Translator: LN&WN Warrior

Editor: Starfinder

"It's a magic sword."

"No, it must be trash, right?"

"I said no!"

"Then, why is it so blunt?"

The Silver-Wolf dagger which he bought in Akane's shop before could cut his skin even though the blade just touched it slightly.

Other low-quality weapons which Haruki used have better sharpness than it.

'If this is a magic sword, it's impossible for it to not be able to cut my skin with its blade when it touches my finger.'

"The more monsters the magic sword cuts, the sharper it is."

"......Isn't it a G.o.dly item?"

Haruki's reaction was like a kid.

'From Akane's explanation, it's a G.o.dly item.'

"Why is this kind of G.o.dly item here?"

"Because no one buys it."

"There's no way that no one comes to buy it."

'Isn't it a weapon that the more I use it the stronger it would be?'

'Many buyers should be able to use it.'

"You also think like that right? But, this is a dagger."

"......Is there a problem with it?"

"How many adventurers that use a dagger as a main weapon do you think are there?"

"There are only a few people."

'That's right, only a few.'

'Maybe it's not even 1% of all the adventurers'.'

'It only happens if low-cla.s.s adventurers are included and maybe none of them are intermediate and higher level adventurers.'

"Everyone must have had an opportunity to buy an amazing weapon. But, rarely anyone can use it."

"What?"

"That's why no one buys it."

"......Aren't there a lot of strong adventurers besides me?"

"Do you really not understand?"

Akane asked him, but he couldn't understand the question.

Haruki tilted his head.

"A dagger isn't a weapon that is normally used to kill monsters. At most adventurers would use it as a sub-weapon by throwing it.

This magic sword isn't good before you cultivate it to the point where it can be used.

From the sharpness, it can only be used in the upper-tier at first.

Is there an intermediate cla.s.s adventurer who deliberately goes to the upper-tier floor just to cultivate a sub-weapon which no one knows until what extent it can grow?" (Akane)

'--Well, none.' (Haruki)

"If that person has time to cultivate that weapon, it's better to hunt in the middle-tier floor and buy a high-level weapon by using the money earned.

That way has a better cost-performance ratio.

Furthermore, no one knows when it will be a strong dagger as it is only a rarely used sub-weapon.

For strong adventurers, their apt.i.tude to that weapon can't connect.

However, it's easy for weak adventurers.

But, no adventurer wants to buy an expensive magic weapon as a sub-weapon.

Therefore, no one buys it."

That was Akane's explanation.

However, Haruki didn't satisfy.

"There must be some adventurers who use a dagger as the main weapon, even if they are just a few people, right? Does no one really want to buy it?"

"You really don't know anything......"

Akane stared him with scornful eyes while touching her chin.

"You are the only eccentric reckless adventurer who uses a dagger as a main weapon."

"......Is it true?"

"So, do you want to buy it or not?"

"Is it okay if I don't buy it?"

"I'm sorry, please buy it."

Her att.i.tude easily changed.

Akane's eyes s.h.i.+ned like a light.

"How much is it?"

"1,000,000 yen."

"I'll go back."

"Uwaahahaaan! I'll decrease it, I'll decrease its price so please don't leave...!!"

When he put back the dagger and want to turn back, Akane suddenly held him while crying.

'She is really simple.......'

'The magic sword doesn't have a blade.

'That's why it's unreasonable for a magic sword which doesn't have even an ordinary level of sharpness to be worth 10,000,000 yen.'

'As for a magic sword which is not sharp and used by many people, it's reasonable if it's worth 1,000,000 yen.'

'However, it seems the dagger truly didn't sell.'

"I'll buy it if it's only 300,000 yen."

"Is that okay!?"

At that moment Akane's eyes s.h.i.+ned.

'......Eh? Could I lower it more?"

'It's quite disappointing, but there's no problem because I can buy a magic sword for 300,000 yen.'

'It's not something regrettable.'

Haruki inserted the dagger into his bag and paid all of his equipment.

'The credits in my card are reduced to 100,000 yen, but I can earn it back as soon as possible after selling all materials that I gathered.'

'I'll earn it back today.'

'I can't wait to see Akane's face at that moment.'

"Oh, right. Does this shop receive an order for weapons or items?"

"I have a standard system to receive that order as it would become a stock in my inventory."

"I see."

'Today is special!' (Akane)

'How is it!?' (Akane)

'Everything is what you want right? They are really fit you right!?' (Akane)

While showing that kind of face, Akane folded her hand while laughing by using her nose. Haruki who saw her smiled bitterly.

'She truly has a great personality.'

'This is not bad at all.'

'Thanks to that, I'm roused to make her silence in her argument.'

'I'm very grateful for her presence which was like an explosion in this slow countryside.'

"I want a good dismantling knife."

Haruki wanted a dismantling knife with a higher level of performance since she had difficulties dismantling the Centipede.

Of course, most of it because of Haruki's lack of skill.

That was the reason why he needed a good knife.

It's not too fast to order it.

"Okay, what level of knife do you want?"

"I'll leave it to you."

"I understand."

'”I'll leave it to you.” It was amazing to be able to tell everything by only using a sentence.'

Of course, he could entrust everything to his opponent because she was Akane.

'Rather than a suggestion from me, she must be able to prepare something that really fits my needs.'

"It's production time around 1 month. It will cost at most 500,000 yen."

"That much?"

"You leave it to me, right? If so, you only need to close your mouth and nod. Hua ha ha!"

'Eh!?' 'Why does it make me nervous?'

'......Well, let's forget about it.'

'If it is her suggestion, the product's performance will be equal to the high production cost.'

"One more thing, I want a few types of medicines."

"Does this town not have a pharmacy?"

"They don't have types of medicines that are usually used by adventurers."

Medicines made from dungeon's materials are very effective.

In a normal pharmacy, there was at most 1 or 2 types of high effectiveness medicines that could be used by adventurers.

However, those pharmacies which sold medicines made from dungeon's materials were different.

To make sure there was no scientific side effect from the medicines' effectiveness, they were only sold to adventurers who had an IC-card.

Even though they were treated as human sacrifices, but a rapid way to recover from an injury was essential for adventurers. So, no one had complained.

If a side effect appeared, as long as the party involved didn't focus only on profit, a trial was unlikely to occur.

"Please gather those medicines."

"Eh--, no thanks."

"Oi, are you really this shop's clerk?"

Haruki's temple twitched when he heard her words.

'She really loses her motivation after being demoted.'

"Those medicines can't be preserved for long. If you want to order them, then please order what you need at that time only."

"Ah, I see. How much time does it take for those ordered items to arrive?"

"In around 3 months."

'It was too long.'

'It's okay if it is only a light-injury, but if it is a heavy one, 3 months can turn it into something that can take his life.'

"From now on I'll go to lower floors. Therefore, I'm really grateful if you can save some of them just for an emergency."

"Okay."

She gazed him with her s.h.i.+ning eyes while answering him.

It seemed that she wanted him to be responsible for clearing her merchandises later.

"It's hard to count stocks because there are too many types of products." *Glance glance*.

'I also want to consider the customer's situation, but....' (Akane)

'But well, there is no problem if you want to buy everything.' (Akane)

'It's not a problem for spending my money as long as I can save lives.' (Haruki)

'Of course, it's depending on my wallet condition.' (Haruki)

"By the way, how long is the preservation time of those medicines?" (Haruki)

"It depends on the item, but it is around 1 year on average." (Akane)

"Oh, I see. I'll take care of them if they are nearly expiring. For now, please prepare 10 cases of salve type medicines."

"Thanks for your patronage...!"

As she really didn't want to do it before, her smile seemed fake. 'The weather today is really nice without humidity.'

"Please call me again if you need something else, okay♪."

"Ah, hmm."

"Call me again, okay?"

"........."

"CALL ME."

"Ah, okay."

Haruki nodded after being overwhelmed by her realistic smile.

Akane's shop which didn't have anything didn't seem prospering, but the security was irreplaceable.

Haruki wrote items which he needed on the customer comments form and left Akane who had a satisfying smile in the shop.