A Refreshing Morning

When the master-apprentice duo returned to the Plump Pig, they avoided the kitchen like a plague. Since the old butcher was busy bleeding Winter Bison carcass, it was their chance to sneak by without further questions or interruptions.

Rizz dashed by the reception desk with purpose. he received a room on the third floor, led Sabina up the two flights of stairs, and locked the door behind them. 

The simple room was quaint. As one of the largest available, it came with two beds, a table, four cushioned chairs, and a mostly empty bookshelf. Atop the bookshelf was a reed diffuser with a fresh, forest fragrance lightly drifting through the room. There was also a wooden tablet with a town map burned and etched into it. 

Sabina was a bit surprised to see Rizz get instantly excited over the wood print map. But her surprise subsided only a moment later when Rizz happily leaped onto a bed, passing out face first in seconds.