Accidental Thief: A LitRPG Accidental Traveler Adventure by Jamie Davis

Author:Jamie Davis [Davis, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781975666408
Amazon: 1975666402
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-08-20T23:00:00+00:00

19

Hal woke up to a game message flashing across his vision.

8 hours of average sleep: Health +2

He groped around in the dark until he found the small table and the lamp. The worst part of sleeping in a windowless, underground smuggler's room was you had no idea what time it was when you woke up. Hal lit the lamp and turned it up until it filled the stone chamber with a warm glow.

The first thing he noticed was that Kay was gone. He panicked for a moment, thinking she'd left for good, then realized most of her gear was still there. She'd taken her swords with her but left her pack with all the gold.

She probably left to relieve herself, Hal thought. He decided to see about mending his torn jerkin. He thought he could use some spare strips of leather and one of his knives to piece the torn edges back together.

Hal chuckled.

No one in a game ever had to spend twenty minutes repairing their armor or clothes after a battle.

When he was finished with that mundane task, Hal set to cleaning himself up with the little bit of water in the pitcher and basin in the corner. He must be a mess because every time he wiped his face with a cloth, more smears of dried blood showed up on the wet rag he was using. No wonder it had been easy for the guards to identify them in the harbor market that morning.

Hal heard Kay coming down the tunnel. She was humming something.

"What's that song?" Hal asked when Kay entered carrying a wooden tray laden with food from the Chum Bucket.

"Just something from my home. I don't know the words. My maid used to hum the tune while she was doing chores around the palace."

"It sounded nice,” Hal said. “What's for dinner?"

He realized he hadn't eaten anything that morning. Their breakfast had been interrupted by the arrival of the guards.

"Fish stew," Kay said. "It doesn't smell that bad, actually."

"I don't think I care. I'm so hungry right now; I could eat a whale. Hand me my bowl."

"Me, too," Kay said, handing Hal one of the bowls.

Hal took the wooden bowl of stew and grabbed a spoon from the tray. He dug in and began to eat. Hal plowed through half of the stew before he looked up from eating.

"You know,” Hal said. “For a place called the Chum Bucket, it's got good food."

Hal reached over and tore off a piece of the long thin loaf of bread Kay brought with her on the tray. He sopped up some of the stew's gravy with it and took a bite, savoring the flavors.

"Any news from above?" Hal asked.

"Only that the town was buzzing with stories of the Hood and his exploits. It seems that while you were sleeping, the townsfolk have come up with an explanation of what happened at the harbor this morning. Apparently, you and I robbed a wealthy merchant and gave all the money to his mistreated servants, spreading the rest to the people in the market during your escape.

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