Chapter 37 Fair Trade?

Chapter 37 Fair Trade?

"Hahaha!" Berger laughed exaggeratedly at Adam's folly. "We have a deal!"

Seeing Berger, Blackie also began laughing while pointing his tiny paw at Adam. The little puppy would do anything to tease this stupid human.

Adam had a bad feeling well up in his heart as he saw the gnome and the puppy laugh at him. "W-What's wrong?"

The old gnome viciously ridiculed him. "You want to trade a mere rank 1 spell for a new potion recipe? You fool!"

"Woof!" Blackie nodded.

"W-Wait a minute! You mean to say a new recipe is much more precious than a rank 1 spell?" Adam asked nervously.

"Of course it is!" Berger scolded the youth. "The price of a rank 1 spell in the market is almost always 10 platinum pieces. Whereas the price of an unknown recipe is many times more than that."

Adam clenched his fists till his knuckles were white, cursing himself silently. He looked at the old gnome and asked with a fawning smile, "Honorable sir, I seem to have made a mistake. Can we still—"

POW!

"Hmph, stupid boy!" Berger smacked the youth with his pipe. "Although I advocate fair trade, you won't learn from your mistakes if you never face the consequences."

"Woof woof!" Blackie crossed his front paws and nodded with a serious expression.

Adam massaged his swollen temple with tearful eyes. He wished he could have researched a little more about the prices before coming here.

He clasped his hands and looked at Berger pitifully. However, with his clown-like appearance, he looked anything but pitiful.

"Good sir, please just—" The most uptodate novels are published on n0velbjn((.))com

POW!

Berger scolded, "Next time think twice before running your mouth!"

Adam could only helplessly nod. The two parties then initiated the 'fair trade'. Berger received the new recipe for the healing potion and began reading it. The excitement in his eyes couldn't be hidden.

Whereas, Adam received the Rank 1 Spell: Hide.

Berger nodded. "5 gold pieces for 10 grams."

Shit! So expensive! Adam cursed inwardly. He then looked at the old gnome in a flattering manner and asked, "Great Sir, can you give me a dis—"

POW!

Berger flew into a rage. "You stingy human, get lost!"

"Ugh!" Adam tried to dodge the grumpy gnome's pipe shot, but he got hit anyway. He rubbed his forehead and muttered, "C-Calm down, calm down. I was just asking..."

With a pained expression, he took out 5 platinum pieces and handed them to Berger. "I'll take 100 grams."

"Hmph!" Berger snorted and kept the money.

He then waved his hand and an indiscernible magic circle manifested at the tip of his fingers. Following that, a glass jar flew out of one of the shelves and popped itself open. Then, exactly 100 grams of black colored fleece shot out of it and flew inside an empty paper bag.

The paper bag then magically landed on Adam's hand. As the youth looked at the fleece inside the bag, he couldn't help but sigh.

5 platinum coins for just this... Learning magic is truly expensive. He decided to go back home and brew more potions for sale. Otherwise, his income would not be able to keep up with his terrifying rate of expenditure.

He thanked the old gnome and then ran back to his dorm room. After Adam had left, Blackie transmitted a mental message to Berger.

Berger smiled warmly and rubbed Blackie's ears. "You've noticed it too, haven't you, old friend?"

"Woof!" Blackie nodded vigorously, his tongue sticking out.

Both Berger and Blackie had already noticed the pure nature of Adam's soul. But this wasn't what caught the old gnome's interest. After all, every once in a while, there would always be a few Magi who were born with an extremely pure soul.

The old gnome had lived for a long time and had come across lots of things. Very few things could move him.

What truly caught Berger's interest was the strange affinity that Adam had with the creatures from the Spirit World!

This was directly proved by Blackie. The little puppy never interacted with other people, and even if he did, it would always be in a negative manner. But in the presence of Adam, Blackie felt at home.

Berger's eyes shone with hints of excitement and anticipation. "Let's see how everything unfolds. I wonder what path you will choose..."