9 Exotic Jewlery (1/2)
Thearmours on show seem to be very popular even when they are minimal quality, compared to what I've seen in movies where the metal would shine in the sun. The weapons effective enough to have some buyers.
I grow slightly tired of watching people testing the equipment on sale and head deeper into the town trying to find good enough shop to examine the necklace the bandit had in the wooden box. Taking a look myself while avoiding touching it, the necklace is a plain grey object with a small purple gem in the centre and what look like some glass fragments coating the necklace in a way designed to not harm the wearer.
While it looks somewhat valuable, it doesn't look nearly as valuable as the gold and silver jewellery my mum used to keep. After her passing the jewellery helped me stay on my feet enough to care for Elyn even at a slight cost to myself.
I come across a shop with a banner showing a sort of necklace on the wooden board outside with some unreadable text I vaguely understand to be of that Necin language the voice mentioned.
The shop has a second floor compared with the surrounding buildings only having a ground floor, there are a few vines growing up the building adding to its crude beauty. The windows with some crude bars over as if to allow in light but not people matching the guard who is standing outside..
I put Elyn on the ground and hold her hand so I don't lose her as we enter the store. The guard gives me a look before staring at my jeans and jacket as they seem out of place.
A small bell rings as we enter the dimly lit shop. The middle age man behind the counter looks up from his task as we enter. A younger man, seemingly about my age approaches to speak.
”Welcome to the Verdugo Brightsmiths Sir, What is it you need today?”
The mans bright eyes evaluating me the moment I step in, examining my clothes just like the guards his mood seems to improve slightly.
”Are my clothes really that special?”
”Of course Sir, anyone with an eye for detail can tell how valuable those materials are and the method to make them like so. If Sir wishes to explain where they are from I'm sure the owner herewould be thankful for a new business opportunity.”
I glance at him shaking my head slightly
”Do you have a way of telling what this object is?” I offer him the box with the necklace inside.
”If that is Sirs wishes that can be done. Lets see here. Sir, have you not seen a Mage-Vice before?”
He glanced in the box and asks me a question about some mage object? I shake my head in reply.
”Mage-Vices were designed many years ago as a method of keeping mages unable to cast their magic should they be caught in wars as slaves or if one is a prisoner in a dungeon. They usually take a rare material called Planeglass to allow them this ability as well as the purple gem known as a Voids tear which can be even rarer in some places. Even the metal holding them together is silver making it quite expensive. I dare say sir, if you would be willing to sell us this for 3, no 5 gold, we would be happy to buy it from you.”
”If you would buy it happily for 5 gold, that means you would still reluctantly buy it for 15 gold, am I correct?”
”While Sir might not have practice at bartering, that would be true yes, Sir. If you would be willing for 13 gold we can make the sale right now sir, we don't have all the money you request on hand and wouldn't want to owe Sir any form of debt.”