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Volume 10 Chapter 300

The Hero and Item Purchase

「Oh, um, well……」
「Please, come in」
Startled by the sudden voice, Akari was taken aback, but the beautiful half-elf woman’s eyes were so captivating that she couldn’t help but enter the room as she was prompted.
「Please have a seat on that sofa…… Would you like some tea?」
「Y-yes」
The sofa Akari sat on was so soft, unlike anything she had experienced in her original world, and it was very comfortable.
「Welcome to H&T Trading Company. I’m Tina, the manager here」
「N-nice to meet you. I’m Akari」
Tina visited this place about once a week and gave instructions to the subordinates of the company.
Akari was fortunate to have visited here when Tina was present.
「So, what brings you here, Akari-san… …is it not to assassinate me, is it?」
「Huh!? N-no! That’s not it! I never even thought of such a thing!」
「I see. That’s a relief. I was just thinking, if someone as cute as you managed to fool the guards and come all the way here—- what if you were actually a skilled assassin」
「Guards? ……Oh! So, it’s really forbidden to enter here?」
Akari hadn’t even realised that she had sneaked past the guards to come this far.
「It seems like you really came here without knowing anything」
「I-I’m sorry! I’ll leave right away!」
「It’s okay. Since you’ve come this far, why don’t we chat for a bit?」
As Akari hurried to stand up and leave the room, Tina called out to her.
With her exceptional magical detection abilities, Tina had noticed that Akari was approaching this room.
From the moment Akari stepped into the company building, she had been under Tina’s surveillance.
In fact, Tina had been aware of Akari’s existence, a powerhouse, ever since she teleported to Glendale.
「Why did you come here?」
「I- I want you to buy some items from me!」
Saying so, Akari gently placed Tet, who was sleeping, on the sofa and took out the seven items she had made from her bag.
「Oh, these are……」
「How are they?」
Akari anxiously watched Tina as she checked the brooches, earrings, necklaces, and other items placed on the table.
「These are amazing. They are Legendary-class Legend items. And among them, the quality is particularly high. And there are seven of them」
Tina possessed the skill to appraise items up to Mythic-class Gods.
「Legendary-class!? R-really!?」
「Yes, without a doubt. All of these, may I buy them all for my company?」
「Yes, please!」
For Akari, it was a very happy offer.
She had hoped that Tina would buy only the ones she liked, but she was going to buy all of them.
「Thank you very much. By the way, these are not stolen goods, are they?」
「N-no! I made them myself!」
Looking Tina straight in the eye, Akari insisted.
「I see, understood. I apologise for suspecting you」
Although not as accurate as the Truth Crystal, Tina had a certain ability to discern whether someone was lying or telling the truth.
Tina understood that Akari was telling the truth — that she had indeed made these Legendary-class Legend items herself.
「Then, how about this?」
Tina took out a semi-transparent board resembling a status board from somewhere and entered some numbers into it before showing it to Akari.
「One, ten, a hundred… …Th-thirty million!?」
「Yes. I’ll buy each one for thirty million Spinas. Is that acceptable?」
「Eh? S-so it’s not thirty million for all seven, but thirty million for each!?」
「Yes. Since they are Legendary-class Legend items, it’s only natural for them to have that value. Especially since all of them have the attribute, they are very easy to use items」
Akari didn’t know the value of the items she brought herself, and Tina noticed that.
However, Tina didn’t try to lowball her just because of that.
「If you sell all seven, I’ll pay you two hundred and ten million Spinas」
「T-two hundred million……」
「How about it? If you can give me a little more time, I might be able to test their performance and add more to the amount. The price of thirty million for one is simply the price I saw as Legendary-class Legend items」
「Could it go even higher……」
Akari hesitated for a moment and looked at Tet, who was sleeping peacefully next to her.
「Um, two hundred million is fine. But could you give me about a hundred thousand Spinas in cash right away?」
「That’s fine…… Are you really okay with two hundred million?」
「Yes. Also, if I can make more items, I want you to buy those too」
「I understand. Please, let us buy them from you— Although even if I say so myself, our company is probably the only one in this class that can buy such items」
Tina told a small lie.
If the largest merchant guilds of each country tried hard, they could offer an amount that was not impossible.
However, Tina feared that Akari would be exploited by greedy merchants, so she wanted to buy the items at a fair price.
Akari was too reckless.
She didn’t understand the value of items in this world at all.
If Tina had even a little intention of deceiving Akari, she could have bought all seven for thirty million each.
──However, Akari had obtained the base materials for the items completely risk-free using the skills she received from the Goddess.
Adding the gems she received from Rifa, although it took about three hours to process, if each one could fetch thirty million, there would be no issue even with that total for seven items.
The problem lies in the potential breakdown of the value of items in this world.
Akari can create not only Legendary-class Legend items but also Ancient-class Ancient and World-class World items at will.
Naturally, since Akari is unaware of their value, she tends to sell them for whatever price she is told by the buyers.
If merchants were to find out that Akari can create any item infinitely and risk-free……
Tina’s lie protected Akari and the value of items in this world.
「Akari-sama, regarding the remaining payment… …Do you have an H&T card?」
「An H&T card? What’s that?」
「Here」
Saying so, Tina retrieved the semi-transparent board she showed Akari a moment ago from within her body.
「This card is like a deposit book developed by the president of our company」
Until now, money in this world could only be kept in cash or stored on a guild card.
The guild card also worked on a system where one could only deposit or withdraw money from guilds registered under one’s own system unless it was an S-rank card.
Moreover, guild cards, unlike status boards, had the risk of being lost or damaged.
『It would be convenient if money information could be included in the status board』
Having heard Luna’s mutter, Haruto came up with an idea.
And with the cooperation of his family, he made it happen.
Similar to a status board, the H&T card can freely display and delete information, and it can also transfer and receive money like a guild card—-
Haruto developed the H&T card.
This allows not only shopping at H&T Trading Company but also receiving rewards from guilds.
Additionally, terminals installed by retail stores registered with H&T Trading Company also allow payments and deposits.
The status board is a function created by the gods in this world.
Haruto, by analysing the godly characters that Luna used to construct the status board, independently created a similar system.
Of course, it has been reported to the creator god.
Similar to the time with the World Tree, it was an after-the-fact report of『I’ve created a new system』, so after Haruto left the divine realm, the creator god was at a loss.
「This is your H&T card, Akari-sama. It contains two hundred million Spinas. In addition, we have prepared a hundred thousand Spinas separately」
「Thank you very much! I’ll bring it back when I make new items」
Akari received the H&T card with two hundred million Spinas deposited and the bag containing Spinas, and then, holding Tet, who had been asleep the whole time, she thanked Tina and left H&T Trading Company.