Chapter 45 (1/2)

But Isn’t It Expensive?

“Wonderful! This AGI multiplier s.h.i.+rt was made for you! Now, please take it! Oh, no-no-no-no-no-no-no-no! I would never think of payment! I am happy to have just been a witness to that moment! I am the most fortunate of fellows! I have witnessed such a historical moment with my own eyes!”

Of course, such a convenient conversation did not take place. I quickly removed the s.h.i.+rt and it was placed back into its gla.s.s case. We then continued to look at other sets of light armor. The clerk was still a little dazed at first, but seemed to regain himself when I came out of the dressing room and handed him the s.h.i.+rt. I didn’t know what kind of person would ultimately own it, but it was really something special. I could only hope the new owner was a good person.

Now, there were all kinds of armor before us. General leather armor. Armor made from the skin of monsters, and even armor made from the knitted hair of monsters. They had other enchanted clothing as well. And so I settled on some armor made of monster hide and clothes with magical enchantments.

“These products you have chosen would usually be very expensive, but they are discounted a little at this time of the year.”

“Oh, and why is that?”

“The truth is, the material used for this is from dragons.

Daniela was sitting unconcernedly on a chair until the word ‘dragon’ caught her ear. She stood up loudly.

“Dragons?”

“Uh, yes…there was a small scale stampede in a town north from here. They say it was dragons… Only young ones, though. Fortunately, there was a brave hero present. All the dragons were slain and a lot of material flowed into the market.”

“A dragon stampede…”

Daniela sat back into her chair with a complicated expression. It had been a small scale one, but it was still a stampede. Something about them only being younger dragons seemed odd, but there was another word that caught my interest even more.

“A hero?”

“Yes. Do you not know? The hero of the royal capital, Yasus.h.i.+ Matsumoto.”

“Yasus.h.i.+…Matsumoto…?”

Hey, hey, hey, hey… That was clearly a j.a.panese name!

“The name has a similar ring to yours, Asagi. Is he from your homeland?”