「Ohh. That is quite a lot. Magic stones from Modieg, are they?」
「You can tell just by looking?」
Did they have some special feature or something?
「Fifty years in this trade. It would be strange if I could not tell.」
Ohh. So she had been doing this business for fifty years. That made her a long-established veteran.
「Did you come from Koraus?」
「Yes. We stopped by on our way to Mysenz. I wanted water magic stones. Do you have any?」
「Water magic stones, is it? Has it really been twenty years since anyone last asked for those? Now then… where did I put them?」
She disappeared behind the counter, then returned a while later carrying a small box. What was going on back there?
「These are all the water magic stones I have.」
When she opened the lid, there were four magic stones inside, each about the size of a golf ball.
「They are not light blue?」
I had assumed they would be light blue, but they were milky white.
「Water magic stones are usually this color. Sometimes there are mottled ones, but they do not make it this far. They are rare and expensive.」
「Then I will take all of them. Ah, please deduct the cost from these magic stones.」
「You are not going to ask the price first?」
「If it is something like one hundred gold coins, I will pass.」
Unfortunately, I only had twenty-three gold coins on hand. Around sixty silver coins too. If that was not enough, I would just give up.
「A water magic stone is three silver coins each.」
「That cheap?」
「Even at that price, water magic stones do not sell.」
Apparently, there were few people who could use water magic. If mastered, it would be incredibly useful though. I was not strong enough to master it myself.
After deducting the price of the water magic stones, she bought the Modieg magic stones for six gold coins.
「You are paying quite a lot for them.」
According to Alzraiz, merchants usually forced the price down to three gold coins.
「Red magic stones are something people need in the coming days. I would like even more of them.」
Come to think of it, heat magic stones were also used for heating. There were no forests around here, so maybe firewood was expensive.
「Right. Could you buy these as well?」
I placed the upper goblin magic stone and the Wynies magic stone (green) on the counter.
「…I thought it was noisy outside. So Wynies appeared, did they?」
「Yes. All I can do is curse my terrible luck.」
「You defeated them well. Even skilled mages struggle against those things.」
「I am a silver seal adventurer, after all.」
Even if I said it was thanks to Lynx and Cheat Time, she would not understand, so this answer was easier.
「I am surprised the soldiers did not confiscate them.」
「We had a heroic woman with us who used to work at the Adventurer’s Guild, so we defended the magic stones to the end.」
Even the soldiers had been overwhelmed by Sierra’s verbal attacks. No one was beating her at that.
「I would like to buy both, but I do not have the funds for that right now. Let me at least buy the blue magic stone. If you are not in a hurry, I would appreciate it if you sold the other one later.」
So, they were worth that much. Magic stones were more necessary than I had realized.
「Understood. I will come again, so I will sell them then.」
「Ahh. Please do. I will pay extra for them.」
With that, she held out five gold coins. Was a blue magic stone really worth that much?
「Even if it is from an upper species, that is an exceptional price, is it not?」
「Blue magic stones are bought up by the Church. They rarely make it onto the market.」
The Church really was trash. The embodiment of greed. From now on, I would sell blue magic stones here.
「I am Ichinose Takato. Everyone calls me Takato. I am the master of the Goblin Extermination Guild, so I look forward to working with you.」
If I was coming again, it was better to introduce myself.
「I am Julianne, owner of this magic stone shop.」
T-that was quite a passionate name. I would have liked to meet you when you were at the age that suited it.
「I will bring blue magic stones here whenever possible, so please prepare plenty of money.」
「Ahh. Leave it to me. I will gather the funds.」
I gave a respectful bow and left the magic stone shop.
After leaving the alley, I handed Kainzel-san six gold coins.
「Use these again whenever needed.」
I gave Kainzel-san money regularly. Part of it was wages, but it was also so he could take care of the others if something happened to me.
「Ahh. Understood.」
Kainzel-san understood that as well, so he did not press further.
Really, having Kainzel-san join us had been my greatest stroke of luck.
We returned to the inn, and since my body could no longer be satisfied with only Baron Meyer Territory’s specialty cabbage-like dishes, I ate nikujaga curry Misaro had cooked.
「Misaro is an excellent cook!」
Kainzel-san had taken a liking to the nikujaga curry. He kept praising Misaro’s skill.
「That is true. In only a few days, she has already become better than me.」
I had been confident in my curry and stew, but she had completely surpassed me.
Tonight, we kept the drinking moderate and went to bed early. We woke around six, ate breakfast, and left the inn shortly before eight.
「Mornings really are cold.」
It already felt like December, and the temperature was only six degrees. Even so, everyone said it was still warm enough, and thick clothing was enough for them. I was the only one wearing six stick-on heat packs.
Haa… Even with heat packs, it was cold. I should have stopped pretending to be tough and bought an electric heated vest and gloves.
Enduring the winter cold, I rode the KLX230 onward.
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