Dungeon Master 3 by Eric Vall

Author:Eric Vall [Vall, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-19T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

The sign hung over the door read Steaming Spring Inn, and the building was much larger than I expected. Most of the structures in the small city were made of square cut gray stone, but the inn Carmedy pulled us toward was crafted from large river stones set between thick cut wood timbers and joined with smoothly polished cement. It was two stories tall but looked to have over twenty chimneys poking out of the wood-shingled roof.

“Ohhh, can you smell the cooking stew?” the cat-girl sighed as she reached toward the door.

“It does smell great,” Rana said, but then the cat-girl alchemist pushed open the thick wooden door, and the three of us gasped with surprise when the full-flavored smell of the food hit us in the nose.

We walked into a wide tavern filled with quaint wooden tables and dining patrons. Twin fireplaces squatted on opposite sides of the great room, and a long bar cut across the far side. A minstrel played on a lute in the far corner, and a group of dwarves stomped out a fun dance on a cleared spot in front of the musician. The place looked to be almost at maximum customer capacity, and I only saw a few stools free at the bar.

“Ahhh ‘ello there!” a man called to us from a pedestal by the front door. He looked human but was also extremely short, and I wondered if he might have been a half-dwarf. “What ‘an I do ya for?”

“We’d like two rooms, please,” Rana said as she cut in front of Carmedy.

“Ohhh apologies, miss. We’re almost sold out at the moment because of the trade fair.”

“Trade fair?” Carmedy asked.

“Aye, little lady,” the half-dwarf answered with a wide smile. “Starts day after the ‘morrow. Lots of people be coming to town to trade their wares. We do it every year about this time.”

“So you don’t have any rooms?” Rana groaned.

“Didn’t say ‘dat, miss.” He laughed. “We got one, but it’s our nicest, and most can’t afford it.”

“When you say ‘nicest,’ it makes me think that it’s going to cost us a bunch,” Rana said as she narrowed her eyes suspiciously.

“Dat it does, dearie,” he said. “It’s fifty gold a night, but--”

“Fifty gold!” Rana groaned. “That’s way too much--”

“--but ya haven’t let me finished telling ya about it!” The man laughed again. “It is a most spectacular room, and besides, your man there has some fancy armor. I’m guessing he’s got more than fifty gold he can spend on the experience of a lifetime.”

“Ohhh,” Carmedy gasped as her eyes opened. “The experience of a lifetime?”

“I am intrigued,” I said. “Tell us more about this room, innkeep.”

“Imagine, if ya will, sir,” he began as he waved his hand through the air. “Your own private suite, with an area for lounging and a separate area for sleeping.”

“So, it’s two rooms,” Rana scoffed. “I still don’t think it’s worth that much--”

“The one room for lounging has three different couches and a pit for a fire in the middle.

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