Spending my retirement in a game

chapter 105

Once Eisen saw the dark red building as it was described to him by the loan shark just now, he commanded the bees to fly up to the top right window and burrow through the old wood that made up its frame and fly inside to retrieve the second shard. It took a short while, but soon enough the bees came back outside, carrying it. It ended up being pretty easy to get these two, far more than Eisen had thought. Whether or not it was supposed to be this easy was unclear, but Eisen did't worry about it.

Right now he would just need to get that third shard, and then get back to Melroe for a short while and repair Kirisho's amulet. It may still be a while, but Eisen was glad that he was able to get these two within a single day. And Eisen was pretty sure that the town the third shard was supposed to be was the same town he wanted to go to anyway, that coastal magic town where Eisen may be able to find Xenia as well as the second Dragon to take the test from.

Right when Eisen heard some yelling through the new hole in the windowframe, he chose that it would be a good time to leave toward where he and the others said to meet up. He could really use a drink right now.

Eisen hurried away while carrying Caria on his arm so that he couldn't lose her by moving too fast, and asked a few people that were walking around on the streets where he could find the 'Drowned Sparrow', the tavern that Melroe's Innkeeper told him about.

He was actually quite interested in what the Innkeeper could tell Eisen, especially about some kind of skill that has to do with brewing. At first Eisen thought that there would be a simple 'Brewing' skill, but he should have gotten that already through making the mead. Maybe there was some other condition, or he needed to wait for the mead to actually be finished. The latter would especially make sense, since that's how Eisen got some of his other Crafting-Related skills.

Of course it could also be that Brewing was included in his cooking skill already, so Eisen would just need to see and ask that 'Master Brewer' that the Innkeeper Gralmar told him about.

"Although, Gralmar did mention that he was quite eccentric. I'll just have to see what he's like." Eisen muttered to himself while smiling at Caria and Melissa who were both looking at him with worry. It was understandable, since today was the first time these two saw Eisen angry like that, so they both wanted to console him.

"It's fine, you two. Don't worry about it. Ah, we should be getting close to the Tavern... Scouts and Soldiers, come and hide in my backpack." Eisen continued walking and reached to open up the way for the ten bees. It really was about time Eisen and the other Originals found a nice spot to settle down for a while and build a town. If not, it might get hard finding a good spot to keep the bees that Melissa created soon.

Either way, for now it shouldn't be a problem with ten more bees, especially considering their size. Eisen should just make sure that Melissa doesn't lay hundreds of eggs at once for some reason.

From Around the Web

With a loud sigh, Eisen continued searching for the tavern, and then ended up finding it in a smaller back alley. From the outside it didn't seem all that special, but the moment that Eisen stepped inside and took a look around, Eisen could already see that especially its collection of alcohol was more than impressive.

Dozens and dozens of bottles of each different types of alcohol, whether it was wine, liquor, or even different bottled beer, this tavern seemed to have everything.

Since none of the others of Eisen's group seemed to be there yet, he chose to step over to the bar and talk to the owner of the tavern. Right now there wasn't anyone there, so Eisen simply sat down at the bar and sat both Caria and Melissa down next to him while calling out that there was a customer toward the room in the back, waiting for someone to come to him.