Having located a general store not too far away I walked inside and headed straight for the counter without looking around.
"Good Morning Young Sir, what can I get for you today?"
A portly shopkeeper with a trimmed white beard spoke out from behind a counter, he was either sitting or very short, but I couldn't tell with how close to the counter he was pressed.
"Good Morning, I'm looking to purchase potion bottles and a large amount of cloth if I can"
"Oh I see, how many of each are you looking for?"
"Hmm well I'd like to get as many bottles as I can, as for the cloth does it come in bolts or per swatch of cloth?"
"Oh I see well on hand right now I have two hundred glass bottles for potion storage, packed up that's two full crates worth, you have a cart to haul that?"
Without waiting for my response he continued
"As for cloth we can sell it by the bolt but usually just sell per piece, if you're looking for bulk I can sell 5 bolts right away"
"Uh that sounds good, I'll take both. All of both that is, Thank you"
"Ok well that'll come to 5 white gold then"
Reaching into my wallet I pulled out the white gold, after having silently placed it there from my inventory.
"Just a moment and I will get your order right out for you"
Having scanned over the goods lining the shelves while I waited, just about everything I saw was completely foreign to me, and even using my heads up display to analyze didn't help as the names meant even less to me.
"Here you are two crates of bottles and 5 bolts of cloth"
Turning around I saw the stack of items at the counter.
Taking the 5 bolts in hand I bent over and handed them to Kurama.
"Don't drop these ok?"
'nod nod'
Turning back I hoisted up both crates with little effort.
"Oh I see a tamer, guess you're also an adventurer still your strength is pretty good for a magic user"
"Heh well I'm actually a frontline fighter the only magic I can use is taming but even with that I only have my kobold here so far"
[He called me a tamer, and well no sense spreading the rumor that I'm a rare summoner, since he reacted much less to thinking I was a tamer]
"Ah yes talents can be more of a curse than a blessing if your stats don't grown to match them"
With a stern look on his face the shopkeeper looked pensive for a moment before crossing his arms.
"Well anyway good luck on your adventures and don't stop growing you hear"
"I will"
Leaving the shop, Kurama and I quickly found the first alley we could, before storing the items into my inventory.
"Well what do you think Kurama, time for lunch?"
The little kobold looked up at me rubbing its belly, and low growl escaping its lips.
"Hah hah don't worry we'll get something good to eat"
[Did he really just pretend to have his stomach growl?]
Now unburdened by our shopping luggage we headed off into the market square.
Voices called out from all directions.
[Well it is noon so there's going to be a lunch rush]
Quickly getting in line at the nearest stall with the smallest line, my turn came quicker than I expected, so when the cook pressed me for my order, I just asked for 5 of everything.
Paid and left carry quite the large haul of food, there were 6 different kinds of skewers totalling 30 in all, we made our way to a back alley once again before sitting down on the ground, unwrapping the different leaves that acted as container for the skewers.
"Not sure what kind any of these are, since the name doesn't tell me anything but let's say these two are pork, these two are beef, and these ones are chicken"
Reaching out and picking up a pair of different skewers, I took my first bite the meat overflowed with juice.
[Hmm cannot compare to Yggdrasill food, but the taste of fresh meat is so enticing, but there's a total lack of seasoning, feels like all there is to flavor this is salt.]
As I swallowed I looked to my side, at a teary eyed kobold staring up at me.
"Uh feel free to dig in, I did buy this for both of us after all"
"AROOOOOOO!"
Letting out a battle cry howl Kurama, joined in on double fisting skewers but quite unlike me, who ate at a moderate pace, Kurama inhaled skewer after skewer, until every last one was devoured.
"Mmm that hit the spot huh?"
Kurama, and slumped down against the wall his protruding belly being rubbed slowly.
"Well after this comes work, I'm going to be going to the butcher to harvest some monsters I hunted, so do you want me to call you back or do you want to stay out?"
A paw rose up and gripped my arm.
"Alright well don't whine to me when your nose falls off from the smell then"
Getting to my feet, I watched as Kurama followed suit, oddly enough though his beer belly that was prominently pronounced just moments ago was gone, and he was back to looking exactly like he always did.
"Ok well first things first, do you know how to get back to the warehouse we were at yesterday?"
'nod'
Not waiting for my say so Kurama took off through the streets, and I dutifully followed after.
Our destination was the warehouse indicated by Raisa, a place where i could advance another of my professions, and deal with the haul of monster materials within my storage all at the same time.
Afterall lessons i learned on Earth taught me one thing, which was to never waste that which could be used, and here with monster materials having dozens of possible uses depending on the application, that line of thinking was reinforced even further.
Perhaps there would come a time when excessive reasources would allow for some spoilage, however right now?
Everything was needed and could serve a purpose.