Dinner at the Inn

Yuna and Elvin exited the guild building. Yuna noticed that it was starting to get late. Dusk had fallen upon the land and darkness was beginning to take root as the sun retreated behind the horizon. "I think we should head back to the Stampeding Mongoose." Yuna said. "No need to travel tonight. Let's continue our journey in the morning."

"I agree." Elvin said. "It gets scary at night." With that the two head back to the inn.

As Yuna and Elvin entered the door of the inn, Peter greeted them. "Welcome home ladies." He said. "Would you care for a drink? Or perhaps some food?"

"Yes!" Yuna cheered. "I need both of those please."

"I am fine." Elvin said. "I am going back to my room Yuna. I will see you tomorrow."

"Goodnight Elvin." Yuna said as Elvin walked away. "So what kind of grub you got there Peter?"

"All kinds." Peter answered. "Since it's your first night here I will make it my treat."

"You are a good man Peter." Yuna said. "A damn good man."

"Well I try." Peter said. "Let me go to the back and make you some food. Here is some Honey Mead while you wait."

Yuna had never tried Honey Mead before and was interested in trying it. "Here goes." She said as she lifted her glass and took a swig of the nectar. He felt the sweet taste upon her tongue and enjoyed the flavor. "Oh wow this is really amazing." She said in surprise. As Yuna was enjoying her drink a man approached her from behind.

"Hey there sweet thing." He said. "How about I show you a good time tonight?"

"Seriously?" Yuna said in disgust. "Three."

"Three?" The man was confused. "You want to have a threesome baby? Slow down."

"Two." Yuna said.

"Two?" The man was more confused. "Yeah I want it just to be the two of us."

"One." Yuna said.

With that the man placed his hand on Yuna's shoulder. "That's right baby I will make you my only one tonight." He said.

Yuna grabbed the man's hand and twisted it back. This cause the man immense pain and rendered him unable to move. She then got out of her chair while holding the mans arm steady. With her free arm she used her elbow to strike the man in his diaphragm causing all the air to exit his body. Leaving him gasping. She then spun around him and grabbed the back of his head. Using all her force she slammed the mans head into the bar counter, causing him to lose conscious and land lifeless on the floor next to her chair. The rest of the bar just looked on. When Yuna looked around they all just turned their attention back to their drinks. Yuna sat back down to enjoy her drink.

"Why is it, no matter what world, men have to harass women when they are just trying to drink in peace." Yuna sighed to herself before she started drinking again.

Peter came out of the back room with a plate full of assorted foods. He noticed the unconscious man laying next to Yuna's seat. "Looks like you can some fun while I was preparing your meal." Peter sighed. "Here is some food, I didn't know what you liked, or what your world even ate, so I just made a bunch of different things. I call it my welcome to another world feast!"

"Thank you!" Yuna said. "I didn't realize how hungry I was until just now. I haven't eaten since I got to this world."

"So the man down there?" Peter asked. "He still alive?"

"I think so." Yuna said continuing to eat.

"Well that's good." Peter smiled. "Deposing of dead bodies can be quite expensive. I wasn't sure you had the coin to cover the cost."

"I only have what the King gave me when I got here." Yuna said.

"That wouldn't be enough." Peter said with a serious face. "So try not to create any corpses."

"Well tell people not to try and pick me up." Yuna said, still eating.

"I still feel like you could have just turned him down." Peter stated.

"I know his type, we have his type in my world." Yuna explained. "He wouldn't have taken no for an answer. I promise you that he will think twice about harassing a woman again."

"If he can still think." Peter said looking at the body on the floor. There was a large swollen bruise on his head where it had met the counter top.

"I am sure he will be fine." Yuna said. "So tell me Peter what am I eating right now. It is super tasty."

"That would be fried boar belly." Peter explained. "There you have mushroom medley, and that on your plate is a type of fish I don't recall the name of." He said as he pointed to the various items on the plate.

"Well everything is delicious." Yuna said. "This honey mead is just outstanding as well. This almost makes it worth coming to this other world."

"So what did the guild tell you?" Peter was curious. "Are you the chosen hero that's going to save us all?" He laughed.

"I doubt it." Yuna joked along with him. "They basically told me that I was weird, but they did give me a mission to deliver a scroll to some house outside of the gates."

"Oh Max sent you to him did he." Peter said while collecting Yuna's empty plate.

"You know this man?" Yuna asked.

"Why sure I know everyone." Peter laughed. "That man is a master mage, he is a legend among the arcane. He resented being torn away from his world and never really embraced it here." Peter explained. "He is a great mage though, I don't know, if he gave it his all, he might have succeeded."

"Wow." Yuna said. "Thanks for the food and the story Peter. I am going to head to bed now." She said as she got up and left the main room of the inn.

"Have a good night!" Peter yelled at her as she left.