Chapter 268 Room for the dead

Music Recommendation: Elizabethan Masque- Frederico Bayco

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The passages of the inn weren’t too wide and had enough space only for two people to walk at a time. The wooden floor creaked as they walked. Lit lanterns hung at every corner of the corridor, leaving the centre in slight darkness.

Walking up the stairs and now in the corridor, Eve came upon a window and looked outside. The velocity of the wind outside the inn was high, and the snowstorm had begun, making it hard to see anything.

The inn’s owner turned and said, “The snowstorm is not going to stop anytime soon. It is good that you were able to arrive here before it started, Sire. What would you like to eat for dinner? Fresh fish was caught this morning and has been charred with lemon. Would you and the lady like to have it along with a drink?”

“We aren’t fond of the taste of fish. Do you have fresh blood?” Vincent questioned, and the owner quickly nodded.

“We do!” Though the inn’s owner was a human, he appeared to specialise in catering to all kinds of people.

“Fantastic,” Vincent smiled brightly, one that he often gave to everyone that wasn’t warm but cold even with that expression. He said, “You can lightly char the vegetables with some lemon instead.”

“That can be done, Sire,” the inn’s owner bowed, and he pulled out a bunch of keys from one of his trouser’s pockets, before he stopped in front of a closed door. He placed the lantern on the door’s hook.

Picking out a key from the lot, he placed his hand on the handle and pushed the key. Turning it, he opened it. He stepped inside the room and prepared the fireplace, lighting it up and also the three candles which stood on one stand.

“For hot water, it is going to cost a silver,” the inn’s keeper could tell that the vampire in front of him was a wealthy man. He cleared his throat before adding, “It is very difficult to get dry logs of wood in this frosty weather.”

Eve noticed how such a simple room, with a decent-sized bed and a bathtub, cost more than it was actually supposed to. The inn’s owner was trying to charge the customers who were coming to take shelter in his inn so that he could pro