CHAPTER NINETEEN : EASY GOING

Terry walked through a small hallway with a sack full of sixteen-thousand gold pieces in hand. He stopped at a desk that had no line. He walked past a bunch of doors that were all numbered. Mages watched Terry with wide eyes probably due to the vast amounts of gold he was carrying.

A woman in the same uniform as Beca stood behind the desk, "Hello are you looking for housing?" She questioned.

Terry smiled and nodded his head, "Yeah I can go for some sleep." His eyes felt heavy and his body sluggish. He hadn't slept since he was at the Trader's Inn.

She nodded her head with a smile, "Of course which room do you want we have our basic room at twenty gold a week. Advanced for 40 gold a week. Our high-end rooms are 80 gold a week. Our best rooms are 160 gold a week which are restricted to class A and up mages."

"Well I'm class S I think. So I'll take one of the best rooms you have." Terry said with a weak smile.

"Oh, you are? I just haven't seen you here so I assumed forgive me." The receptionist said seemingly tapping her fingers on a desk and waving her hands until her eyes widened, "Oh... your right. The new Tome Finder is pleased to meet your acquaintance and your job history. Impressive for only being here one day. Slaying ten dire rats and a lich amazing."

Terry scratched the back of his head and smiled, "Thanks."

She did a few more gestures and returned the smile, "Alright I can get you a high-end room we have one available. Would you be paying weekly or yearly? If you are paying yearly it is a fifty percent discount."

"Discount?" Terry questioned with a cock of his head.

The receptionist laughed shortly, "It just means it'll be a bit cheaper. It would be three thousand eight hundred and forty gold pieces if you would like to pay for the year."

Terry lifted the large bag of gold over the counter, "Sure... I should have enough in here." Terry said dropping the gold letting it hit the desk with a loud -THUD-.

"Impressive," She whispered untying the top of the bag pulling out a handful of golden coins. She began to count handful by handful, "We've definitely been needing another S rank mage we've been getting backlogged in our S rank requests as Dragoncaller and Phoenix doesn't do as much as they should be." The receptionist spoke while counting.

Terry laughed lightly, "I see. Well, don't expect me to do too much more than they do. I'm still pretty new."

"Oh, you don't need to worry about that if you do a task more than once every two weeks then you'll be doing more than them." She took a few more coins out of the bag and smiled pushing the bag back to Terry a small pile of golden coins sat in front of her, "There we go three thousand eight hundred and forty coins. Perfect." She reached under the desk and handed Terry a key, "This key will take open the door down the hallway and to the right. Your name will already be posted on the nameplate of the door."

Terry nodded his head taking the sack of gold coins it felt quite a bit lighter Terry thought to himself as he tied it back up. "Alright thank you." He said walking off with the key in hand. He took a right at an intersection and walked past two doors one's plate read Dragoncaller the next Phoenix and his name was on the very end, Terry. He smiled to himself putting the key into the door and turning it. The door opened right up.

Terry had stars form in his eyes as he walked in the room was bathed in a gentle white light. A small hot tub sat in the corner with a large mirror mounted on the wall across from a gargantuan bed. He walked in closing the door behind him with a smile on his face, "It's nice." He muttered.

"It is," Erebus responded.

Terry smiled wide, "it's much better than what I'm used to at the orphanage... my own bed my own... everything."

"Of course... There is something you need to know."

"What is it Erebus..." Terry was quiet for a moment, "But first I really don't like calling you by that name how bout E?" He walked over to the bed and laid down.

"If that's what you wish... What I wanted to tell about is the soul gem you carry in your pocket."

Terry reached down grabbing the gem out of his pocket looking deeply into it, "Yeah? What about it?"

"I know you are still pained about what happened to her and you feel like it's your fault. Which it is.... but as you get stronger and gain more control over our powers you can bring her back... back the way she was."

"Really? That's.... that's really good to hear." Terry muttered putting the gem back into his pocket. He looked over at a small table that had another mirror sitting on the desk. "Why would I need two mirrors?" Terry questioned sitting up from the bed. He put his hand on the mirror it lit up lightly in vibrant white light.

The mirror began to speak a distorted voice spoke, "Hello, REGISTERED USER what would you like to order? A list of five different boxes with different food items was listed they were, "CHICKEN, BEEF, SEAFOOD, PORK, VEGETARIAN"

"What is this?" Terry questioned looking at the mirror for a few moments until reaching out for the STEAK button. A few more buttons popped up but Terry stopped reading them and started clicking through them to see what would happen.

The distorted voice began to speak again, "One STEAK dinner with STEAMED POTATOES and TEA price THIRTEEN gold pieces. CONFIRM?"

Terry hit the confirm button and the mirror turned black. "Hmm, odd thing. He laid back on his bed closing his eyes slowly falling asleep. Terry awoke with a start to a knock on his door, "C...coming." He said groggily standing up walking to the door. Upon opening, he was greeted by a young mage boy in a suit and tie,

"Here's ya order sir." He was pushing a trolly covered in a white cloth with a plate with a dome lid over it, and a pitcher filled with ice cubes and a smooth brown liquid. "It's thirteen gold, sir." He said his smile widening a bit.

"Oh... hold on." Terry turned around counting thirteen gold pieces out of his bag that laid on the floor next to the door. "Alright. Here ya go." Terry handed the gold pieces to the young boy and took the dome plate and the pitcher. The boy walked past with the trolly. Terry turned around noticing a table with forks and spoons and a small glass. "That wasn't there before," Terry said with a chuckle walking over to the table.

Terry sat down and began to eat, 'I could get used to this.'

Terry didn't leave the room for a whole week. Why would he? He had everything he needed. His one personal bathroom behind a door in the back of the room food and as much entertainment he could want with the mirror across from his bed.

Terry slept with a smile on his face he wore fresh clothing that he was able to order through the mirror his burned tarnished clothing was scattered around the room lazily. He woke up to a loud knock, "I didn't order anything." Terry said to himself getting up walking to the door and opening it.

Dragoncaller also known as Darryl stood at the door, "Hey Terry I have a mission I want to go on with you."

"What is it?" Terry questioned scratching the back of his head.

"Another Tomefinder." Dragoncaller said with a smile, "It's S rank so we'll both get four k gold pieces though you probably don't need it I heard about the big payday you got on your first day. Crazy how that works."

Terry smiled, "Yeah... I'm game where are we going?"

Darryl returned Terry's smile and it slowly contorted into a smirk, "The orphanage you came from. I should have known there was another one there."

Erebus chuckled in Terry's head, 'So, she was found.'