Published at 20th of November 2020 09:24:00 PM
Chapter 41.1: 41.1
We had our lunch at Tally’s place as usual . I had the meat set today . Selena and Sharon ordered the same meal as me, Elna ordered the fish set, and Cleria ordered a large serving of the meat set as usual .
“Do you need armor as well, Sharon? You too, Selena . ” Cleria asked .
“Armor? Is it something important?” Sharon replied .
Oh, now that Cleria mentioned it . If we were to purchase two sets of armor of the same grade as mine, we’ll have to fork out thirty thousand each . That means I’ll have to pay a total of sixty thousand Guineas . No, I can’t worry about the cost right now . My head is filled with nothing but thoughts about finances lately . Any more and I feel I’ll go crazy . I have to prioritize the two’s safety after all .
“Right . It’s definitely important for you two to have equipment to protect yourselves . Let’s go to Zaluke’s place later then . If we’re gonna buy some weapons and equipment, it would be better to purchase them from Zaluke since we’re already familiar with him . ”
After finishing a hearty meal, we all went to Zaluke’s shop next .
“Yo, Zaluke . How’s it going?”
“Hey, it’s been a while, you lot . I see your companions have increased again . They’re twins?”
“Yup, that’s right . I want to buy armor sets for the two of them . Oh, right . What kind of armor do you prefer, guys?”
“It would be best if it was easier to move in . The armor Clerisan and Elnsan are wearing are a bit…” Sharon replied .
“I also want something that won’t hinder movement please . ” Selena followed up .
“So I guess you’ll need to go with leather armor . I just got some new ones delivered, actually . ”
Zaluke guided us to the leather armor corner of the store, where a new armor set was displayed in place of the armor I bought a while back . It seemed a bit similar to my armor, and yet different at the same time . The price tag indicated forty thousand Guineas .
“This is the new armor we got, sourced straight from the royal capital . This is actually a new version of the armor you bought back then Alan . ”
“Man . So mine is out of date already?”
“Well, most of the basic stuff remains the same . It just has little tweaks done to its structure a bit . ”
Zaluke explained the specifics of the armor to Selena and Sharon .
“Eh!? Magic tool?”
They were quite surprised when they heard from Zaluke that the armor was classified as a kind of magic tool .
“I’ll get this one!” Sharon exclaimed .
“Me too!”
“I see . Actually, I also recommend getting this one guys . So, how much for two sets . Zaluke?”
“Oh, so you want two of them huh . Okay then . I’ll give you a twenty percent discount . Actually, let me take off two thousand more from that . It’ll be sixty two thousand Guineas all in all . How about it?”
“Great . We’ll take them . ”
As I was about to get some money from my bag to pay for the armor, Selena and Sharon took out their own money . Man, that’s a lotta money!
“We will pay for the armor ourselves . ”
“Whoah! You ladies sure are loaded! How come?”
Actually, I had a pretty good idea already .
“We brought them from the ship of course . ”
(How much did you bring?)
(Each of us brought thirty large gold coins . We also have a few other lower valued coins as well . )
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So that’s sixty large gold coins in total . All in all, they had six million Guineas! That really is a lot of money . Come to think of it, I did notice Selena’s luggage to be on the heavy side when I was helping her move them from the inn she first booked . So it was because of the coins she brought with her .
“Alan, aren’t Sharon and Selena going to be part of our party? Then isn’t it better to use the party funds to buy their equipment?”
“Yeah, you’re right . Hey Selena, Sharon . Since these equipment are basically for the improvement of our party’s performance, it’s better to use the party funds to buy them . ”
“Eh? Is that so?”
“Alright, Zaluke . Here you go . ”
I handed Zaluke the sixty two thousand Guineas .
“Thanks for the business . I’ll get their measurements then . ”
Zaluke took Selena’s measurements straight away . He finished taking down her measurements quite quickly .
“You’re up next, young lady . ”
“My body’s measurements are exactly the same as Selena’s, so there’s no need for you to take them, sir . ”
“Oh, is that so? Having a twin sure is convenient . ”
Well, I guess their measurements really were exactly the same . Rather, it’ll be more surprising if they were different .
“Hey Zaluke, we also wanna buy some swords . Do you have any weapon shops you can recommend?”
“Well, I’ll definitely have to recommend one of our partner shops . Exit this shop and turn right . It’s just five shops away from here . A guy named Joe is the clerk over there . You guys are already pretty well known among our partner stores, Alan . So I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to give you discounts as well . ”
So they did have a partner store specialized in weaponry . Man, Tarus-san really has his hands on a lot of different businesses, doesn’t he?
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“Really? That’s great then . We’ll check it out right away then . ”
“I’ll finish the adjustments to both armors in three days, just like last time . Please come back for them afterward . ”
“Understood . We’re counting on you then . ”
We exited the shop and turned right, passing by five other shop fronts . It was the same as the other shops managed by Tarus-san’s family . It was on the smaller side, but looked nice and tidy .
“Welcome! Please feel free to browse our wares, dear customers . ”
We were greeted by the store clerk right after we entered the shop . The clerk was a young man .
“So you’re Joe? We were introduced here through the armor shop managed by Zaluke . I’m Alan, by the way . ”
“Oh! So it’s Alan-san! I’ve heard of you . You’re the benefactors who saved the Master, aren’t you? Please go ahead and check our goods out . I’ll give you a nice discount . ”
“I see . Thanks . We’re thinking of buying swords for these two ladies here . So, girls . What kind of swords do you two want?”
“We’re not really familiar with swords though . What kind of sword are you using by the way, Alan?” Sharon asked .
Right . These girls haven’t even touched a sword yet . I drew my sword out of its sheath and presented it to Sharon .
“Oh, so you have a magic sword . And it looks like quite the fine article as well . ”
Joe commented as such when he took a gander at the sword . Magic sword, he says?
“Magic sword?” Sharon inquired further .
“That’s right . It’s a sword that can dramatically increase its sharpness through the use of magic power . We don’t have a sword of this fine quality here, but we do have magic swords available . ”
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I see . So this thing’s a magic sword huh . To think my sword was the magical sort . So that explains why I couldn’t perform the Final Blade technique when I tried doing it using one of Verse’s knives .
“Magic sword! Please show them to us!” Sharon requested excitedly .
Sharon and Selena seem to be really interested in magic swords . Joe carefully brought out a case containing ten swords from the back of the store .
“These are all the magic swords we have on hand . ”
Come to think of it, I already saw Cleria’s sword glow a while back, but I haven’t seen Elna’s sword glow until now . So does that mean Elna’s sword wasn’t a magic sword?
“Is your sword not a magic sword, Elna?”
“Why, yes, it isn’t . Someone like me isn’t really fit to use such an article . ”
“I beg to disagree, Elna . You have dedicated yourself to protecting me after all . Alan, can Elna also get a magic sword for herself?”
“Of course . Since it’ll increase our party’s strength, it’s more than welcome . ”
“By the way, these swords all have the same length . They only differ in weight and appearance by a bit . ” Joe informed us .
“How much for one?”
“One sword costs one hundred twenty thousand Guineas . If you’ll get three, I’ll take twenty percent plus a thousand Guineas off as additional service and give them to you for ninety five thousand Guineas each . ”
Oh man! That’s surprisingly expensive . I’m glad I managed to make some money before coming here .
“Alan, I think the party funds aren’t enough, right?” Cleria worriedly asked .
“Yeah . The remaining party funds are two hundred ten thousand Guineas . But I’ll just pay for the remainder myself . I’ll just get them back once our party’s started earning from taking quests . ”
“If the money isn’t enough, then we’ll pay with the money we brought . These aren’t supposed to be our personal funds anyway . We were supposed to give them all to you, Alan . ” Selena chimed in .