Hero of Harmony (Continued)

Chapter 203: Broke Boys

After waiting in line for nearly twenty minutes, we finally entered the city with ease, and let's just say Chloe had an absolute field day that we'd finally reached our destination; however, first things first, we needed to find an Inn. Now, finding an Inn in such a large and prominent city wasn't difficult as there were many Inn's around; the problem was, they were decently more expensive than any Inn I'd lived in, which wasn't good, but since I didn't know how long we'd be staying in one, I figured it would be best to splurge a little bit, and so I did, though of course, I asked Yuki, Michelle, and Lazuli first, not like Lazuli really seemed to care in the first place.

With Yuki and Michelle's input, we settled on a somewhat expensive Inn, which was eighteen copper coins a night, nearly four times as much as I'm used to, but the price wasn't unjustified, as we had a massive room on the topmost floor with three bedrooms along with our own bathroom and kitchen inside of it.

"Woah, this is beautiful." Muttered Michelle with a faint smile as she walked around the room with Chloe following her while Alexander plopped onto a random bed, prompting Talis to land on his chest.

"Hmph, it better be beautiful for how much we're paying." Said Alexander with a grunt as he glanced at Michelle before looking at Yuki and Lazuli entering the room.

"Eh, yeah, this place is beautiful." Said Yuki with a nod as she did a quick look around before approaching Alexander, while Lazuli did the same.

"It's so big!" Yelled Chloe with a smile as she ran around the rooms while spreading her arms, causing Alexander to faintly chuckle.

While Michelle did a little exploring, I glanced at Yuki, who was to my right, staring at Lazuli to my left, causing me to wince since I knew she would ask me about Soom eventually, and I would be forced to tell her the truth. However, once that happened, Yuki would definitely try to kick Lazuli out once she realized Soom wouldn't ever come back, yet I couldn't just kick Lazuli out; she wouldn't last long in the world.

'Ugh, what the hell am I supposed to do? Zartha, Trina? Don't you two have some advice for me?' Asked Alexander with a frustrated sigh as he closed his eyes while rubbing his face.

"You can't have the cake and eat it too, Master." "Um, I-I don't know." Said Zartha and Trina, respectively, as they looked upwards, causing Alexander to sigh once more.

While I was feeling stressed out about how I was going to deal with Yuki and Lazuli, I heard Michelle return to our room before sitting on the foot of the bed, prompting me to open my eyes as I glanced at three beautiful women surrounding me on each side of the bed, which, I will not lie, helped ease the stress I was feeling.

"What must we do now, Alexander? This place is nice, but we can't stay here forever; we'll need to buy a house or rent one." Asked Michelle as she looked at Alexander while Yuki nodded in agreement.

"She's right; this Inn is too expensive to stay at for long." Said Yuki lightly while kneeling before the bed as she glanced at Michelle before looking at Alexander, who sat upright.

"Yeah, I figured that part out pretty quickly; we can't stay here for too long; just five days alone will be nearly one silver. That's far too much for the current us." Remarked Alexander with a nod as he furrowed his brows while staring at Yuki, who tilted her head, causing him to suddenly kiss her before standing up.

"Cute. Well, I doubt we'll be able to buy a house any time soon, so renting is probably our best option for now, which kind of sucks, but it is what it is; better than being eaten alive by the monsters rampaging through Hyphen." Added Alexander with a smile as he poked Yuki's nose before standing up and stretching his body while looking at everyone.