Just another day in Hestia
Anwyll woke up the following day without even waking anyone up ...
he stood up and walked up to the wall before tapping on it ... and with the tap .. crimson runes that were embedded on the wall lit up .. as the wall disappeared ..
he walked through it and the wall closed behind him as he walked from alleyways to alleyways avoiding the patrolling knights in Hestia ...
(Author note: Hestia is the kingdom he lives in ..)
he kept walking and walking until he stopped infront of a building that had a wooden board with words inscribed on it ...
•Ambrosium•
he entered ... and wiped the dust off his feet on the welcoming brown mat on the entrance ..
he pushed the heavy wooden doors and entered ... and as soon as he did eyes fell on him ... older men .. and older women ..
although they were drunkards ... they looked every much like beautiful nobles that wasted their lives ...
"Ambrose .. what is a kid doing here ... !!?" a slim looking man called out to the bartender ..
"Ah ..!! little Ann come over here .. don't mind these old folks ..." Ambrose the bartender called out to Anwyll with a smile on his face ...
Anwyll walked over hastily and sat on the wooden bar stool on his right and stared at the bartender's face ... "So why are you here little Ann ... you know that if the patrolling knights find you here ... you will be put in prison ..." Ambrose inquired whilst wiping the wooden tankard in his hand ..
"Oh don't tell me .. you're already old enough to have mead ..." he laughed out loud which caused the latter to laugh as well only lower ...
"No ... sir Ambrose ... I came here in need of a job and I was wondering if you have anything for me ..??" Ambrose wiped the second glass before placing it on the table and pouring milk into it ..
"I don't have anything for you ... sorry ... but I bet there's someone around in need of assistance ... " he said with a stiff smile before pushing the glass towards Anwyll who picked the tankard up and drank the milk up in a haste ..
"Thank you for your generosity sir Ambrose ... I will look somewhere else ... and tell aunt Mary that the bread from hump day was very delicious ..." he said as he walked out of the inn ..
he turned his head sideways looking for a destination ...
once he made a resolute decision he ran to his left down the street right to the alleyway and left again ..
he then stopped for air and looked up at the building before him ..
unlike Ambrosium ... this inn was a little bit on average standards ... it might as well be called a hotel because of the brilliance it had adorned itself with ...
bronze and crimson coloured metal embedded inside the wooden board as a title ...
•Kaesar•
he went up to the door and breathed in and out ...
he then walked forward opening the door and was met with a lot of gazes ...
"Uhm ... sir Caesar ... I have come to you .. regarding a job ... I was wondering if you needed any help ..!?" the well dressed people who were far more noble than the ones at Ambrosium glanced at Anwyll once and averted their gazes as if he was a filthy ant in the den of lions ...
for this was disrespectful ... even though they have faced against such things in the past ... and people like Anwyll were dealt with in an inappropriate way ...
either sold as slaves or thrown out of the kingdom ... by the king's orders ..
and as Anwyll walked even deeper inside the inn .. not even caring for the gazes on him ... they glared at him and looked him up and down in disdain ...
"Hmph ... what is a rat doing in here ..?!?" a chubby man in leather armour exclaimed after seeing Anwyll walking with a carefree attitude ...
"Hey you rat ... you dare enter ... when we're dining ... couldn't you have just waited until we were done and got your leftovers shortly after we left ...!!!??" although the man was speaking out of anger ... the other nobles around him chortled and some even smirked at Anwyll watching him go with an embarassed expression ...
"What's going on in here ... I heard the commotion from my kitchen ..." a middle aged man walked out from a door behind the table with a nonchalant expression as he gazed around the whole place ...
then right in the centre of the inn .. there he stood ... Anwyll with an embarassed expression looking at him with pleading eyes ...
"Sir Caesar ... I came here in need of ..." before he could finish ... Caesar walked so fast appearing right infront of him giving the lad a hard slap across the face ...
Anwyll skidded across the inn and crashed into the wall ... ripping away the little bit of paint on the wall ...
Anwyll stayed down for a few minutus holding his face in his palm gently .. caressing the bruise beneath his eye ..
fear rose within his heart as he stood up slowly his legs shaking ...
"You ..!! you dare step your filthy feet inside my inn .. do you not have respect .. can you not see the respective nobles ... here ...!!?" Caesar walked up to him and caught him by his raggy old brown shirt lifting him up in the air before slamming him down to the ground ..
the respective sir's and ladies smiled seeing this ...
they finally had something to keep them smiling and grinning from ear to ear ...
not only did Anwyll barge inside the in. uninvited but he also ignored them as if they didn't exist ..
he deserved everything that was happening to him as of now ..
they laughed and released small chortles ...
Caesar then spat on Anwyll's face before picking him up again ... but before he could plant another fist .. a hand covered in light yellow armour blocked his punch and moved his hand slightly to the side ...
then a knight in full yellow armour set stepped forward with a bronze spear as tall as him ..
"Caesar ... what are the rules ..!!?" the knight tapped the spear 2 times loudly on the floor causing the nobles to flinch ..
those who were laughing and smiling evilly were shuddering in fear before the mighty Knight ..
although they were just called the patrolling knights ... they were more than that .. they were only ranked as inferior by the royal knights and those residing in the deep parts of the kingdom since they were given more control and nurtured to more power ..
and so seeing such a knight in here caused them to shut up even if he was the weakest ...
"I will ask again ... Caesar what are the rules ..!!" the knight said with anger in his tone tapping his spear 4 times this time ...
Caesar stood infront of the Knight quietly with no words coming out from his mouth ... he was petrified ... how would he answer the question ... this rat entered his inn without respect ...
"This boy here entered inside my inn .. uninvited and started insulting my customers and as the owner of the inn .. I had to show some face .. but before I could even do anything he hit me ... however luckily I didn't get any bruises ... I had to retaliate ... so great Saint .. please forgive my actions ..." Caesar bowed down slightly in an act of respect infront of the respected knight ...
"You boy .. why have you come here uninvited .. did you not know that people from the slums are not welcome in these privileged sections ...!!" the knight tapped his spear on the ground fiercely infuriated with furrowed brows ...
"I apologize great Saint for barging in without respect .. please forgive my actions ... I will accept any punishment you have for me .." Anwyll shook violently with fear surging inside his bones and his soul as he knelt on one knee prepared for the consequences ..
the knight sneered before kneeing Anwyll in the stomach and slapped him ... he then turned to Caesar and held his hand out ..
"If you don't want this get to his majesty you will have to pay and I will make sure that what happened here never happened .." Caesar quickly ran behind his table and retrieved 30 gold coins and three palladium coins ...
"This is all I have great Saint ... " Caesar said handing the 33 coins over to the knight ...
the nobles inside the inn had smiles on their faces as they heard Caesar's lies ...
he was a bastard but they themselves couldn't help but mod their heads in approval as Caesar defended himself and them ...
the nobles were the ones who insulted Anwyll and he was the one who attacked Anwyll and the latter just went on with it and let himself get hit and beaten up mercilessly as the nobles laughed their hearts out ..
Anwyll wasn't even angry .. he was just scared and helpless and didn't know what to do ..
he just went on with the consequences ...
the knight nodded in response as he held the pouch filled with coins ..
he turned his head and looked at Anwyll who was bleeding all over ... and his bruises had gotten much bigger and had swollen to the point where his face was mangled and looked unfixable ...
the knight walked towards him and caught him by his neck and threw him outside as he went the other way turning a blind eye to what had just happened ...