Item Synthesis 2-11 part 2

 

Chapter 2-11 : Gemstones (part 2)

 

「Marqise, about the payment for the gemstones…」(Kako)

On our way back, I decided to talk to Marqise about the purchase I made earlier.

「Kako ojou-sama, do you want to pay for them yourself?」(Marqise)

As expected, he knew as if he could read my mind.

「Yeah…」(Kako)

「Kako ojou-sama, a daughter of a noble family doesn’t pay for anything she purchases. Your father will pay for them for you.」(Marqise)

He said exactly like what Thea said to me.

「I can understand why parents want to give their money to their children, but…」(Kako)

「Kako ojou-sama, you should talk about it with your father. You can tell him you want to return his money.」(Marqise)

「Aa, you’re right!」(Kako)

「I don’t think he will receive your money, but it’s worth a try. However, when you return his money, please do it where no one can see you.」(Marqise)

I still have a hard time understanding the manners of living in a noble family, but I’ll do what he says.

It’s hard for me to do shopping if the Kushaq Family is involved every time I buy something.

I have to keep my Synthesis ability a secret, so I don’t want people to know what I buy.

「Kako Ojou-sama, you don’t need to think too hard about it. When you go out as a lady of the Kushaq Family, just let your father pay for everything you buy. Other than that, you can pay for the items you buy yourself.」(Marqise)

「Hmm…? Aa! I see!」(Kako)

I think I know what Marqise was trying to say.

This time, I went with servants, Marqise and Thea, while wearing this expensive dress. In other words, I went outside as a noble lady this time, and I had to behave like a noble lady in front of other people.

However, I can go shopping normally if I go alone and wear my old dress. People won’t notice that I’m a noble lady if I dress like a commoner after all.

「Remember, your appearance indicates your status, and you should behave according to your status.」(Marqise)

「Alright, I understand. By the way, does this territory have gemstone mines?」(Kako)

Since there’s a gemstone shop in the market, there must be a mine somewhere nearby.

「Yes. Kushaq Territory has some mines where you can collect opals and crystals.」(Marqise)

「I see.」(Kako)

What a big discovery.

If I can get myself various gemstones, I can make a lot of things with my Synthesis Skill.

Moreover, this is a fantasy world. There might be some gemstones that only exist in this world.

「This city is connected to the main road, so sometimes there are traveling merchants selling gemstones from other territories.」(Marqise)

「I can get gemstones from other territories too? That’s awesome!」(Kako)

It makes me want to check out other gemstone shops.

Next time, I’ll dress like a commoner and go shopping by myself.

 

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As soon as we got home, Nyat and I returned to my room. He carried all the ten boxes of gemstones to my room by himself.

As expected from a cat warrior. He’s very strong.

「Alright, it’s time for the long-awaited experiment! It’s synthesis time!」(Kako)

「Do your best-nya~」(Nyat)

Saying that, Nyat lay down on the bed with his limbs stretched out. He doesn’t seem interested.

Well, it doesn’t matter.

「Let’s see… I think I’ll start with these brownish stones.」(Kako)

I took two brown gemstones of different sizes. A small one and a big one.

「Synthesis!」(Kako)

As soon as I used my Synthesis Skill on them, the small one was sucked into the big one.

The big one had a big crack before. It was still there but it noticeably became smaller when it merged with the small one.

Also, I noticed that its color was a bit brighter than before.

〈Low-quality Citrine : Cracked citrine. It can easily be found in a mine.〉

「Oh, it’s citrine. Judging from the color, I thought it was topaz. Alright, now I’ll merge all of the citrine in this box at once. ーSynthesis!」(Kako)

There were more than a hundred pieces of citrine in the wooden box in front of me, but they glowed in a second and merged into only a few pieces.

I took one of them and appraised it.

〈Top-quality Citrine : Citrine with the highest quality and purity. It is extremely rare. It has the effect of amplifying the effectiveness of communication magic and increasing the power of earth magic.〉

「Wow! It can amplify magic power! I know earth magic but… communication magic? I wonder if it’s like telepathy or something.」(Kako)

The remaining citrine in the box looked more shiny and brighter.

They surely can be sold at a high price.

「Alright, next box! Synthesis!」(Kako)

〈Top-quality Topaz : Topaz with the highest quality and purity. It is extremely rare. It has the effect of amplifying the effectiveness of exploration magic and increasing the power of fire magic.〉

「Oh, this one is topaz! It amplifies exploration magic and fire magic. I see. Next box! Hmm… The stones in this box look a bit transparent. Synthesis!」(Kako)

〈Top-quality Crystal : Crystal with the highest quality and purity. It is extremely rare. It can be turned into an enchanted stone as an excellent vessel to store magical power.〉

「Enchanted stone? Is it any different from magic stones obtained from monsters?」(Kako)

「Enchanted stones are stones that can store magical power-nya. When you run out of magical power in a battle, you can use the magical power stored in those stones to cast more spells-nya. They’re also useful when you want to cast a powerful spell that requires a lot of magical energy-nya.」(Nyat)

While lying down on the bed and enjoying the sunlight coming through the window, Nyat explained it to me.

I see. So it’s like a battery or a power bank.

It works similarly to mana potions which can replenish your magical power, but unlike mana potions, enchanted stones can be charged and used multiple times.

I’m sure these crystals can be sold at a high price as well.

Alright, I should continue synthesizing the rest of the gemstones.

「Synthesis! Synthesis! Synthesis!!」(Kako)

After I finished synthesizing the rest of the gemstones, I recorded the information I’d obtained so far in my notebook.

It seemed that the top-quality gems had the effect of amplifying magic and the low-quality ones seemed to be just regular gems without any special value.

「Do you know-nya? Magicians tend to attach high-quality gems to their magic staffs and wands to amplify their spells-nya.」(Nyat)

「I see. Does that mean that I can make more money if I sell these top-quality gems to magicians?」(Kako)

「Yeah, especially the wealthy ones like the royal magicians-nya. Most magicians don’t mind spending a lot of money for the sake of boosting their magical power-nya.」(Nyat)

「Ah, I think I can understand that.」(Kako)

「However, you can’t just sell any gems. The ones that amplify water magic are not very popular among magicians-nya. I think top-quality crystals have the highest demand-nya.」(Nyat)

「I see. As always, you know a lot. Thank you for the information, Nyat-sensei!」(Kako)

「No problem-nya. Now I’m gonna sleep. Please wake me up when lunch is ready-nya.」(Nyat)

「Okay~」(Kako)

For the time being, I think I will keep buying low-quality gems and turn them into the top-quality ones.

Yeah, I can see it. I can see it already!

I will eventually build my shop and top-quality gems will be the main product that I sell in my future shop, the Mayama Shop! (temporary name)

 

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