30 Blacksmith Book (1/2)

A blacksmithing book? I have not seen this for ages. This book had never been the best alternative to Ex Job awakening aside from the arduous quests in-game by different master NPCs. This book is a shortcut! It's not dropped by a boss or a monster! It was sitting on the table of Almira! However, I am not a thief and even though Almira is an NPC, taking the book without her permission still counts as stealing. Almira's favorability will drop immensely if you take this book. Although this item appears to be a consumable one, I am not hungry to take one into my inventory. Being greedy doesn't give any good benefits at all.

I shrug the book away and just let it continue to sit on the table. I am not taking it. I looked around the store for a piece of good equipment but most of them are too expensive that I decided to just drop off the plan to buy one. It didn't take too long before Lina and Almira appeared again from the dressing room. Lina is wearing the upgraded Battle Maid Armor and even though it is the same Battle Maid Armor that she is wearing, it appears to be bulkier than the original one. And from the silver Battle Maid Armor color in the past that Lina is wearing, it was replaced with Gold Plate with red engravings on the side. It was very clear that Almira's handiwork excel a lot in terms of details and quality. I am very satisfied with it.

Lina turned around and looked at me with a bashful look.

”Does it suit me? I feel like it is not a good outfit at all,” Lina sighed.

”No, you are wrong. It's pretty and suits you well. The bulkiness just makes you more having the air of danger with you. Isn't that better?” I complimented her.

Lina's eyes light up after saying those words.

”You are right Master! With the new defense of this armor, defending myself against attacks from monsters would be a nice change! I can take more blows than ever!” Lina gets enthusiastic.

”Although I wanted to give her a weapon, it's not part of the agreement so I decided to just drop it off. If you want to get her a weapon, buy it from me for 10,000 gold. I would be generous to give you a bit of a discount of 1 gold so you will only pay 9,999 gold instead. And from what I can see, that money is still nowhere near your budget so I will hold it off at the moment,” Almira nonchalantly said.

My lips twitched hearing the discount. Wow, you are giving us a discount but only one gold, that was like a 0.001% discount alright? I think it would be much better if I buy it whole since the difference is just a single gold, but she is right. That money is nowhere yet near our budget. Even if I sell all of my equipment except the Versatile Weapon, I still won't be able to get the amount of money to buy the whip of Almira, not even close.

”Master!? Why did promise? That is not something we can afford and besides! The price is too expensive! We can already buy different kinds of food, clothing, and potions and spare equipment! The weapon is unnecessary!” Lina complained.

”Why not? It's also a piece of equipment like Almira's works and having one that is dropped by monsters is a far cry in terms of quality that Almira can currently produce you know?”

”I...” Lina tried to retort but for some reason, she had no idea what to say to defend her claims.