Chapter 7: The Act of Selling(Throwing) Unneeded Items
Levelgap
Wielder of Destruction
Early in the morning, Sally, the owner of the Honeyworks Tavern, is staring at the cat eared girl who is carrying a bunch of cuboid black objects. She said these are charcoals, but she felt dubious because of the perfectly shaped cuboids.
"I hope it helps you. See you later!~" So the girl says, as she hauled off a large sack that seems to contain a lot of things.
She doesn't know where did she get the sack, though she decided not to ask so much.
"... But why charcoal?" She wonders to herself as she looks at the charcoals that has been handed to her by the catgirl.
Nadia feels incredibly confused right now. The Cat Eared Noblewoman is asking where she can sell some stuff. She didn't know where she got each of the stuff on the sack she is carrying right now, but most of the things inside looks incredibly precious.
"If you want to sell all of it, why don't you auction it off? There is an auction house on the western district! As for the gold bars.... just go to the city hall. You can exchange it with money!"
"Oh... so I can't sell these gold bars on this guild?"
"We can, but I think it will be more profitable to you if you go to the city hall. They give more money than the Adventurer's Guild." She knows it sounds like she is indirectly calling this guild poor, but she wanted to help the catgirl as much as possible.
And the government are the one who mostly accepts raw luxuries like gold and silver. So it is more preferable to those establishments than relying on the Adventurer's Guild.
"Okay. Thank you!~"
Nadia wanted to ask her about it, but the girl has quickly left before she can talk to her. She sighs, before shaking her head. The girl always acts like she was in a hurry, and she thinks it might be a slight quirk of the catgirl.
".... Just where did she get that?" Nadia muttered under her breathe. Her brows furrowing for a moment as she thinks about it.
Gordon Hamil is surprised when he heard that the rumored cat eared nobility visited the city hall. It seems like she is looking to sell a bundle of Gold Bars to them with the recommendation of the Adventurer's Guild.
He quickly told his maids to welcome their guest politely while he frantically goes around to change his suit and neaten himself up with the help of his servants. After awhile, he goes to the guestroom where the girl in question is located.
'Beautiful...' He thought to himself as he looks at the neat and youthful appearance of the cat eared person. The symbol of her nobility, her tail that seems to have been carefully groomed is there behind her. Her black hair with some steaks of white in it looks smooth that it seems to shine radiantly on the sunlight reflected on the windows.
He takes a moment to calm himself as the girl stood up and greeted him politely.
"You don't need to be polite. Miss Lize, is it?" With her nod, he continues. "I am the mayor of this Hamil City, a lowly baron family that serves the lord of this region, Gordon Hamil. It is my pleasure to meet an exalted figure like you."
"Eh...? Exalted figure...?" She seems to mutter something under her breathe before she smiled at him. "Anyway... I am here to sell these gold bars here. Your servants took it, saying they will take care of it."
Just after she says that, one of the female servants besides him moves closer to their table and presented a gold bar that reflects the light clearly. It gave a heavy thud as the maid gently put it on the table, before she bowed her head and go to the corner of the room.
He didn't notice Lize gasping in a tone of amazement as she looks at that. He is more busy gawking at the quality of this gold bar in just a single glance.
"This... where did you get this?" He didn't want to sound rude, but he wanted to know just who made this kind of gold bars.
"... It was something I coincidentally found while exploring this city. I can't remember accurately where but it is somewhere on the northern district."
The girl seems unaware, but the way she fidgeted and her eyes always looking up as she is thinking of something. Coupled with the fact that her ears seems to twitch constantly, and her tail to curl around as if shying at the environment, she is incredibly obvious at her lies.
'But.... she might have a reason why she can't tell me about it...' He thought, and decided to give her an out. "I see. I'll ask the soldiers at the garrison to investigate the matter." He have to give her face. He didn't want to make the girl incredibly nervous.
Causing a noble lady from a foreign kingdom, even if they are a runaway, to be scared of them is something they wouldn't do.
She looks like she bought the act, and seems unaware that he is just playing along with her.
'I see... so the rumors about her is true. She might have a sheltered upbringing...' He thought while looking at her with concern.
She might be unaware, but the people of this city are already aware of her presence. It is rare for a beastman to get to this part of this continent. There are some beastmen on this kingdom, but they are long time immigrants of this country, and the very few are even adventurers on the past who decided to settle down here. Lize is the youngest beastman to have ever come here. She is also the only nobility from the Beast Kingdom who decided to settle down on this kingdom.
'Is the war between the Beast Kingdom and the Cantor Empire getting worse? They even let a clueless young lady like her to fend for herself?' He felt a bit depressed at that fact, and hope within his heart that the war doesn't spread to this part of the city.
"Great... so about the gold bars? How much can I get from all of it?" Her face and body movements are very expressive. She is radiating anticipation and excitement as she leans closer to him on the opposite side of the table.
"Ahem. For each of these gold bars, we can give you one hundred gold coins. Will that be fine?"
Her eyes practically shined like stars as she nodded enthusiastically. "Yes!~ I accept!~"
He actually felt like he is still underpaying her because those gold bars have an extremely high purity in it even in his non-expert eyes. He have to ask an appraisal specialist for it before he can make further judgements.
Though even if he knows about it's value, he can't really pay more than that. A hundred gold per bar is already pushing their treasury to the limits.
'It's fine. This is to build a good relationship to her!'
"That's great. Then would you look to finalize the deal right now?"
This is a really weird occasion. Normally it is one of the civil officials working for him who will take care of this, though as he saw her as a very important guest, he is the one who is personally taking care of this.
Another servant came with the documents ready. He only needs to sign it, and for her to sign her part on the other side of the document. After awhile, she will be given the payment for those gold bars.
"Thank you. That saves me a lot!" He can see her smiling brightly as she clutches the pouch full of gold coins inside it.
She has brought a total of twenty five gold bars, so he paid 2,500 gold coins at her. That's almost half of their yearly budget for the development of this city. Gordon feels like his heart is being clenched tight as he looks at the girl hugging the large pouch tightly.
He just hid the pain within his heart with a professional smile. There is no need for him to show his true feelings at the noble cat lady.
The girl stood up along with him and the two of them shakes hands. Though she is told him that she has something to do after this so she has to leave right now, which is a bit of a shame. He wanted to at least introduce her to his family. Maybe even make her interested with one of his sons.
"Hehehe! With this much, I can roll the Gacha at least twenty two times!~"
Things are looking up for me after that utter disappointment last night. Selling those gold bars net me a lot of gold coins that I can use to roll the Gacha!
It doesn't need to be specifically platinum coins to do 11 spins. I only need the equivalent amount of money to roll it. In this case, a thousand gold coins!
Look! Even the Gacha agrees with my theory!
I declined the prompt. Anything I will get will surely manifest around me, and it is still morning. I am walking in the middle of the streets, and it is crowded, so it's obvious why I don't want to roll for now.
"... The owners of the Honeyworks Tavern might become suspicious if I kept having random items inside my room. I think I should look for a permanent residence..."
That's right. Learning more about my abilities seems to have changed my plans moving forward. I was planning to stay at that tavern for a long time, but with the fact that I don't have any pocket dimensions like an inventory or item box, I will have to find a home for myself so I can store any items that I get from my Gacha.
".... After auctioning this items, I should look for a house. I'll ask Nadia again and let her recommend me a place to look for a suitable house!"
With that plan in my mind, I hastened my steps to get to the auction house that Nadia told me. She even gave me a paper detailing where it is, and also it's address in case I somehow don't know about it.
I hope I get a lot of money with these other items too!~
Wald's Treasury is one of the largest auction house operating on the western district of Hamil City. Large companies and the guild branches of this city are in partnership with the auction house. This is because the owner of this auction house is a respectable retired veteran adventurer.
The name of the owner is Wald. He has retired from his adventuring days five years ago, and has started this business. With his connections from his twenty years of adventuring, he managed to acquire reliable workers and staffs, along with the partnership of the guilds and large companies of this city.
He is doing this to support his family who were also working on the auction house as a manager or host.
There are some auction house other than this, but his is more trusted than the others. So most people visits his auction house when it opens. Usually he always gets a lot of visitors on their weekly openings.
"So the rumored cat eared nobility visited us to auction something?"
And so, Wald, a thirty something years old guy, finds himself a surprise in the form of a new rising star of this city. That being the newbie adventurer called Lize. A beastman nobility if his sources are right.
"Yes. She just gave us something really good. Would you like to see the products, or greet her first?" It is wife, Hilma, who answered him.
"Okay. I'll check the products. You can entertain our guest while I look into it."
With that he stood up, while his wife smiled at him and muttered something about him being surprised. He thinks she is just exaggerating. He has seen a lot of things since his adventuring days. He thinks barely anything can surprise him anymore.
Oh how wrong he is....!
"What is this!?"
When he arrives at the room where the products in question are located, his eyes are immediately pulled by the vibrant lotus flower planted on an ancient-looking ceramic pot.
Then he looks at the others and gasps as his eyes are particularly pulled by the shiny coppery spear leaning on the side of the wall. He immediately pushed the workers wrapping it up and takes it out, much to the surprise of his men.
"This is...!?"
When he was an adventurer, he mainly uses a spear, so he is very confident when it comes to appraising lances and spears. He knows whether a spear is cheaply made or a masterpiece by just touching or seeing it.
And the one he is touching right now has this same feeling as that one certain weapon his old acquaintance has. A weapon that can slay a dragon. It has been his dream from a long time ago to wield a legendary weapon like this and fight against a dragon.
Touching this spear seems to have relit a passion that has been long buried within his heart.
"Wrap this up."
"""Huh?"""
He heard them gawking in surprised at his order, but he simply repeated it.
"Wrap this up and put this in my room. I will talk to the noble lady right now."
"Uhmm... are we not going to auction this off?"
He glared at the bald man who asked that. He seems unfamiliar, so he thinks he is a newbie.
"Listen. This kind of item appears once in a lifetime. I will be the biggest fool if I let something like this go!" His eyes narrowed sharply. "I won't let this opportunity go! Do you understand?"
".... Y-yes Boss! We'll do it right away!"
They quickly moved around and wrap the coppery spear carefully. Seeing that he nodded approvingly before deciding to move to meet the noble lady.
He didn't bother knocking on the door. Simply opening it much to the surprise of his wife who seems to be in the middle of talking to the cat eared girl. The girl in question is surprisingly troubled. As if she don't know what she will be doing right now.
He thinks he saw her gazing at him and sighing in relief, though he doesn't know why. He can see on the table that they have served tea and cheesecakes on them.
"What is it, Dear?" He notices the slight tinge of irritation on his wife's tone. Likely because he has interrupted their conversation.
But that spear is more important than the chattering of women.
So before they can react, he quickly did what he has planned to do.
"Dear!?"
"Eh!?"
The two ladies gawked in surprised as he kowtowed to the ground with his head pressing on the floor.
"Please sell your spear to me! I will pay whatever price you want!"
Silence. Lize seems to be speechless at his sincerity.
"I hope it helps you. See you later!~" So the girl says, as she hauled off a large sack that seems to contain a lot of things.
She doesn't know where did she get the sack, though she decided not to ask so much.
"... But why charcoal?" She wonders to herself as she looks at the charcoals that has been handed to her by the catgirl.
Nadia feels incredibly confused right now. The Cat Eared Noblewoman is asking where she can sell some stuff. She didn't know where she got each of the stuff on the sack she is carrying right now, but most of the things inside looks incredibly precious.
"If you want to sell all of it, why don't you auction it off? There is an auction house on the western district! As for the gold bars.... just go to the city hall. You can exchange it with money!"
"Oh... so I can't sell these gold bars on this guild?"
"We can, but I think it will be more profitable to you if you go to the city hall. They give more money than the Adventurer's Guild." She knows it sounds like she is indirectly calling this guild poor, but she wanted to help the catgirl as much as possible.
And the government are the one who mostly accepts raw luxuries like gold and silver. So it is more preferable to those establishments than relying on the Adventurer's Guild.
"Okay. Thank you!~"
Nadia wanted to ask her about it, but the girl has quickly left before she can talk to her. She sighs, before shaking her head. The girl always acts like she was in a hurry, and she thinks it might be a slight quirk of the catgirl.
".... Just where did she get that?" Nadia muttered under her breathe. Her brows furrowing for a moment as she thinks about it.
Gordon Hamil is surprised when he heard that the rumored cat eared nobility visited the city hall. It seems like she is looking to sell a bundle of Gold Bars to them with the recommendation of the Adventurer's Guild.
He quickly told his maids to welcome their guest politely while he frantically goes around to change his suit and neaten himself up with the help of his servants. After awhile, he goes to the guestroom where the girl in question is located.
'Beautiful...' He thought to himself as he looks at the neat and youthful appearance of the cat eared person. The symbol of her nobility, her tail that seems to have been carefully groomed is there behind her. Her black hair with some steaks of white in it looks smooth that it seems to shine radiantly on the sunlight reflected on the windows.
He takes a moment to calm himself as the girl stood up and greeted him politely.
"You don't need to be polite. Miss Lize, is it?" With her nod, he continues. "I am the mayor of this Hamil City, a lowly baron family that serves the lord of this region, Gordon Hamil. It is my pleasure to meet an exalted figure like you."
"Eh...? Exalted figure...?" She seems to mutter something under her breathe before she smiled at him. "Anyway... I am here to sell these gold bars here. Your servants took it, saying they will take care of it."
Just after she says that, one of the female servants besides him moves closer to their table and presented a gold bar that reflects the light clearly. It gave a heavy thud as the maid gently put it on the table, before she bowed her head and go to the corner of the room.
He didn't notice Lize gasping in a tone of amazement as she looks at that. He is more busy gawking at the quality of this gold bar in just a single glance.
"This... where did you get this?" He didn't want to sound rude, but he wanted to know just who made this kind of gold bars.
"... It was something I coincidentally found while exploring this city. I can't remember accurately where but it is somewhere on the northern district."
The girl seems unaware, but the way she fidgeted and her eyes always looking up as she is thinking of something. Coupled with the fact that her ears seems to twitch constantly, and her tail to curl around as if shying at the environment, she is incredibly obvious at her lies.
'But.... she might have a reason why she can't tell me about it...' He thought, and decided to give her an out. "I see. I'll ask the soldiers at the garrison to investigate the matter." He have to give her face. He didn't want to make the girl incredibly nervous.
Causing a noble lady from a foreign kingdom, even if they are a runaway, to be scared of them is something they wouldn't do.
She looks like she bought the act, and seems unaware that he is just playing along with her.
'I see... so the rumors about her is true. She might have a sheltered upbringing...' He thought while looking at her with concern.
She might be unaware, but the people of this city are already aware of her presence. It is rare for a beastman to get to this part of this continent. There are some beastmen on this kingdom, but they are long time immigrants of this country, and the very few are even adventurers on the past who decided to settle down here. Lize is the youngest beastman to have ever come here. She is also the only nobility from the Beast Kingdom who decided to settle down on this kingdom.
'Is the war between the Beast Kingdom and the Cantor Empire getting worse? They even let a clueless young lady like her to fend for herself?' He felt a bit depressed at that fact, and hope within his heart that the war doesn't spread to this part of the city.
"Great... so about the gold bars? How much can I get from all of it?" Her face and body movements are very expressive. She is radiating anticipation and excitement as she leans closer to him on the opposite side of the table.
"Ahem. For each of these gold bars, we can give you one hundred gold coins. Will that be fine?"
Her eyes practically shined like stars as she nodded enthusiastically. "Yes!~ I accept!~"
He actually felt like he is still underpaying her because those gold bars have an extremely high purity in it even in his non-expert eyes. He have to ask an appraisal specialist for it before he can make further judgements.
Though even if he knows about it's value, he can't really pay more than that. A hundred gold per bar is already pushing their treasury to the limits.
'It's fine. This is to build a good relationship to her!'
"That's great. Then would you look to finalize the deal right now?"
This is a really weird occasion. Normally it is one of the civil officials working for him who will take care of this, though as he saw her as a very important guest, he is the one who is personally taking care of this.
Another servant came with the documents ready. He only needs to sign it, and for her to sign her part on the other side of the document. After awhile, she will be given the payment for those gold bars.
"Thank you. That saves me a lot!" He can see her smiling brightly as she clutches the pouch full of gold coins inside it.
She has brought a total of twenty five gold bars, so he paid 2,500 gold coins at her. That's almost half of their yearly budget for the development of this city. Gordon feels like his heart is being clenched tight as he looks at the girl hugging the large pouch tightly.
He just hid the pain within his heart with a professional smile. There is no need for him to show his true feelings at the noble cat lady.
The girl stood up along with him and the two of them shakes hands. Though she is told him that she has something to do after this so she has to leave right now, which is a bit of a shame. He wanted to at least introduce her to his family. Maybe even make her interested with one of his sons.
"Hehehe! With this much, I can roll the Gacha at least twenty two times!~"
Things are looking up for me after that utter disappointment last night. Selling those gold bars net me a lot of gold coins that I can use to roll the Gacha!
It doesn't need to be specifically platinum coins to do 11 spins. I only need the equivalent amount of money to roll it. In this case, a thousand gold coins!
Look! Even the Gacha agrees with my theory!
I declined the prompt. Anything I will get will surely manifest around me, and it is still morning. I am walking in the middle of the streets, and it is crowded, so it's obvious why I don't want to roll for now.
"... The owners of the Honeyworks Tavern might become suspicious if I kept having random items inside my room. I think I should look for a permanent residence..."
That's right. Learning more about my abilities seems to have changed my plans moving forward. I was planning to stay at that tavern for a long time, but with the fact that I don't have any pocket dimensions like an inventory or item box, I will have to find a home for myself so I can store any items that I get from my Gacha.
".... After auctioning this items, I should look for a house. I'll ask Nadia again and let her recommend me a place to look for a suitable house!"
With that plan in my mind, I hastened my steps to get to the auction house that Nadia told me. She even gave me a paper detailing where it is, and also it's address in case I somehow don't know about it.
I hope I get a lot of money with these other items too!~
Wald's Treasury is one of the largest auction house operating on the western district of Hamil City. Large companies and the guild branches of this city are in partnership with the auction house. This is because the owner of this auction house is a respectable retired veteran adventurer.
The name of the owner is Wald. He has retired from his adventuring days five years ago, and has started this business. With his connections from his twenty years of adventuring, he managed to acquire reliable workers and staffs, along with the partnership of the guilds and large companies of this city.
He is doing this to support his family who were also working on the auction house as a manager or host.
There are some auction house other than this, but his is more trusted than the others. So most people visits his auction house when it opens. Usually he always gets a lot of visitors on their weekly openings.
"So the rumored cat eared nobility visited us to auction something?"
And so, Wald, a thirty something years old guy, finds himself a surprise in the form of a new rising star of this city. That being the newbie adventurer called Lize. A beastman nobility if his sources are right.
"Yes. She just gave us something really good. Would you like to see the products, or greet her first?" It is wife, Hilma, who answered him.
"Okay. I'll check the products. You can entertain our guest while I look into it."
With that he stood up, while his wife smiled at him and muttered something about him being surprised. He thinks she is just exaggerating. He has seen a lot of things since his adventuring days. He thinks barely anything can surprise him anymore.
Oh how wrong he is....!
"What is this!?"
When he arrives at the room where the products in question are located, his eyes are immediately pulled by the vibrant lotus flower planted on an ancient-looking ceramic pot.
Then he looks at the others and gasps as his eyes are particularly pulled by the shiny coppery spear leaning on the side of the wall. He immediately pushed the workers wrapping it up and takes it out, much to the surprise of his men.
"This is...!?"
When he was an adventurer, he mainly uses a spear, so he is very confident when it comes to appraising lances and spears. He knows whether a spear is cheaply made or a masterpiece by just touching or seeing it.
And the one he is touching right now has this same feeling as that one certain weapon his old acquaintance has. A weapon that can slay a dragon. It has been his dream from a long time ago to wield a legendary weapon like this and fight against a dragon.
Touching this spear seems to have relit a passion that has been long buried within his heart.
"Wrap this up."
"""Huh?"""
He heard them gawking in surprised at his order, but he simply repeated it.
"Wrap this up and put this in my room. I will talk to the noble lady right now."
"Uhmm... are we not going to auction this off?"
He glared at the bald man who asked that. He seems unfamiliar, so he thinks he is a newbie.
"Listen. This kind of item appears once in a lifetime. I will be the biggest fool if I let something like this go!" His eyes narrowed sharply. "I won't let this opportunity go! Do you understand?"
".... Y-yes Boss! We'll do it right away!"
They quickly moved around and wrap the coppery spear carefully. Seeing that he nodded approvingly before deciding to move to meet the noble lady.
He didn't bother knocking on the door. Simply opening it much to the surprise of his wife who seems to be in the middle of talking to the cat eared girl. The girl in question is surprisingly troubled. As if she don't know what she will be doing right now.
He thinks he saw her gazing at him and sighing in relief, though he doesn't know why. He can see on the table that they have served tea and cheesecakes on them.
"What is it, Dear?" He notices the slight tinge of irritation on his wife's tone. Likely because he has interrupted their conversation.
But that spear is more important than the chattering of women.
So before they can react, he quickly did what he has planned to do.
"Dear!?"
"Eh!?"
The two ladies gawked in surprised as he kowtowed to the ground with his head pressing on the floor.
"Please sell your spear to me! I will pay whatever price you want!"
Silence. Lize seems to be speechless at his sincerity.
Okay, this is it for now. See you later everyone!~
Also, thank you for the helpful advice. I will try and watch it now and see if I can learn something!~
If you want to support me, you can go to my Kofi account here.
Thank you for reading this!~♪
Also, thank you for the helpful advice. I will try and watch it now and see if I can learn something!~
If you want to support me, you can go to my Kofi account here.
Thank you for reading this!~♪
Last edited:
