Chapter 98 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 99

Ch 99 — Made to Order from Wyvern Skin

I arrived at Lambert-san’s shop ready to deliver the goods he had ordered the day before . I presented the boxes and jars containing the soap, shampoo, conditioner and hair wraps to Lambert-san in the store’s reception room . As usual Fer and Sui accompanied me but paid no attention to the business being transacted . Fer slept behind my chair in the reception room and Sui was also sleeping but in her bag of course .

“Yes, this is just as I asked for . ” Lambert-san smiled . “I should have placed this order sooner . We’ve actually run out of this commodity already . ” Lambert-san put his hand on one of the crates containing the cheaper soap as he spoke . “As for payment, since it’s more than 100 gold coins, may I pay with large gold coins?” he inquired .

I nodded . “Yes, that’s fine . ” I worked it out yesterday, the total price for everything should be 612 gold coins . I’m getting used to getting paid large amounts of money and the shock is wearing off a bit . I didn’t even stutter . When I was living and working in Japan I often struggled financially with little money left before payday . I didn’t really expect that arriving in a different world would be so profitable . . . Yup, not scraping for every copper coin is a good thing .

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“Well, here are 60 large gold coins and 12 regular gold coins . ” Lambert-san said, laying the money out on the table before me . “Please check . ” As usual in this world, the coins were stacked in piles of ten during transactions . It was correct, 60 large gold coins each worth 10 regular gold coins plus another 12 gold coins, 612 gold coins in all .

“Yes, that’s correct . ” I confirmed . Lambert-san said that between Merchants it was customary to use large gold coins involving payments of more than 100 gold coins . It made travelling around to other cities to do business with other Merchants a bit easier, especially if the Merchant didn’t have an Item Box . Conversely a single large gold coin was a bit too much for normal day-to-day transactions such as buying food from a stall or paying a city’s entry tax . I have a lot of regular gold coins anyway but I also have an Item Box of course . In passing, a white gold coin worth 100 regular gold coins is a coin made from an alloy of Mithril and gold . It’s used for trading between countries or sometimes by wealthy Merchants carrying out very large deals .

As Lambert-san arranged for the wooden crates and jars to be taken off to the storeroom I remembered something .

“Oh yes, I have something I want to ask Lambert-san . Can I have a cloak made here?” I inquired .

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“Well, of course we also accept commissions for custom made leather goods so there would be no problem . ” Lambert-san explained . “What kind of leather do you wish to use?”

“Well you see . . . ” I explained to Lambert-san about the Wyverns .

“Oh, Wyvern . . . ” his eyes widened . “I had heard that a flock of Wyverns had appeared near the city and been subjugated but I had no idea Mudouka-san was involved . . . ” No, it wasn’t me, it was Fer and Sui who dealt with the Wyverns but I didn’t tell Lambert-san that . I pressed on instead .

“So I’d like you to make me a cloak and a belt with Wyvern skin . ” I requested .