Back to town

As usual Ryu had to stand naked whereas the girls got some vigorous finger-banging, but what happens in the guardroom would stay in the guardroom and once they walked out, none spoke of it like it was the most natural thing to do... well, it wasn't the first nor the last time they'd go through that, so they sort of got used to it by now.

The first thing the group did upon returning was to go back to the Golden Cock, their inn which they hadn't left even after obtaining some money... and the reason was actually quite simple.

Aside from getting used to the place, the prices were affordable even when they were financially in red.

They found out later that initially it was so cheap because they were F ranks and the prices actually doubled as soon as they ranked up to E, but Lia struck some kind of deal with the owner so he'd keep them at F level and would give them the room on credit should they ever not even have enough to pay.

Lia never went too in detail about the deal, but apparently it was something akin to doing his laundry, cleaning his room and occasionally accompany him to play some table game. This way the old man apparently wouldn't need to pay any extra to his staff to take care of him too, and he'd also get some company when he felt lonely.

Once they got to their room everyone changed into casual clothing and passed their equipment to Fira, then everyone got busy with his own role... namely Ryu and Nia going to the guild to turn in their quest and receive the reward, Fira going to the blacksmith for repairs whereas Lia would go meet the inn owner to fulfill their deal.