As we enter the bar, it feels like time itself has stopped, all conversations end, and everyone starts looking at us, or more specifically me. It is only now that I realise that pretty much everyone we passed in the streets would stop and stare or quickly move out of the way, I really don’t know if I’ll ever get used to this, but just as soon as it stopped time quickly started again and everyone went back to their conversations.

I motioned for Rafael to come and take a seat near the corner of the room. I took the seat facing the rest of the bar to get a good look at every one. The Barman was a beast of a man in the sense that he was a massive hunk of meat and looked to be the reason why a bar like this was not rundown yet. He was big, tall, and had the look of a weightlifter. He looks fat, but it's probably all muscle. He was a bit rough looking and seemed to be scowling at me from the bar. The bar-woman was not that dissimilar in the sense that she was tall and looked like she could handle herself.

The bar-woman quickly made her way over and introduced herself to us, “ Hello, young master; I’m Paulissa, and the big guy Staring at you is my husband Bren. Now don’t be scared. His eyesight just isn't that good anymore that's why he's looking at you like that hahaha”. With a giggle, she turns to Bren and gives him a look, to which he nods and gets back to cleaning the bar.

“ Okay, so here are the menus, and today's special is Burukku steak with roasted vegetables. Now I’ll be back in 5 minutes to take your order” With a quick smile, she quickly walked off to another table.

“Rafael, do you have any idea what you want? I have no idea what these foods are?”

“Hmm, I come here every now and then. The rabbit stew is always nice. If you want something different, you could try the chicken skewers.”

“Do you have any idea what the special could be like?”

“They are a herd creature of Rank E, quite aggressive creatures and can’t be handled unless you are in the teacher levels, but even then, they travel in groups, so just being a beginner teacher won’t cut it. Remember that meat from a rank E creature usually costs five copper per portion.”

Quickly Paulissa came over to take our order and told us that the special was nine copper while the rabbit stew was only three copper. Considering I only had six copper, it was a no-brainer to go for the stew.

“Okay, so that's two rabbit stews and two water coming right up.”

It was pretty peaceful in the bar, and I could watch and listen to everyone around me, which is something I enjoyed doing in my past life as well, watching the world go by and acting as an observer, and before I knew it, Paulissa is at our table with the two rabbit stews and following behind is a girl about eight who looks quite similar to her carrying two glasses of water.

When they arrived at our table, they put down our food, and the girl ran back to the bar, leaving Paulissa behind, “Well, that girl is never usually like that. The bundle of curiosity decided to run away from our young master. What did you do”. She gives me a teasing smile and leaves just as quickly.

“You know what, I think I might just like it here,” I say as I start to sample the rabbit stew. I’ve only had rabbit once before back on earth, and I’m interested as to whether it tastes the same, and to my surprise, it tastes quite different. Rabbit on Earth tastes a bit like dry chicken, while this rabbit tastes more like turkey, which was a pleasant surprise.

Me and Rafael ate our food in silence while I listened to the conversations going on around me which I’ve got to say helped me with a bit of general information.

“Have you heard a Hydrofels has shown up in the outer regions of spider fell.”

“ Young master Noah is going to be 12 soon. What attributes do you think he will get?”

“ Did you know that young Tom has gone missing? That's the 2nd child this month. When will the lord do something about these bandits.”

“I’ve heard from my brother on the front lines that skirmishes between Osoerde and us have been more frequent now, and it will only get worse. Soon war is going to break out.”

I had really hoped this world would be peaceful. I guess I was asking for too much, and even my father wants me to enlist, so I think it's fate. I took my time finishing my food, and it was 14:00 by the time we stood up to leave. Paulissa and the girl whose name I had heard was Dara said goodbye and asked us to come back again.

As Rafael and I stood outside, I realised I had done everything I wanted to do today, and it was only 14:00. While I was lost in my thoughts, Rafael spoke.

“ Well, then, young master, it appears we still have time to get back and still do your noble studies before the end of the day.”

Sigh, I forgot why I wanted to waste as much time as possible outside the house. I hate noble studies, and it is literally the lesson I hate the most. Everything about the class seemed unnatural to me, so with my shoulders hanging, I made my way back home.