“So, where do you want to go ?” I asked Alice. “Oh, and if you wao hold onto that staff for you, just ask.” I offered.

  “... I want something sweet.” Alie.

  “Sweet? Like food? I don’t know where we would get any. It’s still a little early for lunch, so how about we wait a little longer for that. I think the Boar’s lounge might have sweets, but if we are going there for lunch, going there just for sweets might get awkward.” I told her.

  “Don’t any of the stalls sell sweets?” She asked.

  “I don’t think so.” I told her. “But then again, I really didn’t check them that closely yesterday.”

  “Did you buy something from a stall yesterday?” Alice asked.

  “Yeah, I bought a couple of burritos from oall to act as my lunch.” I told her. “But I only saw stalls selling food, not sweets.” I added. “But we go check it out.”

  There were stalls selling different forms of skewers and then the burrito one, but none for sweets or something like that. And I’m not sure if there is a cafe in town. Actually, does coffee eve here? I would assume nobles would have it if it did exist, but perhaps it's just not popur in this area. Or it’s too expensive for a baron’s house. Could I just add coffee to my dungeons' geable items list with just my thoughts? Probably nht. I meahing else I had in some form when the dungeon learo make it. The different fabrics that make my clothes. My cards are cardboard. And Prime Rib brought in some magic bags. Perhaps if I analyzed some seeds and then tried to vert them into coffee beans. Perhaps if I got the right card for it. Thankfully I’m not actually that big of a fan of coffee, so it wait.

  With that, I lead us towards the main square.

  —

  “What about that?” Alice asked as she poi a store.

  We were not at the main square yet. We were just a few steps from it, when Alioticed a building that had a store oreet level. It had a sign that read Rudevik’s cookies. A cookie store?

  “I guess we go check it out.” I told Alice. “I guess cookies t as sweets.”

  “Of course they do!” Alisisted. “e on.” She dragged me into the store.

  “Wele.” A dy in her early thirties weled us to the store. She was wearing a full apron on top of some lighter clothing and had her hair tied up in a bun.

  The store itself was small, having only four tables. Two two seaters and two four seaters. And the service ter, where the dy was standing behind. Is gss really cheap enough that they have a gss front to the ter? Sure it’s just a normal straight pane of gss, but I always thought that detly clear gss like this would be expensive. I guess some of the stores do have gss windows that have a gss pane way rger than this o might actually be affordable but difficult to transport. I guess it’s possible that gss panes are a dungeon made item. Or perhaps they make it with magic. If they make gemstones with magic, making gss wouldn’t be so far-fetched. I should ask Christina about it. She knows earth magic.

  “Are you here to buy something or p order?” The woman asked.

  “We want to eat some now.” Aliswered with her eyes glued to the cookies.

  “And what would you like?” She asked.

  “We are here for the first time.” I told her. “Do you have something like a reended set of different cookies?” I asked.

  “Yes, I do that. Will you be eating here or taking them with you?”

  “I think we will eat here.” I told her.

  “And would you like some tea with it?”

  “Yes, please.” I answered.

  “And how many cookies would you like?”

  I looked at the cookies. They were detly sized so I don’t think we would hat many, but we could take the leftovers with us, I assume.

  “We'll take eight for now.” I told her. I think four for each of us is already too many, but let’s just go with that. I just get more if we want more.

  “As you wish. Eight cookies with two teas rge silver and one copper.” She told me.

  I went through my wallet pouch quickly and got out a rge and small silver . I still don’t have any copper s, but I guess we will get some as ge now. I hahe s over to the dy.

  “Thank you.” She said as I paid. “Here is your ge. Please take a seat. I’ll bring over the tea and cookies in just a moment.”

  My ge was four copper s. So I think that means that a small silver (or just silver) is five copper s. And a rge silver is 5 silver. Is gold alse silver and so on?

  (No, it is not, Master. A gold is fe silver s.) Laura told me.

  I see. And that would make a gold worth 100 copper.

  I took a seat with Alice at one of the two-seater tables and just a bit ter, a tray with our cookies, a teapot and two cups were brought to us. She then poured some tea into our cups.

  “Please enjoy.” The dy said before returning behind the ter.

  The tray had the eight cookies I ordered. As I thought beforehand, they were detly sized. A ler than yur venieore cookies and a lot more like the ones your mom makes at home. Well I guess that would depend on your mom.

  I looked at the cookies trying to identify them. I know those two are chocote cookies. At least I think so. That one has some berries and that one some fruit, or something.

  “Alice, what do you want to start with?” I asked.

  “I think I’ll go with this one.” She picked up one of the cookies with berries in it. “What about you?”

  “How about we just split them in half? That way we experience all the different cookies.” I offered.

  “Yes.” Alice agreed. “Let’s do it.”

  “Sure. you hand it over. I’ll split it.” I said to Alice.

  She hahe cookie to me and I folded it in half to split it. It felt slightly warm in my hand so it was likely made this m. Fresh cookies and tea. What could be better? I guess cake and hot chocote. But then again, it depends on who you ask.

  “Here.” I handed Alice her half.

  “Thank you.” Alice said as she received it.

  We both bit into our halves at the same time.

  “Mmm.” Alice let out a sound of enjoyment. “This is so good. It’s better than we have at the manor.”

  “It might just be.” I agreed. “I might have to try them side by side to really know.”

  “No. This is better.” She insisted. “I know. I've had cookies made by Steven for my entire life, and these are better.”

  “I’ll just take your word for it.” I agreed with Alice. I don’t have enough experieh them to say it 100%.

  —

  We enjoyed some more cookies, but didn’t finish them all. Out of the eight cookies I bought, we ate five. A chocote, fruit, nut and just a pin cookie. They were all good. The chocote one wasn’t chocote chip, but just oh cacao powder or something simir in it.

  I used the dungeon fouerminal to make a small cardboard box for the st three, before shoving them into my fanny pack. What do you mean you didn’t know I use it to gee items outside of the dungeon. Of course I . But they do cost double outside, so… Well, it doesn’t matter with how cheap a cardboard box is.

  The dy running the store was ied in the cardboard box I made and asked about it, but I just told that they might e to the market soon and that mine was a test product.

  With that, we left the store and turowards the main square again.

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