Chapter 103 - 102 Shopping Spree

With his room keys now in hand Marcus followed behind the employee that had greeted him at the hotel's entrance.

She quickly led both him and Lilia around a corner and into a small room that had a slightly raised platform in the center.

"Lady Irene and Lady Lilia please stand in the middle of the platform and we will ascend to the floor your room is on."

Hearing this a look of confusion appeared on Lilia's face, but Marcus having come from Earth immediately realized what this device was.

'They actually have an elevator; I suppose it must run on magic, but I am still surprised to see such a thing in this world.'

Marcus confidently got onto the platform dragging Lilia along even though she showed a few signs of trepidation towards the magic elevator.

The Lush Villa staff member then quickly got on the platform as well and said, "Fifth Floor."

The badge she was wearing and the keys in Marcus' hand began to glow before the platform under them lit up as well and began rising into the air.

Startled by this Lilia grabbed onto Marcus who let out a soft laugh and patted Lilia on the head to comfort her.

After a dozen seconds the magical elevator stopped and the three of them got off of the platform.

The employee then led them down the hall and to a corner suite that had been reserved for them by Wade.

Inserting the key into the door Marcus unlocked it and opened the door to reveal the room they would be staying in.

Walking inside Marcus was impressed by the interior of the room which had a large living area with two couches and three chairs as well as a shelf that housed a half dozen books.

There was also a small kitchen which could be used to prepare meals and a fully equipped bathroom that had running water.

Unfortunately, when Marcus tested the water, he found that they only had cold and not hot running water.

He then explored the two bedrooms finding that each one had a king-sized bed and walk in closest.

After he had thoroughly inspected the suite the employee that had led them to their room gave a slight bow and said, "I hope you find the accommodations to your liking and if you need anything else you need only press the button over here and a member of the staff will be with you shortly. Now if you do not need anything else from me, I will head back down to continue my duties."

The young lady then raised her head and looked at Marcus expectably for a moment causing Marcus to remember that he should tip her for the service she had provided.

Not knowing what the polite amount to tip was Marcus took a gold coin out of his item box and handed it to the young lady.

Taking the gold coin from Marcus the employee's face lit up with a bright smile since she normally would only get a single silver or a few if she was lucky, and only the most generous or grateful guests would tip a gold coin.

She then bowed and thanked Marcus profusely before heading out of the room and going back to her post in the lobby.

'Now that we have our room there are a few things we need to get done.'

Marcus turned towards Lilia and said, "Lilia, we are going shopping there are a number of things we need to procure before we make our trip towards the kingdom's capital."

Lilia nodded her head and she and Marcus exited and locked the room before heading back towards the elevator and descending to the first floor.

They then exited the Lush Villa and made there way back out onto the town.

Marcus and Lilia walked around going into numerous stores, buying things like cook wear, soap, and other daily necessities they could need. And unlike before where Marcus would buy cheap and secondhand goods, this time he was pulling out all the stops and was thoroughly using the gold he had acquired.

After buying numerous items one of which was a large magic fridge that ran on magic cores Marcus and Lilia had the majority of the items they would need to continue on their journey in comfort.

'Now all we need is to buy some clothes and obtain a method of transportation. I cannot expect Lilia to be able to run around at my pace and having something to ride in will make the journey easier and more comfortable.'

With that thought Marcus and Lilia searched around for a clothing establishment that dealt in high quality clothing and began buying daily clothing and clothing for formal occasions. He even had three outfits commissioned for him and Lilia each.

After purchasing around eighty gold worth of clothing the staff of the store were wondering how Marcus was going to carry all of it out of the store when he simply plopped it all into his item box shocking everyone around.

After exiting the store Marcus made his way to the adventures guild since there was a specific service he was looking for.

Walking inside he walked up to the receptionist and to his surprise it was the same one that had helped him out when he first visited River Landing.

"Hello welcome to the advent…"

As the young woman looked at Marcus, she stared at him stunned and had stopped her greeting which Marcus was not expecting.

"Um, miss are you alright, we met before my name is Irene and you helped me sign up to be an adventure a couple months ago do you remember."

The receptionist looked at Marcus and a few tears started falling down her face. However, she quickly recomposed herself, wiped the tears away and said, "Sorry about that I had heard that your party was attacking during the request and suffered casualties and that the rest ended up dead in the dungeon. I thought that another adventure I had signed up died but here you are."

Marcus gave her a slight smile since he remembered how much she worried he was going to die on the escort mission he had chosen.

"Yeah, I am still alive and kicking. But today I am not doing any more adventuring but looking to buy a magical beast, would you happen to know of any good shops around here."

The receptionist nodded her head and took out a little book that had information on River Landing in it.

After a couple minutes of reading, she had found the name and general location of a shop specializing in magical beasts.

She began describing the way to get there from the adventures guild, but Marcus quickly handed her the map Wade had given him and had her mark it down.

With the information he wanted in hand Marcus thanked the receptionist for her help and exited the building.

Back on the streets of River Landing Marcus and Lilia headed towards the Northwestern end where the shop dealing in magical beasts was located.

When they arrived in front of the shop Marcus stood their mouth agape since the shop was more of a compound than the small shop as Marcus thought it would be.

'I know I wanted the nicest place in River Landing, but I did not think it would be this big. I hope I have enough money left to get a good beast.

Walking into the small building that served as the storefront Marcus saw that there were a couple other people doing business either trying to purchase or sell magical beasts.

However, there was one young man that was currently standing at a counter waiting to serve whoever came in.

As soon as he saw Marcus, he stared at him mesmerized for a few moments before nearly running forward and saying, "Hello there miss, my name is Frank and welcome to Hugo's Beast Emporium, what can I do for you today."

Marcus was a bit surprised by enthusiasm of the young man but decided that as long as he got what he came for it would be fine.

"I am looking for a magical beast that would be good to pull a small carriage, something of the uncommon grade would be preferred but I am willing to take a common grade magical beast if there are no suitable ones at the uncommon grade."

Frank was astonished by how Marcus got right to the point and knew exactly what he wanted.

"Yeah, we have a number of uncommon and common grade magical beasts and normal beasts like horses that are perfect for drawing a cart or carriage. Allow me to lead you to where we keep those beasts, and you can pick out the one you like. Ah, and if it would not be to much trouble would you tell me your name."

Nodding his head Marcus aid, "Okay then lead the way and my name is Irene hopefully we can do business today."