10 Meeting The Royal Treasurer/ The Golden Cord Inn

After Mu said goodbye to the guard he pushed open the door, and saw a man standing behind a large desk looking out his window. "Hmmm, if a police officer gets rid of crime, then if they succeeded there would be no need for police officers. So if you think about it a police officers job is to get rid of police officers." Sir. Cox-long said while stroking his beard. Mu walked in and coughed to get his attention Sir. Cox-long turned around realizing someone had come into his office. "Oh hello," Sir. Cox-long said completely forgetting his previous philosophical thoughts. "Hello I'm Mu Sic a bard and I'm here to try out for the birthday quest." Mu said while handing over his letter and his Bard card. "S-rank huh, yea you can have it the party will be in a 3 days so have everything you need by then." Sir. Cox-long said after reading the letter and seeing the Bard card. Mu was perplexed though and said," What about the screening?" Sr. Cox-long looked at him and said,"You're S-rank why would I need to screen you I'm surprised one of you even came here." Mu was just left wondering on how rare an S-rank actually was,"Well what if the card is fake?" Mu said,"You see that mark right there." Sir. Cox-long said while pointing at a barely discernible mark made of some alloy Mu didn't know."That mark and alloy are only on authentic cards because only the Bards Guild has the machine and alloy to do it."Sir. Cox-long said. "What if someone just stole one of the machines and alloy?" Mu said thinking this system was easily exploitable. "They would be hunted down to the ends of the world by the Bards Guild.So I guess if you've got the balls to take on one the worlds strongest guilds sure you could steal one. Oh wait they weigh something like a ton." Sir. Cox-long said thinking the conversation over. "Now unless you have more question I have sent someone to get you a room at the Golden Cord Inn best in the city it's just outside the gates and to the left." Sir. Cox-long said looking back out the window resuming his ongoing philosophical question. Mu left the room afterward and started towards the Golden Cord Inn. He arrived outside what he presumed was the inn but instead of a lute or something he saw something which looks quite similar to a golden umbilical cord drawn above it. "Oh it's not a chord it's a cord like an umbilical cord...that's just disgusting." Mu thought as he walked into The Golden Cord and saw a pretty normal and yet somehow high-end inn which had a giant roaring fire on one side of the common place, with what looks like an umbilical cord hanging above it. He walked to the counter and called the bartender over,"Hello I'm Mu Sic Sir. Cox-long should have made reservations for me, and could you tell me the story behind this place?" The bartender picked up a big book from under her counter and started looking through it until she presumably got to Mu's name. "Ahh, yes Sir. Sic we have been expecting you and our inns story is right here." The bartender handed over a piece of paper and asked Mu if he wanted anything to eat. Mu accepted their paper and said," Yes mam I'll have whatever the special is today, and could you bring it to my room." As Mu walked up to his room he read the paper which said.

Years ago before The Golden Cord

our founders family were just simple

owners of an inn called,"The

Unimportant One." It made decent

money but nothing like it could

then the day of our founders birth

he came out and was attached to his

mother by one golden umbilical cord.

The family took this as a sign and kept

the cord which never seemed to

degrade and when the founder reached

of age he took over and changed the

inn into what it is now today.

"Wow fascinating," Mu thought as he laid on his bed and waited for his food. He got it and it was most likely the balls of some creature from their shape but they did taste good. As Mu went to sleep thankful of being able to sleep on a bed after days of sleeping on the ground.