contact the owner of this Iron tag. Why are you looking for them?"

Eisen sighed loudly and grabbed the small leather-bound book that he found in his pocket when first playing the game once more, in order to continue using the story that he used in the Adventurer's Guild back in Melroe. "You see, I found this Diary together with that tag. There wasn't any personal information inside that would allow me to find the owner, but nonetheless it seemed quite important to the owner judging from the contents. But those contents aren't something that everyone should see, as they are quite personal, so I would prefer to be able to bring it back to the owner myself."

The Employee opened her eyes slightly wider in surprise, and then nodded slowly. "I see. In such a situation, it should be fine, but try to keep it low-profile, okay? The owner of this tag is John Banner, and he should be at his Inn, the Silent Night, right now. He is quite keen on his privacy, and barely anyone knows anything about him, so he should definitely appreciate you bringing such an item back to him." She explained, handing over the Iron tag to Eisen again so that he may give it back to the original owner as well.

"Thank you very much, young miss. I'm sure that dear John will appreciate this gesture of yours as well." Eisen said with a smile, scratching his beard as he turned around with a smile and left the Guild building with Melissa and Caria, receiving as many unwelcoming stares on his way out as he had on his way in.

But Eisen simply ignored this and made his way toward a nearby alley, hiding behind a small wall there while changing into his suit for what was to come.

He then walked to the Silent Night Inn, where John was supposed to be staying. It seemed to be quite a long way away from the center of town in a rather run-down area compared to the rest of the town, although it wasn't so bad as to call it the slums.

Eisen stepped through the front door of the Inn and walked up to the counter, trying to think of a good way to approach this, until he managed to come up with something that should work quite well.

He stepped up in front of the lady at the counter and smiled brightly, scratching his beard with his eyes closed. "Good day. I'm looking for my grandson, John Banner. I heard he's in this Inn right now."

The woman at the counter squinted her eyes before nodding. "Yeah, he's here, although I wasn't aware that his grandfather was as well."

"Haha, I can't blame you. Young John was never one to talk much about these things. I had to ask around to find out where he was staying as well." Eisen chuckled, and the woman smiled back at him.

"He really just stays in his room up there most days. Don't even know how he's making a living anymore, to be honest, so I can see what you mean. Usually I shouldn't tell you, but since you're family, it should be fine. He's in room 12. Try knocking, if he doesn't open, I won't be able to do anything for you either. I can just relay a message if that happens."