Vol 1 Chapter 8 (1/2)
Chapter Eight: Ruined Reputation
A ent by I stayed relatively close to the castle
“Hey there, shi+eld-Guy”
“Huh?!”
It was the owner of the weapon shop I’d been walking around town in my underclothes, and he called me over when he saw me
Granted, I’d been passing right by his shop, but what could he have wanted?
“I heard that you tried to take advantage of your friend Coive you a hard smack”
It was like he had no intention of listening to me in the first place Hatred was on his face, and his hand was curled into a tight fist
“You too?!”
No one wanted to listen to me No one believed me Granted, I was from another world, and the common sensibilities of this land were a mystery to me But even then, I was not the type of person to force myself on a woman No way!
Ugh…it wasme sick Even the owner of the weapon shop started to look like her
I could probably kill him with a well-placed punch My hand was also curled into a fist I glared at him
“… You…”
“What? Weren’t you gonna hit ?”
His hand relaxed, and he didn’t seee
“Uh… well, never mind”
“Gee, thanks a bunch”
Right then, even though I eak, I thought I could punch everyone I met
But I stoppedup, and on er on the balloons, it would at least do ood
“Wait just a second!”
“What?!”
I was standing at the town gate, ready to leave for the fields, when the weapon shop guy called out toin my direction
“You’ll never make it dressed like that At least take this”
I looked inside the bag It contained a sooty cape, and some cheap clothes
“How much are these worth?”
“Somewhere around 5 bronze pieces I just had them in the back”
“Got it I’ll bring you your h”
Honestly, I was starting to worry about going around in my underwear
“I’ll be waiting for that money”
“Sure you will”
I flung the cape over ed into the clothes, and made for the fields
I decided to base myself out in those fields, and to hunt balloons
“Arrrrgggghhhh!”
It took about 5 minutes to kill one of them, but they weren’t able to hurt me, so all it took was time
I spent , and was able to secure a substantial amount of balloon skins
Level up!
You are now level 2
Orange shi+eld: conditions met
Yellow shi+eld: conditions met
I spent the rest of the day carefully reading up on my preparations
Just as the sun was going down, I realized that I was hungry I trudged back to the gate and made for the shop I’d been told would buy my battle loot
A portlyheartily as he lookedto turn me away I could tell
There was another custo which I spotted some balloon skins
“Yes, yes How about one bronze piece for two of these skins?”
They were deciding on a price for the balloon skins
So, only one piece of bronze for two of them…
“Please”
“Thank you very much”
The custo me alone in the shop
“Hey, I brought you some of my battle loot I hope you’ll buy it from me Heh, heh”
“Welcome! Welcome!”
Did he think I couldn’t hear the giggling that followed all of his sentences?
“So you’ve got some balloon skins, huh? How about one bronze piece for ten of ‘em?”
A fifth the price?! He was looking at his feet the whole time!
“Didn’t you just offer that customer one piece for two skins?”
“Did I? I can’t seem to remember…”
He went on for a fewvarious excuses about his stock
“Fine then,” I said, grabbing hi him close
“What are you doing?!”
“Buy this stuff off me too He’s still alive, and a real kicker”
I had an orange balloon hidden underht in the shop owner’s face, where he promptly bit down on the man’s nose
“AHHHHHHHHH!”
He started screa around on the floor I pulled the balloon off of him, and pulled him up by the collar
“Should I take these little things back to the fields where I got them, or do you want to buy them off of me?”
I pulled back e balloons I’d realized that their attacks didn’t hurt ainst others, if I chose to do so
It was an ingenious strategy, if I do say so otiations Besides, I had no attack power, so I wasn’t able to threaten anyone without them
Surely, the man would understand Surely, he knew that if I left the balloons there, they’d eat the guy down to his bones
“I’ for much, just a fair price Our talks start with the market price”
“But the country will…”
“Look, what do you think will happen to a merchant who tries to cheat a hero out of his fair share?”
Exactly Merchants had to rely on the trust they’d gained If he had tried to pull sootten a swift kick in the teeth for sure And hey, there was always the chance that his custoether
“Ugh…”
“But, it doesn’t have to go that way If you’ll buy from me consistently, I’ll sell to you for just under the market price”
“Honestly, I’d like to refuse, but there’s no sin in business”
So the guy just never gave up, but in the end I was able to convince him to buy my loot at just under market price