Another World: The Failed Magician

Lu Xuan walked out of the Adventurers' Guild. Although he had indeed obtained a lot of clues, he still felt something was off. Everything was too natural. He had only been in the Eastern Dragon Empire for less than a day, but it seemed like he knew everything. It was as if everything had been planned.

As Lu Xuan walked and pondered, he arrived in front of an inn.

Lu Xuan rejected Zhang Yu's suggestion to live in the Adventurers' Guild. Firstly, it would be unreasonable for someone who wasn't an adventurer to live there, and secondly, he always felt that there was something wrong with the guild leader.

Lu Xuan walked into this very ordinary inn. The inn was empty except for a man dressed in coarse cloth clothes who was leaning over the counter.

Lu Xuan had only taken two steps when the old wooden planks creaked. The man looked up at Lu Xuan, his dark face filled with exhaustion, but he forced a fawning smile and said, "Sir, are you here for a meal or a stay?"

Lu Xuan looked at the man and felt a little uncomfortable.

"Stay at the hotel."

"May I ask how many people are in your party?"

"one person."

"Sir, we only have the most basic guest rooms." Seeing that Lu Xuan was wearing clothes that had been passed down from the Loca Federation, instead of coarse cloth, Lu Xuan judged that this guest might be of high status, so he decided to mention it again.

"I don't mind, a guest room is fine. How much is a guest room per month?"

"Sir, 20 copper coins will suffice." The man, having recovered from his exhaustion, even changed his form of address.

How could a room cost only 20 copper coins a month? Looking at the cautious look on the man's face, Lu Xuan knew that the reason for the price was that the man was afraid of offending him.

Lu Xuan didn't say much and placed a small money pouch on the counter.

The man quickly took out an old key from under the counter and said, "This is the first room on the second floor."

Lu Xuan took the key and went upstairs.

Only after Lu Xuan reached the second floor did the man carefully open the money bag Lu Xuan had given him.

When the man saw the 20 silver coins in the purse, his expression first showed a hint of joy, then became somewhat conflicted, and finally turned into a hint of helplessness.

Twenty silver coins, that's equivalent to 2000 copper coins. After deducting those heavy taxes, I can only earn a few dozen copper coins a month.

But the man still chose to rush upstairs, and bumped into Lu Xuan who had just opened the door.

Lu Xuan knew the reason when he saw the man hurriedly chasing after him.

Before the man could speak, Lu Xuan said first, "Keep the extra for now, and take it from the bag if I need to eat something."

Hearing Lu Xuan's words, the man still said with a hint of fear, "Even if we want to eat something, this is too much money. Sir, please take this money back!"

"The extra is yours."

Hearing Lu Xuan's words, the man was not happy at all, but even more terrified. He pleaded, "Sir, I am a lowly man. I was blind and did not know how to recognize your greatness. I should not have asked you for money. Please, sir, have mercy on me! I have a family waiting for me to support them! They cannot live without me!" As he spoke, he held the money bag that Lu Xuan had given him in both hands and stood in front of Lu Xuan with his hunched back.

Seeing the man's terrified expression, Lu Xuan reluctantly accepted the money bag, but he took out two silver coins from the bag and handed them to the man.

The man tried to refuse again, but Lu Xuan interrupted him, saying, "I'm not some adult. Let me put it this way: I'm from the Loca Federation and I'm here as a tourist. These two silver coins are the price of a normal month's stay at a hotel in the Loca Federation. If you don't accept them, I won't feel right about it, so please accept them!"

Only after hearing this did the man cautiously accept the money he was entitled to.