Chapter 158: Great Legacy

Chapter 158: Great Legacy

When the academy went on holiday, Kurtz and the others came to the shop in the morning.

Today, the daily routine of collecting Amani Herbs is also on holiday.

The merchant introduced by Prime Minister Essel is coming to buy the Billiken statue.

[Good morning, everyone. How did your exams go?]

[It went perfectly! Look at this.]

What Kurtz and the others held out to me were plates with their Adventurer Academy’s proficiency assessment.

Previously, it used to say “D Rank: Up to 1st Underground Floor”, but it now says “D+ Rank: Up to 2nd Underground Floor”.

[Well, it doesn’t matter because we’ve already made 2nd Underground Floor our main hunting ground.]

Even though he says that, Kurtz and the others seem happy.

According to Merle and the others, Kurtz’ team should be able to handle up to the 3rd Underground Floor.

[Well then, time to return the golden statue you’ve entrusted to me then.]

I brought out my shoulder-pole stall and took out the Billiken statue and the parchment that I had stored in the inter-dimensional space.

[Now, make sure it was the same item.]

I hand the statue to Kikka, who acts as the representative of their group that discovered this statue.

[Unnn, it sure is heavy.]

[L- Let me carry it again.]

[Me too.]

Kurtz and Gort also held out their hands, and the three of them felt happy as they felt the weight of the gold.

[By the way, why don’t we open that parchment too?]

The parchment was rolled up and tied with what seemed to be a kite string.

[Right, there might be something important on it.]

Kikka pulls out a knife from her waist, cuts the string and unfolds the parchment.

[Errr......]

[What does it say? Could it be the location of more treasures?]

Kurtz peeks from behind Kikka.

[I don’t understand. It’s written in a script I don’t recognize.]

[Let’s see...... Uwahh, what are these letters? It’s totally unreadable. Gort, you understand what’s written here? You majored in Overview of Ancient Scripts, didn’t you?]

[Hmmm, this isn’t Ancient Script. I’ve never seen these letters before.]

The trio constantly twisted their heads.

[If Michelle was here, she might have been able to read that, but she’s out today.]

Well, it’s not really gonna be made by some superalloy, but with pure gold.

[However, I really just feel bad......]

The reserved Kikka seemed to be feeling self-conscious.

[I may look like this, but I’m a Count. I can make as much money as I want if I wanted to. Go on, don’t be shy and eat this.]

Product name: Golden Honey

Description: A golden candy with a crystal-like shape. Eating it brings a small amount of money luck.

Price: 10 rims

This is another old candy.

I heard that it has been made since Taisho Era.

It’s exported to Taiwan, various other Asian countries, and even to the US.

The ingredients are only sugar, syrup, and natural water.

It’s a traditional snack that I sometimes like to eat myself.

I took a piece out of the pot and handed them out to Kikka and her friends.

[It’s a good idea to eat that before the merchant buys the golden statue. This might help increase the purchase price a bit. However, don’t get your hopes up too much.]

[Really?]

[Merle got greedy and stuffed her mouth full of those in battle, but the money dropped was apparently the same as usual. Well, it doesn’t really have much effect.]

[Ahaha, that’s very much like Merle-san.]

[Seriously. However, Merle keeps buying them because they taste good.]

The three of them immediately broke the candy’s individual packaging and popped the candy into their mouths.

The Billiken statue sold for just over three million rims.

Split between the three of them, each of them got a little over one million rims.

The three of them will apparently invest their money for their future.

Though I say that, they aren’t buying bonds or shares.

[Good equipment costs money.]

If properly matched from top to bottom, even cheap equipment already used by ordinary adventurers apparently costs no more than 100,000 rims.

For advanced equipment, swords and armor alone apparently cost around 1.5 million rims.

And such differences in equipment have a big impact on the outcome of a battle.

[Now I won’t have to trouble Father.]

Kikka’s father is a soldier in the Royal Castle.

Their life is apparently easier than for ordinary people, but they don’t exactly have much surplus either.

The three were happy that they were able to show their filial piety.

<Afterword>

Golden Honey: I don’t know the source, but its name was apparently 黄金蜜糖. All I got was that it seemed to be one of those candies sold in jars, with each candy individually wrapped.