"Excuse me mr patrolman," Kurt stopped a man in familial armor who was passing by.
"Hmm? What is it? I'm busy so make it quick."
"Did something happen?"
"Nothing that a civilian like yourself should be concerned with. Now what is it that you want?"
'Tsk prick.'
"Never mind then," he made way for the patrolsman to go by, "don't wanna keep you."
".... just wasting my time…." he mumbled under his breath as he stormed off. Bumping his shoulder against Kurt in the process.
thud
"..."
He looked at where he got hit then stared coldly in the direction of the man.
And just kept staring.
Even when the patrolsman was out of site he wouldn't look away. As if invisible chains were holding him back from running after him.
"Hey, are you okay?" a passerby asked.
"Huh?" he snapped out of it.
"Everything good? You've been staring at nothing. Haha, what, you plotting a murder or something?"
'The heck is wrong with this guy?'
"Nice joke haha." Kurt played along.
"Joke?" his soft demeanour changed, "Who said I'm joking?"
"What….?"
"I'm kidding! Lighten up friend hahaha!" He patted Kurt on the back.
"Argh Jesus, what's wrong with you?" He slapped the stranger's hand away.
"Who's Jesus?"
"Wait wha- ah aahhh you're not getting me with that again haha."
"....."
"No way you're-"
"HAHA got you again!"
"YOU MOTHERFU-"
"Whoa whoa whoa relax man!" He raised his arms in surrender. "It's all fun and games. I was just checking up on you and decided to tease you a little, no need to get all uppity."
Kurt put down his hands which were suspiciously aiming for the throat.
"Haaaa sorry I've been having a stressful day. I'm Kurt by the way." He gestured a handshake.
"I'm Jesus." he shook it.
crack-
"Ow ow ow! Alright I get it, jokes over! I'm sorry! You're gonna break my hand!" the stranger cried.
"Really~" Kurt said with a sly grin, "I must've misheard. What was your name again~?"
"DOMINIK! IT'S DOMINIK!"
"Nice to meet you Dominik." he finally let go.
'Huffuuuuu' he blew on his hand as if that would lessen the pain. "Jeez, that's some monster strength you got. Did you really have to enhance yourself with magic to do that?"
"Enhance with magic? No, that's all natural."
"Seriously!?"
"Yep."
"Daamn…..." Dominik admired with a small twinkle in his eyes. "Welp it's good you're alright. Also like I said I was just checking up on you, and you seem to be okay. With that done I bid thee farewell."
"Wait!" Kurt stopped him.
"Is there something else?" he looked back
"Yeah. Do you know of any good places to eat around here?"
"It's only our first day meeting and you already want to go on a date? You move fast Kurt."
"Haha a date with my fist and your face sounds lovely."
"You bad boy~"
"Dominik…." Kurt raised his fist and slowly walked toward him.
"Go straight down this street and take the first left. You'll see a diner called "Sophie's Supper" Can't miss it."
"Thank you." He patted Dominik's shoulder and walked past.
'Phew' "I nearly died for real back there…. oh well." he shrugged it off and also continued on his way.
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'Let's see now…ah there it is.' After turning left Kurt saw the diner, just as Dominik said, and made his way to eat.
ring ring
The doorbell chimed as he entered.
Looking around he noticed that not a lot of people were in the place. Which was great for him, meaning he can eat in peace and collect himself.
A waitress greeted him and offered him places to sit.
He sat down at the back corner seat where it had a view out the window and took a look at the menu.
'Fried Griffon? Basilisk Wings? Of course I don't recognise any of these.' He put the menu down and waited for an employee to take his order.
While waiting he saw a man and woman, possibly a couple, on his opposite side about three rows ahead, with a mean look of fury on their face.
'Who pissed them off?'
He strained his ears to try and listen in on what they were saying.
"...where is….Dale...injured…the tournament."
"...I swear…responsible…. incompetent."
'Hmm.I can barely make out what they're saying. Not that it's any of my business.' He gave up on listening to them and stared out the window.
Outside he saw some students lifting boxes of material with magic and other people walking around with weapons on their back and hips.
'Whoa…. I wonder how they're doing that? Also are those people going out to war or something. Why are they just carrying weapons out in the open like it's normal?'
Across the road in an alley, he noticed two eyes looking at him. Perched on the trash bin was a white cat staring right at him.
'How creepy…. but kinda cute.'
When he waved at it, the cat immediately jumped off the bin and ran away.
'What a bummer.' he put down his hand.
step step
'Finally.' Kurt turned towards the approaching waitress.
"Are you ready to place your order, sir?"
"Yes, I'll have the afternoon special."
"Mmhm," she wrote on her notepad, "And anything to drink?"
"A glass of water please."
"Alright I'll be back in about ten minutes with your meal. In the meantime, I'll get you your drink."
"Thanks."
The waitress left and shortly came back with his water.
"Here's your water sir." she placed it on his table, "If you need anything else just give me a call."
"Will do." He smiled back.
The waitress blushed at his smile and walked away with an extra skip in her steps.
While waiting for his food to arrive, the doorbell chimed as someone entered. Taking a quick glance from his window staring to see who it is, Kurt was caught completely off guard.
Ba-dum
His heart made a quick beat as a woman entered.
'Oh…my…lord. She's gorgeous.'
She had beautifully long and straight platinum hair that is parted at her forehead that shows off her face. Sharp fiery-red eyes, a cute small nose and luscious red lips that hinted at an intoxicating, sultry voice. She wore a red suit that was parted slightly at her chest which accentuated her "womanly charms".
She quickly looked around as if searching for someone and her eyes briefly met Kurt's before finding their target.
Ba-dum Ba-dum
He was so starstruck that his mouth hung slightly agape.
'Wow....I've never seen anyone this…. this…'
Before his mind could wonder, the sound of the woman's heels broke out as she walked towards the angry couple from before.
She bowed to them with a look of shame, confusing him. Afterwards she sat down and began conversing with them.
Kurt carefully tried to listen in again but with the background music playing and all ambient noise coming from outside he couldn't hear them properly. It didn't help that the couple spoke quieter than before the woman arrived.
'I wish I could just go in and say hi or something, but it looks like she's speaking about something serious. Maybe when she's finished I could-'
He then saw the waitress arriving with what looked to be his food.
'What the heck is that?'
"Your order is ready sir!" She put the tray food on the table with practised ease.
"Uhm…sorry I'm new to Eldoria, can you describe what this is?" He asked, looking at the tray with mild concern.
"Oh is that so? Then it's understandable you wouldn't know. This is an Eldorian special: Finely cut Wolf Beastkin meat and Cockatrice liver that was prepared into small bite-sized proportions for the customers enjoyment. All of this with a bowl of Kraken soup and a small plate of fried rice on the side. It's called "The Monster Feast"."
"...I see…" 'Gulp' "It looks delicious." He smiled trying to hide his nerves.
"I promise you it is! Please enjoy your meal sir." The waitress left with a giddy smile on her face.
Kurt took a spoon and decided to try the soup first.
Sluurp~
'What the hell?! This is delicious!'
To his surprise the food actually turned out to be really good despite the source it came from.
'And here I thought the only good thing was the fried rice.' He thought as he devoured the food. Having not eaten anything all day, it tasted extra delectable.
'Wait stop with the distractions!'
He looked up from his plate to see if the beautiful woman was still there but to his dismay she was gone.
'No no no! Stupid food! How could you do this to me!'
He got up from his seat and frantically looked around, hoping that she'd still be nearby. Then he noticed a red silhouette leaving through the exit and practically jumped out of his seat.
"Wait!" He yelled not caring that he sounded like a total weirdo.
He then pulled the door wide open and searched around. Seeing her walk away on his left side, he ran up to her like a kid running to a christmas tree, excited about opening their presents.
"Excuse me I-"
But just as he was about to reach her, she vanished.
SHWOOSH!
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Kurt stood arm stretched out, red in the face from excitement and panting out short breaths as he looked at where the woman was standing just seconds ago.
He dropped his arm and had the saddest frown as he realised what possibly happened.
'Goddamn magic…'