"Hey now, I know you don't eat that much," Ruvik said placatingly.

Mao hugged him.

The group returned to the town, and then to the Inn where Maria greeted them cheerfully "Well now if it isn't my favorite treasure hunters, are ye done already?" she asked cheerfully.

"Yep!" Mao said. "Ghost wolf is dead too."

"That's good to know, last thing we want is a beastie like that moving in close to town. Now then let's see what you got," she said leading the group out back to the kitchen area.

Mao held out the bag she and Ruvik gathered and grinned.

Xiao also placed her bag down, and Maria began to examine the contents and looked over the two deer Ruvik had been carrying. "This looks like everything, and good quality as well," she took a bag of coins out, and placed them down. "Here, you go 800z between you," she said.

Xiao stepped forward and presented the Ghost Wolf tail, it glowed faintly in the candle light and Maria looked it over. "Well know, I can't give you more coin, I do have to make a living. But tell you what, tonight you can dine on me how does that sound?"

"Sounds good to me!" Mao said.

Maria led the group out front and sat them down, "You just yourselves down here," she said "And I'll get you all some drinks and something to get your started."

"Sure thing!" Mao said, a big smile on her face.

Xiao was also grinning, and the grin became wider as mugs of frothy ale were brought out and placed in front of each member of the party. "Now this is a reward," she said as she took a deep swig.

"Yep!" Mao said as she drank deeply as well.

Heather sniffed at the drink "I don't think I've seen something like this," she said taking a cautious sip "Ohh," she added taking a deeper drink "It's got a nice taste."

"It'll help get you drunk," Mao said.
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"You like drinking things like this?" Heather asked.

"Yep! It's nice," Mao said.

"You didn't have Alchohol?" Xiao asked Heather.

Heather shook her head "Oh no, we did. But it was mostly wine., but it was served diluted with water."

"Interesting," Mao said.

Matia brought out the first of the food, platters of meat, bowls of salad and fresh bread and put it down in front of the group.

"So amazing," Mao said as she looked at all the food.

Xiao wasted no time in grabbing a thick slice of ham, some salad and a hunk of bread "This looks and smells great," she said.

As the group digs in, a group of Caravaners enter the Inn a few familiar faces among them. They quickly find a table and start ordering copious amounts of Ale.

Mao waved to the ones she recognized.

"Oh hey if it isn't Mao and Ruvik, how are you doing boy?" one of the men said, he was a broad human bigger even than Ruvik, called Johan he was the Captian of the Carvan Guards.

"We're great!" Mao said, smiling.

Johan gestured "Why don't you join us, tell me what you and that lump of a boy have been up to recently," he said.