A Frontline Soldier Awakened as a Gamer In The War! - Chapter 84: (2)

“It will serve as my bag from now on!”

“…What’s that?”

“Sir, is something wrong?”

“…No, it’s nothing. May I continue looking around?”

“Of course!”

Kaiyan couldn’t help but wonder why Rieka was so excited. He continued to pass by shelves filled with items, conscious of the nearby merchant.

He passed by the shelves for quite some time, but this time, Rieka didn’t react with any particular interest, suggesting that there were no more good items.

“Rieka, is there nothing left?”

[Hmm… it’s ambiguous! There were a few good items, but they wouldn’t suit you, Kaiyan. There’s no need to buy items you won’t use.]

“That’s true…”

After about an hour of wandering, Kaiyan had circled around and returned to the entrance, having passed by numerous shelves.

“Sir, have you had a good look at our items?”

“Yes, there were many good items. But is this all that Lukuba Merchants sell here?”

There were certainly some good items, surprising Rieka.

However, what was strange was that the quality of the items was lower than expected, considering that it was Lukuba Merchants’ headquarters. The fact that they were operated by high-ranking nobles made it even more peculiar.

“Ah, it seems you’re visiting Lukuba Merchants for the first time!”

“Yes.”

It was surprising how everyone could tell.

“Haha! Of course, there are more items! I dare say they are treasures!”

“I would like to see those items.”

Treasures. That word meant that they stored items of even higher quality than what was available here. Perhaps there were treasures comparable to those in the underground third-floor warehouse of the Carsia Family.

The merchant, who had always laughed at everything Kaiyan said, suddenly looked a bit uncomfortable.

“To see those items, you need to qualify.”

“…What do you mean by qualification?”

“You need to sell unique items that would please the upper echelon customers of the Lukuba Merchants.”

“Even if the unique item has no intrinsic value, is that acceptable? Does it just need to be unique?”

“Haha! Of course! If it’s about value, they would have told you to sell valuable items from the beginning.”

[Kaiyan, how about selling shop items? There might be nothing special in this dimension, but on the Eunasia continent, there’s nothing more unique than shop items.]

“…That’s true.”

Even as a player, Kaiyan was surprised every time he used shop items.

“Then, please confirm if this item meets Lukuba Merchants’ definition of a unique item.”

Kaiyan took off the transparent mask he had been wearing on his face and showed the merchant a sky-blue mask that had suddenly appeared in his hand. The merchant was startled and stepped back.

“What, what is that? Suddenly in your hand…?”

“It’s a transparent mask that blocks all odors. If you wear it on your face…”

He brought the mask to his mouth again.

“It turns transparent. And the most amazing thing is that even if you wear the mask, you can eat without any inconvenience. You can even touch your skin, and it’s hard to tell that you’re wearing a mask.”

With the eyes of a treasure hunter who had just discovered something valuable, he handed the mask to the merchant.

“Oh… I didn’t expect to find something like this. May I try wearing it?”

“Of course.”

The merchant cautiously put on the mask, touched his face, smelled his clothes, and checked the item’s functions one by one. Then, he grabbed Kaiyan’s hand as if genuinely surprised.

“Sir! Instead of doing this, we will escort you to the VIP room! Right this way!”

With just a 50G item, the merchant’s attitude changed. He was already friendly, but now, he seemed like a servant escorting a noble.

Following the merchant outside the warehouse, they saw a lavishly decorated door that clearly marked it as the VIP room.

“Right this way!”

As the merchant led the way towards the VIP room, the individuals guarding the entrance glanced at the merchant’s and Kaiyan’s faces before opening the door.

Entering the VIP room…

“It seems like they’ve gone all out with their money here.”

[Kaiyan, there seems to be someone crazy here!]

While Kaiyan had thought that Lukuba Merchants would be relatively modest compared to the grandeur of the central square and the warehouse, the VIP room was extravagantly decorated, rivaling even the Carsia Mansion.

The amount of money spent on decorating these rooms must have been thousands, possibly even more than ten thousand gold if they were good at it.

“Just wait here.”

As Kaiyan sat down for a moment and admired the room, the merchant went out of the room and Rieka peeked out from his pocket.

[Kaiyan, since you’re selling it anyway, why not ask for 100 Gold for it? That mask… it’s not even 50G. If they say it’s no good for Lukuba Merchants, you will lose out!]

“It’s okay. Judging by the merchant’s reaction, it seems promising. And even if this mask alone doesn’t work, I can always show them another item.”

The reason Kaiyan bothered to show this mask was…

“There’s no use for this mask, and selling it for a high price would be a profit.”

The transparent mask he had bought in Elforc had no use once he left his residence. Right now, it only served to block the smell of the other person’s breath.

Selling a 50G item at a higher price wasn’t a bad idea.

While sitting and looking around the room for a while, three people entered through the door.

“Hello, I’m Marien, the Second-in-Command of Lukuba Merchants.”

The woman who introduced herself as Marien reached out her hand to Kaiyan, who was the foremost among the three, including the merchant.

“Nice to meet you. I heard from Marlon that you want to sell a unique item…?”

It seemed that Marlon was the name of the merchant who had guided him here.

Kaiyan looked at Marlon once and then turned his gaze back to Marien.

“Yes, I would like to sell this transparent mask. I’ve already explained its functions to Mr. Marlon.”

“I see. I heard about it when I came, but since I need precise information… May I evaluate it?”

“Of course.”

As if it were okay, he handed the mask to Marien, and Marien handed it to the person who appeared to be the evaluator behind her.

The evaluator, while trying on the mask, also used mana or tried something with magic, checking the mask extensively.

“Hmm… I don’t feel any traces of mana for now.”

“Is it not a magical artifact then? How does the mask turn transparent…?”

At the evaluator’s words, both Marien and Marlon looked at him in astonishment, as if asking him to explain.

Under pressure from the two, the evaluator broke out in a cold sweat before speaking.

“It seems… like an ancient artifact.”

‘What nonsense is this?’

[What is he blabbering about?]

The magic that turns a 50G transparent mask into an ancient artifact in an instant.

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