“Wait, wait, wait… two rooms!?” Saifei'er froze for a moment, stopping Ailiya. “What do you mean by two rooms?”
Ailiya said as if it were the most natural thing, “Of course, you and I share one, and Douglas and Fei share the other? It’s the most cost-effective that way.”
“But, we just met for the first time, isn’t that a bit much!” Saifei'er couldn’t help but step back. After all, she had only recently become a girl, and she hadn’t even fully seen her own body yet. Sharing a room with another girl at this moment, whether seeing the other person or being seen by the other person, didn’t seem appropriate!
Seeing her embarrassed reaction, Douglas, who was nearby, suddenly burst out laughing. “I didn’t expect you, Saifei'er, to be so innocent! I thought you cat-people were all very open.”
Ailiya hesitated a little and said, “Then… Saifei'er, do you want to get a separate room?”
Based on the current situation, if Ailiya were to get a room, she would definitely be paying for it. And if Saifei'er wanted to get a separate room, she would inevitably have to pay for it herself. After all, she couldn’t very well say to Ailiya, ‘Hmm, let’s get three rooms, you pay a little extra.’
But Saifei'er had only transmigrated to this world a few hours ago; she didn’t even know what the currency of this world looked like. How could she have money? So, she now only had two choices: either sleep on the street tonight or sleep with Ailiya.
Thinking of this, she decisively lowered her head and said, “This… let’s not. I don’t have any money on me, so I can only freeload in your room, Ailiya.”
The three people nearby could clearly see that when she said this, Saifei'er’s cat ears on her head drooped limply, and even her tail, which had been constantly wagging behind her, was now hanging on the ground.
‘So… so cute!’ Ailiya took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress the urge to rush over and stroke her ears and tail.
“But you don’t have money? Really?” Fei asked, confused.
“It’s true, so can you lend me some money? Enough for food is fine. I’ll pay you back when I have money later~” Saifei'er clasped her hands together, showing a pitiful expression like a stray cat begging for adoption.
‘I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to lose control!’ Ailiya forced herself to turn her head away, afraid that in the next second she would uncontrollably pounce. There was nothing she could do; girls inherently had little resistance to cute creatures like cats!
As for Fei, who was nearby, his expression was even more puzzled. He glanced at Saifei'er’s clothes; they didn’t look cheap no matter how he thought about it. Would someone who could afford such clothes be out of money?
However, Saifei'er’s request was merely to ‘borrow money for food.’ Even if the Hero Squad’s financial situation wasn’t good right now, feeding one more cat was still not a problem.
While Fei was racking his brains, Ailiya had already gone to the Adventurers' Guild’s front desk to check in, and Saifei'er followed closely behind Ailiya, simultaneously pondering if there was any quick way to make money.
Speaking of which, wasn’t it quite easy for a thief to get money? Just steal it. Even if she hadn’t gotten used to this new body yet, with her speed, if she just snatched something and ran, no one would be able to catch her.
But… she couldn’t get past her own mental barrier. After all, in her previous life, she was a law-abiding citizen. Now, asking her to directly steal money, she couldn’t do it!
Moreover, Saifei'er remembered the thin, sallow-faced commoners from earlier. The ordinary people in this world were already so miserable; she couldn’t bring herself to do it!
“Two standard rooms, for one day, a total of 4 silver lions. Thank you for your patronage~!” The front desk staff member took the 4 silver lions that Ailiya handed over, while also handing out two keys.
Ailiya glanced at the labels on the keys, 【203】, 【204】, and then said to Douglas and Fei, “I’ll go up to the second floor first to see what the rooms are like.”
“Then we’ll wait for you here,” Douglas waved his hand and found an empty seat to sit down.
Ailiya walked towards the second floor of the Adventurers' Guild, and Saifei'er still followed behind Ailiya. She was quite curious about what inns in this world were like.
As Ailiya opened the room door, Saifei'er quickly scanned the room and then showed an unsurprised expression. The entire room was probably less than thirty square meters, with only two single beds, a table and chairs set, and a small independent washroom.
The floor, made of rough wooden planks, was slightly uneven, and the table and chairs showed obvious signs of wear. As for the linen sheets on the double bed, they gave a hard feeling. The only advantage here was probably that it was generally clean.
But Ailiya showed a satisfied expression, “As expected of the Adventurers' Guild’s accommodation, two silver lions a day, such great value!”
Saifei'er asked, a little confused, “Is the environment here already considered quite good?”
Ailiya nodded, “Of course! I’ve stayed in inns of the same price before, but the doors were always shaky. I was afraid that if I used a little more force, I might just pull the door off.”
While speaking, Ailiya placed her luggage on the floor and began to tidy up, while Saifei'er walked around the room and then poked her head into the independent washroom.
Although it was called a washroom, in reality, there was only a large wooden tub about half a person tall and a chamber pot inside.
This was, after all, a world of ‘swords and magic,’ so the quality of life certainly wasn’t as high as in Saifei'er’s previous life. Besides adapting to her body, she also had to find a way to adapt to this backward world.
Leaving aside the lack of mobile phones and the internet, just thinking about having to use a wooden tub for baths in the future, and not knowing how to brush her teeth, plus the food here probably wouldn't be very tasty.
This harsh reality couldn’t help but significantly reduce Saifei'er’s enthusiasm for ‘transmigration.’
“Sigh~” She couldn’t help but sigh, her cat ears on top of her head twitching. Then, she suddenly heard some conversations.
“Fei, look at that female warrior, those robust pectoral muscles, those arms as solid as rock, they just exude a sense of power. I really want to go strike up a conversation!”
“Oh.”
“And that staff member just now, with her petite figure and shy expression, isn’t she super cute?”
“Mm.”
The speakers were undoubtedly Douglas and Fei, those two guys. Even from this distance, and even though Douglas seemed to deliberately lower his voice, Saifei'er could still hear them clearly.
It was the same when she first entered this small town; she could easily hear the prayers of a priest several hundred meters away. She couldn’t help but silently mutter to herself, ‘Are cat ears really that sensitive!?’
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