The next morning Alfred awoke with a yawn and a stretch of his arms. He cleaned himself up a bit before he collected his items and left the small inn with a smile and a thank you to, Yao.
He spent the day walking and occasionally picking up rides from strangers. By the evening he had arrived at the outskirts of, Putian. He found himself in a homey diner planning out his next day, he covered such a small amount of land today he wasn't sure he could make it to his next destination as quick as he was hoping. He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, so far this trip wasn't exactly as wonderful as he thought it would be.
He was alone in a foreign country with no friends or family, surrounded by people who viewed him as a strange foreigner. 'Maybe I should just look at the bright side, after all it is only my second day here surely adventure is out there.' He thought. He went pack to his map trying to figure it all out when a lady came by standing at his table gently tapping him on the shoulder. Alfred looked up from his work and gave the girl a questioning look before she said "Excuse me sir, I was wondering where you are from." She seemed nervous, Alfreds smile grew inviting her to sit down as he explained as much as he could, how he was from the states and how he wanted to explore China and more of the world. They sat there for a few hours laughing and smiling he even managed to learn about the girl, she had lived here in, Lingchuanzhen. She was an only daughter and was soon to join the courting scene. She was lively and pretty Alfred thought, the guy she would marry would surely be a lucky one.
Soon she had to return to her home and Alfred really needed to rest. He quickly found another inn, the man behind the ocunter wasn't as friendly as the previous one but it didn't phase him too much after all he wasnt going to be here for longer than one night
The next days travels brought rain and a bit of misery for the young traveler but he couldn't let it ruin his happiness. He managed to catch a ride the whole day and arrived after some time arrived at, Fuzhou.
He decided the next day would be a break from travels so he could explore the town. He spent the day trying new foods and flirting with young ladies although they were quite taken aback by the loud american. In the afternoon he found himself at the market looking at trinkets of many sorts before he spotted a silver pocket watch, it had a delicately engraved inscription on the outer ring that Alfred couldn't understand and in the center a symbol of some sort. Alfred was taken by it and immediately reached for accidentally placing his hand the same time as another stranger.
"Excuse me, but I do believe I found this first." Alfred turned his head toward the stranger noticing a thick british accent, another foreigner? The man had light blonde hair, emerald eyes, and a scowl that he was probably the cause of. He couldn't let some stranger take the item he had his heart set on, he gave out an obnoxious laugh before narrowing his eyes at the man. "Well ya see my hand was placed on it first, buddy, so I think it belongs to me." He gave a victorious grin as the man let out a growl glaring at him "I don't care if your bloody hand was on it first, its mine." The brit replied tugging it out of Alfreds hand. Alfred gasped and tried to reach for the pocket watch failing tremendously. The smaller man rushed to buy it from the man at the stand who just warily stared at both the men before taking mans money and giving him the watch in a bag. Alfred crossed his arms as the man gave him a smirk walking away with the watch.
After the man left Alfred scanned some more items but finding none that compared to the watch, he had to get it back. After a few hours and sulking and looking at items Alfred stopped to get some food where he spotted the man who took his watch. He decided maybe no was the best time for payback. He swaggered over to the mans table and sat down without asking staring at him. "Excuse me but it is quite rude to just sit down at someone else's table" He said in a bored tone knowing very well why Alfred was there "Well its very rude to take someones watch." Alfred replied crossing his arms on his chest. The other man let out a chuckle while he shook his head "You are absolutely mad aren't you? You actually hunted me down for the bloody item." He said while dangling the pocket watch from his fingers noticing Afreds eyes locked on it. He smirked coming up with an idea "You know I am sure I could give you this beautiful piece if you give me double what I payed for." Alfred gave him an incredulous look, double? It was already expensive as it is and Alfred didn't have a lot of money on his, the man noticed the sad look on him and sighed "Guess its mine then." He said before getting up and leaving. Alfred quickly got up and followed the man "My name is Alfred, whats yours?" He asked, curious as to know his enemies name "Arthur, Arthur Kirkland." He replied giving the american a weary look. "Is there a reason you are following me?" Alfred shrugged head looking at the ground as he continued to follow the man "No reason." Arthur rolled his eyes before replying "Well please stop it I have things to do." He said before briskly walking off in the opposite direction of Alfred.
Alfred was now intrigued by the strange brit, he wondered what brought the man here. Maybe he could find out tomorrow, he decided to take another day off the next day to search for the brit hoping he hadn't decided to travel out of the town.
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