Chapter 316 A Familiar Angel (1/2)
After we finished playing Sugoroku and eating lunch, Alice and I were leisurely sitting side by side.
[……Customers aren’t coming huh.]
[Yeah……]
At the counter of the miscellaneous goods store, I’m taking it easy and reading a book while I look after the store, and well, I had already expected it, but customers aren’t coming at all.
However, even Alice knows that, as she is making some small accessories while speaking in a lax tone.
[……There’s really no one coming at al huh.]
[……Well, I guess so~~]
[Or rather, this store…… Does it even have any customers other than me?]
[Hmmm, a customer comes “once a month”.]
[……What’s the point of having a store then?]
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Apparently, Alice’s miscellaneous goods store is always really deserted.
Well, this store is certainly away from the main street but…… is it really that far that customers aren’t coming at all? Perhaps, this store is being avoided as a dangerous store where a suspicious costume-wearing person appears……
As I was thinking about this, a product on the side of the counter caught my eyes.
[……Is this a magic box?]
[Unnn? No, that’s a different item. That’s a “random box”.]
[……Random box?]
In a box placed on the side of the counter, black cubes…… that resembles the magic box I have, which are apparently called random boxes.
[Those random boxes are disposable magic boxes. They’re made of “magic paper” made from magic crystal powder, which are just shavings from the leftovers while making magic tools. Things made from magic papers can’t be reused, but they’re often used by adventurers because they’re cheaper than magic crystals and can be imbued with a magic technique for one-time use.]
[Hehhh…… That means you can only put things inside once……]
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[Yes, well, it’s only about the size of a small drawer, but it’s handy to carry around with you…… And, as for those random boxes, as the name suggests, it’s a product that contains random items…… Well, to put it simply, it’s “gacha”!]
[……I see, that certainly is a simple way of describing this.]
[It’s 10R a piece, and it’s hard to tell what’s in it until you open it…… but there’s a chance that it may contain something valuable inside. Incidentally, they’re made by Seditch Magic Tool Trading Company.]
One roll for 1000 yen huh……
In short, if you pay for this random box, you get the product inside. Perhaps, some of the items inside are worth more than the price you paid.
[It’s a rather popular item, you know?]
[……Well, since there were no customers coming in, there wouldn’t be any point in stocking up on popular products……]
[I guess so~~]
[…………………..]
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[Ohh, Kaito-san? Are you interested in it?]
[U- Unnn. I’d like to try it out…… It was 10R, right?]
[If you buy 5, I could sell it to you for 45R, you know?]
I was curious and wanted to try opening them, so I took out my wallet, and Alice, not wanting to miss out on a business opportunity, offered me a deal if I bought in bulk.
[Alright then, I’ll buy five.]
[Thank you for your patronage~~ Now, please take your pick.]
Paying Alice for them, I then randomly choose 5 random boxes.
[……Arehh? How do I open this?]
[If you pull the string at the bottom, it will unlock and reveal its contents~~]
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[Let’s see…… Unnn?]
When I pull the small string attached to the bottom of the box, the random box glows for a moment, and after it disappears, a card-like object appears in front of me.
It’s about the size of a common trading card, but I don’t know if it was made of good paper or not, but it looks beautiful.
[Mumuuuu… Could that be……]
[Eh? This somehow looks unusual…… wait, isn’t this Kuro?]
When I turned the card over, there was a drawing of Kuro eating a baby castella.
The soft colors of the picture, which seems like it was drawn by a fairly skilled artist, makes me feel that Kuro’s cuteness is enhanced.
[Ooohhhhh, that’s amazing! As expected of Kaito-san, to draw Kuro-san’s bromide…… That’s absurdly rare, you know?]
[B- Bromide?]
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[Yes, although the bromides of the Six Kings and the Supreme Gods are included as ultra-rare items…… Among those who got their bromides made, Kuro-san feels embarrassed about it…… There are only a few of them, which she had only agreed to at the beginning because they are the products of her own trading company.]
[R- Really?]