Chapter 127

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I suddenly felt that Jake’s appearance has changed a little, but his worried expression is still the same.

When I found out about it, I suddenly burst into laughter.

“Why, why are you laughing, Mir? You don’t like me right now?”

Looking at Jake, who was embarrassed by my sudden laughter, laughter burst out again in a row.

I barely managed to answer.

“No, it’s not like that.”

“Then?”

“Well, Jay, you must have thought that you changed a lot, didn’t you? I thought so too at first, but the more I look, the more I see your expression as I knew originally. So it was interesting and good.”

As I said my words, I could see Jake’s face getting more and more bright.

Jake asked me to confirm.

“Did you like it?”

“Yes. I really like the way you are now and the way you used to be.”

As I said that, I smiled broadly, and then Jake also smiled a smile of relief.

At that moment, Cedric shouted to everyone.

“Okay. Let’s go to the market now! If we keep spending time like this, half a day will be gone in no time.”

“Okay, let’s go.”

“Let’s hurry.”

We quickly got dressed and headed for the market.

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We couldn’t take our eyes off the bustling market scene.

If it’s me, I’ve been to the market a lot in my previous life, so it’s less, but the other children who probably grew up as nobles and royalty and lived only in the mansion and its surroundings were really rolling their eyes.

“…there are many strange things in the world.”

Nicholas, who usually didn’t blink at anything, looked around and was talking to himself.

It was different from reading a book and only hearing from others, for actually walking around gave him a new feeling of emotion.

“Miss Emir! Look at that! They sell sunflower-shaped candy!”

And Alice was particularly interested in snacks that looked more appetizing than other items.

“Alice, do you want to eat that candy?”

“Ummm…”

Alice stopped at my question and salivated as if pondering.

It looks like she wants to eat it, so I have to buy it for her!

‘How much pocket money did I bring?’

I tried to estimate how much money was in the leather pocket.

I brought it just enough so that I didn’t lose it without being robbed by pickpockets.

There were only about five gold coins, just in case, and the rest were ten silver coins and fifteen copper coins.

So it wasn’t even a matter of buying just one candy.

“Alice, don’t worry. I’ll buy you that candy!”

“No, Miss Emir! I’ll buy you today. I also brought pocket money. What I was thinking about was whether I should buy only one for each of the six people, or whether I should buy three for each flavor.”

“……!”

Alice waved her hand and gently pointed to the money bag out of sight from her clothes.

I couldn’t see it because it was covered up earlier, but there was something really shiny golden in it!

“I hid it for fear of being pickpocketed. The Fairy King gave me pocket money, saying, ‘Don’t you need money to play with your friends’. But there were so many… I felt like I was going to lose them if I carried them around.”

It was exactly what Alice had said. But there was something special about it.

What was in the pocket were not silver coins, copper coins, or even gold coins, but small nuggets of pure gold.

‘No, wait. It’s cumbersome to use a nugget of pure gold as money!’

But soon I was perplexed.

One of those chunks was obviously worth more than a gold coin made of ordinary pure gold mixed with other metals.

Naturally, it was a currency that was not suitable for use in a market selling such small personal items.

“No, Alice, it’s hard to buy things with that gold.”

“Yes? Surely Sir Abish said to use this as money? Is it fake gold?”

“No. The fairy doesn’t lie, so it must be true. But I meant you can’t buy things in the market.”

If you buy the whole store, I don’t know.

I swallowed the words that followed.

Upon hearing my words, Alice cried.

“Well, then what should I do……”

“It’s okay! If there’s anything you want to buy, just tell me. Alice.”

“Thanks Miss Emir for saying that, but I also wanted to buy you a delicious snack at least once…”

Alice murmured in a somber voice.

Unlike before, her face and attitude, which had been clearly depressed, were somehow unsettling.

‘Is there no way to solve this?’

I wanted to grant Alice’s little wish.

I shook my head quickly.

Soon a good idea came to mind. That’s right, barter!

“Then how about we do this? I’m going to exchange my five gold coins for the smallest piece of gold Alice has.”

At my words, Alice seemed to be counting something, and her eyes widened.