The barmaid gave him an odd look but returned with his white glistening beverage. Curtis smirked and dug a hand into his satchel, rummaging around before taking out a battered old scroll, wrapped up with leather cord. 
"You assume right. This is just a map of this local area... but on it, you'll find the directions to the kingdom. And since you were kind enough to buy me a drink, i'll drop the price to say... 75 gold?" It was an obvious rip off, a map would never cost that much around here.