Chapter 36: Shopping tour

Chapter 36: Shopping tour

As Ai got the better of him, the old man sat back down in his chair with a resigned attitude and began to talk about why he was running the blacksmith shop with a sigh.

Im only able to do this because of my fathers legacy and customers like you.

Customers like us?

They could understand their fathers legacy, but they couldnt understand how customers like them could support the old mans lifestyle.

Yeah, if you take this kind of top quality material to a store affiliated with the merchant guild, the whole country will immediately know about it. If you do that, all sorts of people are going to start taking some kind of action against you.

Ah, so thats why Leela took the trouble to tell me about this place.

Thanks to Leela!

Well, this ones more expensive for it.

Oh, they looked at each other, but then shrugged their shoulders together.

Ill accept that as a necessary expense. Then just do the tanning of the fur.

Okay

How long will it take you to do it?

For this amount, I need about ten days.

All right. Ill come back for it.

Good luck

Okay~

The two of them were worried about the old man who waved his hand without motivation, but they decided to trust Leela who introduced them, not the old man.

As they left the blacksmith shop, they discussed what they should do next.

First of all, I need something to wear and a set of equipment, right?

Yeah, and I also want to learn some common sense in this world, so lets go to the bookstore, and if there are any books on magic, even better.

Oh, by the way, we still have SP left over.

I need to think about how Im going to use it, and then Ill see what I can find.

Nnn~

While we were both groaning and thinking about what we should do, we came up with another thing that we should do.

A place! A place to stay!

So the order is to buy clothes and equipment, find a bookstore, get lodgings and call it a day, is that right?

Yes. Now that we have enough money, lets stay in a bigger place today.

It would be a shame if we couldnt sleep together, though.

When Tatsuro jokingly said that, Ais face turned red and she said idiot and went ahead of him. When Tatsuro hurriedly caught up with her, he pulled her by the arm and said in her ear, When you sleep, why dont we sleep together? It was Tatsuros turn to blush.

They didnt realize until the very end that passersby were looking at them as if they were dazzling, smiling or resentful, as they joked around the town.

As they explored the area, using the map function to find something that looked like a store, they came across a large building.

The color was pure white to match the surrounding buildings, but even though it was made of stone, it had a boxy shape like a building, and the site itself was reasonably large.

In such a building, people dressed like adventurers and residents of the town were coming and going.

When the two of them looked at the large sign, they saw that it read Department Store in Japanese.

Department store means you can find everything there, right?

Y-yeah. Even so, I didnt know such a building existed. Even without the development of science, magic allows us to ignore materials and technology and create something similar

While Tatsuro was once again admiring the versatility of magic, Ai, who was itching to get in, couldnt resist and pulled Tatsuros hand and led him into the store.

Wait, I can walk by myself!

Amazing, its like a library.

Ill buy a book, if theres a skill-related book that might be relevant to me.

Yeah, I guess so. But first, lets start with books that will help me acquire common sense.

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He went into a variety of bookstores and bought encyclopedias, modern glossaries, demon dictionaries, and a few books on current events.

On the way, Ai also bought some books on how to learn skills that might be useful.

After purchasing the books, they put them all away in the item box and went into a bookstore where there were many books related to magic.

Inside, the books were divided by attribute, and Tatsuro looked around and picked up several books from the shelves that described each attribute in detail. As he was holding them and looking through the other books, a middle-aged man who seemed to be the owner of the store spoke to him.

Customer, are you going to buy them all?

Yes, Ill buy them. Is that a problem?

No, no, no. Id rather appreciate it. Its not every day that someone buys a book on magic with all the attributes, so I thought Id ask just in case.

Ah, Ive been wanting to do some research on various kinds of magic, so

Ah~, I didnt know that. Im impressed by your enthusiasm for research for such a young man.

No.

He accepted the blatant social call lightly and waited for the man to leave, but for some reason he kept staring at me.

Is there anything else?

Oh, no, youre interested in magic of any kind, right?

Yes, I am.

Theres a book Id like you to look at, if you dont mind.

Sure, just take a look.

Okay, Ill bring it to you now, please wait there.

Without even listening to Tatsuro, the man quickly disappeared behind the door behind the payment counter. Ai, who had been watching from a short distance away, came over to us.

What was that about?

No, he said he had a book he wanted to show me and went away.

What is it?

I dont know, but it doesnt seem to be harmful, so Ill wait a bit.

All right. Im going to look for a magic book that might be interesting for you to use.

Yeah, take it easy.

Then, with a swoosh, Ai went off to another bookshelf. In the meantime, he saw a man coming out of the door. In his hand, he was holding a book with a black and white circle on the cover.

(Is that the book he wanted to show me?)

After observing the man for a while, he eventually came in front of Tatsuro.

This is the book, and handed it to Tatsuro with the cover facing upward, looking at him with some expectation in his eyes.

This is

On the cover of the book was written this.

Anyone can do it! Mixing light and dark magic! Its so easy

And.

T-thats fishy.

The man who brought the book to Tatsuros words was also laughing bitterly as he said.

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