Elrich Saga Yellow Springs Book One

Chapter 9 I Eat Dinner with a Queen

Chapter 9 I Eat Dinner with a Queen

Mildred was instructed to issue me my employee Guild ID that doubled as my new rank E Guild card. The card had an added circle with an X on it to designate that I haven't passed the mentoring exam. She showed me around the Guild as a new employee tour. Dunbar would have done it, but there was a situation involving hospitality and he had to handle it. Considering the mess a few drunk men were making of the dining hall, I didn't begrudge that he left the duty to Mildred.

She showed me the conference rooms that were mostly used for strategy meetings by larger parties. The break rooms and washrooms were covered. We had a cup of tea in the break room when she gave me a Guild employee manual and went over it with me. I was expected to act as a representative of the Guild at all times. Any criminal behavior would be met with termination. While personal preference was always taken into consideration I was to understand that I could be transferred to any Guild branch at any time at the discretion of the Guild leader. I was supposed to maintain a clean neat appearance, but clothing types and styles were left up to me. I got a 'look' from Mildred when we went over that rule. I don't think she approved of the bloody torn up style.

After our tea, she went over the quest board, how to submit a quest, how to show proof of a quest completion. The Guild required the monster cores as proof of a monster kill. You didn't have to have the dismantling skill to get a monster core, but if you just cut up a monster without taking into consideration the value of the rest of the parts they would lose value. To help with this the Guild employed several full-time dismantlers.

He was set up in the backyard and all you had to do was give him your monster and he would take it apart for you. Even if you dismantled the monster yourself, he was still the one who assessed the quality of the parts and gave the authorization for the Guild to buy the parts from you. He would give you a piece of paper with the list of monsters killed and valuable parts to be bought by the Guild. Then you took the paper to the clerks at the desk. They paid the going rate for the monster parts and for killing the monster in general. Minus any dismantling fees, of course.

I left my apes and Red Wolves to the dismantler and was brought to the stable. As a Guild employee, I was given free access to the stable if I needed it. However, for normal adventurer's they had to pay 4 coppers for every hour their horse was stabled there. There were plenty of stable boys running around and plenty of horses being led in and out. There was even a cow standing in a stall near the end.

After the end of my tour, I picked up my paper from the dismantler and Mildred paid me as she went back on duty. I didn't even have to wait in line.

"3 Silvers for each Red Wolf plus the hides aaand gaaall blaaaders comes to 6 silvers aaand 68 coppers. 15 coppers for Green Taaailed Aaapes plus hides comes to 5 silver aaand 50 coppers. Your totaaal is 12 silver aaand 18 coppers. Taaake 40 coppers off for the dismaaantling fee, 11 silvers aaand 78 coppers. Or would you prefer 1 gold, 1 silver, aaand 78 coppers?" She asked.

So 100 coppers were worth 1 silver and 10 silvers were worth 1 gold. At least the monetary system was simple. Thinking that smaller denominations were best for now I went with the silvers. She handed me a small cloth bag and I placed it in my inventory.

"Very well done. Normaaally, aaan aaaverage person wouldn't be aaable to bring in this maaany monsters aaat once."

I smiled at her and she waved as I left.

I still had my debt to the town to pay, but I could do that when I checked in with Lotte. I needed to find a place to sleep tonight. I had to be back at the Guild in the morning to meet my trainer. So did I look for the tavern Lotte had recommended, find the temple of Amoris, or go to the library? I opened my map and found that the Tavern was right off the center square of the town. This was a tourist town so it would be bad if I lost a chance at a room because I decided to wait. According to the map, the library was near the tavern, in fact, I would pass it on the way there. The Temple of Amoris was near the other end of town. So I guess I would skip visiting there today.