BXBX NOVEL Chapter 49: Reunion and Food
"Wooo, you\'re back!!" Vincent declared, making Keith smile slightly as he took the money that belonged to him.
His hand was inside his leather pouch, so all the 57 Zen and 15 braks were teleported inside it, successfully managing to avoid suspicion. Once done, he put his pouch back into his suitcase and created a quest for Vincent.
[Training Quest: Stay at Bromburge town for three weeks and fight against various opponents to gain experience.]
Reward: Requirements for Awakened Ability Boost or Direct unlock for 10 Zen.
The reason for the option was simple. Keith knew the requirements needed and due to this, he knew how hard it would be. On top of that, he liked money so he decided to make some money on the side while increasing Vincent\'s strength.
Once the quest was issued, he sent out another message.
[System Alert: System will be be undergoing maintenance during this time, you will not receive any messages until then.]
Keith then let out a sigh and chomped down on his bread, \'Talking to Vincent is fun, but he\'s talks so much that it get\'s annoying. Especially now that he thinks that his system has sentience. I should probably give him a quest to make some real friends in the future.\'
He was slightly worried about Vincent, but he didn\'t bother getting too involved.
For the next three weeks, Keith suffered on the boat while Vincent proactively looked for fights both in and outside the underground cage. This did worry Keith, but after observing for a while, he stopped bothering as Vincent had gotten a bit too strong for a regular person to win against him.
Of course, things would be different if he faced someone with a firearm, but Vincent just asked for a duel and didn\'t go around making people hate him.
Keith got off the boat and headed towards the protection church that was in the town, only to see a few familiar faces in front of the Chuch gates.
"Wait, is that Keith?" Edward asked, squinting his eyes so he could get a good look at him, but got his answer thanks to Brandon.
"Yeah, looks like he\'s been beat up. That damn kid, he should have just waited for us. He left early and still came here after us." Brandon complained as he crossed his arms across his chest.
Amelia stood with them silently as she glared at Keith while Clara went on to defend him, "Maybe he got into some trouble? I\'ve never seen him this tired."
By the time they were done talking, Keith got close enough to hear their words.
"What are you doing here? I thought that you didn\'t have to come." he asked as he looked at Edward who grinned and nodded.
"I didn\'t have to come, but I sent a request which was approved in under an hour. I\'ll be one of the instructors for the training program, so let me tell you one thing. Get ready to experience hell."
Keith groaned when he heard this. He already knew, but Edward\'s reminder just made him want to run away.
"Hahaha, now that\'s the kind of attitude everyone has towards the training program. Now then, we just have to get to the capital and then we\'re good to go. The church will let us borrow a carriage, so don\'t think about the money."
Hearing this, Keith nodded before asking, "Um, can I get some rest first? I haven\'t eaten anything good for like... an entire month."
"Aha, so you came her by the river route!" Amelia exclaimed feeling victorious as she compared her own comfortable journey to Keith\'s, but he simply gave her a shrug and focused on Edward.
"Sure, let\'s go and have a nice feast. Though, this time everyone pays for their own food and drinks."
Keith nodded and turned his head to look at a restaurant that was on the other side of the street, but just as he was about to rush there, Amelia grabbed his shirt, "You! Wait dammit. That place is known for bad food. It\'s better to find another place."
Hearing her words, Keith stopped resisting, "It\'s bad huh?"
"Yeah, everyone who goes there drinks a lot and they always cause trouble. The food is also bad and there are rumours of their food having insects in them." she explained with a serious look on her face as she looked at Keith whose frown deepened the more he listened to her.
He turned to look at this team mates and declared, "Let\'s go to another place."
"Well, why care so much about picking restaurants? Let\'s just go inside the church and ask for food. They\'ll feed us for free." Brandon nonchalantly said, enlightening Keith who immediately nodded.
Amelia clicked her tongue while Edward and Clara shook their heads.
"Why are you guys looking at me like that? We\'ll be eating with the priests and not the knights. The food for the priests is much better." Brandon added and Edward clasped his hands together.
"Oh yeah, I totally forgot. Let\'s go." he said and walked in with the others following behind him.
Amelia inched closer to Keith, the annoyed look no longer on her face, "Hey, why were you actually late? You also look like you might pass out at any second."
"Well... I got lost." he lied before continuing, "And I boarded a long boat since it\'s cheap. It was uncomfortable and slightly stressful since I couldn\'t get good sleep and nor was I able to eat good food. I mostly just survived on stale bread and didn\'t buy jerky because the people on the boat liked to steal stuff."
Hearing this, she felt pity and patted his back, "Well, I can give you my portion of meat if you want. But only for today."