I Should Have Read the EULA by Keegan Connelly

Author:Keegan Connelly [Connelly, Keegan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-03-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-six

Lunchaloo

Dhaera watched the world through my eyes with rapt attention the entire way back to Tully Falls. The plants and occasional bird or small mammal were completely new experiences for her. They were different than the plants and animals I knew on Earth, but similar enough that I wasn’t that interested. Plus, I’d seen them all before on my way to the mine. The walk was uneventful.

Everything was much as I remembered it when I walked through the gates. The city guard didn’t even glance at my sword or leather armor. It was a frontier town, after all, and adventurers of all walks of life were commonplace.

I searched my map for the inn that Felix’s friends had recommended, but didn’t see it marked, which made sense considering my town map had been populated by the Shepherd. Navigating the city was even harder with the constant stream of questions from Dhaera in my mind, which I did my best to answer.

You never realize just how much you take certain things for granted until asked to explain how they work. Add to that the fact that I wasn’t native to this world, so I found myself answering quite a lot of questions with “I don’t know” or “must be magic.”

After one such instance, where we both stared clueless at a small barrel that seemed to both collect and completely eradicate trash, we remembered the library that had been stuck in my head and started researching. Dhaera disappeared into the stacks, diving deep into the rabbit hole of Lor civil engineering.

The marketplace was bustling, so it didn’t take long to find someone willing to direct me to the Hollow Leg, which was much more than the hole in the wall I’d been expecting.

The inn took up the better part of a city block, with the bar occupying a good portion of the ground floor. It was crowded when I arrived, and the sheer craziness of the common room would probably have driven Dhaera mad if she wasn’t still deep in my mental library.

I found an empty table close to the exit and settled in to people-watch while I waited for someone to take my order.

The room was full of people of all shapes and sizes. Pint-sized laeshka and halflings mingled freely with orcs and a few other races I couldn’t put a name to, and everyone was getting along splendidly.

Half of the crowd was dressed in adventurer gear, from flowing embroidered robes to suits of plate and everything in between. Giant turkey legs, bowls of stew, and crusty looking loaves of bread were being devoured with gusto, and the ale was flowing. Day drinkers all around.

After a short wait, one of the waitresses came to take my order and I had to try hard not to stare. Luxurious red hair poured down over her shoulders, accentuating the low neckline that exposed just enough cleavage to get the imagination going. There was something familiar about her eyes, but I couldn’t quite place it.

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