Chapter 19 Part3 (2/2)
”I'll buy them all for a total of 1.5 million Perium.”
”...That's quite a lot.”
”They're that valuable. Wine requires countless people's effort and finances to create, so the karmic value is considerable. That's especially true for older wine. Finally, there's a saying that Kerr Century's wine is so delicious that 'you have to bow before drinking it, even though it's the cheapest'.”
”I see... Then I'll sell them at that price.”
”Wait a sec.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo spoke nonchalantly, and Pleine's eyes glittered. her red hair surged up, as if it were aflame.
”Them? Do you have others as well?”
”Yes, I have the biggest one left.”
”The biggest one!?”
This time, Pleine's hands wriggled unpleasantly. She showed him so many expressions that he'd never seen from her before with just one word, 'alcohol', and obediently took out the alcohol like she wanted. Well, one barrel for now.
”What is... Huh?”
Pleine looked vacantly at him as if saying 'you said you'd bring out alcohol, but what's with this wooden barrel?', but soon realized what it was.
”I thought you'd brought way too much, but... you didn't.”
”I took everything that was in a winery. I have others besides this one.”
”Kyaa!”
Until now, Pleine had only moved her hands from behind the stall and hadn't even bobbed her head up and down, yet for the first time, she abruptly stood up from her seat. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo watched her and his goblin fire gently swayed.
”Are you planning to drink it all yourself?”
”I-I can't do that. I can't... Though it would be easy...”
Even while speaking, she instinctually extended her hand towards him. Since he knew what she wanted, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo helped her touch the wooden barrel and the next moment her hand slightly shook. She had read the information on the wooden barrel.
”Kerr Century... 395...”
”...”
Pleine, who'd ascertained when the wine was made, gently closed her eyes. Her throat slightly wriggled. The sight of her trying to restrain her surging emotions actually shocked Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.
He could understand why she felt so conflicted without even asking her. She didn't look it, but she was someone connected with the fall of the Underground Empire.
”I suppose... even then... they were still fermenting alcohol...”
Pleine, who had struggled to open her eyes, strained herself to say that. He acted like he hadn't heard her. However, she continued.
”Well, I suppose that's what happened. That's when everything was overflowing with life. They had never failed with magic before. The harvest was bountiful...”
”...Can I call you granny?”
”Customer, do you want me to hit you? Do you? Do you want to get hit?”
He teased her in an attempt to cheer her up, but he ended up p.i.s.sing her off. However, it wasn't like it was completely ineffective as she soon left her sentimental thoughts behind; she fake coughed with an 'ahem' and returned to her normal calm voice.
”Mr. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, please act as if you didn't hear what I just said. Ah, and please remember that I'm seventeen.”
”Yes, I understand.”
Getting involved with a merchant who calls herself seventeen when she's not can't lead to anything good... Lee s.h.i.+n Woo suddenly felt relieved that he was a skeleton, and Pleine made an offer.
”The wine's own value, as well as its historical value... That's excluding the rating as well. This alcohol is way too valuable to exchange for Perium, so let's trade instead. I'll trade for them with whatever you wish for, Mr. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.”
”That's good. I want bones.”
”I knew you would say that.”
Despite the fact that the barrels had significantly lower value as they weren't bottled, each barrel stored several dozens of liters of wine, so each wooden barrel was valued at at least 1 million Perium. He'd cleared out an entire winery, so he would be able to easily buy a level 6 elite bone.
”Then I'll take them out.”
”How many do you have? I'd like to get a rough estimate, so I can give you suitable products in exchange...”
Pleine, who sported a joyous expression and had been rummaging under the counter, saw Lee s.h.i.+n Woo take barrel after barrel out of his inventory, and her face gradually stiffened.
”Wait a sec. How many barrels do you have!?”
”I think there were about 100 barrels... I counted about 2,000 liters.”
”2,000 liters. Then that means... Eek!”
She didn't think just one hero would be able to sell so much that she would go 'eek'! Pleine just let that moment pa.s.s. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was fl.u.s.tered, and Pleine quickly straightened herself out, stood up... and made an offer.
”Mr. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo... There's an item that was stored many years ago in this shop and none like it have ever entered the shop again. Would you like to see it?”
”I told you I wanted some bones.”
”Yes, it's a bone. It's also the best bone we have.”
'Could it be?' Lee s.h.i.+n Woo thought, and the moment his eyes lit up... Pleine nodded her head as if his a.s.sumption was correct and spoke.
”It's the only bone in this shop that costs 30 million... It's the level 7 elite, the Giant Fenno's bone.”
[1] T/N: German for good evening.
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