Chapter 324 : Darkan Company
After walking down the main street with Celine for about fifteen minutes, I saw a magnificent building with a huge engraved golden signboard saying, “Darkan & Co”.
I could see various jewelry and accessories such as rings, necklaces, and bracelets lined up neatly on the other side of the huge glass window in front of the building.
As soon as we entered the building, we were welcomed by a clerk in a formal-looking uniform.
「Welcome. How can I help you today?」(clerk)
「I came from the Adventurer Guild. I brought you the requested Land Turtle blood. Mark.」(Celine)
I nodded to Celine, took out the bag filled with Land Turtle blood from my Item Box, and put it on the reception desk.
「I see. Please wait a moment. I will let Mr. Darkan know.」(clerk)
After asking us to wait, the clerk bowed and went to the back of the store.
While waiting, I decided to take a closer look at the goods sold here.
I was surprised when I saw the price tags placed next to the products.
「Uwahh… The accessories sold here are very expensive…」(Mark)
I have quite a lot of money, but I don’t think it’s even enough to buy one of these accessories.
「Well, the reason why they’re so expensive it’s because they’re not ordinary accessories. They are magic items.」(Celine)
「Magic items? So… The stones embedded in these accessories are magic stones?」(Mark)
「Yup. And the rarest ones.」(Celine)
「I see.」(Mark)
Now that she mentioned it, I could slightly feel mana flowing from these items.
「What kind of magic items are they?」(Mark)
「They have various effects. For example…」(Celine)
Celine pointed at a ring with a blue magic stone about the size of my fingernail and continued explaining.
「This ring stores water-attributed mana, so anyone who wears it can use a water spell and create water whenever they want. I think it’s enough to fill some huge sake barrels.」(Celine)
「Hee… So people who can’t use magic will be able to use spells with these magic items?」(Mark)
「Exactly.」(Celine)
I see. Now that I think about it, the Silver Eagle Amulet I got from Tryon is probably the same as these items.
I knew it wasn’t a cheap item…
After waiting and looking around the store for a while, I heard someone yelling at me.
「Hey, little kid over there! What the hell is a poor kid like you doing in my store?」(Darkan)
I turned around and saw a fat man with an ugly face that looked like a crushed toad wearing luxurious clothes.
He was glaring at me with a somewhat disgusted expression.
「Hmph. Poor people’s presence in my store will only tarnish my store’s reputation. You, what the hell are you doing!? Why don’t you kick that kid out!?」(Darkan)
He then yelled at a nearby store clerk with a twisted mouth.
「B, But, Sir… They are…」(clerk)
Well, I indeed don’t have enough money to buy anything in this store, so he’s not wrong to call me a poor kid.
I honestly don’t mind what he said. Being upset over this trivial matter is only a waste of energy after all.
However, Celine was different. She seemed to be offended by his words.
「How dare you mock my companion like that! You haven’t changed a bit, have you?」(Celine)
「You are… Celine! Oh, my darling! I didn’t know you came!」(Darkan)
「Hmph! I wouldn’t have come here if I didn’t have to get your signature on this request form!」(Celine)
Saying that, Celine took out the request form from her cleavage and slammed it on the reception desk next to where I put the bag with blood.
「Ah, so you came to bring me the blood. I see~ By the way, why did you come back to this city? Did you come to see me?」(Darkan)
「Huh!? Keep dreaming! I’m on my way to Fatia. I’m just passing by.」(Celine)
「Gufufu. Well, whatever. Anyway, now that you’re here, why don’t we have tea in my room and talk about the contract I offered you a few years ago?」(Darkan)
「Contract? Ah, you mean the contract to become your mistress? Are you crazy? My answer doesn’t change and it will never change. I REFUSE! Now hurry up and sign this form already!」(Celine)
「Alright, alright. You’re mean as usual. Well, that’s what made me like you. Gufufu~ Let me see the blood first.」(Darkan)
Darkan briefly checked the contents of the bag and signed the request form while glancing at me.
「So… Who’s that kid? Don’t tell me… he is…」(Darkan)
「I’m telling you, he’s not my child.」(Celine)
「I see. That’s too bad.」(Darkan)
「Huh? What do you mean?」(Celine)
「Gufufu. Sleeping with married ladies is much more exciting than sleeping with virgins, you know? Say, Celine, I’ll pay triple the amount we agreed on if you sign the contract now. I have Land Turtle blood right here, so I can satisfy you tonight if you want~」(Darkan)
The man smiled creepily at Celine with drool dripping from his mouth.
「NO – FUCKING – WAY!! If you persist I will call the guards on you!」(Celine)
「Whoa whoaa! Relax! It would hurt my store’s reputation. I’m sorry, okay?」(Darkan)
「Hmph! I hope I will never see your ugly face again!」(Celine)
After yelling at him, Celine quickly snatched the request form and walked toward the entrance.
I hurriedly followed her and left the store.
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「Dammit! This is why I didn’t want to visit that store! What a disgusting man!」(Celine)
Celine rubbed her own arms and shivered even though she was wearing a winter coat.
She couldn’t help but get goosebumps after meeting that perverted man.
「Ahaha… That man was kinda… weird.」(Mark)
「Weird? He’s the worst! The worst man I’ve ever known! If it wasn’t for work, I wouldn’t have come to see his stupid ugly face!」(Celine)
After saying that, Celine stuck out her tongue as if she had just seen something disgusting.
「Let’s stop talking about him and hurry to the guild to get our reward. After that, let’s have lunch together, shall we~?」(Celine)
「I’m following you.」(Mark)
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After receiving our reward at the Adventurer Guild, we went to a huge restaurantー No. It looked more like a huge bar than a restaurant.
It seemed that this bar had the best alcoholic beverage in the capital. That’s probably why Celine liked it.
She drank a lot of alcohol to relieve her stress after seeing the man she hates.
The food wasn’t bad at all. We spent our time in the bar and returned to the castle before sunset.
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