“Allow me to expin to you how to take quests,” Tom said, having just recovered from the mental damage. “You may choose any quest your rank allows for. Once you’ve chosen your quest, inform the person at the reception about the quest you want to take. Once we’ve firmed that you are able to take the quest, we will give you a small tag to p the quest on the wall to show that someone has cimed it.” Tom revealed a small wooden tag with a copper coloured symbol.

  Adam turo Jurot. “What do you think? Which quest should we take?”

  “You’re letting me pick?” Jurot asked.

  “Why not? I don’t really mind what we pick, but I might choose something you don’t like.” Adam shrugged his shoulders casually.

  Seeing that Adam was giving him the power to choose, Jurot stepped up towards the rge wall littered with posters. Adam stood near him, making sure everyone else saw how he was standing beside an Iyrman, just in case they had any ideas.

  ‘It’s probably not just elves and dwarves. I feel like there are some humans who don’t like elves either. I should probably figure out why soon.’ He had felt the way some people looked at him, and had thought there was something odd going on.

  Jurot tapped a posted his solid finger. “This one,” he said.

  “Boar Hunting,” Adam said. “Offers at least three gold per boar, not bad.”

  “It depends on how big the boar is. Larger boars also e with rger tusks, which the guild takes into sideration, not just the meat.”

  “Right, for alchemy and stuff?”

  “Right, for alchemy and stuff.” Jurot nodded, w if he had made the right decision in teaming up with the half elf.

  “We’ll take the Boar Hunting quest,” Adam said, approag Tom.

  “I’ve firmed that you are able to take the quest,” Tom said, handing over a tag with a copper symbol. The copper symbol meant that a part was tag the quest, but it didn’t give any specifics beyond it. “Usually, when you fail a quest you might o pay a fee. However, Copper Rank quests don’t have such a stipution, unless under certain circumstances when you’ll be told.”

  “Uood.” Adam nodded. “Let me grab my stuff and we head out,” Adam said, tossing the tag to Jurot as he went to go and grab his pabsp;

  Jurot raised his brow, w why Adam o go and grab his pack as they were only going a few miles away.

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  Adam, oher hand, knew how it was for life to turn to hell within the span of a few seds. ‘Best to be prepared,’ he thought, grabbing his pad hoisting it onto his back. He pced a few items into the warddrobe, since he didn’t need everything, but he took most of his adventuring gear with him.

  “I’m ready,” Adam said, fully adorned in heavy mail, a bde at his side, a shield on his back, a pair of hand axes within arm’s reach, his pouch, and his rge backpack. He was like a child about to go on a school trip, except it was a trip which could easily kill him if he let down his guard.

  “…” Jurot turned, wordless. He led Adam out the Adventurer’s Guild, and followed the road towards the tre of town.

  The Iyrmen watched as Jurot and the half elf followed the road towards the tre, one of them sooering the Adventurer’s Guild. He caught Tom’s eye, who then invited him around back. “Keep an eye on the half elf,” the Iyrman said. “There’s something up with him.”

  “I will take that into sideration,” Tom said. “However, there’s only so much we do, even for you.”

  “We’re just asking you to keep an eye on him. If something happens to Jurot, please let us know.”

  “We will, of course.” Tom nodded.

  The Iyrmen weren’t sure about Adam as of yet. There was something off about him, but they couldn’t quite pce it.

  “Hold on,” Adam said as Jurot tried to veer off towards the main road to leave the town. “There’s something we o do.”

  “What?” Jurot turned back to look at him. “Did you leave behind something?”

  “No, no, nothing like that.” Adam tio look around, trying to spot someone. He csped his hands together. “I just need a little assist for this first.”

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  His eyes sed along the town before he found a young boy. He had dirt all over his face, and wed clothing. His hair was dark, a dirty dirt blonde, but there was something more to him.

  SpellGuidanceD3 = 1 (1)

  Insight CheckD20 + 1 + 2 = 21 (18)

  The boy moved differently than others. It wasn’t quite like he had grown up ireets, but more than he was being used to them. He walked with his head held slightly too high.

  “Hey, kid,” Adam called out, taking out a silver . “I need your help.” Adam wondered what was so special about the young man. ‘He doesn’t seem like someone who would grow up oreet. Through all the dirt and raggedness, he’s actually a pretty cute kid. Meaning…’ Adam sighed. ‘No, no poiing involved in his business when I’m this weak. I don’t even remember him from my previous life, so he’s going to have to hold on for now.’

  The young child, no older than ten, approached Adam quickly. “Yes?” he said, his voice g the feigement of urs.

  “I need you to guide me to some bakeries. Do a good job and I’ll tip you.” Adam smiled.

  “As you wish,” he said, turning on his heel and leading Adam to a bakery.

  ‘He didn’t even try to take my first. Suspicious!’

  ‘Why are you looking for a bakery? Suspicious!’

  The youngster led Adam around, through the crowds, and towards the bakery.

  It was a rge building with a small front, a small door which opeo a tiny room, revealing some of what the bakery had to offer. There was a young woman, who very much looked like a woman who grew up on bread, at the front pag some bread. She was a young woman, barely an adult. She was full bodied, and looked as though she smelt of pastries, with copper touched hair and a eyes.

  Adam stepped away and turo face the boy, a smile on his face. “Good job, this is exactly what I was looking for.”

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  Adam tipped the boy a couple of copper pieces for his good work in bringing him to the right bakery. The youngster quickly took the s, turned, and fled from him. ‘…’

  ‘The young boy run away from you so quickly…’ Jurot narrowed his eyes. ‘Suspicious!’

  ‘Didn’t I bathe st night?’ Adam decided against sniffing his pits to make sure, not wanting to ruin his appetite just in case.

  “We shouldn’t waste our time,” Jurot said, seeing Adam wait outside the bakery with a huge smirk on his face.

  “Waste time? We’re not wasting time. Just this once, you should follow my lead. I let you choose the quest, didn’t I?” Adam tio smirk wide. “In here is some bread and a snack for you. e on, I’ll pay for what we buy.” Adam stepped into the bakery, inhaling the sweet smells of the bread and pastries.

  The young woman looked at the two men, notig how they were armed, but then noticed Jurot’s tattoos and the adventurer’s tags dispyed over their chests.

  “How I be helping you?” she asked, her fingers tinuing to work the part over the bread, not needing to look at what she was doing as she packed up the food.

  Jurot hadn’t uood why Adam wao e here. However, as he looked all around, he indeed found lots of bread, and a snabsp;

  “Go ahead,” Adam said. “Why don’t you pick out some bread for us, Jurot?” Adam’s smile wasn’t i in the slightest as he stared at Jurot.

  Jurot’s eyes were avoiding his, sing all across the bread which was on offer. He could feel his cheeks burn slightly, feeling the pierg gazes of two people against his back. ‘…’

  “Why don’t we take your most popur bread?” Adam asked eventually. “I’d also like four jam filled buns too, if you have any.”

  “That we do,” she said. “ing right up.” Her hands blurred as she grabbed some bread for them, pag them up post haste. She went around back to find some buns, f some jam into them, before returning to pack them up for the two men before her. “That’ll be two silver pieces.” She should have charged much higher, but it was an Iyrman before her, so she couldn’t just charge adventurer prices to them.

  “Thank you,” Adam said, pg dowwo silver pieces oable, and accepting the bread.

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  “I hope to see you again,” the baker said.

  “I’m Adam by the way,” he said, elbowing Jurot.

  “Jurot,” the Iyrman grumbled.

  “Pam,” the baker said.

  “It’s a pleasure to meet you, isn’t that right Jurot?”

  “Right.”

  “You as well, Adam, Jurot.” She smiled at them. She had hoped they came around more often, even if she couldn’t charge them exorbitant prices.

  Adam waved a goodbye, leaving first. Jurot nodded his head in her general dire and followed after him. As they stepped outside, Adam smirked. He handed Jurot a bun, his eyes sparkling with mischief. Jurot didn’t say anything, instead he grabbed the bun and bit into it.

  ‘Soft. Thick. The bun is pretty good too.’

  “Do you uand now?” Adam asked.

  “Some bread and a snae,” Jurot said. Jurot’s thoughts fell away from his trol for a moment. “I uand.”

  “Alright, let’s get to hunting.” Adam chuckled. He touched the bag with the jam buns, cooling them using Tricks so that it would still be fier on. ‘Should have probably thought about that.’

  Jurot tio lead them as they ate the soft and fluffy bread. His thoughts soon came back to the task at hand, stepping with fidence as they approached the gate. There they saair of guards, the same guards Adam had seen previously.

  “If it isn’t the young man from yesterday,” Marie said, smiling down at Adam.

  “If it isn’t the beautiful Marie, and her beautiful sister, Mary.”

  “The cheek! You ’t be saying that to guards.”

  “My mother didn’t raise no liar,” Adam said. “What do you think, Jurot? You’re an Iyrman, you ’t lie.”

  Jurot nodded, but didn’t say more.

  “You see?”

  “Right, right. Well, off to adventure are we?” Mary spotted the tags. “Both of you are new, huh? I didn’t expect you to have three stamps already.”

  “Well, I’m very talented.”

  “Do you have your copper?”

  “That I do,” Adam said, nodding his head. “Enough to head on back.”

  “Well good luck to the pair of you, though I’m not sure you , Jurot was it?”

  Jurot nodded.

  “If you e across anything too dangerous, make sure you run away. A bit of gold isn’t worth your life, alright?”

  “There’s no dishonour in running when you’re a Copper Rank adventurer, you hear?”

  “Right,” Adam said, nodding his head. “Uood.”

  “Are you sure? You’re not going to tell me that you aren’t a coward, and that nothing take you on, it’s just a Copper Rank quest?”

  “I’m a fan of living,” Adam said, chug. “If I wao die, I’d have chosen another way than to die to a few boars.”

  “Boars are quite touch, so be careful. If you e across one which is too big to handle, just toss some rations and run back here.”

  Adam looked to Jurot, whose face was bnk. He hadn’t replied to the womehey were talking about running away. “Uood. We’ll be heading out now. e on, Jurot.”

  “You’d better e back safe and sound!” the guard sisters shouted after them as they left.

  'Did you really just set off our death fgs?'

  Mary and Marie out here trying to kill our protagonists...