Sleepysoul

Prologue

I opened my eyes and blinked a few times. I sense unfamiliarity, but I still cannot think straight about this feeling that makes me so uneasy. 

Who I am? Where am I? After the moment had passed, I got up from the bed and saw everything in a daze. I was in a single bed that was made from wood and a thin mattress. 

The smells of burning wood lingering and I saw a fireplace in the room. There are no memories in my head. 

I shake my head as hard as I can and hope that things will get back in place. And then I saw a piece of paper that crumbled at my hand.
 
“Dear Vierra, as you wish I erased your memory from your old life and granted you the cooking skills that will help you in this new world. And let the memory of your recipe from passed life remain. I Hope your new life will give you a better life. From me who cannot be named.”

I let out a heavy sigh. Is this some lame joke? There is a sling bag under the tiny table beside the bed. I found a diary with a name written in front of it. 

“Vierra Maverick”

World of Lost and Found

Should I follow her? But I don't have any money with me now.


It might take some time before I ask for my salary. I have only been here for a couple days.


Then I remember something that Boru said about stuff that the guests who pay use items or material if they don't have money.


"Lana, could you possibly bring all those to me? And I will buy those mushrooms for you. Or are you possibly interested in some animal skin? I will asked if there some at the Inn's storage"


I look at her bright eyes. She was obviously gonna accept these deals.


"Really? You do? I meant… I would like to. But you see, It takes two days to walk to my village and two days to come here. So you will need to wait for around four days"


Seems I just made a new friend in this world. It somehow comforted me a bit.


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I walk inside the Inn with something in my mind. I looked around looking for Madam Anne.


I need to ask permission to enter the storage and asked her if I could take the skin as my payment for this month.


I told Madame Anne that I promised Lana about exchanging the materials. She was so delighted that she said I can take it for free.


"Of course you can. But you don't have that as your payment my dear. Besides, you will use the material for cooking in this Inn right?"


I just smiled brightly and nodded at her words.


I was too occupied with cleaning the inn and preparing for dinner and forgot that the day Lana was supposed to come with all the ingredients was tomorrow.


I was panicking as it was already midday and I promised to help Madame Anne clean up the storage.


I was startled when Madame Anne suddenly waved her hand in the middle of the hall.


Did I call her unconsciously while walking inside the Inn just now?


"I need to Fortizete this Inn for a while. Could you possibly wait until I finish?"


Madame Anne took more than two hour to 'Fortizete' the inn. The Inn was running with the energy of magic.


The light, the water that pumps running through the pipe came from the magic.


Everyday, Anne will fortizete the Inn which means "recharge the energy".


I was amazed at how the Inn operated. The guest would register their hand at the counter and will be assigned to the room they paid for.


The door would recognize the guest and only the permitted guest could get in their room. It's like the handle of the door has a handprint scanner.


This Inn has few types of places for guests to check in. There are two Dorms that could fit in for around 10 guests per each dorm. One for women and another one for men.


It is cheap since it is a shared place. It only provides a mattress and pillow with some blankets. And only cost 10 copper per person.


And it has a single room for only one person that costs you 50 copper and a medium room for two people that cost one silver coins. The medium room comes with meals either for lunch or dinner.


A bath and toilet were separate in this Inn. Toilets will be free to use but a bath needs to be paid differently.


It is because the water was generated by magic and a special germ needed to make it continuously flowing out.


At first everything seems so simple and yet after a few days I notice that this Inn is actually pretty big and somehow it resembles an old castle.


While I was wondering about the Inn, Madame Anne was somehow already beside me.


8 : A bit about the Inn.