Vol 1 Chapter 12 (1/2)
“It’s about tieon exploration”
Mint and the others were about ready to get an appraisal on the loot they brought home, now at the store
They had dropped into “The Good Old Sorcerer’s Shop” It seemed to be an acclai Tools in round tavern In fact, it was considered to be a scary store, because unless you had , even the objects casually displayed
The store owner is a youth with glasses, with a touch of messy hair They don’t have the looks to h The ruardless of iteet the solution quickly and correctly Ointenerally they all had specialty stores, but here they could all be easily appraised A Granting Tool expert
“But, no ood the expert is, if the items are bad the result will be the same…” Mint considered to herself
S, the Store Owner declared…
“All of these items and artifacts are fake”
A shi+ning treasure chest was sitting on the counter withoff this radiant glow
Mint realized, as she and the others were amateurs, this sort of treasure was out of their reach in the first place They’d been duped by the loot itself
“Oi, stop joking Your boring joke even took me by surprised Really, do it properly, stop with this”
“Eea, for exas, but when rubbed with touchstone they becohtly yellow”
“That’s all it is?”
“Genuine silver does not have any such reaction The touchstone has nitric acid, and this reaction is most likely copper
“Ma, really?”
“Yes Furthermore, these brooches”
“Well, they certainly look like gold Don’t tell me…”
“Yes, they certainly look like gold indeed However, based on their Specific Gravity, that does not seem to be the case It’s just copper covered with a thin paint of gold” (tl: Specific Gravity is a principle that’s in relation to density and water Gold has 193 as its flat density, while silver has 105 You can read the origination proper here:mathnyuedu/~crorres/Archimedes/Crown/CrownIntrohtml)
“There are so old coin and jewels in there… Don’t tell me, the jewels are fake too?
“You could say I’ve tested each one, but unfortunately they’re all imitations, or even imitations of imitations If you’re not convinced, I can explain each individually Just ask”
“…How direct”
Mal that had cli his force of will
The treasure chest was so he had discovered in a hidden room, himself He found its cleverly concealed location and had dismantled its complicated lock, so no one expected a fake
It took hirab the treasure, and since it was so heavy it had to be carried in shi+fts, ht it here and, lo and behold, it was a quality akin to ‘a bad joke’
“How regrettable I was hoping to get a grasp on an excellent sword frorettable indeed…”
“I was going to get a new flame-attribute chainmail…”
“I wanted to repurchase that Drunk’s Flask…”
Mint’s three party members all lost their momentum, disappointed
The profits they had expected disappeared nearly as quickly,spree even if it were divided evenly was gone
“Hahaha, if it’s like this, why don’t we drink it away?”
Even Mint failed to reh
During the arduous journey of carrying this treasure box, they had all built up an extensive list of things they were going to buy Mint had decided on ic books and accessories as well as deluxe food, but it all became foam in the sea
“Well, if I recoet at least five hundred Gerun”
The glasses wearing oas clearly sad for the as such
That suh to motivate the the chest back Clearly, it was ti
“Uuh, are you sure you didn’t overlook anything? Maybe an a Tool?”
“I didn’t feel even a bit of ic from this chest”
“How about this shawl here?”
“Oh? Bring it closer, this actually seems valuable”
“Hmm? Yes, yes”
The Store Owner’s voice shone through Mint thought he was just trying to divert thewith Malmo, it seemed different
The things they had found in the chest were only close to being ‘loot’, if at all
However, the Cape she had picked up in the dungeon, with its amber color and circular shape, seee of Linne is actually Mint, I was unable to deterht the floere actually Linne’s Barrette, not mere flowers)
It s for defense, but it was clearly a Granting Tool- once the store owner casted spells of conceal, this was plain to see
The design on it, however, was rather pretty, while not looking so deluxe that you couldn’t use it as everyday clothes She didn’t want to abandon it, planning on bringing it with her back home
“Hmm… This thread see by its smell and luster This smell is one that insects in particular hate
The Store Owner lifted his nose here
“Itwith this fabric also include a built-in Insect Repellant circuit
“Is that right?”
“Is it true?”
“It can’t be, hey”
Thus, the Store Owner began his work
While it wasn’t strong h nu the Appraisal take a long tiin
Mint was astonished by his ability, however To be able to tell an itein and spell just by its smell, this sort of trick couldn’t be done no ic must have been involved She decided that this Store Oas no ordinary man after all
“Where did you learn your ic?”
“Well, if I ht, I think)
Anyway, the colad not to co Tool, especially a luxury one like Bug Repellant, was likely quite expensive
Mint, however, had co she had worked hard to bring back, and she rather liked its design However, it was soive up, as it was an unwritten law that you must distribute evenly within the party
They were thinking to sell it immediately before Mint finally complained
“But Mint, such a thing will never be useful Bug Repellant likely won’t help us at all”
“Yes, its ability itself isn’t good too, if there is a bug it will be better to just kill it outright (also tl note: Mint, Malirl I think, andhere uses ‘sessha’ and ‘degozaru’)
“It’s difficult to iine a scene where Mint would smush an insect…”
“Absolutely not, that’s gross!”
Against her three friends, Mint did not concede