The Reckoning of Asgard by James Malcolm Elrick

Author:James Malcolm Elrick [Elrick, James Malcolm]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-05-03T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 44

The Thieves Guild Store

As they approached the alley that led to the entrance of the thieves guild, Farling noticed it was unusually busy. “Why are there so many stalls selling wares near the guild?” he asked.

“It is not just near the guild,” said Arastead, “the entire alley leading to the entrance is filled with tables and people hawking goods.”

They walked through the buyers and sellers and listened as everyone bartered for the best price.

“I do not even see any thieves picking pockets,” said Grum. “You would think this would be the ideal place.”

“Something tells me they have other plans for their marks,” said Farling. “There he is,” spotting Einar.

Einar had also seen them and waved them over. Finding a place to talk that was not quite so busy with people took a few moments, but they eventually found one.

Einar pulled out a rock, rubbed it, and put it on the ground. “There,” he said, “no one will hear our conversation.”

“What is going on here?” asked Grum.

Einar grinned and said: “Well, people have a funny way of noticing things. And one of the things they noticed was that a lot of people had started coming down this alley for no apparent reason. And so, Trondheimers being a curious people, they began coming into our store. And, try as he might, the manager of the store could not say no to the prices people were willing to pay for our antiques. As it turns out, we had some rare items. Everything was covered in dust, but some were quite valuable and fetched a lot of coin.”

Farling asked: “But what about the other vendors hawking their wares in the alley?”

“Them,” said Einar as he pointed his head at the other stalls, “we charge them rent for their space in the alley.”

Farling scoffed. “So, you have gone legit?” he asked.

Einar raised an eyebrow in surprise. “You could say that,” he began. “The coin is decent. The masters of our guild are pleased with the revenue. And as there are portals that connect this guild and the thieves guild in Pitcairn, we use those to trade rare antiques to sell. Well, we sell it for them on commission of course. And Stepon and Jagjord have been ideal ambassadors between our guilds.”

Arastead now chuckled. “So, you have given up thieving,” he said. “I am shocked.”

Einar shrugged. “Well, you could say it is just a different type of thieving,” he said. “I mean, the goods we sell here in Trondheim from Pitcairn were all stolen, and the goods we sell in Pitcairn are also stolen, so we still are thieves.”

Arastead, noticing the prices written on some of the items in removable wax, said: “I would say you are still thieves. The markups on those items is excessive, enough to make any thief blush at the size of the profit.”

“We are quite proud of the value we add to these items,” said Einar oblivious to the sarcasm.

“I do not even recognize any young thieves picking pockets in the alley,” said Farling.

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