Seruberie mutters whilst going to the place where the King of Death disappeared. Apparently, there was no items that dropped. However, it did not seem like she was particularly disappointed, she then proceeded to mark the ground with a burning spell. Itâs likely that she marked the ground to use it as a spotting tool for the next time she hunted. After finishing her marking which turned the ground into a burnt black color, she headed towards me.
ăWell, this is how it usually goes. Will this be good enough? Zeph?ă
ăThank you. Itâs been a really good reference to learn from, Seruberieă
âYou donât need to be so politeâ is what Seruberie responded with, as I took out the King Nipper Card.
ăThanks, itâs been a really good trade. If there is another opportunity later, please remember meă
ăOf course. Same hereă
I exchanged the King Nipper card with the pouch of money she held. Although I was trying to think of something clever to say, there was nothing that came out of my mouth. Seruberie looked towards me like she wanted to say something as wellâŠâŠbut that is probably just my one sided feeling, right? I want to say something but, nothing comes to mind.
s.h.i.t, this is so awkward.
ăAlright thenâŠă
ăAh? AhhâŠâŠă
She curtly exchanges parting words, and she immediately activated teleport straight afterwards. In the end I couldnât find any words to say.
Good grief, Iâm such a poor talker that itâs embarra.s.sing.
By the time I came back into Beruta Town, the sun was already beginning to rise, when I return to the inn, both Claude and Milly had started to eat breakfast. The content of the breakfast was: a piece of long bread, with a salad filled to the brim with some sort of white dressing. Seeing Claude who wiped away the white dressing stuck on to the corner of Millyâs mouth, I thought to myself, âthey really look like brothers and sisters, donât they?â, and instantly Claude scowled in my direction.
Can she read my mind or something? Itâs a little scary to be honestâŠ
ăWelcome back, Zeph-kună
ăYour clothes are already so dirty, where did you go so early in the morning? Zephă
ăIâve been training. I occasionally go hunting by myselfă
ăThatâs not fair! Are you trying to do this to catch up to me?!ă
Sheâs speaking like sheâs way ahead of me in terms of Magical power⊠Well I suppose in terms of levels she is indeed slightly above me.
ăWell, if you like, I can bring you along next time? Let me just say that I always depart during the nightă
Fufufu, Milly laughs as she sticks her tongue out. Although it is probably unlikely that Milly who is really delicate in the morning will be able to go with me at night.
ăI also want to come alonggăă
I will pretend to not hear Claudes murmurs.
Theyâve just got out of a light bath, and they were stuffing themselves with their breakfast, it could be seen that they were talking about something or other whilst having a lot of fun.
ăBy the way, what shall we do today?ă
ăI think that the mountain expedition we went to last time was really tiringă Lydia also seems to be working at her store, donât you think that we can just take a good rest today?ă
While extending her folded arms, Milly replied.
ăFor some reason, youâre able to wake up quite early today havenât you?ă
ăUuu-be quiet!ă
Teasing Milly is quite funâŠ..just as I was thinking such things, both girls were staring in my direction.
ăZeph what are you going to do today?ă
ăN? Hmm after shopping around I will probably go back to trainingă
High Levelled Spirit Magic: Summon Servant, in order to perform this particular branch of magic high grade materials are necessary, furthermore, it is essential to increase the magic level of the Spirit category. Fortunately, I came across the King Nipper Card the other day, and worries about money were almost gone.
ăNnn well then, Youâve got to bring us along with youă!ă
She jumps out from her seat with a kick as she points her index finger towards me, and Claude who nods in approval. I suppose I donât really mind it⊠With that we headed for the shopping district in Beruta.
ăThis money belongs to you Zeph, so you can use it however you want, alright?ă
Milly says this as she pa.s.ses me the money she got from Lydia the other day, it amounted to 20,000 Rupi. If Iâm not mistaken, Lydia did say something about this the other day.
ăAnd, is there something that you wanted to buy?ă
ăIâve been thinking of purchasing high grade mediums. From here on out, I was thinking of increasing the level of my Spirit Magică
ăHeeă Iâve heard that not many people use that type of magicâŠâŠWell I guess itâs your own money! Itâs up to you how you use it!ă
ăWell, can you guys help me look for materials to buy using that money?ă
ăOkayăâȘă
As I said this, Milly looked towards Claudes direction with shining eyes.
ăClaude, I will give you half the money, should we have a match to see who can purchase the most amount of materials?ă
ăOf course, I donât mind ită
Claude begins to grin as she smiled, and it seemed like sparks were coming out from each of the girls. I think that Claudeâs habit of seeking a match with others has spread to Milly. Milly is quite easily influenced by others isnât she?
I watched them off, as I gave them the, ready set go! Signal and they both ran towards the shopping stalls, I also go to search for high quality mediums myself. Because a High level medium is something that a monster from the Spirit Category drops, it is quite the rare item, therefore, it is not really possible to stock up in ma.s.s.
The only thing I can do is, purchase any and all of the High quality mediums in the shops. The fact that I obtained a King Nipper Card and exchanged it for a huge sum of money, is something that I havenât yet mentioned to the girls. Because the amount of money is so huge, I was afraid that it might have an adverse effect on our relationship if I told them. There has been multiple instances that Iâve seen, where a single person in the guild picks up a rare item, and it causes the guild to crumble.
Well, I donât think that Milly and Claude are those kinds of people, but just in caseâŠ
I looked through all the stores that sold high-level mediums and bought them.The number of mediums sold was even less than I had expected, moreover, the price for the mediums had a drastic range from 800 Rupi per piece to 2,000 rupi a piece. I bought around 300 pieces in total, and I thought that it would probably be impossible for me to look for these things every single day. I really want to find a way where I can regularly acquire this product at periodic intervalsâŠâŠCome to think of it, Lydia has a really good knowledge of the stalls in the shopping district, and itâs probably a good idea to ask her about this. Letâs contact her immediately using the Guild Messaging system.
ăLydia, are you free right now?ă
ăOhh Zeph-chi? You talked to be so suddenly so I got a little surprised ăă
Iâm a little worried about her calling me Zeph-chi, but I donât dare to rebut her statement.
(I want to purchase all the high-level mediums from the stores, would it be possible to buy them all up? I want to buy them at the price of 1,000 Rupi each. My budget is around 28 million Rupi)
(Ohhhă? Isnât that a hugee sum of moneyăNn! Zeph-chi, were you originally that rich?)
(FufuâŠâŠ.Just this morning when I went out to hunt alone, I obtained a rare item drop. However, do you think you could keep this a secret from Milly and Claude? I think it is still too early for children like them to know. I was thinking of completely converting all of it into high-level mediums)
(AhhăSo itâs like thatâŠ..Well if itâs those two I donât think you have to worry so much butâŠI understand how Zeph-chi feels so I suppose I can keep it a secret for you)
(That would help me out)
Ahhaha Lydia was laughing as I expressed my thanks.
Lydia was a merchant and I thought that it would be alright to tell her because she would be accustomed to dealing with money. Moreover, I would not be able to process all that money by myself.
(By the wayă talking about collecting the mediums at a price of 1,000 Rupi a piece, if I was able to obtain it for an even lesser price, do you think I could take the difference as compensation?)
(Of course. I will entrust it as hush money)
(So itâs our little secret isnât it Zeph-chiâȘ?)
Nihihi Lydia was laughing lewdly. I didnât dare to point out her evil laughterâŠ
(âŠ..Alright so, please take care of it)
(Okayă, leave it to meâȘ)
She accepted the fact with a merry mood but, I guess I have built a huge debt for myself. I have a feeling it will bite me in the back later. Meanwhile, the two girls had finished their shopping and came back. Claude looked the same as per usual, but Milly was looked disappointed. Sheâs so easy to understandâŠ..I bet that the winner is Claude again.
ăZeph-kun, using 10,000 Rupi, Iâve managed to acquire 15 high-level mediumsă
ăThis is quite the amount. Did you bargain down the prices?ă
ăI will leave it up to your imaginationă
Her eyes were shut and Claude hands me the high-level mediums with a composed face. âDonât get too overconfident, alright?â I said this as received the mediums.
ăBy the way Milly-sană
Claude turned around and was looking at Milly, on the other hand Milly was avoiding Claudeâs gaze.
ăI think that I will use my privilege as the victor, right about now, will that be alright?ă
Milly was about to escape from Claude, and Claude tightly grasped on to Milly. Claude was getting carried away from her victory and Milly was easily influenced by others. These two⊠are the type of people who would get ruined by gambling. By the way, the punishment game this time around was that the loser had to take on a cute haircut, and Millyâs long twin tail hair was styled by Claude to look like two round dumplings.