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Tanaka Jiro, twenty-eight years old, single, no girlfriend, occupation: Dungeon Tester (full-time employee)

Magic Aptitude 8 (General Class)

Officer of the Year: Warrior

There are too many facilities.

After the induction ceremony was over, I was told that I could go about my business at my own discretion, but there is no doubt that it was now work time.

However, I came back to my room to gather information in preparation for the ceremony, but then I noticed a strangely thick booklet in the mailbox.

Come to think of it, they said they were going to open up their facilities during the initiation ceremony, but I thought they were talking about that, so I briefly looked through it and found the words I just read through.

Starting with restaurants, medical institutions, weapon shops, armor shops, armor stores, tool shops, training centers, entertainment facilities, etc... There's no end to the types of shops just to name them.

The whole day would be over if I mentioned the names of all these shops.

If it were simply a facility prepared by the company for the purpose of conquering dungeons, you wouldn't even feel the need to go outside anymore.

On the last page, there were glimpses of taverns and other liquor stores, as well as shops at night, in short, where minors are not allowed.

A little snorting here and there might be the right response from a man, but unfortunately, I'm still a man who keeps my private life separate.

I'll keep it private and enjoy it in private, but I'll make the switch when I'm sure it's done.

This is for now.

'A fantasy born in the modern age, a period drama village is not an eye for this.

Everything in the shop is a fantasy, the food on display is something you've never seen before, and even the clothing is somewhere between cosplay and everyday wear.

In addition, there is no excuse for cosplay props, as there are swords on display that are a direct threat to the law of firearms.

Prices vary widely, but there are many different types of swords.

Is it a fantasy when shopping is not a problem in Japanese yen? But if that's okay with you, it's okay with us.

Once you understand and are convinced, you can walk to the station-like commercial facilities that spread underneath the company.

There are only testers and employees, or maybe it's just our testers and employees for the number of people in the store, but it's a sparse crowd.

I think this is an investment that will gradually increase, but I start my fantasy window shopping for the first time in my life, thinking that it's too quiet.

...... is surprisingly expensive.

I now carry a well-made iron double-edged sword that costs 140,000 for one.

I'm not sure if it's a high price or a low price, but it's definitely a bit pricey, even for someone who has some money saved up.

If you look at the items peeking around the show window, even the cheapest one is an order of magnitude more expensive than this one.

Of course it's up there.

Huh? Will you be ready?

I'm ready to break my savings and remind myself of the improvements I've made .

One thing I realized during my training was the lack of aggression.

I can laugh about it now, but the memory of beating up a Komodo dragon beetle and finally taking one of them down, only to be attacked by more than one, and then running away from the attacker is etched as a lesson to me.

It may have happened simply because of my lack of status, in fact, Instructor Kio was laughing and blowing away the metal armor with his chamberlain blade.

But status doesn't improve overnight.

So the only thing that could be improved is the equipment.

Even though it was an iron-core wooden sword, it might be an excellent blunt instrument, but it was a bit awkward as a creature-killer.

The strength of the body is a weapon before the armor, thanks to the instructors' confidence in it.

So I've been looking around at a few weapons stores, but nothing felt right.

Can't you try these things out for yourself, clerk?

If you chip the blade or something, you can buy it for me, okay?

Demons.

Sorry, I'm a Titan.

No wonder you're so lanky!

You're still on the small side, right?

Seriously?

Maybe it's because the place is deserted, but I'm able to have a light-hearted chat with the clerk sitting at the counter like this .

I'd like to know the average height of giants who are classified as petite because of their physique, but right now I'm more interested in weapons.

''Clerk, do you have any recommendations for weapons?''

I've got a magic sword for you to buy one for 30 million dollars.

Don't offer me something I can't afford.

”An amazing, six-discount magic sword.　And of course the loan is fine.

I'm sure you're right that the original price is outrageous for a 60% discount. It's certainly a recommended weapon. I'm not sure the performance is as great as the discount, though.

Unfortunately we want a weapon that fits our size.

no matter how good it is...it's useless if it's used as a piggyback...and eventually you'll mistake it for your own power and you'll be destroyed.

This kind of thing should be gradually turned into a good weapon.

If we were looking for a car, we want a mass-produced car, not a high-spec F1 car.

”Performance comes with the territory.　The problem is that his superhuman body, enhanced by the performance of his magic sword, allows him to wield expert-level swordsmanship at will, regardless of whether he's a friend or foe.

As expected of a demon sword, it has a fatal flaw that could turn even a passerby blue.

It's a specs that the Holy Sword or God's Sword would never have. It's a negative way of looking at it.

I guess it's no good... I thought a guy who wanted to be strong would want it.

There will be nothing left to do but to ruin. Hey, clerk, what's this?

'Oh?　That's what my boys have been training me for. I think they're useful in their own right.

That's more like it.

As far as I can see, it's a wagon sale.

It was stabbed into a sake barrel and handled roughly.

The length, shape and variety of swords are all different.

Still the prices are the cheapest in the store.

You didn't expect to see that.

Looking at the price, the price is 19800 uniform, and although the tools are a bit stingy, you still want to find a bargain.

To buy or not to buy, you look and decide afterwards.

You can't find a bargain, after all.

But the reality is not easy.

And low prices have their own reasons.

It can't be an opportunistic way to hide hidden karma.

It's not quite blunt, but it's not really a workman's weapon, according to the shopkeeper, and the one I tried was the same as the iron sword I saw earlier.

But as soon as you take it in your hands, you can tell the difference.

The handle that was comfortable earlier was not quite right, but it was just fine.

As expected, I'm not willing to put my life in that kind of thing.

And since I don't think I'll be able to find any more good swords from what I've seen, I'll just move on to another store.

I'll look at the others, thanks for the explanation.

'Oh, hey, I'm too busy, you can come over and chill out if you want.

You want to chill out?

This time it was a bad coincidence, but I rather like this kind of charming shopkeeper.

I was going to come back again, but I thought I would take a look at the high quality weapons anyway, so I turned my foot towards the glass case instead of the exit and headed for the exit, looking inside.

'They're all an order of magnitude different.

As is to be expected, all the items are first-class, as they are lined up in a glass case, and the explanatory plaques in Japanese have simple explanations written along with the prices, and the content of the plaques is just like the settings in novels and comics, so you won't get tired of looking at them.

I was ruminating in my head about how I could not buy it compared to the balance in my savings account, but when I tried to restrain my greed, the guy appeared in front of me.

”What is that, a steel plate?

It was nothing more than an iron plate shaped like a long, single-edged sword, unworked, with a cloth wrapped around what looked like a hilt, but it didn't look like something you could put in a glass case.

It's a seedling of the mining tree.

'The seedlings? Does that mean it's a plant?

I was looking at it for a while when I saw the clerk who had been sitting at the counter standing next to me.

If you stick this in a land rich in magic, it will absorb the magic from there and grow like a plant. It's made of metal, but this is a special kind of metal. When a tree is a thousand years old, it becomes a good piece of steel.

The point is, it's a growing metal.

So it's a material?

No wonder they have them in the armory. I suppose you could make a custom-made weapon out of it.

The price is about the same as you could buy a new car, but it's probably better quality material.

No, this is definitely a weapon.

What?　It's a seedling, right?

This thing has an alias, the Kurosmith's Cry, as they call it.

”Kurosmith's crying?

Yeah, this thing sticks in the ground and grows like a tree. And it leaves its seeds. See, it's the little round thing at the hilt.

If you look at the spot where the clerk pointed, there was definitely a black sphere attached to the end of the handle.

But if you don't bury it in the ground and let the magic flow through it, it will look like a long iron plate. But if you keep pouring your magic power into the ground, it will turn into a long, thin sheet of iron...

'From what I've heard, what part of that makes the blacksmith cry?　Is that it?　Too hard to process, or something.

No, they're only a little harder than steel at seedling level.

What is it, then?

There's too much ambiguity in the explanation.

If there was something hard to say...I wouldn't have displayed it so prominently...I wouldn't have sold it.

There's a reason why it's called the blacksmith's crying shame. If you hold this in your hand without sticking it into the ground, it gradually grows into a sword.

Is this what growth looks like?

Yeah.

A sword that looks like it declares itself to be dull, but doesn't look like it can be used.

It grows with the user's magic. It grows on its own without the blacksmith's hammer, without fire, without even needing to be beaten. Some of these trees have even become legendary swords.

That's why you cried blacksmith.

A material that could turn into a famous sword on its own, it's definitely a material that could make you cry without a blacksmith .

''...... By the way, will it definitely become a masterpiece sword?''

No, most of them end up being dull.

Hey.

I told you.　Crying blacksmiths, some of them are meant to make you cry with laughter.

The point was that the money was just rolling in from materials that were just rare and woo-hoo, and that would be the punchline .

If there was a fairly high probability that there was a material that could be turned into a great sword on its own, then there would be no need for a weapon craftsman called a blacksmith.

And there were not weapons, but mineral trees in the shop, but I've never seen such an item in this shop before, and it was in a glass case, but it was in a very inconspicuous place.

So it's a high-stakes gamble.

If you're lucky, you can find a legendary sword for a reasonable price.

Only one in ten thousand could make a great sword. I've been a blacksmith for a long time and I haven't heard much about it lately.

Then you're smart enough to listen to the clerk who tells you that you might as well buy a real sword.

But then I realized that would be boring.

It was the end of my 20s and I was running out of options, and I knew there was something wrong with taking the high road, even if I could see that I was going to fail.

'Clerk, I'll buy it.'

...... Did you have an ENT today?

I didn't hear anything.

”Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, you should have known I wasn't going to tell you because I'm a customer and I'm worried about my brain structure. Are you crazy?　Did you hear what I was saying?　Are those ears a decoration?　This thing is just a money-grabber. Even if you later plant it in the ground it won't be worth a decent price for a thousand years. If you're a long-lived species, you're human, and you'll live another sixty years at most, but you won't be able to earn a dime.

I don't give a shit. We'll just laugh about it and drink it up if we fail.

So, if I was in debt, it wouldn't be funny.

Apparently, this clerk is a good enough giant to worry about me.

Then I'll return it with a scowling smile that will wipe away your fears.

Unfortunately, I've saved up enough to buy this. Of course it's a lump sum.

”...... Ha!　There's an idiot in here!　Hey!　Then there's no need to stop!　If you pay me well, you're my guest!　Unlike some bigoted dwarves, we giants give weapons to those who seek them!　Forget about dead bodies!　I'll give it to anyone who will pay the price right!　I don't care how good you are!　Weapons are weapons!　A weapon is useless if you don't use it!　Now, if you're a customer, you better start paying up!

Tension is high.

It's you!　It's been a long time since we've had a laughing idiot!　Trying to grow a great sword with what little chance we have, with a weapon that could slow you down. In a sense, you're just like us!　What kind of giant race are you if you don't enjoy this!

Without saying a word to remind myself that I may indeed be an idiot when I'm shopping for something that is significantly over budget and who's an idiot, I took the money out of the ATM and put it on the counter for some reason.

”How do you carry a weapon, by the way?

That's ...... in your hand?

Do you carry a weapon on you at all times, you know, a fixture to carry a weapon on your back? It's a magical pebble, so if you want to put it on, it stays on, and if you want to take it off, it unlocks!

Oh!

If you think you're a good giant, you can call yourself an even nicer giant.

An unexpected byproduct of the adult purchase, you can negotiate a discount to the point where you can buy a car and lose your car navigation system.

”I'll give you 100,000 for this!

I take it back. He wasn't a gentle giant, he was a businesslike giant.

You can't take my money!

Ha!　That's what I'm talking about!　Giving away your work without compensation is like smearing shit on your own work!

Life has never been so sweet.

I understand what you're saying, but after spending so much money, it doesn't make sense to me.

You look up at the shopkeeper's stern face with a jerk eye, but he doesn't say anything except for a nice smile and a wobble of a pretty good-looking belt-type fixture.

And the shape of the mineral tree is a long sword, slightly longer and twice as heavy than the wooden sword I had been using.

No matter how much the body is strengthened by its status, it's naturally impossible to hold on to it all the time in its current state.

''Thank you very much~The mineral tree will grow as long as you polish it properly and let the magic power flow through it!　If you have any questions about anything, come on over!

In the end, I had to buy a fixture and my savings ended up being damaged.

The grooming tools I bought as an extra were also a painful expense.

The rest is just armor and medicine.

You're wearing a suit and carrying a long sword like an iron plate.

Of course I couldn't dive a dungeon dressed like that...the gear was torn to shreds by the instructors long ago.

Suela had always arranged for the armor to be repaired during training, but on the last day of training she finally passed away.

It was shattered by the chamberlain blade.

Instructor Kio said he'd gotten strong enough to take it easy, but it destroyed his armor and made him pay dearly for it, so I felt sad that he'd gotten stronger.

And the result is reflected in the armor.

”Excuse me. Is there any armor that is easy to move in and protects the points?　Keep the budget low.

I made up a basic policy and walked into the store.

I remembered that I'm the type of person who buys strong weapons in RPGs and leaves armor for later, as I listened to a female Titan clerk with a model body two heads taller than me.

I wandered around the store for a few more times, comparing prices.

To be honest, I let a few stores go cold as I tried to figure out if I couldn't do the same thing as before.

But you have to make sure you have what you need.

That's why you have to examine them carefully.

I honestly don't know.

You wouldn't need us if you knew.

As I was struggling to scrutinize and get by on a small budget, the clerk, who was also deserted with the weapons store, spoke to me.

Is that the way it works?

We have to be honest here and ask for help.

In games, cartoons and novels.

This metal is strong, this monster's leather is rare, this jewel has this effect, and so on.

I'm only a good judge of whether it's cheap.

A single piece of leather armor is the same flying dragon, yet there is a price difference of nearly twice as much armor, and conversely, there is full body armor that is almost as good as a throw away price that says ”I'm wearing a costume” and honestly, I can't even tell if the performance of the armor is good enough for a fair price.

''The majority of this stuff here is made from materials that don't exist on Earth, okay?　Well, there are probably parts of it that I've been able to refer to in terms of how it's made and the technical aspects and design, but in terms of materials, I wouldn't rely on your criteria at all.

No wonder they kept some kind of special forces gear on hand.

If the equipment worn by the mannequin was reasonably priced, I would have bought it for sure.

Even though I assumed that the clothes were appropriate for the job, I still wanted to dress as sensible as possible.

What's so sad is that a man who is now in his thirties and was an office worker is now required to wear a fantasy outfit that stands out like a game.

It goes to the level of a party trick.

I chose this restaurant because it has more modern clothes than the last three restaurants.

Although some of my classmates from the last shop seemed to be having fun choosing their equipment, I felt a generation gap when I saw them having a lively cosplay show with college students, or should I say ”young” or ”challenger spirit”.

''At the very least, you shouldn't think that price equals strength. Some equipment is rare and effective for some races and completely useless for others. It's best to ask your real job.

I'm sure this clerk is telling the truth.

But you'll be like a duck with a leek on its back if you believe them.

Price comparison and independent study are necessary.

Don't worry. We're not going to rip you off unless you're a good customer.

Did you see that on ...... face?

You're being yourself. Well, I like it that way, so you can talk like this. Don't worry, you've been through a lot and it's not showing on your face, so watch your eyes next time.

The clerk's face was smiling as he pointed to his own right eye with a thump .

I don't know if it's because this shopkeeper gets in the way of his work or if he wears his hair like that for fashion, but his personality, along with his short, neatly trimmed hair, seems to be as refreshing as if he had split bamboo.

The shopkeeper in the arms shop and the one in front of me, she is very good at dealing with people.

It's easy for us to be at ease.

The weapons on your back make you a vanguard, or in the early days, a warrior, but can you see your status, brother?

Well, I could.

It's part of my job to keep my customers in the dark. Besides, it's a good idea to check the status so you can get a good idea of what equipment I recommend.

To be honest, I was puzzled because I didn't see such a thing at the weapon shop earlier, but there is a part of me that agrees if you ask me.

But I have a feeling that it's best to keep the information as secret as possible, so I'm not comfortable with it.

”Hold on a minute.

As you can see, it's the first day of opening and it's deserted, so don't worry about it, just take your time~

It's my decision whether or not to trust the shopkeeper who seems to say he or she is really bored and waves his or her wrist carefree.

Besides, even if this place is under the umbrella of an organization, it might be meaningless to take my information out of it.