38 38 Cursed Necklace

Curse.

A strong resentment against the opponent creates a magical business.

Curses are difficult to discern from an amateur's perspective, and professionals such as the Virgin and the Witch Killer are needed to solve them.

"Curse? Hahaha, the lady says something interesting."

But the owner doesn't seem to believe it.

"I've been a jewelry store owner for a long time. I have seen cursed gems many times. I can tell by the curse."

"Well, what if it wasn't a curse?

"What?

The shopkeeper rounds his eyes. However, it still seemed half-hearted.

Nigel.

Ah.

But there are people who believe me.

Needless to say, Nigel.

He turned around and turned his sharp gaze towards the necklace.

"There's a curse on this necklace... it doesn't look so good."

"Nigel, you shouldn't touch too much. The curse doesn't necessarily come from you at that moment."

That's true too. Excuse me. "

I stopped the hand from reaching for the necklace.

"It's no wonder you didn't notice. Strong... and quite cleverly disguised. If you're a professional, if you're a normal person, you'll never be able to identify it first."

But from my eyes, I can clearly see a terrible aura leaking from the necklace.

I've seen it somewhere. I wonder where that was...

"It's like a curse from Ralph. Why is there such a strong curse?"

I remembered Nigel's words.

Yes, it was Ralph. It is very similar to the aura I saw at that time.

"Your Highness... is it true what you're saying?

Did Nigel and I finally notice the abnormality in the store owner?

Ask him what he looks like.

"Oh, she's also a good spell killer. I'm sure I can see the curse."

Becoming a healer or a curse killer... I'm pretty busy too.

But I can also say that the Virgin can serve both of these abilities.

"I can't believe I bought a cursed necklace..."

A stunned shopkeeper.

But...

"Don't worry. With this much curse, you can lift it immediately."

I told the shopkeeper in a reassuring tone and put my hands on the necklace.

Ugh... just watching it makes me feel sick. I want to get this over with.

But this aura... I knew I'd seen it before.

It's not Ralph's time. Like I've seen it before...?

I meditated my eyes, activated magic, and quickly lifted the curse.

"It's over."

After I finished my work, I turned to Nigel and the shopkeeper.

"Are you done yet!?

"Yes, the curse is perfectly lifted, so we can sell it normally. I'm sure it's a good necklace."

"No... once this happens, you can't sell it anymore. It's creepy, and I hate to get into trouble with customers."

Really?

Well, that would be easy.

The jewellery store owner made a high purchase, but this store seems to be able to recover the loss immediately.

The curse on the necklace was lifted.

But this does not of course settle one case...

"But... that suspicious merchant. Looks like we need to investigate a little bit."

Nigel looked at the necklace with serious eyes.

"Store owner, can you tell us more about this suspicious merchant?

"Yes, yes. That said, I don't know that much either....."

The store owner began to talk.

It seems that the merchant has been visiting Lynch Giham for about six months now.

At first, she was too suspicious and didn't want anyone else to do it.

However, since all the merchant's items were first-class and reasonable in price, other people also started trading.

"Who were they dealing with?

"Weapon shops, armor shops... grocery stores. Ah, speaking of which, the Adventurer Alliance also traded. They also bring good monster meat."

"Ma, monster meat!?

Nigel got upset.

"Yeah, yeah. Would it be normal for an Alliance to buy monster meat and give it a reward?

True, the owner is right.

But it means a lot to me and Nigel.

"Maybe... the monster meat that Ralph gave you was mixed with something cursed?

"Yeah, maybe."

The Monster's meat bought by the Alliance is distributed to other stores and purchased by the Manor Castle.

And then Ralph ate it... like that. It's possible.

"Things could be worse than I thought. Thank you, shopkeeper. I may come back later to talk to you."

"It's so cheap. Oh, one more thing!

"What?

The owner kept saying, "This is my guess."

"That merchant... I don't think that's a book job."

"What do you mean?

"Maybe the Adventurer pretended to be a merchant and made a deal with us. The muscle was not like a merchant, and the deal was like an amateur. Well... there aren't many merchants like that, but there aren't any, and I may be mistaken..."

"Okay. Thank you. I'll help you."

Someone who looks like a merchant and doesn't look like a merchant...

Hmm, things are getting complicated.

However, even though there are still bumps and dots now, it seems that the evidence is already available.

All I had to do was connect this to one line... and I had a hunch.

"Elaine, I'm sorry. I let you do this on a date. Let's get back to work and keep shopping."

No, I don't mind.

It was me in thought mode.

The word "date" that came out of Nigel's mouth immediately returned to its original head.