In the morning I wake up before. I get up from bed put on my gear. I start thinking about my future plans. I should probably head towards the town I saw, always getting sidetracked isn't helping me in the slightest. I hear Marie groan and see her waking up, she slowly gets up from the bed.

Me: Good morning Marie.

Marie: Ahh, good morning to you to. Why are you all dressed up like that?

Me: I know this is rather quick but I was kind of planning heading out on my way, but I didn't want to just leave so I waited. 

Marie: "Ahhh..", it kind of sounded like she was disappointed "well, if it is a thing you must do I will not stop you."

Me: Well, you see, I kind of was wanting to ask you. Will you lead me to the nearest town? I don't know the area much and I guessed that you would know more.

As I say those words she immediately light up and quickly gets up from the bed. 

Marie: I will gladly show you!!

She puts on her dress, heals and hat and picks some of her stuff and heads towards the door, a smile plastered across her face. I gather up my stuff and go with her. 

The walk is long, though the forest but we manage to find a small track which leads to the town. On our walk we talk some more, about mundane stuff, some different topics come and go. About our weird first encounter but how in the end we both enjoyed each others company. 

Two hours later.

We manage to reach the town, bigger than you had expected. Streets bristling with activity, people walking, everybody doing something. People selling their wares, chatter and yelling filles the air. This is not too far away from a normal city life on a market. Marie happily points every point of interest, a blacksmith shop, a potion, gear, clothe shops. You then reach the town center, a temple stand tall, but simple in design. She then points to two building opposite side but facing each other. One a inn where travelers and adventurers gather and drink and eat, Marie says that the place isn't half bad and that that is where I could find myself a room to stay at. The other one, in front of which people dressed in robes, armor and other gear stand, is the Adventurers guild, well, the one for this particular area. There I can register myself as a adventurer and complete quests and tasks for coin. Nothing I don't know already but it is enjoyable seeing her talk so much and with such interest.

We then proceed to walk towards the guild building, passing many people, some giving me side eyes and glances. I probably do stick out like a sore thumb but nothing I can for now. We walk into the building, on the left are chairs and sofas, where the adventurers sit and talk. On the right a board with papers and posts pined to it, probably a quest and bounty board. And in front a counter which a woman sits at. She is probably the receptionist. Marie and Me  walk over to the counter and upon seeing Marie the receptionist light up.

(I know generic but a reference image. Hair color is brown, and of course, smaller bust)

???: Marie!! Hey, glad to see you here. What brings you to us? 

She then notices me standing beside Marie and before Marie could answer to the original question the girl asks.

???: And who is this boy next to you? Have you finally found a boyfriend?

This causes to Marie to get embarrassed and blushes beet read.

Marie: HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!!! HE IS AN AQUAINTANCE!! 

???: Oh come on Marie, how long do you plan on being a maiden? You have to find yourself a man sooner or later.

Marie: "Shut up!! Anyway. Sofie, this is Mason," she says pointing towards me "and I have come here to give him a quick run down of the town and helped him register."

Sofie: Well, glad to meet you Mason. As you have heard, my name is Sofie, Sofie Tourn. So you wanted to register?

Me: Glad to meet you Ms. Sofie, and yes, I need some coin and registering would not be a terrible idea.

Sofie then proceeds to pull out a piece of paper and a small bronze plate. 

Sofie: First Mason, are you of age 18 or above.

Me: Yes Ms. I am.

Sofie: Great, I will give you this paper and you can fill it out. Once you do come back to me and give me it, and then we can register you.

I grab the paper and head over to one of the nearby table which had a pencil on them. I start to reading through it. First filling out my name, I wrote Mason and needed to make up some kind of last name, so I just wrote Smith. Then it asked me if I am wanted by the law to which I just wrote No. Then it asked me what do I specialize in, and that makes me think. I use guns, so probably long range combat best suits me. So I just write  Long Range combat. Once I finish I head back over to Sofia. I see her and Marie and arguing with Marie red as a tomato. I hand over the paper to Sofia to which she nods. She then looks down at the paper and then with an raised eyebrow looks at me.

Me: What? Is something wrong?

Sofie: Long range combat? 

Me: Well yeah, that is where I am best.

Sofie: You were supposed to write Magic, archery, swordsmanship and such. 

I facepalm myself. Why didn't I think of that? Well, it isn't my fault, they should have specified it more.

Sofie: From what you are saying I am guessing either Archery or Support magic.

Me: You could say like something like that. Just put support magic.

She just nods and then proceeds to say some words in a language I can't understand. Then a blue light appears on the bronze plate and then it just disappears. 

Sofie: There and done. Congratulations, you have been registered to the guild. You can now take on quests and bounties that you deem you can do. But do watch out, death is possible. 

Me: Worry not, I know of that. One question though. Can I take my first quest today, since I do need coin for a place to stay.

Sofia: I mean you can, but normally newcomers take the first day to get some gear and maybe make some comrades.

Me: Oh, well I got the gear thing covered and I normally like to operate more alone than in groups.

Sofie: Well, if you believe that you are ready, then by all means go ahead.

I nod, and go over to the quest board, looking at different quests. Looking for something that would be easy and quick to do, even looking at running some errands. I notice couple that peek my interest, one is to gather some herbs, one is to help fix a fence. Finding herbs would definitely take more time, that is if I do manage to find them while this fixing the fence, yes the pay is smaller but it is quick to do. So I grab it and hand the paper to Sofie saying that I will take this one. She just nods and both me and Marie leave the guild.

Me: Well, this is where we part for now. But I wouldn't mind seeing you again, will you be visiting the town again.

Marie: Well, I mostly come here to sell some stuff, buy some necessities and that is pretty much it. So, I might come again soon,

I nod at her remark. We exchange a good strong hug and then part our ways. She heading home and me going to the quest location. As I arrive I notice that it is a smaller house with a nice garden. I knock on the door and am greeted by a older couple.

Old man: Who might you be young man?

Me: I saw that you needed help fixing the fence.

Old woman: Oh thank the gods somebody picked it. You see we would have done it ourselves , but w are to  old and can't really do it.

Me: No worries, that is why I am here. Could you show me what needs fixing?

The old man nods and I follow him to the backyard, a really nice yard, slightly overgrown but nice none the less. The broken fence maybe covers about 8 meters, so I go over to the shed and grab some wood, nails and a hammer. It takes me about 3 to 4 hours to mend everything and have worked quite a sweat working under the sun. I knock on the back door and tell that the fence is fixed.

Old man: Thank you again young man. We started to lose hope, since nobody was taking it. Here is your pay, we added a little bit extra to it.

Me: You shouldn't have, but thank you.

Old woman: Don't be so modest. Would you like to stay for dinner?

Me: Thank you for the offer, but I must be going.

Old couple: Alright. Stay safe boy and thanks again.

I wave back and head towards the center, to maybe get a room to sleep in at the inn and maybe even eat. I hope I got enough to afford everything. I manage to get to the center and walk into the inn. Immediately greeted by sounds of chatter, laughter and arguing, and a sweet smell of food and ale. A notice a young woman serving the customers and a older man standing behind a counter. 

I presume that he is the innkeeper so I approach him.

The man: What can I do for you sonny?

Me: Do you by any chance have a spare room?

The man: We do. I am guessing you want a single bed room.

Me: Yeah.

The man: That would be 2 silver for a night, and if you plan on staying longer there is a discount of a month being 40 silver.

I hand him my pouch and asks: How many nights would this get me?

The man: Well, from what I see young man, that would be about a month and a half.

I stand there, not realizing how much I got, but it's best not to spend all of it, so I might as well get a room for a month and the rest would be for food.

Me: I'll take a room for a month.

Man: Great. Anything else?

Me: Well, also, what meal would you recommend me? Something not to expensive.

The man turns around and grabs some keys and hands them to me and says: Here you go the keys to your room, second floor last room on the left hallway, and I would suggest maybe a pork stew.

Me: "Thanks sir", I say grabbing the keys, "and I'll get one pork stew please."

Clayton: Name is Clayton and one pork stew, anything else.

Me: No, that would be everything.

Clayton yells: Kattie dear, one pork stew for this young man here.

Kattie: Yes dad, right o'.

She runs past us and into the kitchen. I go over and find a table to sit at, there isn't any free tables but there is a free seat at a large table in the middle. I walk over and ask if I can sit down and all I get is a nod. I sit down, but I feel eyes on me, the patrons eyeing me, scanning me, evaluating, trying to figure out who I am.

I put the M1 between my legs, my Luger still on my holster. I feel unease but there is nothing I can do, better get used to this. The girl walks to me and puts a plate down in front of me.

Kattie: Here is your stew, enjoy.

Me: Thanks.

I begging eating, but as I eat I feel even more stared at. I wonder why, am I doing something wrong. Then I notice, they all eat rather like savages, and here is me, with my, well what would be considered a noble way of eating. Or as it was on Earth called, a normal way of eating. But I guess this world still hasn't learned basic table manners so I probably look like some damn noble. But I just continue on eating, ignoring them and once I finish I wipe my mouth and get up and head upstairs to get some damn rest.

After I find it, I unlock it and walk in. A single bed, one window looking out into the back alley, a table and a chair. It isn't much but it will do. I close the door behind me and lock it, take off my gear and get in bed. Excited for what adventures tomorrow will bring. I close my eyes and drift off to sleep.

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