Chapter 6: Getting the whole citadel drunk

It took 2 days for Rize and his father to let the locals know of my presence and reassure them it’s alright to have me here, but finally...

“Alright Rize, lead the way Brother!” (Doraig)

“Fine…” (Rize)

We walk for a little bit and this seems to be the first stop.

“A food stall, Aha!” (Doraig)

“Hmm? you know of these? (Rize)

“Welcome back Rize, is this the dragon your father talked to us about at the conference?” (???)

“This is my new companion, Doraig. we’re going to level up together from now on” (Rize)

“Yo uncle, nice to meet you!” (Doraig)

“What a funny guy with a scary face!” (??)

“Who you calling scary, I'm the cutest dragon in the continent” (Doraig)

“I don’t know anymore what’s going on in this guy’s head…” (Rize)

"Uncle! give me one of those things and a beer!” (Doraig)

"One Brisket and beer coming out!" (???)

“You drink?” (Rize)

“Why wouldn’t I, I am an adult!” (Doraig)

Hmm… I think I prefer the one humans make

“you got something stronger uncle? you’re 3 steps behind the one the humans gave me!” (Doraig)

“now you’ve said it!, prepare to not be able to wake up for 5 days!” (???)

“Bring it on!” (Doraig)

Ha-ah… these guys really can’t handle their alcohol, I wonder if I will ever find a proper drinking partner…

“By the way, you don’t drink booze Rize?” (Doraig)

“I don’t really enjoy the taste of beer” (Rize)

“well then, once you release the curse on your momma we’ll head to the humans, we’ll see if they have the good stuff!” (Doraig)

“Umm… I'd rather not to be honest” (Rize)

“oh come you wuss! you’re missing on your other half! but you have to talk to the humans so they let me into their kingdom!” (Doraig)

“so that was your objective…”(Rize)

“I have absolutely no clue what yer talking about!” (Doraig)

Change the topic!

“Alright then, let’s go! now take me to one of those open baths I hear the elves are famous for!” (Doraig)

“you’re squeezing me dry now…”

“Ah come on don’t be such a miser, we’ll have enough money once we sell all the items we received while we were in the Undead Plains” (Doraig)

“You have half of that… can’t you pay it yourself” (Rize)

“Wow dude, I didn’t know you were this greedy!” (Doraig)

“...” (Rize)

“let’s go!” (Doraig)

Oh my me! now, THIS is what I was talking about! this is ON PAR with the slime baths! booyah!

“... you barely fit inside the bath” (Rize)

“Don’t sweat the small stuff man” (Doraig)

“So Doraig, why are you so familiar with the human and elven culture? you don’t seem surprised at any of this stuff” (Rize)

that’s…

“I... used to live with 2 great people, they teach me a lot of things and introduced me to human society” (Doraig)

“I see, no wonder” (Rize)

“Hmm?” (Doraig)

“it’s nothing” (Rize)

I know what you’re worried about

“it’s okay, I'm used to it by now” (Doraig)

“that’s good then” (Rize)

“Doraig?” (Rize)

“Yeah?” (Doraig)

“Thank you.” (Rize)

After the open bath, we head to weapon market!

The weapon market is a fundamental part of this city’s economy, and because of that, it spans a total of 1 acre of area, in which there are many people doing different smithing jobs, among these, there are Weaponsmiths, Leatherworkers, Armorsmiths, Bowyers and so on.

to make things easier for ourselves we grab the best of each field and dump everything on a big table inside the castle.

here’s the list of items we’re selling:

Iron Bow (Common) x15

Buckler (Common) x9

Saber (Common) x22

Iron Helmet (Common) x11

Iron Shoulder Pads (Common) x9

Iron Dagger (Common) x10

Iron Greaves (Common) x5

and the ones that are more valuable but are still unusable by either of us are the following:

Bone Shield (Enchanted Common) x2

Bone Bow (Enchanted Common) x1

Copper Dagger (Uncommon) x1

Well, Rize’s Bow is a Rare, and for melee combat, he has an Uncommon Kukri which he feels more comfortable with compared to the copper dagger.

i can’t use most items save for helmet, shoulder pads and a necklace, that is, until I reach a level where I can find wyverns and skeletal dragons and they start dropping armor usable by my race, but anyways, since I'm only missing the shoulder pads Rize’s father is going to lend me a pair of Rare ones which I obviously have to treasure.

with everything sold Yaksha can have some more leeway on the weaponry of his army and we receive our expected pay, so everyone wins and we move onto our final stop!

“To the Banquet! party” (Doraig)

yes! to celebrate our win over the Ceremonial Reaper and to wish us luck on our travel, Yaksha has decided to give us the parting gift of a big-ass banquet in which every Citizen participates.

The ceremony begins with Yaksha’s opening speech:

“Everyone! today is a very special day!”

“Today is the day my son will begin his march to reach the pinnacle, the day in which he and the Dragon Doraig will begin their quest to save my wife and also to defeat however many kings it takes to do so! they’re brave men and so I want everyone to share this moment with us, because every member of this citadel is part of the resistance against the demons! every single one of you forms part of our effort to have our race, the continent's inhabitants, and to have our legacy stay afloat!’”

“And so this is why I thank all of you, and at the same time, wish the best to my son and our friend, Doraig!”

“Now please, enjoy the food and the music. Let’s have the demon king hear us and have him roar in anger at our joy!” (Yaksha)

“Oou!”

And this is how my first party began. I thank you for this opportunity, whoever let me come into this world!

people danced, laughed and talked of their dreams. they drank until the bloated, ate until the could not move anymore and then drank a little more!

the little snot was dancing and partying and it looks like she was having a great time, at some point she started chatting with some noble’s son and then disappeared to who knows where. Yaksha is going to become a demon really soon I think.

The party lasted for 2 days and 2 nights, and on the morning of the 3rd day, when it seemed as if a storm had come and gone, the party finally ended. I have no clue at which point Rize started to drink up, but I can see his body dropped on the floor 5 meters away from me. even Yaksha is sleeping with a massive grin on his face while his stomach is as big as the guy next to him.

I pick up Rize and I overhear him saying this

“I'm sorry”

This kid…

Well, it doesn’t matter what happens, I’ll be there to either help you or stop you, Brother!

As for now, it’s about time we get going.

And so I pick up some booze to put in my inventory before setting off with Rize sleeping on my back, Destination: Parlor Town!

I float above the Citadel to give it a last view, in this place, there are people who’ve come to accept my existence as something which can coexist with them, so if I have to power to do so, I do want to help out Rize against the Demon army. But I will not tell this to the guy sleeping on my back, because I still don’t know his true intentions or the meaning of his words. I'll keep watching and see what happens but for now, I'll choose to believe in him and help him be strong enough to save his parents.

Sometimes I wonder, why did my kin leave me behind on that day?

Well, no use in thinking about that, I'm not in that world anymore and there’s no way to tell if I will ever go back.

With that thought put on the back of my head I turn around and fly west, to Parlor town.