Elven Conflict by D. R. Rosier

Author:D. R. Rosier [Rosier, D. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2020-11-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“So, how was your day?” he asked, as they settled in the tent back in Westhold for the night. He’d just gotten done recapping most of his day, and what Stephanie expected of them as well as her thinking about their sleeping arrangements. He was curious to hear about their day. He hadn’t felt any alarm from them at all, but otherwise had no idea what they’d gotten up to.

Nysa was snuggled into his side very tightly, and he didn’t mind at all because he’d missed her presence too. Her hand was caressing his chest non-stop, and he was playing with her silky hair. Shar was rather close to his other side, but she was playfully coy and not quite touching him even if teasingly in his personal space.

Shar said cutely, “We went to taverns all mornings, and a couple of inns. They were mostly empty, but there were some older men drinking in most of them. Retired most likely, and they seemed willing to talk non-stop for a few coppers worth of beers.”

Nysa murmured, “They know a lot about the city, and they gossip worse than chamber maids.”

Shar giggled, “They really do. Anyway, the men in a couple of the seedier taverns were complaining about the quality of ale dropping. So, our nymph here dug a little deeper with vapid smiles and a tilted head that would do me proud. Most of the taverns in the city had stopped buying from them, at least the ones that could afford to buy their own setups.”

Nysa interjected, “So we went to check it out to figure out what the problem was. I figured out quickly their water tanks weren’t all that clean, and their storage area wasn’t as clean as it should be, which were both impacting the quality of the end result. The older gentleman who’d owned the place was getting on in years, and his son was… lazy, and a bad manager.”

“Had owned?” he asked curiously.

Nysa grinned, “We bought it. It didn’t take me long to clean out the tanks.”

Shar interjected, “And for me to clean the stockrooms with magic.”

His head bounced back and forth through the story.

Nysa nodded, “I even did something with the current stock, it still won’t taste the greatest, but it’ll taste better than what it had before. We’ll sell that off to the dives, and in two weeks when the next brew is ready, we’ll take small sample barrels around to all the inns and taverns and see who bites. The brewer is older and more than competent at his craft, and he has a sharp apprentice. The brew process wasn’t the problem, and after what we did it should be the best ale in the city.”

He grunted, “Sounds like you were busy. So, you’ll have to go there every two weeks?”

Shar smirked, “Yep, to keep things clean and inspect the stock. It’ll be a process, but we believe any tavern that doesn’t buy it right off will start to lose business, when word starts to spread through the geezer network in the city.

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