Chapter 13: Flaming Duck
Kain glanced up at the wooden sign with a red duck spewing fire from its mouth.
"The Flaming Duck? Is this the place you told me about? I was expecting something more serious..."
"Hah, watch your words. When you taste their ribs, you'll be just like that duck on the sign, red and fire. Hahaha!"
Under joyous laughter, Derek entered the tavern, one of dozens at the Hollow Patch. If anything brought the people here together, it was a shared desire to drink and eat.
As soon as they were seated at the end table, a girl, surprisingly energetic for late at night, ran up to them.
"What do you want to order?"
Tap.
Derek placed a gray crystal in her hands, causing the girl to gasp. In the palm of her hand now lay her weekly paycheck.
"Carry as much as it's worth and keep the change. You always have the kitchen open, don't you?"
"Y-Yes!" she exclaimed, almost jumping with happiness.
Pretty soon, their small table was filled to the brim with meat, fish, cheese, vegetables, bread, booze, and even one dessert - apple pie.