Chapter 56: Tavern Culture in Another World
[When you come to another world, the tavern is definitely a good place not to be missed, it is really interesting, and after you go there, you will be sure to remember it for a lifetime. - 22nd day of the 4th era of the 4th era of the 147th year of the Demon Bull]
The building in the labyrinth is quite comfortable to live in, not at all oppressive, so we decided to rest here for a few days after discussing it, so that the new three joiners can get acquainted with the team.
On this day, Misha and I sat down and chatted: "Misha, you have succubus blood in your body, do you know this?" ”
She was a little panicked and said, "Old, sir, you, do you see it?" ”
"Hmmm! I found out early in the morning, and I thought you didn't know - how? Do you want to inspire it, I don't mind what race you are, not only that, I haven't seen the demon yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing what the demon looks like? ”
I said with a calm face.
Misha was a little shy and said, "Then, how is the old man going to wake up?" ”
"What are you shy about? Isn't it just a succubus! What is there to be shy about? I asked, puzzled.
"Hahaha - master, you are so stupid! Misha's situation needs to- that - to wake up! Lily said with a smile as she passed by.
"What do you mean?" I was even more puzzled.
"Oops, master! It's just men and women—" Lily blushed a little impatiently.
"Lily, I'll tell you!" Misha shyly took over: "Master, Lily means me, we want, we want to have the same room, and we want to have the same room!" ”
"Wow go! Do you still want to do this? That's just waiting, and then I'll think about whether there is any other way? I shuddered and became embarrassed.
All three fell into silence.
Ten days later, we came out of the other exit and found ourselves in a large canyon.
"Sir, sir, we're out - this is Ice Maple Canyon, do you see the snow-white trees on both sides of the canyon? That's the famous Ice Maple Tree! "Misha, as a former veteran adventurer, was appointed by us as the team's travel guide, and she was very excited to introduce at the moment.
As for Zofia, she has been promoted to our travel consultant, she has no experience in high-end places, but this kind of ordinary place is not as familiar as Misha, so everyone decided to have Misha as the daily guide and Zofia as the high-end travel consultant;
As for Rebecca? How can this girl have been to a few places, except for the imperial capital of the Bright Empire, she doesn't even know where her territory is, how dare she count on her.
But she has a position, she has read a lot of books, and she has heard a lot of information; Although I have never been to many places, I have heard of famous places and read about them in books.
For example, Misha said that Ice Maple Canyon is a famous canyon, so Rebecca also added excitedly: "Adult, adult! There's a giant ice maple in Icemaple Canyon, and there's a Giant Tavern, and I've heard that the wine there is delicious, and the environment is very beautiful, and it's very lively—let's check it out! ”
"yes, yes! My lord, I've also heard of this tavern, and it is said that it is still a place that many adventurers and magicians yearn for, let's go, let's go! "Zofia is even coquettish to me for the first time.
"Alright! Since even Zofia is looking forward to the place so much, then we can't say that we won't go, let's go-Giant's Tavern-let's go! ”
Ice Maple Canyon is just a general name for this area, its actual area is too large, plus we are in the upper reaches of the canyon, along the canyon all the way down, we have to pass through three cities and more than 20 large and small villages and towns.
In order to meet the giant's tavern as soon as possible, we traveled day and night.
Finally, in the early morning of the sixth day, we arrived at the legendary Giant's Tavern.
Giant Ice Maple? Giant Tavern? Antonyms for it!
Legend has it that the Giant Ice Maple and the Giant Tavern are located in the middle and lower reaches of the canyon in Streamwatertown, but when we arrived in Streamwater, we found that there were only a few families to talk to, much smaller than Dana Town.
The so-called Giant Ice Maple is an ice maple that has lived from ancient times to the present, in fact, it is not tall at all, and the so-called Giant Tavern is the only tavern in Xishui Town, which happens to be built under the Giant Ice Maple Tree.
To say big? How small should it be? What a giant ice maple, a giant tavern, neither of which has anything to do with the giant!
Unexpectedly, they worked hard and slept in the open for six days and six nights, only in exchange for such a result, and everyone was depressed.
Although I was disappointed, I comforted them: "It's all here, let's go in and rest, this kind of trip is also a kind of fun!" ”
Everyone walked up the steps of the tavern with weakness.
"Welcome—travelers from afar—inside, please!" A young man with a smile on his face greeted him politely at the door.
There was no one in the tavern in the morning, and after sitting down, I couldn't help but ask the young man who greeted me curiously, "Can I ask if this is the Giant Tavern?" ”
The guy was still smiling, but he was just smiling, and he didn't mean to answer me.
Misha threw an alloy coin over, and then he spoke, "Yes, this gentleman, this is the famous Giant's Tavern!" ”
"Why is it called the Giant's Tavern?" I couldn't help but ask again.
The guy was still just smiling.
Well, tip again!
Misha tossed an alloy coin again, and he spoke again: "Legend has it that the ice maple was planted by a giant in ancient times, and this room was where the giant and her wife used to live; For the sake of your two tips, I'll send you another rumor; It is said that it was here that the third Pope of the Temple of Light and the first Majesty of the Empire of Light, as well as the dragon-slaying hero Helgen, met and together created the Temple of Light and the Empire of Light. ”
Now I completely understand why I am famous, it turns out that this is the first place: the so-called "giants" are all gimmicks, and the last three are the real giants - damn celebrity effect, deceiving the dead is not worth their lives!
But since the deception has been deceived, I simply have a round here.
"Boss, is there a room? Nine of us want four rooms for three days, are there stables? I have a mount that needs a clean stable and it will be kept for three days, how much do you think it is? ”
"This traveler, the Giant's Tavern does not provide consecutive accommodations, it can only be counted one day at a time, and one room a day is a gold coin; And we don't have stables either, so please find a place to settle your mount. ”
The boss behind the counter gave me a casual glance and ignored me.
"Y-I'm being looked down upon, huh?" It occurred to me in my mind.
But also, our current dress is too ordinary, ordinary looks and ordinary dress, many people can't tell its true appearance from the leather armor made of swamp crocodile and flower python, and will mistake it for ordinary snakeskin and crocodile skin, plus we also wear a linen-colored cloak outside, which makes people unable to see its real material.
Since you are looked down upon, then look down on you!
I took out a bag of gold coins and put it on the counter and said, "Here is a unit of gold coins (100 for a unit, 1,000 for a unit), deduct three days of accommodation, and arrange a clean place for me to mount, and the rest of the trouble will be replaced by what we have eaten and drunk for the past three days, if there is any left—it's all yours." ”
Sure enough, the boss's attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn.
"Okay, distinguished guest, please wait a moment, I will arrange it for you!"
He turned his head and asked again, "Are you a noble lord?" ”
I was stunned for a moment, remembering the rules of the mainland, gold coins can only be used by nobles, like travelers and adventurers can only use alloy coins and stone coins, so I said ambiguously: "Sort of, I have my own manor and a group of servants!" ”
Rebecca heard the anger and walked over, casually threw out a silver and white medal, and said unceremoniously: "See what this is?" ”
The tavern owner quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Distinguished guests, please be angry, please be angry! ”
After a smooth check-in, I wanted to sleep for three days.
But on the afternoon of the first day, we saw the popularity of this tavern and the "culture" of this tavern.
We were resting upstairs when we heard—
"Whose is that griffin in the backyard? Labor and management want it, how much money comes out to make a price! A pink-faced man in beautiful armor pushed open the door of the tavern and began to shout.
The tavern owner also seemed to know the identity of this pink-faced man, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Welcome, Baron Farmic, what wind is blowing you here?" Sit down, sit down! ”
"Old Derry, don't fight with me here, whose mount is that griffon? You go and tell him, Baron Ben wants it, let him make a price!" ”
Famick yelled at the tavern owner, Derry.
But the tavernkeeper Derry was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and we heard him reply in the room: "Baron Falmic, this is the Giant's Tavern, not your domain, and I can't afford to blame the Hilton lord!" ”
"Humph! If Uncle Hilton is to blame, it will naturally be explained by Baron Ben, do you still need to worry about it? Famik was still arrogant.
The tavern owner was no longer polite at this time: "The other party's entourage has a silver triangular medal, and it also has the mark of the Temple of Light on it, do you know what this means?" That's a third-class lord canonized by the temple! A third-class lord for continental use - you know what? Do you think Lord Hilton would allow you to offend such a character? ”
Unexpectedly, the pink-faced man didn't care at all, and still said unscrupulously:
"Hmph - a badge that I don't know where it came from scares you like this, don't forget that this is a tavern, and the empire doesn't have time to pay attention to these things if one or two people die in the tavern!"
I stood at the door of the room on the second floor and looked down, a little puzzled: "Misha, do you understand the meaning of the other party's words?" ”
Misha smiled and said, "Sir, the empire turns a blind eye to the fights and casualties that occur in the tavern by adventurers, and this is a tacit fact in the entire continent. ”
I raised my eyebrows and looked at Famik down with interest.
"Boss, I've got all the wine money for today, it's a unit of gold coins, it's not enough to find me again!" I deliberately threw a bag of gold coins from the second floor and landed on the counter, then turned around and went back into the room.
"Great! Did you hear that? Your wine money is covered by this distinguished guest, and you don't open your belly - dry! The tavern owner was delighted.
Then he pulled his face and looked at the powder-faced man of Famik with disdain, "He is the owner of the griffin, I advise you not to offend!" ”
The tavernkeeper Derry's words immediately caused some people to turn ill-intentioned glances at the pink-faced man.
"Hmph, a bunch of fools who have been taken advantage of—nothing to fear!" Famik tightened his sword at his waist and walked briskly up the stairs.
"Oops, hey! Little white face, you stepped on my foot - are you deaf? A burly, bearded man slapped the table in front of Famik.
"Get out of here!"
Famick gave him a gentle push, and the bearded man's body fell to the ground.
"You dare to hit my brother - everyone!"
The two companions of the bearded man each took up their weapons and slashed over, but they were easily dodged by the pink-faced man, Famik.
"Bang dang!"
Axes and hammers smashed on the next table.
"Are you all blind? What are you doing with us? The man at the next table also got up to fight back, and the pink-faced man Famick was caught between the two parties, not daring to move easily.
I heard the bearded man's scolding and ran out of the room to watch the excitement.
The movement is getting louder and louder, the chaos is getting bigger and bigger, and the number of onlookers coming out of the various rooms is also increasing.
The tavern owner and the tavern guy have also found their own positions, have already commanded the magic pen and magic book, and have begun to register, looking at the posture, you can know that this kind of thing happens often.
I asked Misha curiously, "Do there are frequent fights at the Adventurer's Tavern?" ”
Misha glanced at me with charming eyes, and said with a smile: "Master-you are so bad, such a big bag of gold coins is enough for their gang to eat and drink here for free for more than half a year!" Do you think these adventurers can help you stop the trouble without being red-eyed? - Besides, whoever causes it loses money, this is the unspoken rule of all continental taverns, and now that pink-faced man will be unlucky! ”
"Can this be? I didn't mean to, I just stimulated him if I didn't like that little white face! - By the way, if we go down and join in the fun - you—do you think it's okay? ”
I asked, a little itchy and a little embarrassed.
"Hehe-sir, you really say the same thing as them, sometimes it's so cute-oh, you see those people don't go down to join in the fun-but don't use any skills and magic--otherwise it's a bad rule, and it will cause public outrage!" Misha said a little mischievously.
"Whew!"
A long sword was thrown at me, and I reflexively tilted my head to dodge it, knowing whose sword it was.
"Bastard thing! If you want to find death, dare to assassinate me with a long sword, then it will be done for you! I scolded viciously in my mouth, and my heart was already happy: there was no reason to go down and join in the fun, and now you idiot sent me a reason, how could there be any reason not to take it.
Jumping directly above the pink-faced man's head from the second floor, he pressed straight on him, and picked up a fist the size of a sandbag.
"Knock, knock—" He punched seven or eight punches in quick succession, scooped him up and threw him over the shoulder, slamming him the floor.
The pink-faced man took the opportunity to roll on the ground, trying to escape my second attack, and accidentally tripped over the two adventurers who were fighting next to him.
Now it's fun - the two adventurers crush him under him regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, and start to greet him left and right.
And I myself was hit by other adventurers, and then I got involved in other fighting circles.
The whole tavern was in a mess and noisy, and I caught a glimpse of Zofia and Rebecca in the middle of the fight.
I thought to myself: It seems that everyone still can't hold back this excitement after all, it's really - it's so cool!
Everyone follows the unspoken rules that Misha said earlier, and they don't use skills or magic; But there are always exceptions, and there will always be people who can't afford to lose first.
"Get out of here!" A shrill roar erupted from the fighting crowd.
This man broke the rules and used skills.
I was being crushed under me by a large female adventurer, who struggled to break free and crawled under the table next to me.
It so happened that Rebecca and Misha were hiding here, still hugging each other, and I just ducked in and then Lily and Alice also ducked in.
I met them and smiled, "We should go out for a walk!" ”
Then we started swimming against the table.
It turned out that there were not only a few of us hiding under the table, but I saw several more people hiding under the table and continuing to drink and eat meat.
"Huh, Gogi!" I was surprised to find that Goji was among them.
"Master, come here, come here!" Goji also spotted us shouting.
We kept dodging the fighting crowd and the whizzing weapons, and headed towards her, finally putting the two tables together, and just as we tried to ask if we had seen Zofia, the tables were smashed to pieces.
"Collapse!"
Again, someone is using a skill.
"I'm going to kill you!" I saw the red-eyed pink-faced man lunge towards us, holding a large axe in his hand.
Alice, Lily, and Rebecca act at the same time. Lily and Rebecca each kicked him away, Alice kicked him in the wrist and kicked the axe away, the pink man leaned back and sat on the ground with a big split, and Misha took advantage of the situation to give him a big shovel kick on his children and grandchildren.
The movements of the four of them were done in one go, and the speed was amazingly fast.
"Ahh
Before he could bring his legs together, I grabbed a table leg and was about to knock on a stick, when a chair fell one step ahead of me.
I was curious to see that Zofia was smiling and greeting me.
When I saw Zofia, I didn't have the heart to continue the scuffle, so I pulled her and ran out, and out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a lot of people knocking on sticks.
"What about Ava and Enoch?" It wasn't until we had both escaped that I thought of the two of them and asked worriedly.
"Master, we're here!" Two voices came to mind behind me at the same time.
I hugged her and asked happily, "When did you run out?" ”
The two of them grinned and said, "As soon as you go down, we will jump out of the window of the room!" ”
I happily touched the heads of the two of them and exclaimed, "How smart! ”
Misha reminded at this time: "Master, check if there is anything missing?" ”
I understood what Misha meant, and smiled back, "Hehe—how can they move your master's things?" What do you see this is? ”
I proudly boasted of a shiny piece of armor and a money bag.
Although I don't understand the "culture" of taverns in another world, I also know the truth of fishing in troubled waters; Before I jumped from the second floor, I saw adventurers unhonestly touching other people's pockets, and then I understood that fighting and brawling were all tricks, and the third hand was the real goal.
If the tavern owner hadn't been clever enough to join in, I'd have figured he'd been stripped of his underwear.
The excitement has also been mixed, and the fights have also been fought, and we are all waiting at the door for the inside to end.