Chapter 191

When we entered the Adventurers Guild, one of the staff members hurried off as soon as they saw us . Shortly after that, Yoran-san came to greet us, Oh, have you been waiting long? As promised, we have dismantled the monsters and set aside the meat for you . Shall we head off to the warehouse?

We all agreed and trailed after Yoran-san to the warehouse . Horace was already waiting for us .

Alright, shall we discuss prices first? Oh, before that, I should hand over the meat, right? Right . Horace, has everything been prepared?

Oh yes! Meat from one Black Serpent, one Giant Dodo and two Cockatrices .

The huge, literally monster size chunks of meat were perfectly normal to me now [1] . I stored them away quickly in my [Item Box] . I was glad to get some bird meat before I ran out . I was also pretty happy to have some Black Serpent, its been a while since weve had snake meat .

Alright, said Yoran-san once the last of the meat had been put away . Lets go through the prices of the goods, shall we? First, the Cyclops skin . Due to its excellent condition, I was able to get a fairly good estimate on it, 180 gold . The eyeball was, sadly, a little damaged, so we can only offer you 58 gold for it .

Since Yoran-san already mentioned it yesterday, we were quite prepared for the bad news . [2] Nevertheless, since money was no issue for us . It didnt really bother me . After all, it was still a cool 58 gold .

Oh yes, there is also a magic stone . A very excellent specimen, 215 gold .

Ehhh, goods from A Rank monsters sure pay well . [2] A single magic stone is worth that much [3]?

And then we have the mission reward for the subjugation of this particular Cyclops . 350 gold .

Woah, to think that taking down a Cyclops would be so rewarding . This is excellent, I was planning to go to the City and buy tableware so this money will do nicely .

Well, theres also the materials from the Black Serpent, skin, poison sac and magic stone, all worth 80 gold coin . There was no magic stone in the Giant Dodo, so the materials from the bird only amounted to 12 gold coins . As for the Cockatrice, the only things worth selling are feathers and meat . Since youre taking the meat, the feathers are only worth 4 silver coins .

Since our main purpose was the get the meat off our catch, any money we get from that is a bonus .

So, the total comes to exactly 895 gold and 4 silver coins . Are you fine taking large gold coins as well this time?

Yes, thank you very much, I said, thinking what a nice amount that is, just perfect for a little shopping spree .

Very well, heres 89 large gold coins, 5 gold coins and 4 silver coins . Please check it .

Lets see 1, 2, 3 yes, it all checks out .

The guild is very relieved to see these two pending missions completed so quickly . It was quite unexpected . Many thanks, Mukouda-san .

No, no, since weve accepted the mission, so of course we must complete it . Also, everyone really enjoyed taking on such missions . I said, gesturing to Fer and the rest .

Hoh, hoh, hoh, is that so, is that so . Mukouda-san is a very promising Adventurer indeed . I have high expectations for you, so please work hard .

When you say high expectations that just puts more burden on my shoulders [2]

I mean, I did basically nothing during our missions . The heavy lifting is all done by Fer, Dora-chan and Sui .

Well, well, I hope to see everyone again .

That was our signal to leave . After a final round of good-byes, my party left the guild . As I stepped out of the guild entrance, I was greeted by the energetic voices of 5 young teenagers .

Oh, I said, you guys are pretty early .

Yeah,

We decided to gather a little bit sooner,

Its nice to see them so energetic, [4] Then, I shall depend on you guys .

Awesome, lets go this way first .

We all trooped down in the direction pointed out by Anton .

The first place we visited was Iidas Company . A shop that specializes in the sale of various kinds of pottery items .

When it comes to speciality items and variety, Iidas has the best collection in Neihoff . The five of them chorused together .

Hoho, I wonder if theyve been trained to say this . Still, locals should know better than an outsider like me . Anton ran ahead and pointed excitedly at a large store, Mukouda-san, thats Iidas Company over there . [5]

As soon as I stepped through the door, a staff approached me, Welcome to our store . Oh my, if it isnt Severi Workshops fourth son

Yes, its Anton . Its been a while, Iida-san .

Thats right, youre little Anton .

I am showing Mukouda-san, my Senior Adventurer friend, around the city and youre our first stop .

[5] Well, well, that explains why a child from a pottery workshop would risk becoming an Adventurer . The fourth son of any family would have very little hope of inheriting the family business after all .

[5] Still, Anton seemed very cheerful and positive as he introduced me to the owner, Iida-san, Mukouda-san is an A Rank Adventurer and hes looking for something unique . He turned to Mukouda and said in a professional tone, Iida-san is a great expert in earthenware products and has a great collection . If theres anything you want to find shes the best consultant in the field .

Oho, such a sweet talker, Anton . Iida patted the kid on the head . Then, her eyes zeroed on me, Hoho, an A Rank Adventurer you say? My goodness .

Somehow, I felt a little threatened .

So what sort of pieces are you looking for~ Iida-san rubbed her hands together meaningfully .

Ahaha, how merchant like of her, well, I did came to buy things after all . So this is not a bad thing . I havent really decided yet . Id like to take a look around and see if anything catches my eye . Ah, Ill be visiting Anton and Bridgettes family workshops after this, so it would be helpful if you could show me something a little more unique .

Iida blinked down at Bridgette and nodded, Ah, youre the young lady from Dovans Workshop .

Ah, looks like everyone knew each other . If thats the case, Ill show collections that could not be found either at Severi or Dovan, Iida said . [5] She was very frank and upfront, its nice to deal with straightforward people like this .

Iida-san gave me a private tour of the variety of pottery at her shop . There was no one else here but us, so she was able to show off a lot of very nice pieces . Some were completely impractical, of course, like vases as tall as Fer . When I showed more interest in the plates, dishes and cups, she effortlessly began to show me pieces in different styles and designs . [5]

You have a wonderful selection here .

Thank you for the compliment . I must confess, I too love pottery and have accumulated a lot over the years . I ended up having too many in my house and warehouses and decided to open up this shop . Now I can buy whatever nice pieces I like and admire them before they are sold and buy more later . She grinned, Its a wonderful system [5]

There were certainly a lot of different types of pottery on display . Rustic Japanese style teacups and teabowls as well as fine white bone china in the European style painted with delicate flowers and little pictures . It was quite the feast for the eyes . [4]

According to Iida, each workshop at Neihoff developed their own style of moulding, firing and glazing their pottery . Most of them would incorporate magic into their work . Considering the number of ways magic could be used in pottery making, pretty much every single workshop has their own secret specialities and was very different from each other . [6]

Oh, this one is a large deep plate caught my eye . It looked like a good fit for a noble and powerful monster like Fer . Thus far, Ive only served him food from wooden bowls and cheap pottery plates from generals stores .

I still dont have proper plates for Sui, while Fer and Dora-chan just gobble up their food from whatever vessel I put their meals in . I guess they dont really care about their plates, but I do feel that I should give them something more respectable to eat out of . [6]

The plate that caught my eye was moderately heavy looking and done in Japanese style that looked a lot like the ones produced by XXyaki . The colour looks good too and the though the finishing was muted, it gave off a nice calm feeling to it . Nothing too flashy or colourful, just right for a powerful being like Fer .

Yes, very nice .

I should get this .

What I really wanted to do was ask Fer and the others for their opinion, but since everything in here was just too breakable, I dont want to court disaster . In the end, all my familiars, except for Sui, had to wait outside . [6] Sui was currently napping in my leather bag as usual [7] .

Eh, well, I guess I could just pick out their plates for them .

Lets see, I should get a different colour for each of them at least . This blue-green plate looked good . Oh, and this dark blue plate shot through with streaks of light purple is also very nice .

Dear customer, you are interested in this one?

Yes, I really like this one

You certainly have a good eye . This is an excellent specimen from the Filmaino Workshop . Their work has been receiving great interest and they are the new rising stars of the pottery world .

Oh, rising new stars, was it?

How much is one of these?

The large plate goes for 18 gold coins each .

Thats kind of expensive . However, if I think about it, ceramics in Japan are the same . Certain types of pottery and ceramics are expensive because of the workmanship and type of clay used also, I have the money and I really wanted that plate [8]

Alright, Ill take this one, this one and that one too .

Thank you very much~

May I look around a little more?

Naturally, please take your time .

How kind, I took my time as advised and ended up buying 5 pieces of different mugs and teabowls done in the rustic and muted Japanese style as well as a full European style porcelain tea set consisting of 5 cups and saucers .

I really like the calm and rustic feel of the brown mugs, as well as the unglazed teabowls in its natural ash colour . The European style tea sets have a very elegant and delicate feel to it . The blue flower patterns against a white background gave it a very luxurious look and would be very nice to have tea or coffee in .

The grand total of my purchase for the day went up to 73 gold and 8 silver coins . Since I bought a lot of stuff, the nice lady even gave me an 8 silver coin discount .

Iida-san sent me off with a smile and a, Do please come again .

The five teenagers trailed after me . Their eyes glittering as they murmured, A Rankers certainly are different and A Rankers are really rich .

Ahem, Shall we go to Antons family workshop next?

Yes! This way please!

[Gumihou: Its nice to see other characters, lol]

[1] Added a Little Detail: To interrupt the monotony of meat, gold, precious item transaction

[2] Structural Change: Connected some floating paragraphs into one .

[3] Structural Change: Trimmed off unnecessarily repetitive information . It was originally something like:

Here, this thing is 215 gold,

Wow, so its 215 gold .

I see, wow, 215 gold .

Like, seriously? Are you paid by word count?

[4] Added a Little Detail: Dialogue tag with a little action to indicate speaker .

[5] Structural Change: Trimmed off repetitive information and put in some additional details to make it less stilted and more interesting .

[6] Addition Detail & Structural Change: Give a bit more vivid detail on how the workshops are different and connected two floating paragraphs .

[7] Note from Zzonkedd: Sui must be so cute here~

[8] Addition Detail & Structural Change: Give a bit more vivid detail on how the workshops are different and connected four floating paragraphs and dialogue .