Day 19 – Noon – Weapon Shop?**
It's called a weapon shop, but it's more like a stall? Or a traveling merchant? Isn't this kind of shabby?
"This place specializes in defective items, oddities, and anything unusual. It's a shop made for guys like you, bro."
Makes sense. Normal weapons from normal shops can't be equipped anyway because of the level requirements. So a shady shop like this… hey, wait!
I have Appraisal, but I'm not exactly knowledgeable about weapons. Well, might as well look…
"Mistletoe Vine: Wooden stick, staff reinforcement ? ? ? ?"
Hmm. Right away it's the "?" guy. So I should just collect the entire "?" series and call it a day?
"Spiked Shoulder Pads: Increases ferocity, PoW +3, ViT +5"
No way. Absolutely no way. If I equip this, there's no going back… from "hyahaaa~" mode.
"Necklace of Seven (30%): Holds seven."
Holds 7 what? Necklace version of item bag? Wait—it holds nothing? Defective?
"Holds seven"… actually, since Appraisal hit Lv5, Villager A's gear had the same description, but it wasn't an item bag? What does it mean?
The cloak?, leather gloves?, leather boots?, cloth clothes?, and tree staff? all say "holds seven." Same series?
"Shopkeep, what's this Necklace of Seven? What exactly does it hold seven of?"
I asked the super-suspicious hooded shopkeeper. Asking costs nothing, and I get info even if I don't buy.
"It's an item that combines effects. You can insert seven different necklaces, and you get all seven effects—but at only 30% strength."
Ah—this is a convenient item. Once you start collecting poison resistance, sleep resistance, etc., you run out of slots. This lets you stack seven resistances at 30% each.
I want it, but 30%… poison resistance that's 100% becomes 30%… meh. Better than nothing, but I don't have other necklaces.
With money burning a hole in my pocket, I'm tempted to buy just in case.
But more importantly—the ? series Mistletoe Vine. My only weapon is the tree staff?. If this reinforces it, I want it. No idea how much it boosts, since the original strength is "?".
Still—if it makes me stronger, I should buy. Can't equip other weapons anyway… first candidate.
"Magic Reflection Cloak: Reflects magic."
This is good. I've never taken a magic attack yet, but if the level wall blocks magic resistance, this is useful.
And since it's a cloak, it probably goes into the cloak? slot. Still six slots free.
It might not reflect perfectly, but combined with levels and skills, it could be an anti-magic trump card. This is a buy—expensive, but buy.
Thinking like that—staff or cloak, plus clothes, gloves, boots worth buying. Let's search.
"Heyyy—still looking? Gonna look at everything? Gonna take all day~"
Old man got bored. It's repayment just endure.
Obviously I'm looking at everything! How else do I decide? Seriously.
…
Yeah—tons of stuff I want. Money's plenty. Wait—is this my first big adult purchase in another world!? Am I really buying?
"Blade-Resistant Clothes: Uncuttable clothes" sounds good, but current clothes are already uncuttable, unbreakable, fireproof, and self-cleaning.
Then this one… no, "Power Gloves +7 PoW +7"… nah, +7 is meh. There's better…
…
Hey—"Anti-Snake Boots: +30% damage to snake-type monsters." Snake fetish? But maybe struggle against snakes later? …+30% damage, but boots mean kick-only? Useless then… better just "Fire Staff +10%." But +10% will soon look weak next to +20% or +30%—waste of money?
…
"Blade-Resistant Hat"—head already cut off = dead? Dodging badly risks face cut… oh—"Magic Blade: Blade sharpness increases with mana, requires Lv30." Whoa—katana! Want. But Lv30 requirement—can't use… still can hold… swing around… but nah…
…
What? What's this? "Spatial Staff: Great effect for those who can use spatial magic." Handle spatial magic yourself? Hey—you hype it with "spatial staff" then say do it yourself? Staff scam! Old people would fall for this! I almost fell for it! I wanted to fall for it…
Maybe usable someday? No—completely wrong mindset… focus on necessary and useful items. No dreams in isekai.
…
What a guy—said repayment, then ditched for dinner alone. I'm hungry too while working hard? You introduced the shop? Shopkeep's crying his eyes out? Recent isekai old men can't even endure…
…
Rings—I have Dire Soul Ring. Scary so I barely looked… but it holds seven… okay—rings! Show me rings! Eh? What? What kinds? All of them! All! Show me everything! Right now! Quick! Harry! Harry! Harry! Harry! Harry!~
…
"Please… discount, sale, clearance—anything. Just decide. I'm hungry. Sleepy. I can't anymore."
"Hey brooo… pity the guy—buy quick? I'm pitiful too? It's already night? Can't you see products?"
Merchant crying—should push for more sales! Get fired up! Break walls! …If he actually did, I'd run though.
"It's fine? I have Darkvision and Appraisal? Lantern maybe?"
"""…I wanna go home"""
What am I, a lost kid?
In the end, I got picked up by midnight patrol Class Rep.
I'd only looked at everything, finally gathered candidates, just started comparison and narrowing… this was supposed to be the real part… now just the narrowed-down ones are enough?
Necessary minimum—no waste.
"How much for these?"
"Eh?! All of them? Eh? This is a bargain shop, and Gatek-san (life saver) asked, so cheap is fine, but these are super expensive items? Easily 10 million Ele?"
…
"8 million, then haggle? Push? Go till morning? Like that?"
"""…Hey!"""
In the end—Class Rep judgment removed "Shining Cloak: Looks cool when shining," "Lucky Pot: Said to bring happiness when placed at home (forced buy)," and "Pheromone Ring: Maybe increases favor with opposite sex?"—down to 8 million. Pheromone Ring removed? "Maybe increases favor with opposite sex?"… No problem. None at all…
By the way—"Pheromone Ring" was apparently 2.6 million—the most expensive… my favorability rating… got removed?
**Day 19 End**