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"Incredible, Daddy Sardine! Your power is always amazing!" Kajithe said, praising him for bringing items.
"Nyeeheheh... it’s nothing, son. Now step back! This is what you most need and desire, human," Daddy Sardine said with a smirk. "I offer you three items!"
"They seem strong. They’re exuding powerful Auras..." I said.
"Because they are indeed strong!" he said. "They’re very special too... among my best items. Just because you’re fighting to protect our turf, I shall allow you to buy them... but I don’t know if you can afford them. Let us see how far your funds can go..."
All three items floated in front of as Daddy Sardine described them.
"The first item is called a Golden Spiritual Art Scroll. They’re an upgraded, stronger version of normal Spiritual Arts Scrolls!" he said. "What this Scroll contains is a mystery, but it has never reacted to anybody until now... whatever it holds, it wants you as its master."
"What?" I felt slightly shocked. "Uuh, okay..."
"We move on to this beautiful star-shaped jewel," he said. "This is not a jewel but the Fragnt of a Divine Spirit Beast, known as the Seven Rainbow-Tipped Starfish of the Starlight Sea... known to have fallen from the starry skies once and died, creating the Starlight Sea in the far East, a place where our people co from. This is a fragnt of this imnsely strong Spirit Beast! However, like the scroll, it has a will of its own... many have tried seizing its power and have died doing so. Strangely enough... it seems slightly interested in you, lady."
"Oh, wow..." I looked at the jewel.
I definitely wanted that and the scroll...
"And the third?" I asked.
"This? This is the Rainbow Horn of the Iridescent Heaven Serpent, the King of the White Sky Serpents," explained Daddy Sardine. "A powerful Spirit Beast Material that is sure to make any Spiritual Heart Beast satiated for a lifeti!"
"I want them all..." I sighed. "But how much do they cost?"
"They aren’t cheap, nyeeeheheh..." giggled Daddy Sardine. "Each one is five hundred big coins!"
"F-Five hundred?!" I gasped. "I... could afford two..."
"You sure are packed with money..." Kajithe gasped.
"NYeheh, so you could buy two, huh?" Daddy Sardine asked. "But if you’ve already dealt with an Ice Troll Camp and are going for the rest... well, my treasure will have no point if I die, right? So... I’m willing to give you all three of them for only one thousand big coins, and in exchange, I want you to do your best to protect this city and... Hmm, bring Kajithe along with you."
"Nyah?!" Kajithe panicked, glaring at with his cute, fat, grumpy face. "W-What do you an with that Daddy Sardine?! Accompany her?! Why nya?!"
"You’ve always got that potential in you, nyeeeheheh..." giggled Daddy Sardine. "You’re my most gifted child, my dear Kajithe. I want you to go with her."
"B-But I am a rchant, not a Hunter!" Kajithe said.
"Yeah... I would do all I can to protect him, but won’t that be pointless?" I asked.
"Well, if you don’t agree, then I’m not giving you anything!" Daddy Sardine said. "Leave!"
"..."
"..."
Kajithe and I stared at one another in silence for a little while, and then I sighed.
"Okay, I’ll take your offer, Daddy Sardine!" I said. "I need power not just for the Ice Trolls but... Queen Khione saw through her eyes a great darkness enshrouding the capital... sothing worse may co very soon."
"I know," he said, his eyes shining brightly. "I possess... a power similar to hers, not that great though, but I can see the Threads of Fortune... Kajithe and your Fortune are together. My son here is destined for sothing. Therefore, he has to go with you."
"B-But Daddy Sardine..." Kajithe groaned. "Nyaaahhh... this is hopeless, nyah!"
"Looks like it’s a deal then..." I said as I paid the one thousand spirit coins to him.
Wow, there goes most of my savings...
Now I only have around 250...
Well, that’s still a lot.
"There you go, nyeeeheheh. It was nice doing business with you!" Daddy Sardine giggled, giving the three items, which I stored inside my Inventory alongside what I had purchased from Kajithe.
"With this, I’m sure I can grow my Spiritual Heart Beasts and get so strong Spiritual Arts now..." I nodded with a smile. "Alright, Kajithe, let’s go!"
"A-Already? Why would I... go with you?" he said angrily, hissing at .
"Kajithe, be polite! From now on, you are appointed as her assisting rchant! You’ll help her in her journey in these lands," said Daddy Sardine.
"W-What?! But Daddy Sardine, that’s insanity nya!" Kajithe groaned.
"Trust , you will gain imnse treasures from this," Daddy Sardine smiled. "She tends to stumble into great treasure troves. You’ll get richer than ever before!"
"Ooh?! Then I got no other option then nyaaa! Nice to et you and do business with you, my dear client nyaaaa!" Kajithe changed instantly.
He gave a whole flip on his personality once his father told him he would make a lot of cash.
Wow, so this is how Cat Siths see the world, huh?
"A-Alright then... thank you for everything, Daddy Sardine!" I said, waving my hand.
"Hmm! Now go, save the Ice Fairy Country, and then the whole of Avalon, Saintess of Yggdrasil!" he said, knowing of my connection to Yggdrasil imdiately.
"Eh?" I looked back at him in surprise before Blackitha closed the door and smiled at us.
"I shall see you out. Follow to the door outside," she said.
The Threads of Fortune...
Is that really a power?
When we walked outside of the shop and t with Mark and Frosty again, I told him what happened, and he nodded.
"I see, you got three valuable items that would have cost way more for only one thousand... Wait, aren’t those all our savings?!" he panicked.
"Ahh, calm down. We’ll get more money with the Ice Troll subjugation, and when we sell all their corpses, right?" I asked. "So it’s... uh, it’s alright!"
"Well, I an... I guess it’s ok," he nodded. "We could always make more spirit coins by selling stuff from BNLO or maybe from Earth."
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