My Guardian System: The Trader

After leaving the clothing shop, Jem continued walking towards the southeastern part of the town. He held in his hand his newly bought clothes and pants. They were inside a cartoon bag. He regretted that he left behind his knapsack at Tom's shop.

Anyway,

His next task was to rent a room. Meanwhile, he has 11 silver coins and 83 red coins left. He just hoped that he could find a cheap Inn or hotel. Jem sighed inwardly.

At that instance, *Growl!* He heard his stomach grumbling.

'I'm hungry,' thought Jem.

He could buy food using his T-points, but if possible, Jem didn't want to waste it with things that could easily be obtained with another method. He looked around him.

Honestly, it wasn't easy to accumulate enough T-points to advance his Exo-points.

His current T-points were 8,777. And he needed 10,000 T-points to advance his Exo-points to 5.

"Hey, lad! Have some fresh fruits!" He heard someone shout.

Jem glanced and saw a fruit vendor on the roadside.

Looking at the different kinds of fruits in front of him, made him drool.

"Fufu, come choose. I assure you they are fresh," said the vendor.

He picked an apple. "How much for this?"

"10 red coins each."

'Overpriced,' thought Jem.

If he remembered correctly, Apples just cost 5 red coins each.

But even so, he pulled 30 red coins from his pocket and gave them to the vendor. The vendor put two apples in a carton bag and handed it to him. At the same time, expressing his gratitude, "Thank you very much. Please come again!"

Said the vendor with a smile.

Jem did not leave right away. He looked at the vendor and asked, "Uhm, where can I find a hotel for a stay for a night?"

"Ah, a hotel? There is a nearby one when you go straight on that street. Then turn left when you reach the crossing. When you see a signboard with the name Blue Horizon, turn left again. You will find the Blue Horizon Hotel after a few steps."

"I see. Thanks!"

"A good customer is always welcome."

Jem followed the vendor's instructions. He followed the street where the vendor pointed to him.

<Why did the host buy more apples, even though the host knows that it's overpriced?>

He suddenly heard the trader's seemingly curious question.

"Hm, I wonder about that. Probably because I have a feeling that there's a higher chance he will answer my question if I do that."

<So there's a chance he wouldn't answer if host did not do that?>

"Probably."

<Oh, I see.>

"Yeah. Regardless, it was only my intuition."

*Crunch!*

He started biting the apple in his hand after using the [Clean] spell. The apple was sweat. It didn't take him long to finish it.

After following the vendor's instructions, Jem arrived in front of the building with the name Blue Horizon Hotel.

It was a two-storey building with light blue as the base paint and paired with white paint as designs.

The building's size looks ordinary. Not big and wasn't small either.

Regardless, he noticed a person guarding the entrance.

Jem muttered, "what a nuisance."

He retreated first to find a secluded place. He saw a narrow alleyway not far from the hotel. He entered it. The place was quite dim and smelled like piss.

When he couldn't sense any human presence around, he lifted his empty hand and pointed his palm in front of him. A second later, there was a space distortion in front of him.

The next second, a void appeared. It looks identical to the dungeon entrance, though it was smaller compared to that.

He could sense the presence of some monsters behind it. Jem threw all his hidden weapons inside it.

He came back in front of the hotel after that.

He directly walked towards the entrance and did not stay on his feet in front of it. There was a high chance that the guard would find him suspicious if he'd do that.

As expected, the guard asked him to stop for a bit.

Thankfully, he didn't ask for an ID. It was a wise decision to store his weapons inside his Dimensional Territory.

After learning that he only had some apples and clothes with him, the guard let him inside.

He sighed in relief inwardly. He never thought that checking in the hotel was already a great trial for him.

Jem's eyes were greeted by a smooth and glossy interior when he stepped inside.

Chandeliers that were giving off yellow brilliance were illuminating the reception area.

Jem thought, 'Hm, this looks like an expensive hotel.'

He went to the counter located at the left corner of the room.

"Good day, sir. Do you wish to rent a room?" Greeted the lady at the counter.

"Yes."

"Uhm, you're alone?" 

"Yes."

"I see."

"Then, please fill up this form."

She handed him a paper. Good thing he could read and write.

In the paper, it asked him to write his name, the number of rooms he wished to rent, length of time for his stay, and so on.

It was his first time renting a room in a hotel. He wondered why the need for all of these. Perhaps, for security purposes.

After filling up the paper, he returned it to the counter lady.

After all of the process was done, she told him the price.

"4 silver coins for a night stay, sir, with dinner and lunch."

'Ah, as expected,' Jem thought.

He already expected that it would be expensive. But still, this was beyond his imagination. He wondered if this town was in a drought. Everything in this town was so expensive.

He also had a bad feeling about his materials. He had a feeling that Tom bought them underpriced. Well, he could not argue as he had no proof.

Regardless, the most important thing for him now is to return home.

He just needed to bear with it a little.

He handed her exactly four silver coins.

"Thank you very much, sir."

After saying it, she handed him a key with room numbers on it.

Jem did not say anything and just slightly nodded his head.

But before he could leave, the counter lady suddenly talked.

"By the way, sir, we have a resto in that area," she pointed to the door on his right side. "If you wish to relax or change your mood, just visit there. They're serving good quality products in there."

"I see."

He glanced at where she was pointing and slightly nodded.. Then, he continued towards the staircase.