A relaxing night

The Inn was cozy and warm.

Even in the lobby like room where a counter was set up and some seatings, a tasty smell hung in the air.

Taking some steps forward, Jay saw the origin of that smell.

To his right, some steps down through a arched passage he saw dozens of tables, all occupied by people eating what should be smelling that tasty.

Jay had directly entered the Gilden Roses Inn when he reached the trade district. He might have had enough time to check on the Guild for new quests or even make his visit to the bank, but he was too spent.

His hunger had come back as well, so he decided to give priority to that.

The Building looked not that big from outside and if he hadn't seen all those balconies from the canals, he would have though it's only the three storied house that could be seen from the trade districts point of view.

The truth though was, even the bridge over the passage to the canals was part of the Inn. It seemed to gave grown over the decades, always building more rooms on the existing ones.

"Welcome to the Gilden Roses young man. How can I help you?" came with a soft voice from behind the counter.

A mature beauty with shoulder long red hair greeted Jay with a smile.

Jay had stopped in the middle of the lobby room and watched the people eating in the dining hall.

Taking a moment to readjust himself and sort his mind, Jay took the last steps over to the counter. As he greeted the lady with a "Good evening" while scratching the back of his head, she watched him with a warm smile.

"I'm the Landlady, Allison. Would you like to stay here or just have a meal?" A.

"O-Oh, I'd like to stay here if possible. And I'd also like a meal, please." J.

"Yes, but I only have some beds in common rooms free. If you are okay with this, the price is only eight copper. The meals comes separate, depending on your choices, but breakfast is included." A.

Jay would have liked some privacy after his day, but it seemed today was not so lucky. Giving it one last try, Jay placed the money on the counter, together with the coin Mia had given to him.

Picking up the coin, Allison inspecting thoroughly until she looked up to Jay with a little confused expression.

Giving the coin back to him, she took the key she had just fetched from the wall and exchanged it with another one.

"I'd never expected to see that single coin. Of course I upgraded your lodging, it's room 503 on the top floor." A.

"Thank you, I thought...never mind" J.

"Do you want to go to your room or eat something first?" A.

"I'll take the dinner first, please." J.

While guiding him to a table in the back of the dining hall whit a 'reserved' sign on it, Allison looked over her shoulder and asked "Do you have any luggage to store? Or a mount?".

As Jay shook his head to that, the woman mustered him one last time while he sat down and explained today's special to him.

It was vegetable stuffed chicken, roasted over open fire. Allison further explained it would go well with wine, but a mug of ale would also be good. Going with the latter and the today's special, Jay watched as the pale redhead went towards the kitchen.

Her swinging hips, combined with her mature figure drew his eyes to her round butt as she squirmed through the tables in the dining hall.

During the twenty minutes he had to wait for his meal, Jay sipped on his mug and watched the other guests. A waiter had brought Jay the beverage, like he did with all guests.

Leaning back in his chair, Jay let his eyes wander through the filled dining hall.

Most of the other guests were Humans, with some Dwarfs and Gnomes mixed in, as well as some Elves.

Their different skin colors and body builds brought them quite the variety but they all kept eating and drinking in unison.

Only as a Beastkin male, a tall guy with dog ears, walked in, did it stir some commotion. But even that settled down quickly as Allison came out of the kitchen and sat him at the bar.

As the Landlady delivered the food herself to Jay, he asked what the commotion was about. She explained that there was a lot of discrimination between the races and other humanoids, sometimes even between the races.

But Adventurers of any race were to be welcomed in all inns, if they could pay that was, by a rule any Innkeeper and guests had to abide.

After she left, Jay tasted the food.

It was incredible.

The tender meat melted in his mouth while the toasted aromas added to the fresh vegetables from inside the chicken.

Some spinach like vegetables, combined with carrots and something munched, with a taste between potatoes and a Yam, made up the filling.

Together with the sauce that was stuffed inside as well as given as a topping, it was a supreme delicacy.

It took Jay no more than five minutes to empty his plate.

Allison had seen he was done and came over, giggling as she saw he even picked up the last crumbs.

"It looks like there was someone starving..." A.

"No,...it's just... That was the best dish I ever ate...." J.

"If you like to, you can have seconds, you know?" A.

"Oh, I'd like that!" J.

"I'll bring another mug as well, okay?" A.

"Thank you, you're the best!" J.

With a slight blush, Allison took his plate and went back to the kitchen.

This time she was back in minutes, bringing another mug along like she promised.

Again, Jay thanked her and dug in. It tasted the same as the last one and he was done with it in minutes.

The Landlady went by as he just emptied his plate for the second time, taking a big sip from his ale.

"You really seem to love stuffed Chickens..." A.

"You have no idea..." J.

That was all Jay could answer until the woman had vanished between the adjoining tables with the tablets she was carrying. Though she was the boss here, the Lady seemed to fill in wherever there was need for a helping hand.

As he had emptied his second mug, Jay called a waiter to pay the bill. The same one that brought him his first drink came over to collect the 17 copper Jay had to pay.

Four for each mug and seven for the daily special. The second serving was on the house as Jay learned.

He gave him two large copper coins and denied the change to what the waiter thanked him.

With his belly full and warmth spreading through his body, Jay rose to his feet and left the dining hall.

Back in the lobby he passed the counter and went to the stairs leading upward two stories. From there on he had to follow signs pointing him the directions to the stairs. The second set had been pretty close but for the last one he had to walk down two whole corridors.

To his surprise, there were only four doors in each direction to the stairs that ended in the middle of a small room. With his good orientation he could tell the room he got was pointing to the Southwest, facing the canals.

As he opened the door, Jay was proven right with his sense of direction as he could see the buildings in quite some distance and even a part of the canals through the big windows.

But he had been far off with this being a simple room.

He had been booked to a suite.

The central room he was in had a small table placed in the middle and two couches facing each other. To his right he saw a open double door and behind a big king-sized bed. On the opposite side was a bathroom with a big tub in the middle.

He decided to have a look on the balcony first.

As he stepped out of the room, he found himself far above the street along the canal, even higher than the bridge over the alley leading there.

The balconies were placed in a way that he couldn't look at another one though, so after watching the canal for a few minutes, Jay went back inside as it got pretty dark already.

He went to the tub in the bathroom and saw a pipe coming out of the floor with a stand next to it. On it was a long handle with a orange-red crystal mounted on the lower end. Picking it up, Jay could feel warmth emanating from the crystal, so he decided to test it.

Filling some water in the tub from the piping, he first was astonished they had running water.

Thinking about it for a moment it was only natural with all the Dwarfs and Gnomes here, inventing one thing after another.

And Arathor had the drainage pretty much from the beginning, that much Jay had already learned from Tharynn back then.

With enough water in the tub, Jay held the crystal inside, but nothing happened. Deciding to send some mana into the handle, the water started to bubble and fiercely steam.

Taking out the crystal, he made a big mistake.

Feeling the water with his hand, it got burned instantly.

He had gone way overboard with heating it up, getting it boiling hot. Glad he had the pain tolerance skill and healing, Jay added some more water while he took care of his hand.

But the bath he took minutes later washed away the awkward moment he just had. Relaxing in the warm water, Jay drifted off for some time.

It was already pitch dark outside when Jay finally left the tube. He had enjoyed the first warm bath since he got to this still new to him world.

Until then it had not been something he thought about or missed, but he noted in his mind to repeat it here and then.

Just as he was about to put on his shirt over the loose woolen pant he had donned, Jay heard a knock on the door.

A little surprised, he walked over through the room as the door got opened from outside.

"I hope you don't mind me intruding?" A.

Lost for words, Jay stood in the middle of the main room with his shirt half buttoned as the mature redhead slipped through the door and closed it behind her.

She still wore her long blue skirt and white blouse, which she had already partially unbuttoned. The red lingerie underneath was slightly visible.

Jay still couldn't move, even when Allison stood right before him and started to unbutton his shirt. Caressing his bulging chest muscles underneath his shirt, the beautiful woman slid her hand upwards and onto his neck.

Though he was taller than her, it wasn't by much.

Pulling him down towards her, she leaned in for a long, deep kiss.

While whispering "let's go to the bedroom...", the mature woman took his hand and afterwards led the way. Being pulled by the hand, Jay again had to look at her swinging hips and butt. At that moment he finally used [Analyze] on her.

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Allison Maitland (Chef LVL 12)

Base LVL 30

*Arathi*

HP 650/650 * Mana 160/160

[Cooking LVL 4]

[Service LVL 3]

[Haggling LVL 2]

[Hunting LVL 1]

[Shooting LVL 2]

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'So this was the reason the dinner tasted extraordinary...' was all that Jay could think off after he saw her skills.

Allison had the highest cooking skill he had seen until now. Noticing they had reached the bedside, Jay looked up from the skill screen and into her eyes.

The woman herself seemed to misunderstand him to be perplexed by herself and softly smiled at him.

"You seem a bit confused... It seems that busty elf hadn't explained the coin properly to you, right?" A.

"Well, yes. She only told me to show it here... and something... good... might happen. That little..." J.

"Hehe...Yep, that's Mia... that little Minx... Let's talk later... I want my share of the deal!" A.

With this, she embraced Jay and again, pulled him in for a long and passionate kiss.

While still connected at their lips, they took each other off their shirts and blouse. Allison only paused the kissing as she opened her skirt with it's sash and pulled it down.

Her slender legs and her mature body got accentuated well by her crimson lingerie. Watching the well shaped redhead undress herself, Jay felt blood rushing into his manhood.

Glad the woman in his arms was close, he didn't need to worry pitching too much of a tent.

But that though got obsolete the next moment, as Allison ceased the kissing and licked her lips.

Sitting down on the bedside, she grabbed his woolen pant left and right and slowly pulled it down.

"Woah,... that's..." A.

Touching the massive tool right in front of her chest, she weighted it in her hands.

With her soft right hand she carefully slid along the shaft, as if she wanted to explore every vein and bulge on it.

Lifting the tip up and peeling the glans free with her left hand, the redhead lowered her head and placed a soft kiss on the tip.

Using more force with her right hand, she started to stroke the still growing shaft while she slowly licked around the tip. After a few more strokes, Jay's manhood had grown considerably and even risen to stand unsupported.

But Jay was not going to have her work on him. For all he knew, he was the one to do her a favor. So he grabbed her chin and had her look up.

Her eyes screamed for more.

"I feel stupid for the thing with the stuffed chicks now..." A.

Laughing lightly to her statement, Jay grabbed her right hand as well and pulled her up into his embrace.

After placing a kiss on her lips, he simply lifted her into a princess carry the next moment and carried her crawling on the comfy bed.

The mature woman pinched him with a playful look for him laughing about her comment.

Putting her down in the middle of the bed, Jay laid down next to-, but still slightly leaning on her, feeling the warmth she was emanating.

Turning her face to him while she was playing sulky, Jay donned her a soft Kiss.