The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 6] by Harunohi Biyori

Author:Harunohi Biyori
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 8: First-Time Shopping

I decided to try the store the boy had told me would do business even with urchins. The old hag’s secret stash of coins plus that woman’s money added up to fifteen silver and eight small silver; since I was using the copper coins as weights in my weapon, those didn’t count. I’d left half of the coin back at the camp with my other belongings, so I only had seven silver and eight small silver on hand.

The shop was somewhere between the slums and a low-income area of the town. So far it didn’t seem dangerous, but I occasionally felt people gazing resentfully my way, so I kept my guard up. Inside the store, to the right, was a shelf with a scant few food items, and to the left was an assortment of goods. A mean-looking old man glared at me from the back as I made my way in.

“Now ain’t ya a mean-lookin’, creepy li’l bastard,” the man said.

Apparently we both thought the other looked mean. He wasn’t chasing me out, at least—either because I’d masked my presence, or...maybe he smelled the blood on my hands. One way or another, he seemed cautious of me.

“I want a small blade,” I said. “Something I can use for throwing.”

“All I’ve got is on that there shelf,” the man replied, gesturing with his chin. “Ya want anythin’ else, ya go to the smithy.”

The shelf in question was lined with knives and cutting implements for taking game apart. Some were small but still too heavy for me to throw.

“Oh, do you have any scanning crystals?” I asked. That’d been my primary reason for visiting the town—to obtain said crystals so I could see my stats. Learning Scan would’ve required dozens of uses, but what I wanted was to check my current strength, and for that I’d deemed it necessary to use my limited silver on the crystals.

“Four silver apiece,” the man said.

“That’s higher than the market price,” I remarked. Feld had told me the going price for these was three silver.

“An’ that’s how it goes in this kinda shop,” the man retorted. “Don’t like it, go buy it somewhere proper.”

Ah. “This kinda shop,” huh?

“Got any damaged goods, then?” I asked.

The man frowned at my question, which meant the answer was likely yes. Brand-new scanning crystals were clear and grew murkier as they were used. Most could be used about ten times, but what happened if someone died with a partially used crystal in their possession? Maybe an upstanding adventurer wouldn’t, but I figured the ones who lived day-to-day definitely would loot those and sell them instead of using them.

That woman’s memories, too, included collecting and selling scanning crystals she’d picked up. Most shops wouldn’t deal in that kind of dubious item, so I figured people wanting to learn the Scan skill would usually buy them in bulk from “this kinda shop.” And I was right, apparently.

“Over in that box,” the owner replied. “Eight silver for the lot, or one small silver each.

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